Shooting down a drone which has caused chaos at Gatwick Airport is a "tactical option" being considered by police. The measure had previously been ruled out by Sussex Police, which cited concerns ...

“There were police with machine guns. It was quite scary ... large numbers of people have been evacuated from Gatwick's South Terminal, with some saying they have been waiting outside for ...

Police have smashed a suspected terrorist plot after seizing home-made bombs at a suburban flat near Gatwick. Three Portuguese men were arrested after the raid in Langley Green, Crawley ...

Gatwick Airport was forced to evacuate its South Terminal as a precaution while police investigated a suspicious item found in luggage. Authorities were called to the terminal at 8.20am after the ...

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In a statement, the force said: “Police have concluded their investigation into a report of a suspect package at Gatwick Airport. “Officers from the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal ...

Three men were detained at one of Britain's busiest airports and later arrested under anti-terrorism legislation, police disclosed today. Immigration officials at Gatwick Airport held the men ...

Gatwick Airport’s south terminal has reopened after police called a bomb disposal squad and evacuated passengers to assess a “suspected prohibited item” which was found in luggage.

Gatwick Airport has been evacuated over a "security incident". Hundreds of passengers have reportedly been told to leave as police deal with the incident. The official Gatwick Express account on X ...

Gatwick Express said its trains did not call at Gatwick Airport during the police response, but the airport said trains would start calling there again once the terminal was fully reopened.