Spain tries again to end lorry strike as food shortages bite

Government and hauliers to meet over dispute causing food shortages in supermarkets and restaurants

The Spanish government is meeting transport associations in a fresh attempt to end an enduring lorry strike over high fuel prices that has disrupted restaurant menus and led to food shortages in supermarkets.

The action, which began last week, comes as surging energy costs are exacerbated by Russian's invasion of Ukraine and consumer prices rise to their highest level in more than three decades.