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Passengers are reminded to check the guidance on hand luggage before they set off for the airport.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Rules about taking liquids and large electrical items through airport security to change.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces plans for all major UK airports to introduce ground-breaking new 3D cabin baggage screening equipment.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
New high-tech X-ray scanners thwart 28,000 attempts to smuggle contraband behind bars.
Dozens of new cutting edge bag scanners are being fitted at prison gates across 44 prisons to further strengthen the crackdown on drugs and phones behind bars, the Deputy Prime Minister has announced.
A man from Mexico has been jailed for eight years today after trying to smuggle more than half-a-million pounds worth of cocaine through Glasgow Airport.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Civil Aviation Authority has issued 630 fines since February to airlines carrying passengers without the right documents.
EU Transport Council agenda which includes inland waterway vessels, air passenger flight compensation and Single European Railway Area.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
The Foreign Office urges travellers to reassess their priorities when visiting friends and family overseas as packing items such as teabags are considered before taking out travel insurance.
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