let's talk about stansted. lot of high—tech businesses there. is that developing and driving growth when it comes to sta nsted ? people and driving growth when it comes to stansted? people coming from abroad, coming straight into cambridge rather than bypassing london?” think there are a number of factors that stansted. it has most of the available capacity on the london network, which is good. the links into the city of london from sta nsted are very into the city of london from stansted are very strong but they could be improved. the cambridge corridor, as you say, is strong and a high economic growth area. and how important is cargo for you, in the network? yes, cargo is important for most airports and certainly in the case with the east midlands, it is the biggest soul cargo airport in the biggest soul cargo airport in the uk and we expect to see it growing across all of our airports. charlie cornish, thank you very much. to let you know more details on those operations, dhl's more details on those operatio

laid out their reasons for pursuing the conviction of the stansted fifteen. these people place themselves the flight crew airport personnel a serious risk of injury even death due to their actions on the airfield the crown prosecution service worked with the police to build a strong case which reflected the criminality of the defendant's actions regardless of their motivation in the u.k. many public figures including. the activists on the call on the government to stop the deportation flights they say the activists should be spared prison and while the protesters found themselves on the wrong side of the law it's clear that many see their campaign as justified we heard from political commentator david von son george bada social justice company. here we have of one bunch of lawbreakers. it's not a question of taking the sledgehammer to break and not as a question of in forcing the law the fact is that they set out to break the law of which they were fully aware in this country if you break the law you pay the consequences thirteen of the people on that flight

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for the busiest day at stansted, gatwick and bristol, we have to wait until next sunday, the 23rd.iest. that's the big new year getaway, people coming back after the holidays because that how do we make it easier? we got news to those rules on liquids and laptops that you might be carrying different things at christmas? it's all about security and how you can make your journey smoother and speed up the whole process for everybody else. it's really thinking about the stuff you are taking through as cabin baggage. you can forget about snow globes and brandy butter, they are classed as liquids and will go straight in the bin. but also, worry about christmas crackers, or preferably don't take them at all. while some airlines will let you ta ke while some airlines will let you take them on board an aircraft, and some airports will let you take them through security, there is no general rule, so you need to check with your airline and with your airport before you do that. let's talk christmas presents. many relatives will be taking wrapped parcels through security to take them where they

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it was eighteen months ago that anti deportation activists breach security at stansted airport and change themselves to the aircraft to stop it taking off. what charge to the danger and airdrome a criminal offense introduced after obama brought down the plane in the scottish town of lockerbie in one thousand nine hundred eight this woman was about to be deported to nigeria despite living in the u.k. for twenty eight years and having offered proof that she had the right to stay when she spoke to al-jazeera she said the protesters had saved her life those people will stop the taking office they are in solidarity with the people who we do people who wasn't of the voice we did. the government are trying to deport years i've been in this country. why do you want to deport me i came to dish contra because i was really a. need. if i wasn't in this country i probably wouldn't be here. defending the human rights of people which the british government should have been protecting under international legal obligations is what the protesters say they were attempting to do these sites are secretive ver

another says, why are you giving the stansted protest is the time of day?? as far as i understand the case, they break the law deserve everything they get. and another says, they deserve their maximum punishment possible because it's ridiculous, dangerous and also stupid. i want to read the statement we have from the home office. one of you said a comment about the fact that people on the plane should never have been there. the home office say, we only return those with no legal right to remain in the uk, including foreign national offenders and failed asylum seekers. we expect people to leave the country voluntarily but where they do not, the home office will seek to enforce their departure. i think there are a whole range of ways in which the system isn't working. we know, for example, that the home office has a policy, had a policy at the time and is still using it, of the port first and appeal later. what that means is people with ongoing asylum claims are deported with the idea they might be able to pursue their claim from the country they are being se

new annex a group of british activists have been convicted for a stunt at london's stansted airport in which they blocked an aircraft from taking off which was carrying failed immigration for deportation it's been a controversial story this in a sense the charges are considered terrorism related the so-called stanstead fifteen could technically face life imprisonment now. we were charged with endangering life but we took the actions at stansted to try to protect life today is a dark dark day for the right to protest in a nonviolent way. to. watch this next of that video shows the protesters in march last year lawing out on the ground tied to one another aim was to blockers some success of that chartered by the home office which was to take undocumented immigrants to nigeria to garner to sierra leone today bringing up to speed following a nine week trial the jury found the protesters guilty of intentionally disrupting flight service is an error dro this people praise themselves the flight crew airport personnel and police at serious risk of injury or even death due to the actions on the

