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On friday and saturday. the issue, which lasted for more than 20 hours, was resolved late on saturday afternoon. it led to long queues in some arrivals halls, as passports had to be checked manually. no details of what caused the problem have been released. 0ur correspondent matt grave ling sent this update from london s heathrow airport. much better news from anybody travelling to the uk today. we have been told by the airport that their e gates are working. we were first told about the problem around seven o clock on friday evening which we believe affected all uk airports. it was gatwick that told us on saturday, the day after they were expecting around 800 flights, which led to some of the queues we have been seeing. today i heard from gatwick and heathrow who told me things are operating as normal. 0ne department i have not heard from is from the home office. despite calling them a little bit earlier. last night the home office did tell us that the problem had been resolved but wh ....
Happened they said it is too sensitive to say. a couple of years ago, back in 2021, inspectors went to the home office asking about a contingency plan if there was a catastrophic failure of e gates across the uk to which the department replied, replied, well, we think that is unlikely to happen . well, it did happen and unless we find out why there could be lots of worried travel industry representatives and holiday makers who are concerned it could happen again in the busy summer holidays. itv says it has no plans to axe its daytime show, this morning, after revelations about one of britain s most well known presenters, phillip schofield. he has admitted lying to cover up a relationship he had with a much younger male colleague and announced on friday he was leaving itv. the broadcaster says the show will return on monday with alison hammond and dermot 0 leary presenting. we re going to leave you now with a a story from italy, where there s a bit of a mystery taking over the city of ....
Luton, stansted and london city. it also affects edinburgh, glasgow and cardiff airports. several other english airports including birmingham, manchester and newcastle. this is also affecting the eurostar tunnel, these terminals that are affected aren t here in london, but in paris and in brussels. where incoming travellers into the uk have their passport checked. who is affected? it s not affecting people coming from all places. it does affect people with british passports, if they have the up to date smart passports. it will affect travellers who are able to use automatic e gates when they come in. there will be able to make their way into the country but they will have to be checked manually. it also affects people from the european union, and also switzerland. it affects travellers from canada japan, new zealand, singapore, south korea and the united states. it s not affecting everyone but from a wide range of international locations. ....
Dental by the home office that where the e gates will be open for us will be at the bases locations. heathrow and gatwick are among the two busiest airports in the uk. it is not clear whether the e gates will open here for us or where our other locations where the pressure on the system is greater than here. thank ou, system is greater than here. thank you. david. to turkey now and that big presidential election happening tomorrow, sunday. it s a two way runoff between the current presdient, recep tayyip erdogan he s been in powerfor two decades. and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. in the first round of the election earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote just over 4% more than his rival. both candidates are now chasing support from nationalist voters. our correspondent anna foster in istanbul. ....
Here and other what is the latest? growing cues here and other uk what is the latest? growing cues here and other uk airports. - what is the latest? growing cues here and other uk airports. this| what is the latest? growing cuesl here and other uk airports. this is one of five london airports affected, many others across the uk, edinburgh, glasgow and cardiff are also affected. we understand that theissue also affected. we understand that the issue with the e gates isn t a malfunction with the egypt system, but something to do with the interface and how it relates to the border force system. that has meant that the e gates aren t functioning for passengers coming into the uk. that includes british citizens but also citizens from other countries whose passport allow them to use these systems. because they cannot use the e gates, there have been manually processed and that will take longer to get through the system. take longer to get through the s stem. , ., ., system. tell us more ....