Article thumbnail: People queue for fuel at a petrol station in Barton, Cambridgeshire. Picture date: Tuesday September 28, 2021. PA Photo. Thousands of petrol stations have run dry amid "frenzied" panic buying as ministers were warned their plan for solving the HGV driver shortage would not prevent bare shop shelves this Christmas. See PA story CONSUMER Shortages. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire