there have been huge queues to get in and some passengers on arriving planes were held on runways for several hours. further disruption is expected, and some flights diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season. here s a clip sent in to the bbc by philip banfield, who is a passenger stranded at manchester airport. so i now have an update for you that we are now stuck airside. our aer lingus plane has taken off from manchester on time without any passengers able to get on the plane. and of course, that leaves an enormous number of passengers now stranded at manchester airport wondering how they are going to continue their onward journeys. but we ll find a way. let s get the latest from our correspondent simonjones, who s in the newsroom. we heard from that passenger, we will find a way, but a lot of people are finding it very difficult to find a way, because in the past hour we have had an updated statement from manchester airport. they s
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with some flights diverted to other airports. let s speak to simon calder, who is a travel correspondent for the independent for more on this. simon, is there any sign of hope for the passengers stuck there waiting? well, if you are a passengers stuck there and you have not been told that your flight is canceled there is a pretty good chance you are going to get on your way. but it is going to get on your way. but it is going to get on your way. but it is going to be after a long delay and it might be that your luggage does not travel with you. i have just spoken to someone who has managed to get from manchester to barcelona, he is getting on a cruise ship which departs in an hour or two. he is there but his luggage is not. that is going to be a challenge. there are a whole raft of flights, at least 60 departures, many of them from easyjet. canceled during the morning and afternoon. but when manchester airport says, if you are booked out of terminal one or two, and by the way
about a developing story today. it s against the rules for taxpayers cash to be used in campaigning, but there have been allegations over the last week that snp staffers have been using postage stamps paid for with public money for campaign purposes. and the mail on sunday has a story today, that someone in your office was involved in discussions about the use of stamps allegedly paid for by the public purse. what do you say to that? well, i ve obviously discussed this with my staff and i have been assured that no parliamentary stamps that have been provided by parliament have been used to support election purposes and obviously the parliament has said they are looking into this matter and obviously will provide parliament with any assistance that they require as they undertake those inquiries was white one one whatsapp message reported this morning sent to an snp group chat, your assistant wrote, the stamp fairy is very useful when it comes to campaigns. who is the stamp fa
harris: it is the latest example of the deadly consequences of an unchecked open border. a 12-year-old girl has been found strangled in texas. 2 illegal immigrants are charged with her murder. department of homeland security s sources have to fox news, both those suspects trust our border illegally from mexico. they were first caught and released by border patrol earlier this year. this is outnumbered. i am harris faulkner here with my cohost kayleigh mcenany and emily compagno. on out keg. fox news contributor, an attorney and former nypd inspector is with us. for more on the murder in texas, i want to start with mike tobin who is in chicago today. i.c.e. officials said 2 venezuelan men came into the u.s. illegally. 12-year-old texas girl is dead. snuck out of her room. it is not clear how she made contact with the suspects. they were captured by surveillance cameras right up to the last moments of our life. please attract them to a bridge where police say that abo