One man has been arrested after a number of people were sprayed with a substance, with five of them taken to hospital.

Travellers could be denied boarding to flights if they break a certain rule, as part of a major campaign. London Stansted issued a warning on its X account this weekend, ahead of what is anticipated to be a busy travel period this Christmas.

The Metropolitan Police said that it is an isolated incident and is not being treated as terrorism or protest-related

Passengers flying from London Luton Airport during the festive season have been warned of disruption as workers prepare to strike, a union says. Unite said easyJet check-in and baggage handling staff at the Bedfordshire airport, who were employed by DHL Group, were set to walk out for six days in a dispute over pay.

A union boss has claimed hundreds of flights either side of Christmas risk being delayed or cancelled after London Luton Airport workers voted for six-day strike

In the New Year, the UK’s busiest airport will introduce a strict time limit on drop-offs for the first time ever. Bosses at the airport said this would be to ease congestion in the zones outside the terminals. They added that free drop-offs using the Park and Ride were still available to all terminals, should you not want to pay the fee.

The practice of charging for dropping off passengers outside the airport terminal is largely unknown abroad – though on Wednesday I was charged an extra fee of 30 rupees (25p), for being picked up by an auto-rickshaw at Chandigarh railway station in northern India. The aim there is to reduce congestion outside the station.

BA Cityflyer is also starting summer flights from London City airport to Toulon Saint-Tropez on Tuesdays and Saturdays between May 23 and September 1, becoming the carrier’s fourth French destination, joining Nice, Bergerac, and Chambery.