War in Iran 'has put up our fuel bill by £100,000'

a family haulage firm in bristol says the war in iran has increased its fuel bill by £100,000. stuart wring, who runs wrings transport, calls the price hikes "crazy." his business was £45,000 over budget in march, and april is tracking to be £60,000 over. he operates 67 trucks, each with a 450-litre tank, and passes the costs on through a monthly fuel surcharge to customers like supermarkets. the rac reports petrol is up 24.7p and diesel up 47.8p a litre since february 28th, adding around £27 to fill a family car. for home heating oil, the price has doubled from 60p to over £1.20 a litre. emma gwynn in somerton says her refill cost jumped from £500 to at least £1,200, forcing her family to switch off their boiler and use cold showers. carer margaret smith in somerset says she absorbs the extra fuel costs herself, calling it "effectively a wage cut." her agency pays a flat rate of 32p per mile, unchanged for years. with 1.5m uk homes on heating oil, some, like 79-year-old john harrison, are turning heating off and going to bed early to stay warm.