The price of filling up a tank of petrol is beginning to slowly fall but motorists are continue to face sky-high prices at the pumps.

The average cost of a litre of unleaded petrol was 190.65p on Sunday (July 10), down nearly 1p from 191.53p a week before, according to data from RAC Fuel Watch.

It was a similar story for the price of diesel, with a litre costing on average 198.42p on Sunday (July 10), also down from 199.03p a week earlier.

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Prices have started to fall slowly over the last couple of weeks with the RAC saying they should fall further as the wholesale price of oil has come down.

The cost per litre is still up almost 50p per litre on the start of the year with motorists feeling the squeeze from increased costs.

A review by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) this month found that the increase from the crude oil price when it enters refineries to the wholesale price when it leaves them as petrol or diesel has more than tripled in the last year, from 10p per litre to nearly 35p per litre.

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Yesterday (July 12) Tory leadership contender Tom Tugendhat announced he would cut fuel duty by 10p if he’s elected leader, to try and reduce the pressure on families.

At his campaign launch on Tuesday Tugendhat said: “I know the pain families are feeling now. That is why my first pledge is to take fuel duty down by 10p a litre.”

Here is a list of the cheapest fuel prices in County Durham and Darlington (as of July 4), according to price comparison website PetrolPrices:

County Durham

  • ESSO Durham St Giles – unleaded: 189.9p, diesel: 198.9p
  • SHELL A690 – unleaded: 189.9p, diesel: 199.9p
  • BP Alma Place – unleaded: 189.9p, diesel: 199.9p
  • Sainsbury’s Durham, Arnison Retail Centre – unleaded: 189.9p, diesel: 198.9p
  • BP Meadowfield – unleaded: 189.9p, diesel: 197.9p

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Darlington

  • Morrisons Darlington, North Road – unleaded: 185.7p, diesel: 195.7p
  • ASDA Darlington Automat – unleaded: 185.7p, diesel: 195.7p
  • Morrisons Morton Park – unleaded: 185.7p, diesel: 195.7p
  • Sainsbury’s Darlington – unleaded: 186.9p, diesel: 197.9p
  • SHELL Haughton Road – unleaded: 188.9p, diesel: 197.9p

Bishop Auckland

  • JET Etherly Moor Range – unleaded: 182.9p, diesel: 194.9p
  • Sainsbury’s Bishop Auckland – unleaded: 184.9p, diesel: 196.9p
  • ASDA Bishop Auckland Automat – unleaded: 185.7p, diesel: 195.7p
  • TESCO Bishop Auckland – unleaded: 185.9p, diesel: 196.9p
  • GULF Park Head Service Station – unleaded: 187.7p, diesel: 197.7p

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