THE price of diesel in Brecon has now dropped below £1 a litre.

Supermarket chain Morrisons cut diesel to 99.9p a litre - with other supermarket chains also responding.

It is the cheapest diesel has been since 2009.

In early December the supermarket dropped the price of petrol, which is typically cheaper than diesel, to below £1, the first time petrol had dropped below a pound a litre since 2009. Other supermarkets and some local independent retailers also responded by dropping petrol to below a pound a litre.

The RAC has called the cut in the price of diesel "overdue". The cut reflects further falls in the oil price, which is its lowest for 11 years.