UK Bomb Threats

Now we here of a suspicious car being removed at Liverpool Airport and parts of Liverpool city centre being taped off due to 'incidents'. It's not a nice feeling when this sort of thing is happening on your doorsep

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6258074.stm


Airports respond to terror alert
Police at Glasgow Airport
Police closed off roads around Liverpool's John Lennon Airport
Airports across the UK have stepped up security after a burning car was driven into a terminal building in Glasgow.

Liverpool's John Lennon Airport was closed for more than eight hours as police removed a suspicious vehicle.

Other airports have closed roads outside terminal buildings and armed police patrols have increased.

Glasgow Airport re-opened to arrivals when a plane from Ibiza touched down at 0737 BST but aircraft will not start flying out of the airport until later.

On Saturday night, some 2,300 stranded passengers were taken to a reception area in the city centre.

BAA, which operates the airport, said staff had worked through the night to try to ensure a swift return to normal operations.

Spokesman Malcolm Robertson said: "Our advice to passengers is do not travel to the airport unless your airline has specifically confirmed your flight is going."

A number of Sunday morning flights have been cancelled at John Lennon Airport, which was closed at about 2030 BST on Saturday.


A vehicle has been removed from the airport and taken away for forensic testing
Merseyside Police spokeswoman

Airport re-opens after alert

Between 400 and 500 passengers were taken by shuttle bus to two leisure centres in the city where the Salvation Army and council workers provided food, blankets and medical aid.

The airport was re-opened at about 0440 BST on Sunday.

In a statement, Merseyside Police said: "A vehicle has been removed from the airport and taken away for forensic testing.

"Customers hoping to use the airport are advised that they should contact their airline to confirm whether their flight will be going ahead. All cordons around the airport have now been lifted."

More armed police

Some flights which were due to land in Liverpool were diverted to East Midlands Airport.

A spokeswoman for East Midlands said extra security staff and armed police had been drafted in but otherwise the airport was running a normal service.

Passengers stranded in Glasgow
Thousands of passengers were stranded in Glasgow

Following the attack in Glasgow and the discovery of two car bombs in London on Friday, the government has raised the UK's terrorism threat level to "critical" - which means an attack is expected imminently.

BAA, which runs several major airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh in addition to Glasgow, said it had increased security.

Dropping off and picking-up passengers in front of the airports has been severely restricted and there may be significant delays in reaching the terminal by car, the operator warned.

It said passengers should try to reach airports via public transport to avoid delays.

Security measures include:

* Increased armed patrols at many airports including Heathrow and London City

* The road outside Birmingham International Airport is closed and traffic is being diverted to the short-stay car park

* Extra police patrols are in place at Manchester Airport and Blackpool Airports where cars are not being allowed to drive to the front of the terminals

* Taxi ranks at Luton Airport have been moved away from the terminal to stop cars approaching

In London, police said they would be making more use of stop and search under the Terrorism Act and there would be patrols by armed response vehicles around mainline train stations.

A spokesman for Transport for London (TfL), which runs the Tube system, said it had been informed that the general threat level to the UK had been raised to critical.

"The current threat level to the London transport system remains unchanged and we have no information of a specific threat against the TfL network.

"We will be drawing on long-standing procedures to deal with the heightened alert status."

The Metropolitan Police force has also reviewed security surrounding the memorial concert for Diana, Princess of Wales, at Wembley.

Those going should allow extra time because increased searches are likely to be taking place, a spokesman said.

It pisses me off that people have worked hard all year to go on holiday but cant because of these mindless idiots with nothing better to do. We are far too soft in this country no-where else would put up with f-ing extremist leaders and preachers even living in their country.

I flew into Glasgow Airport this morning; fecking chaos! Stay clear of it for a while

granted the IRA used to tell the police they had planted a bomb! but these people just randamly attack people without warning, its just sick!

so blowing people and property up is ok as long as you phone the cops?

*cough*omagh*cough*

its never ok!, as for omagh, the cops got the wrong information and guided the people the wrong way up the street, but violence is never the answer. totally different IRA as well! i was actually in omagh that day! granted otherside of the town! but still heard it going off. scary shit tho

exactly IT IS never ok so saying: man those guys don't even give a warning almost seems as if you're trying to legitimise the IRA's bombings.

as for omagh. the cops got the wrong info? total bullshit not only did the "warning" send crowds towards the bomb, they utilised that little trick of there's they used to love: blowing up another shortly after so they'd get the cops and ambulance crews that were there tending to the victims.

i won't start to list other bombings where the IRA didn't give warnings and killed innocent people cause i don't have the time and we both know they didn't always phone ahead.

I dont understand why supposedly intelligent people such as doctors would get involved in this?

Did anyone ever stop to think that parts of this could be a setup?

I mean in whose best interest is it to keep people afraid?

just a thought...

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