Travel News

Rail passengers at Britain's largest stations face being searched and having their bags screened as part of a package of national security measures unveiled by Gordon Brown yesterday.

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Washington - Air passengers will no longer have to remove bulky headwear such as turbans at screening checkpoints if doing so makes them uncomfortable.

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You will still have to take your shoes off at the airport checkpoint. The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday that it had rejected the use of a General Electric shoe-scanning machine that was supposed to provide a central benefit for members of the Clear version of the Registered Traveler program: the ability to pass through security with their shoes on. The machine would instead have scanned the shoes electronically for weapons or explosives.

iht.com

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Qantas security have interviewed the owner of a suspicious parcel which caused chaos at Melbourne airport this morning.

theage.com.au

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Hairspray and hand lotion may still hold travelers up at airport security checks, although U.S. airlines and their passengers have generally adjusted to tighter rules enacted last year.

usatoday.com

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The Government has told the heads of the UK's leading airlines that it has no plans to ease strict new security rules on hand luggage.

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Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4 has reopened after a suspect bag sparked a security alert.

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The security threat against British airlines passengers remains 'very serious and likely to endure for the foreseeable future', according to the Department of Transport's head of aviation security.

guardian.co.uk

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