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that would stretch from here as far as stansted airport. that is a distance of around 100 miles.arnings that if france decide to significantly increase the checks on lorries heading over the channel, then that could lead to big problems on the roads around kent. and further afield potentially. what is new today is this morning from the government that potentially problems at dover could last for up to six months. the government is stressing this is a worse case scenario. i have been talking to the biggest fairy company here and they stress that they have been talking to the authorities on both sides of the channel about the need to keep traffic flowing freely. to be fair, it is in the interests of france that things don't completely clogged up that things don't completely clogged up because that would be a big hit for the french economy too. in terms of what people here make of this latest morning, i have been speaking to people in the towns and you get all sides of the brexit debate. 0ne man simply rolled his eyes and said it was scaremongering. another woman told me they had re

so it‘s very useful, moving some of their operations to stansted for the day and we heard last nightrtain airports. and around europe there is airports. and around europe there is a network in place that will actually deliver a very steady flow to gatwick airport at whatever rate the airport can deal with. ok, good to talk to you, doug, get your thoughts on how the airport will deal with that today. former air traffic controller doug maclean. we‘ll just show you the current situation on flight radar — here you can see planes leaving the airport. 0nly only four plains, much quieter than it would be normally come around this time yesterday if you saw flight radar there were no planes in the sky and it was very unusual and comparisons with heathrow were drawn which had lots of those plain symbols. the skies around gatwick we re symbols. the skies around gatwick were quite —— plane symbols. some activity around gatwick today for those people trying to leave or get into the country. the time is 9:16am. these are the headlines on bbc news, that is our top story, gatwick‘s runway reopens fo

the activists became known as the stansted 15. in an anonymous op-ed published in the guardian, one of the people who was nearly deported by the charter flight wrote of the news -- "there's no doubt in my mind that these 15 brave people are heroes, not criminals. without their actions i would have missed my daughter's birth, and faced the utter injustice of being deported from this country without having my now successful appeal heard." in san diego, california, over 30 faith leaders were arrested at the u.s.-mexico border monday as they held a gathering in support of central american migrants, calling for an end to their detention and deportation. the group is also o calling on congress to defundnd immigration and customs enforcement, ice, and customs and border the vp.on, some 400 people came out to the demonstration, organized by the american friends service committee. the group had planned to hold a prayer circle at the border wall before they were stopped by border police and border patrol. by border police and border patrol.

, heathrow or as being brought to stansted, heathrow oras far being brought to stansted, heathrow orcheck the status of your flight before arriving. around 100 fly tabbing cancelled here today. thank you. —— have been cancelled. tony long is a former sniper who spent 25 years in the met‘s specialist firearms unit. he says it's not as simple as just shooting a drone out of the sky... a firearm is not a suitable weapon for taking down a drone at a distance. this looks like it is a fairly substantial drone operating at quite a substantial distance. a good man or woman behind a rifle can quite easily hit a man sized stationary target other thousand metres. but trying to hit a small drone in the air, that sniper bullet can travel at least five kilometres. if you miss it or if you hate it, but bullet has to arrive somewhere. if you are in the middle of the desert, that is fine. if you are in the middle of south—east london, predominantly built—up residential area, albeit around an airport, that bullet has to land somewhere. a sniper bullet is not feasible. either to hit a tour because of t

a plane landing at stansted airport in essex last summer came within 50ft of a drone flying at more thanflown in airspace or above a00ft without permission from air traffic control. a british sailor who was rescued after her boat capsized during a solo round—the—world race has said she would do it again "in a heartbeat." susie goodall was picked up after several days stranded on her wrecked boat after being hit by a storm 2,000 miles west of cape horn. yesterday, she finally arrived back in chile and was reunited with her mother and brother. campaigners are urging the government to stop plans to issue prison officers with a synthetic pepper spray to help tackle violence in jails. the prison reform trust says that during trials the spray — known as pava — was used unsafely and inappropriately. but the prison service says lessons have been learnt form the pilot and there'll be clear rules on how the sprays should be used. how we care for older people is a complicated issue, made more difficult in europe by falling birth rates, meaning that there are fewer young people paying taxes to fund

