Ministers ignore human rights advice and rule out option of pat-down search when scanner goes on trial at Heathrow next week
When new full body scanners make their début next week at London’s Heathrow sirport, passengers will have no right o effuse the procedure, it’s been revealed by ministers.
It’s been reported that Heathrow won’t offer the [...]

Visa applications in some Indian cities will experience disruptions.
The United Kingdom Border Agency has revealed that, beginning February 10 and for the three days, visa application centres in New Delhi, Jalandhar, Kolkata and Chandigarh would be closed.
According to British High Commission Director of Press and Communications Dan Chugg, the move is required in order to [...]

British Immigration officials posted at airports in the United Kingdom will be provided with greater authority which allow them to refuse entry to foreigners attempting to enter the country on UK student visas and who appear suspect.
The decision comes after government reports which stipulated that immigration employees in the United Kingdom were finding it difficult [...]

Prime Minister Gordon Brown revealed the British Government is ready to impose a ban on all flights between Yemen and the UK.
Plans for the introduction of a list of prohibited inbound-outbound destinations—called the “no-fly” list – have been deemed necessary since the events of Christmas Day and to alt certain suspected terrorist from coming to [...]

A new commercial passenger airline is entering the British market.
Varsity Express is scheduled to make its debut as full service regional carrier operator on the first of March, 2010.
The airline plans to offer regular scheduled flights between Edinburgh Airports and London Oxford Monday to Friday.
Varsity Express will operate the route with the use of a [...]

The new full body scanners will be introduced in airports within the United Kingdom as early as next week, said Gordon Brown.
The Prime Minister said the scanner technology adopted for the country’s airports is the very best available today. Simultaneously, he urged other nations to follow the example of Britain and boost their airport security [...]