Fuel strike: Shell drivers begin four-day picket of depots

One of the last full Shell tankers leaves the Stanlow oil refinery at Ellesmere port on Thursday Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Drivers picket the Stanlow terminal as the four-day strike begins Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Shell tankers stand idle at Stanlow Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Shell drivers picket the main gate of Kingsbury oil terminal, Tamworth Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

A striking driver employed by transport contractor Hoyer stands outside the Kingsbury terminal Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

Shell tankers at the Kingsbury terminal Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

The Shell logo at the Kingsbury fuel terminal Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

Strikers talk to a driver from another company outside the Kingsbury terminal Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Cars queue at a Shell petrol station in Hove, East Sussex Photograph: Clive Gee/PA

Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland on the first day of the strike Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Labels cover out-of-action fuel pumps at a Shell filling station near Liverpool Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters