SUPERMARKETS in Bolton have slashed the price of diesel for the second time in a week.

Last week's price drop meant that for the first time in 15 years, the fuel was cheaper than petrol.

Now Morrisons and Tesco said that they would be reducing the cost of diesel by a further 2p, with Sainsbury's set to follow with the same reduction across its 300 forecourts.

This is the third time in less than three weeks that both Sainsbury's and Morrisons have dropped the price of the fuel.

The move was welcomed by Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation. He said: "This is welcome news but has been a long time coming. The wholesale price of diesel dropped below that of petrol back in May but only in the past week or so have we seen this starting to be reflected at the pumps.

"We would hope this is not the end of the reductions as the price of diesel at the refinery gate is still 4p per litre cheaper than that of petrol."