PETROL panic buying in Poole appears to have calmed down significantly following a week of frustration at the pumps.

Only a few cars were queuing off the forecourt of Tesco Fleetsbridge yesterday, which has been one of the worst affected filling stations throughout the last week.

It was also business as usual yesterday at three of the garages that ran dry over the past few days.

Texaco on Sandbanks Road, Esso on Ringwood Road and Shell on Waterloo Road, all had fuel stocks and minimal queues.

Fran Weeks, who works at the Texaco in Sandbanks Road, said: “We have fuel now.

“We had a delivery today and the queues have definitely depreciated a bit.”

But sounding a cautionary note, Fran added: “We’ve been told the refineries may be running out of diesel.

“This means it could get busier towards the end of the week.”