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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Charlotte Hadfield

Bank holiday travel chaos as e-gates stop working at all UK airports

Holidaymakers are facing travel chaos this bank holiday as e-gates have failed at airports across the country.

The Home Office, which is responsible for border control, said it is working to fix a technical problem that caused electronic border gates at airports around the UK to stop working late on Friday.

Manchester Airport warned the issue may lead to longer waiting times for passengers at what is the start of a busy bank holiday weekend. The airport tweeted in the early hours of Saturday: "UK Border Force is currently experiencing an outage affecting its e-gates.

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