Rocketing fuel prices spark another protest
Rebecca Cole / The Leader / May 9, 2011
PROTESTERS planning to bring the country to a standstill are now aiming to target leading supermarkets in a protest over fuel prices.
Ian Charlesworth, from Hawarden, and Kevin Bowker, of Saltney, organised a massive go-slow in North Wales which they claim resulted in the shutdown of Ellesmere Port’s Stanlow Oil Refinery yesterday.
... “Stanlow is completely locked down at the moment and there’s a huge police presence.
... The go-slow, which saw hauliers, farmers, motorcyclists and taxi firms from across Flintshire, Wrexham and Chester, started in Llandudno and travelled down the A55 towards Deeside and a further convoy from Shrewsbury headed along the A5 through Oswestry, Chirk and Wrexham before meeting and heading towards Stanlow where protesters from Manchester and Liverpool joined the crowd.
Fuel protest enters second stage
David Lawson / The Leader / May 10, 2011
... Ian Charlesworth, spokesman for the Stanlow Fuel Protest and Direct Action Group said he was determined to continue protesting until the Government acted: "It's going very well and we've had a massive turnout. Stanlow is completely locked down at the moment and there's a huge police presence.
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