All news on the topic: Gatwick Airport

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Cyclist in 60s dies on London to Brighton charity ride as police launch probe
Organisers have confirmed a male cyclist has died in Surrey while taking part in the London to Brighton Bike Ride this afternoon as police launch an investigation
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Disabled woman left to sleep on airport floor will 'never fly easyJet again'
It took Lisa two days to return home from a friend's wedding after huge cancellations by easyJet this week, and she says she had to sleep on airport floor both nights
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EasyJet cancels UK flights due to weather affecting thousands of Brits
EasyJet flight cancellations have been announced as the airline has axed a number of UK flights due to thunderstorms - and Gatwick has warned more disruption could come
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Travel nightmare as power cut stops all trains running to Gatwick Airport
A power cut at Gatwick Airport means no trains can call at the airport station with passengers told to instead get off early and take a replacement bus service
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'I spent 4 years and £30k visiting 875 Wetherspoon pubs - I would do it again'
A Wetherspoons superfan has finally finished an epic four-year journey visiting all 875 of the chain's pubs around the UK - and he says he doesn't regret the 'best adventure of his life'
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Wetherspoon fan spends £30k on epic four-year pub crawl to all 875 locations
To end the 'longest pub crawl in history', Wetherspoon superfan David Bingham will enjoy a cold pint of beer at Gatwick Airport tomorrow - his 875th boozer in four years
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Police release image of man found dead in plane undercarriage at Gatwick Airport
A man's body was found in the undercarriage of an aircraft that landed at Gatwick Airport at 4am on December 7 last year. Now, police issued an e-fit image in a bid to identify him
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Gatwick chaos as planes forced to divert after 'drone' spotted near airfield
The suspected drone incident caused delays at Gatwick Airport where some passengers were left waiting on the runway and others waiting at the departure lounge on Sunday
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UK flight delay times soar amid travel chaos - every airport ranked
Birmingham, Manchester, Doncaster Sheffield, Luton and Gatwick were among the UK airports with the longest average wait times in 2022, according to Civil Aviation Authority data
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Flight routes to Spain, Italy and France could face disruption this summer
Popular flight routes to Spain, Italy and France could be hit with disruption this summer after they faced some of the most chaos last year according to new analysis
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Boris Johnson stays at loan scandal pal's £4k-a-night Caribbean home with family
Former PM Boris Johnson and his family stayed at a £4,100-a-night pad owned by tycoon Sam Blyth, who is at the heart of a probe into the appointment of BBC chair Richard Sharp
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'I'm named after an airport after being dumped in the loo at ten days old'
Steven Hydes, 37, was only ten days old when he was found in a ladies toilet at Gatwick Airport by a duty-free sales assistant and now he has been reunited with his birth family
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Mum 'loses £1,000' after easyJet 'flight was cancelled' only for it to take off
A mum says easyJet is refusing to refund her after she booked new flights and accommodation for her family when the airline erroneously told her their flight home was 'cancelled'
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UK airports from Gatwick to Manchester prepare to scrap 100ml liquids rule
UK airports are set to scrap the 100ml liquids rule by 2024 - we take a look at the latest updates from the likes of London Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London Gatwick and Liverpool
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Easter getaway travel misery for Brits amid road queues and plane cancellations
Despite emergency plans to avoid a repeat of last weekend’s 'horrible' delays, travellers at the Port of Dover still faced long waits, with cars being left in jams for hours
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Drunk passenger tries to headbutt off-duty police after drinking 'a lot of rum'
Edgars Emsins, 36, bought a 750ml bottle of Captain Morgan's of rum which he downed before his flight from Tenerife, during which he abused his family and off-duty police officers
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Disused UK airport once busier than Gatwick to restart flights this summer
London Ashford Airport, also known as Lydd, will see Air Alderney flights take off from this summer, the first time commercial flights have operated from the Kent airport since 2018
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‘We’ve helped families escape the war in Ukraine – this is what we learned’
A year on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Mirror speaks to three British hosts and the Ukrainian families they’ve invited into their homes
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Driver uses ChatGPT AI to get £100 Gatwick Airport car park fine cut to just £15
Shaun Bosley, from Brighton, was slapped with a £100 'final notice' several months after dropping a work colleague at Gatwick Airport, despite saying he had received no previous correspondence
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Brit Embassy spy 'was disgusted with himself' for selling secrets to Russians
David Smith, 58, hoarded documents and was caught filming a man he thought was a Russian "traitor" where he worked at the British embassy in Berlin
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Man shares 'grim' meal from Wetherspoons that 'would fail GCSE food tech'
The customer slammed the restaurant after he was left less than impressed by his Empire State Burger, which drew criticism from several commenters when he shared a photo of his meal online
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BA plane forced to make emergency landing after cockpit fills up with smoke
The British Airways flight had taken off from Gatwick Airport in London on Monday morning and was on its way to Verona in Italy when the smoke appeared in the cockpit
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Brit blocked from entering non-EU country due to post-Brexit passport rule
Jonathon Lane had to purchase an emergency passport and missed four days of his family holiday in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt after easyJet staff stopped him from boarding at Gatwick Airport
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Two more RMT train strike dates confirmed as drivers walkout - see all firms hit
General Secretary of the RMT Mick Lynch said negotiations with the rail operators will continue - but train driver members at 14 rail operators will strike on February 1 and 3 in the long-running dispute
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Union chief blasts leaked proposal to 'ban' Border Force workers from strikes
The idea was said to have been one of three put forward by officials in the Business Department in a leaked email. A No10 source denied it had ever been considered by Downing Street