In pictures: Fuel protests

As the fuel tax protesters' 60-day deadline came to an end, hundreds of lorry drivers came to London and Edinburgh. Here are some images of the day's protests.

A 'slow-drive' of lorries on the M1 motorway heading toward London

Welsh lorry drivers on the M4 motorway near Bristol prepare to join London-bound convoys

Lorries are corralled into a line on the Westway (A40M) at Paddington, west London

Fuel protester leader Andrew Spence, from Newcastle, at a service station on the M1

Protester John Shepherd from Gateshead prior to joining fuel protesters from across Britain

On the other side of the debate green groups have been staging counter-protests around the country