Petrol pump station managers are said to be 'kaking' themselves should the price of a litre of petrol go over the 99.9p a litre mark, we have discovered.

"We just can't put a price higher than 99.9p on our boards, it's potentially a complete disaster", a manager told this paper.

He continued: "We thought about painting a 1 on the board but what do we do if the price then goes back under a £1 a litre? We can't charge 1.99 a litre, the locals would kill me."

An expert at the Home Office was unable to tell us what to do when we called last night.