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Police have arrested a man in his 20’s on suspicion of involvement in a bomb scare at Gatwick Airport on Sunday.

A note was found on board a United Arab Emirates flight from Dubai to London about 10 minutes before it landed at London Gatwick Airport. Sussex police stated the note implied there may have been “a suspicious device on board”.

Over 150 passengers and the flight crew were evacuated and the plane moved to a holding area at Gatwick Airport, where a bomb disposal team searched the aircraft and luggage. Nothing was found in the search.

The Competition Commission has told BAA they must sell either Edinburgh or Glasgow Airport in its final report of a two-year inquiry.  This comes after they ordered BAA to sell Gatwick and Stansted Airports, a decision that the BAA has said they may appeal against.

The commission stated that the lack of competition between airports owned by BAA was detrimental to passengers, and that the three airports must be sold within two years.  BAA will be required to sell the airports in sequence, starting with Gatwick, followed by Stansted, and then either Edinburgh or Glasgow, to ensure an orderly sale process.

BAA has two months to respond to the Competition Commissions findings.