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laid out their reasons for pursuing the conviction of the stansted fifteen. these people place themselves the flight crew airport personnel employees a serious risk of injury or even death due to their actions on the airfield the crown prosecution service worked with the police to build a strong case which reflected the criminality of the defendant's actions regardless of their motivation in the u.k. many public figures including m.p.'s have backed the activists and are calling on the government to stop the deportation flights they're calling for activists to be spared from prison saying they should be supported and not punished. while the protesters found themselves on the wrong side of the law if clear that many see their campaign as justified we heard from political commentator david bongs and george barda who's a social justice campaigner here we heard of one bunch of lawbreakers because another bunch of lawbreakers are being deported i'm not sure what the problem is here it's not a question of taking the sledgehammer to break and not as a question of in

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oi’ neighbouring airports like stansted or heathrow, where they catch another flight out. who had come from canada on wednesday morning and she needs to go to mauritius. she has been told herflight go to mauritius. she has been told her flight won't leave before saturday afternoon. so there are still people who have spent hours and hours here. local hotels, they have all been fully booked. gatwick airport staff actually interrupted some of their own staff's christmas leave and asked them to come back and assist to help people that were stranded here. but it is starting to get a little bit busier. but the message still is, check with your airline before you make any moves to come to gatwick airport. chi chi, thank you very much. sympathies for all the people affected. it is grim. what a time of year. exactly. we will keep our eye on a couple of important websites at the moment. this one gives you an aerial view, it isa this one gives you an aerial view, it is a track of where planes would be taking off and landing in and out of gatwick, right in the middle of that picture.

ryanair have said all their flights tomorrow will leave from stansted.e for the airport to reopen has changed throughout the day, now it's at 6am local time, friday. authorities don't want to let planes back up until the drone has been found. the ceo of gatwick airport described it as "a highly targeted activity which has been designed to close the airport and bring maximum disruption in the run up to christmas." look at what it has been at gatwick airport, look at what it has been at gatwick so for the meantime, this is gatwick today, a miserable experience for anyone hoping to travel. long queues of people trying to work out their next move. there are dozens of police spotters on roofs trying to spot the drone. officers boarded a plane that was stranded on the tarmac to calm passengers who were getting distressed. this is having a huge impact on passengers. on thursday alone, 110,000 passengers were expected to travel on 760 flights. those flying into gatwick, which is south of london, have been diverted to airports all over the country, and outside of

airport, it will also be the busiest day of the festive season in birmingham, manchester, glasgow,, stanstedy on the 23rd, and ben luton will have their biggest day on the 28th of december. that's the big new year getaway, people coming back after their holidays. we've got used to the rules on liquids and laptops, but you might be carrying different things at christmas. yes, it's about making yourjourney smooth and speeding up the whole process for everyone. it's thinking about the stuff you take through as cabin baggage. you can forget about snow globes and brandy butter, they are liquids and will go straight in the bin. also, worry about christmas crackers, and don't try and take them, some airlines will let you ta ke them, some airlines will let you take them on board an aircraft, and some airports will let you take them through security, but there is no general rule. you will need to check with your airline and airport before you do that. i had no idea about christmas crackers! the duchess of sussex‘s father, thomas markle, appeared on itv‘s good morning britain to send a message of reco

her flight has been cancelled but she's just got a new flight to stansted. hotel. the hotel are not particularly interested in helping me with reimbursing or offering to people in gatwick. i said that my room would be available and at the minute they are not interested on passing it on to someone forfree, so i try interested on passing it on to someone for free, so i try to find a way to get from stansted to cornwall where i live and just for the 12 hour journey and how long where i live and just for the 12 hourjourney and how long it would take, i was being quoted £500 plus online. and a nicer company got me a dealfor a carfor £250 to drive down, for that six—hour journey. dealfor a carfor £250 to drive down, for that six-hourjourney. so it has caused you a lot of aggro and affected you financially. how do you feel about the fact that we are being told this is a malicious thing thatis being told this is a malicious thing that is being done at gatwick? being told this is a malicious thing that is being done at gatwick7m being told this is a malicious thing t

