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Similarly other retailers prices outside of Scarborough are also notably cheaper.

Now motorists in Scarborough, who say they are routinely paying more than those in nearby Whitby, Malton and Pickering, have backed calls for retailers in the town to bring their prices in line with the rest of the county.

Earlier this week at the Sainsbury's petrol station in Scarborough a litre of unleaded was priced at 134.9p and a litre of diesel was 143.9p.

"I work all around, in Malton, Driffield and Pickering, and it's at least 10p dearer in Scarborough than all of those places," the My Four Wheels driving instructor says.

Fellow driving instructors Iain and Lynne Hall who operate Hall Driving School in Scarborough say they had noticed fuel costs were steeper in the town after visiting other North Yorkshire villages and making a trip to Liverpool.