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.Passengers were ordered to leave a large part of the south terminal of the UK’s second-busiest airport on Friday morning following the discovery at 8.

Thousands of passengers travelling through Gatwick were hit by severe delays on Friday after the airport’s South Terminal was evacuated following reports of a suspicious package. Staff at the South Terminal discovered a “suspected prohibited item” at ...

At 8.20am on Friday, staff at the South Terminal discovered a “suspected prohibited item” in a passenger’s cabin baggage. By 10.55am, police had ordered a security cordon and the evacuation of the building and adjacent railway station.