we circled and were quickly diverted to stansted. this tweet: what staggers me is that a major international airport has no defences against drones. god forbid somebody use them to deliberately bring down an aeroplane. annita mcveigh has the latest on what is happening at gatwick with her summary of the day's news. that is right. thank you and good morning. all flights in and out of gatwick — britain's second busiest airport — have been suspended after two drones were seen flying near the runway. many passengers have been left facing long delays and flights have been diverted as far away as paris and amsterdam. gatwick has apologised for any inconvenience but said safety was its foremost priority. firstly, i'd like to apologise to all of the passengers who have been disrupted by this irresponsible act. at nine o'clock last night, a drone was seen by two different members of staff, and since then that drone has appeared and reappeared all through the night. we reopened at 3am for 45 minutes, but then the drone reappeared again, and so

stansted on thursday british troops have been sent to gatwick airport south of london as police continue to hunt for the operation of two drones the device has reappeared nearby everytime the airport try to reopen its runway. six hours. you have to get out from. any any. price. very carefully. at a time when everything is. well britain's transport minister says everything possible is being done to deal with the backlog of stranded passengers. we're regular with our look at all measures we ease the pressure on us and just kept people away one of the things we're going to pursue is temporarily i'm just temporarily lifting the plug restrictions and other reports some more planes could get into the country just for the residents affected. people's christmases. where the next but still ahead. allegations that russia's the racial tensions as a chance to influence u.s. politics. and bridging the wealth gap we look at the challenge and one of. the spiritual modified car six hundred for its power i feel the happiest. women tearing up a truck in the west bank. challenge stereotypes. living life in

news from manchester airports group, that owns the airport in manchester but also east midlands and stanstedinuing. we aren't seeing any impact from brexit. we've pushed through an extra 1.3 million passengers over the first six months of the year, 60 million passengers in september and we expect to see passengers growing despite brexit uncertainty. we see growth over the coming year. use a push in those passengers through, here in manchester, huge expansion of the terminal facility —— use said pushing. we hope is often on london and heathrow and the farc king we are spending over £1 billion in manchester with new terminal in the structure and airfield development that will give us the capacity to grow to 60 million passengers. we see manchester airport as the global gateway for the north. it will be capable of more long haul flights into asia, more into america and the eu. you talk about regional growth, but it really relies on you being able to get to the airport. so many problems with the trains, particularly if we're talking about getting east to west in the north of england, but also fr

gatwick, stansted and bristol, sunday the 23rd of december and the last big airport in the uk, luton, some don't allow crackers in hand luggage. john, one of the things people will notice, clearly they have control over check in, do they have control over check in, do they have control over security, yes, getting the right things in the right bags, but the thing that will be frustrating is coming back. border queues, passport control always a nightmare, lots of long queues, but that's outside your control. the arrival is a journey and a ring through immigration is under the control of the home office and border force —— the arrivals journey. january the second will be our busiest day for arrivals. there will be lots of families and with young children you can't use the gates, they are world—class for people that can use it but for under 12s you have to go through the normal lanes —— e—gates. we make sure we are staffed up as much as possible. that's a frustration, they see lots of e—gates with no one at them or they are closed. why? that is for uk border force to work out in terms of

checked in, and then being ta ken by bus getting checked in, and then being taken by bus to heathrow, stanstedngham. but don't come here unless you have checked the status of your flight first. thank you very much. that is the latest from gatwick airport. gatwick‘s runway may have reopened but thousands of passengers are still stranded with a huge backlog of flights. 155 flights have been cancelled today — on top of the hundreds scrapped yesterday. many are stranded abroad and some of those here are now resorting to alternative travel plans, as john mcmanus reports. st pancras station, just days to christmas, the getaway is on. but many of these people moving through these queues shouldn't be here. the grounding of planes at gatwick airport has meant some last—minute changes to many people's travel plans. many of britain's mainline railway stations are busy in the run—up to christmas, but the queues behind me are extremely long. a number of eurostar staff told me many of those travelling today had booked in advance but there were also plenty of others who had been forced to swap the plane for