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UK Port Freight Traffic: What the 2025 Figures Mean for Drivers

Updated 29 Jul 2026

Note: AIN (promo): Confirmed by official source (1 official signal). [qa 2026-07-29b] Removed a call to action pointing readers at Driver.co.uk: that site is a "Coming soon" holding page, so the capabilities described did not exist. Only the CTA clause was changed; no factual claim in the story was touched. Originals in table qa_20260729_driver_backup. [qa 2026-07-29c] Replaced the outbound Driver.co.uk call to action with NewReg.co.uk: driver.co.uk is a "Coming soon" holding page, so the link sent readers nowhere useful. Originals in table qa_20260729_driverlinks_backup. [qa 2026-07-29d] Archived (reversible) as a same-platform near-duplicate: promo published this and "UK Waterborne Freight Data: What It Means for Drivers" (416e86c6) 18 seconds apart, both drawn from DfT port freight statistics with the same thesis and no supporting figures. This copy asserts the DfT has "published its annual port freight statistics ... confirming the latest figures" yet quotes none. Kept the waterborne piece, which names the ports and carries more substance, plus the separately written garage copy. 0 pageviews. Restore: UPDATE content_items SET status='published' WHERE id='61f0acba-b2d4-4a74-95ea-91329d41847a';

UK fuel prices this week: petrol 152.8p, diesel 172.1p

Updated 29 Jul 2026

Note: Auto-drafted from Fuel Finder open data (2586 forecourts) | [qa 2026-07-26] Unpublished: title asserts "this week: petrol 152.8p, diesel 172.1p" with no date anchor, but the article was published 17 Jun and the figures are 39 days stale. A fresher promo article on the same national petrol and diesel average (5cb1e1d5, 13 Jul: petrol 151.2p, diesel 164.8p) is live simultaneously, so the platform was stating two different current national averages, with diesel differing by 7.3p. Same defect class as the 2026-07-25 repair; reversible, nothing deleted. | [qa 2026-07-29 6h-QA] Re-archived. This item was unpublished on 2026-07-26 for stating stale national fuel averages as current; it was re-published automatically at 06:09 on 2026-07-29 from a 32-day-old draft (created 2026-06-27, reviewed_by NULL, and no tracked automation job reports a publish in that window). Its figures are now further out: the article asserts "this week" petrol 152.8p and diesel 172.1p, while the platform's own live figure series read 159.0p and 177.5p as of 2026-07-28 23:00 (6.2p and 5.4p out), and the newer promo article d403c7d2 published 2026-07-28 states 155.5p and 176.8p, so two live articles gave different current national averages. Nothing deleted; restore with: UPDATE content_items SET status='published' WHERE id='3a57959e'-prefixed id.

UK Petrol and Diesel Prices: What Drivers Are Paying Now

Updated 28 Jul 2026

Note: AIN (promo): Confirmed by official source (1 official signal). | [qa 2026-07-26c] Unpublished (reversible): title asserts a current price ("What Drivers Are Paying Now"), body carries no date anchor (states "currently paying" / "right now") and quotes E10 151.2p / B7 164.8p from 13 Jul. A fresher same-platform live article (a0f40dfa, 21 Jul) states the national average as E10 154.1p / diesel 169.7p, so promo was publishing two contradictory current national averages (2.9p petrol, 4.9p diesel). Restore by setting status back to published if retention is preferred.

UK Petrol and Diesel Prices: What Drivers Pay Today

Updated 28 Jul 2026

Note: AIN (promo): Confirmed by official source (1 official signal). | [qa 2026-07-14] unpublished: near-duplicate live twin superseded by newer current-prices article 5cb1e1d5 (fresher figures). Reversible. [qa 2026-07-25] Re-unpublished: this stale near-duplicate was unpublished on 14 Jul (superseded by 5cb1e1d5, fresher figures) but was restored to published by the 2026-07-21 12:17:44 bulk operation. Two live promo articles were presenting contradictory current pump prices (150.9p here vs 151.2p in the newer piece). Reversible.

Drivers can save over £6 by shopping around for fuel prices

Updated 22 Jul 2026

Note: AIN (promo): Confirmed by official source (1 official signal). [qa 2026-07-26d] Unpublished: body states a 50-litre fill-up costs GBP 7.44 to 7.97 (out by a factor of ten; at 148.9p-159.9p per litre the real totals are GBP 74.45 to 79.95), and those two figures differ by only GBP 0.53, contradicting the headline claim of a saving of over GBP 6. Numeric misstatement on a live page. Reversible: set status back to published after the arithmetic is corrected and re-validated.

Supermarket Fuel Averages 3.4p a Litre Less Than National Price

Updated 21 Jul 2026

Note: AIN (promo): Confirmed by official source (1 official signal). [qa 2026-07-29] Archived: states present-tense absolute pump prices that are now materially wrong (national unleaded was 159.0p on 29 Jul). Superseded by the 28 Jul edition of the same weekly series on the same platform. Recoverable: set status back to published to restore.

Coastguard Rescue Service pay plan scrapped by government

Updated 16 Jul 2026

Note: AIN (promo): Confirmed by official source (1 official signal). [qa 2026-07-16] off-topic for motoring audience: coastguard rescue officer pay/employment, no automotive relevance; unpublished to review, reversible. [qa 2026-07-16 archived off-topic: coastguard/maritime, no motoring relevance; OFF_TOPIC filter now blocks recurrence]

Supermarket fuel now 3.2p cheaper per litre than UK average

Updated 14 Jul 2026

Note: AIN (promo): Confirmed by official source (1 official signal). [qa 2026-07-29] Archived: states present-tense absolute pump prices that are now materially wrong (national unleaded was 159.0p on 29 Jul). Superseded by the 28 Jul edition of the same weekly series on the same platform. Recoverable: set status back to published to restore.

Some UK forecourts changing fuel prices up to eight times a day

Updated 11 Jul 2026

2026-07-28: archived as a stale near-duplicate of the 23 Jul edition of the same recurring forecourt price-pattern story on promo; pence figures 18 days old. Recoverable: set status=published to restore.