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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Neil McIntosh

On the site today

The developing story of the day, thus far, is the fuel protest in South Wales which is clogging up the M4 motorway. But those angry truckers all seem a bit beside the point this morning, as crude oil prices fall and Asda and Tesco lead the charge to bring petrol prices back down below the 90p a litre point.

With BP saying prices at its stations could fall before the end of the day, it looks like anyone who topped up their car earlier in the week has overpaid. We'll be keeping an eye on what - this week - is the rapidly falling cost of motoring...

It'll be a busy day on the River Thames today too: we're expecting the largest ever flotilla of ships to make its way up the river into the heart of London . We'll have lots of pictures, as well as our wonderful interactive graphic explaining what happened at the battle of Trafalgar.

We'll also be covering the sentencing of eight men who were involved in an audacious attempt to steal up to £33m worth of gold, cash and gems from a warehouse at Heathrow Airport. It was foiled by a dramatic police operation - we'll have the full story later in the day.

Here on Newsblog we'll be investigating the finer points of toilet etiquette after George Bush was reported to have sent a note during dinner at the UN asking if it was OK to take a Presidential "rest break". Just when is it good to go? Meanwhile, in media, Chris Evans is making a return to our TV screens with a new show on ITV that sounds a lot like his last big hit, TFI Friday.

Well, if it ain't broke...

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