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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nuray Bulbul,William Mata and Arielle Domb

What are the hand baggage and liquid rules at London's main airports?

Luton, Stansted and Heathrow airport retain the 100ml rule - (Credit: London Luton Airport / Simon Jacobs)

Gatwick airport recently announced that passengers would no longer need to remove electrical items or place liquids in a plastic bag when going through security.

This came after London City Airport scrapped the rule for baggage last April and now uses computerised tomography imaging to take 3D, high-resolution images of luggage, which staff can then study from every angle to see what’s inside.

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