Fuel costs are rising - but what do drivers make of the pump price surge?

Although the conflict in Iran may be happening far away, many drivers are feeling the impact closer to home when they fill up at the fuel pump. Prices for unleaded and diesel have increased in recent days with individuals and businesses now left wondering when cost jumps may stop.

As traffic whizzes by on the nearby M1, drivers needing a top-up are pulling into the newly constructed Welcome Break services at junction 33, near Rotherham.

Situated at the end of the road thousands of commuters use to enter and exit Sheffield every day, the garage is doing a brisk trade.

An illuminated tower advertises a variety of food and drink options - and pump prices.

Those requiring a squirt of unleaded on Wednesday could expect to part with 170.9p a litre for unleaded, while diesel set drivers back 182.9p.

Prices nationwide have risen following the US and Israel's war with Iran, with crude oil prices surging from about $75 at the start of the month before peaking earlier this week at just under $120. The cost has now fallen back to about $90.

The rise has been driven by uncertainty over supply due to Iranian attacks on oil producers and the disruption to one of the main supply routes.

In Sheffield, Emma Barber, 32, and dad Alan, 65, are out and about in town.

The pair said they were concerned fuel prices will also have a knock-on effect on other costs.

"Everything keeps rising," said Emma.

"It was only the other day I was saying to a friend, how are people supposed to get savings together now, when everything's going up bar your wage?"

Those who use their cars for social and commuting reasons may be keeping a wary eye on prices, but workers whose livelihood revolves around transport told the BBC of their concerns.

Jordan Potts, operations director at Brian Yeardley Continental in Wakefield, said the company was "keeping our tanks full, monitoring prices and monitoring where our drivers fill up".

The firm, which delivers cargo as well as supporting tours by some of the world's biggest music artists including Taylor Swift, has seen their weekly fuel bill shoot up by £10,000.

"It's quite a concern at the moment, it's one of the biggest concerns we've had to deal with in recent times," he explains.

The company delivers goods across Europe and Potts said prices were even higher elsewhere.

"We're trying to absorb as much as we can to help our clients – we can't absorb 100% but we're doing our best.

"Next week it's predicted to potentially go up again.

"We're having to monitor the fuel prices not only in the UK, but in France, Germany and all the other countries that we go to.

"The fuel prices are actually higher in Europe at the minute so we're having to really monitor and think about where our drivers are filling up to keep it economical for us."

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said a planned fuel duty rise from September will be kept under review as the conflict in the Middle East continues.

The tax rate on petrol and diesel is due to rise from September, when a 5p cut made after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is set to be phased out over six months.

Meanwhile, members of the International Energy Agency have agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil to combat supply shortages and soaring prices.

Whitby taxi driver Roger Reid drives a diesel vehicle. He said his profits were down 10% as a result of the price rises.

"Over the last five, six weeks it has gone up. It has a knock-on effect because we don't get a rise in fare cost so we have to absorb that cost," he explained.

"No-one ever thinks of the poor working man really."

In Bradford, fellow cabby Alamgir Khan said he had seen fuel rise from 128p a litre to nearly 136p at his local garage.

"It's costing me a lot, it's £300 a week I'm spending," he said. "I don't know what's going on in this country."

Nadeem is also a taxi driver in Bradford and said he was "very worried" about the rising costs.

"There's already a cost-of-living crisis, we're already struggling, and on top of that, with fuel prices increasing as well, we're not happy."

He said he believed that if prices keep rising he may have to stop driving.

"Yesterday I signed a petition to tell the government to think about the fuel prices rising.

"They should give us some compensation on fuel duty."

For new driver Mehroz, the cost of fuel has been a shock. She has only been driving for three weeks.

"I was very happy about my first car - all of a sudden fuel prices have raised and mum's like 'we're going to have to start walking everywhere', I'm like 'no, we're not, we're going to be still going in the car' but it's just a bit a bit of a shocker to be fair," she said.

"I don't like the fuel prices rising.

"If you think about the future as well and everything, it's scary isn't it? We don't know what's going to happen to the UK."

Will Newby, 18, has only been driving for a year. While filling up in Pudsey in Leeds, he said it was "already pretty expensive".

"I go to and from school in my car. So I go through a full tank in a week and a half.

"So it is a bit expensive day-to-day but the price compared to getting the bus or the train is pretty comparable at the moment."

Back in Sheffield Alan Bell exhibited pragmatism and said there was "no point panicking".

"It will all blow over," the 74-year-old remarked.

"I don't think there will be that much of a problem. But having said that, I did fill up last week before it all kicked off."

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