The civil servant in charge of immigration has warned that security must take priority over airport queues, amid estimates that passengers arriving at Britain’s third-largest hub face delays of at least an hour this summer.
In an interview with the Guardian, Lin Homer, chief executive of the Border and Immigration Agency, said passport checks would not be scaled back to cut delays. Stansted, already suffering lengthy hold-ups at passport control since new procedures were introduced this year, is braced for even longer delays over the holiday season. According to estimates by owner BAA, passengers may face peak-time waits of an hour at immigration control.
– The Guardian
Applied Kilovolts, which will help to make electronic security scanners for the 2012 London Olympics has raised GB pound 8.3 million in a fundraising from investors.
– The Times
Security at Wimbledon has been stepped up amid fears that the venue is vulnerable to a car bomb attack.
Contingency plans have been revised following a review last week and in light of intelligence that extremists might adopt tactics used by insurgents in Iraq.
The home of the All England Club is seen as particularly vulnerable to a “vehicle borne bomb” because it is ringed by public roads.
Unlike other high profile targets such as the House of Commons and the new Wembley Stadium, it is very difficult to block off nearby highways with concrete barriers because they are needed by residents.
– The Telegraph
