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| Refinery protest over fuel prices | Refinery protest over fuel prices |
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| About 100 farmers and hauliers have staged a demonstration outside the Stanlow Oil Refinery at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire over rising fuel prices. | About 100 farmers and hauliers have staged a demonstration outside the Stanlow Oil Refinery at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire over rising fuel prices. |
| Protesters stood at the entrance of the plant and had blocked about 50 lorries from entering by about 2300 BST. | Protesters stood at the entrance of the plant and had blocked about 50 lorries from entering by about 2300 BST. |
| Cheshire police said they were notified just after 2030 BST and officers were called to the scene. | Cheshire police said they were notified just after 2030 BST and officers were called to the scene. |
| The protesters later moved off the road and vehicles were moving freely in and out of the refinery. | The protesters later moved off the road and vehicles were moving freely in and out of the refinery. |
| Police said about 40 or 50 protesters remained at the refinery's gates until the early hours of Friday. | |
| The Stanlow plant was at the centre of the fuel protests in 2000 that caused some stations to run out of petrol. | The Stanlow plant was at the centre of the fuel protests in 2000 that caused some stations to run out of petrol. |
| 'Massive profits' | 'Massive profits' |
| One of the hauliers told the BBC: "It's affecting all of us. It's not just hauliers and farmers - although they are being crippled by the costs - it's going to have a knock on effect on everyone - in rising fuel costs and higher prices of food on the shelves in shops." | One of the hauliers told the BBC: "It's affecting all of us. It's not just hauliers and farmers - although they are being crippled by the costs - it's going to have a knock on effect on everyone - in rising fuel costs and higher prices of food on the shelves in shops." |
| A protester said hauliers and farmers were being made bankrupt while companies still made a profit. | A protester said hauliers and farmers were being made bankrupt while companies still made a profit. |
| He said: "People are going out of business left, right and centre and no-one seems to care. | He said: "People are going out of business left, right and centre and no-one seems to care. |
| "Oil companies are still announcing massive profits and the government are taking massive amounts of tax - and they want to put another 2p on in October. | "Oil companies are still announcing massive profits and the government are taking massive amounts of tax - and they want to put another 2p on in October. |
| "They've got to bring it down it down again. Something must be done or this country's industry will be lost." | "They've got to bring it down it down again. Something must be done or this country's industry will be lost." |
| Police said the protest was peaceful and no arrests had been made. | Police said the protest was peaceful and no arrests had been made. |