Why UK diesel prices have breached the £2 per litre mark

BBC News Friday 02 October 2026, 13:38 UTC 1 min read

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The average price of a litre of diesel at the pump stands at an all-time high of 200.01p, according to the RAC motoring body.

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The exhibition includes 10 national treasures and official Korean designations recognising their cultural importance, with most exhibits drawn from the collection of late Samsung billionaire Lee Kun-Hee. Long before K-pop filled stadiums and Korean films won global acclaim, the peninsula’s artists were casting temple bells, shaping delicate ceramics and capturing mountains in ink. That older cultural world takes centre stage in ‘Korea’, the British Museum’s first major exhibition on Korean...

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Why UK diesel prices have breached the £2 per litre mark

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