Army begins preparations to take over fuel deliveries

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [View online]( September 28, 2021 [Morning Headlines]( 1 / [Ministers order deployment of troops to deliver fuel within days as panic buying triggers price rises]( Government ministers have ordered the deployment of soldiers to distribute petrol and diesel within days, in a dramatic escalation of the national fuel crisis which has seen pumps run dry and prices spike to an eight-year high. At an emergency meeting in Whitehall, ministers agreed to put military tanker drivers in a state of readiness to take the wheel of civilian tankers if normal conditions do not return swiftly. Defence sources said 75 drivers have been put on standby initially, with a further 75 along with 150 support staff available if needed, with several days of specialised training required before deployment. 2 / [Shadow cabinet minister quits after Keir Starmer orders him to oppose higher minimum wage]( Andy McDonald says party is ‘more divided than ever’ under Sir Keir 3 / [Sabina Nessa: Man, 36, charged with murder of teacher]( Suspect to appear in court on Tuesday over killing of 28-year-old in southeast London 4 / [‘The system is broken’: Sick patients forced to sit for hours outside A&E under blankets and heat lamps]( ‘They were very ill people, one was throwing up and another was shaking 5 /[North Korea fires missile, South Korea and Japan say]( North Korea has right to self-defence and test weapons, its envoy to UN says The Big Question Is Instagram harmful to teenage girls? Facebook has rejected an investigation carried out by the The Wall Street Journal concluding that its photo sharing app Instagram is “toxic” for teenage girls, saying the claim is “not accurate”. Pratiti Raychoudhury, Facebook’s head of research, pushed back on the report, arguing that Instagram actually made girls feel “better” about such issues as loneliness, anxiety and sadness, before making the surprise admission: “Body image was the only area where teen girls who reported struggling with the issue said Instagram made it worse.” So with the site reportedly planning a new version of its app aimed at under-13s, is more research needed into Instagram’s psychological impact on its users? [Read the full story >]( Watch / [French President Emmanuel Macron hit by egg thrown from crowd in Lyon]( NUMBER OF THE DAY 136.59p The average price of a litre of petrol across the UK on Sunday, according to figures from the RAC. This is the highest that pump prices have been since September 2013. QUOTE OF THE DAY "It was like something out of a horror movie. The system is completely broken from the beginning to the end." – Maria, mother of NHS patient Other stories you might like [Younger children less willing to be vaccinated against Covid-19, study finds]( [Mysterious China power crunch sees potentially millions of homes in the dark]( [La Palma: Volcano roars back to life and begins ejecting lava again as hundreds confined to homes]( If you can spare a minute we’d love your [feedback]( on our newsletters. [The Independent]( Join the conversation or follow us [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Please do not reply directly to this email You are currently registered to receive The Independent's Morning Headlines newsletter. Add us to your safe list of senders. If you do not want to receive The Independent's Morning Headlines newsletter, please [unsubscribe](list_name=IND_Headlines_Masterlist_CDP). If you no longer wish to receive any newsletters or promotional emails from The Independent, you can unsubscribe [here](. This e-mail was sent by Independent Digital News and Media Ltd, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5HF. Registered in England and Wales with company number 07320345. Read our [privacy notice]( and [cookie policy](.