Stansted airport border delay chaos sees thousands of people stuck for hours

Staff reporter(wp/es):
Furious holidaymakers were left queuing late into the night at Stansted airport in chaotic scenes at border gates.
Travellers arriving at the airport late on Monday night were welcomed by queues stretching out of the passport control hall.
Families, many with young children complained of being forced to wait for hours to get through.
An estimated 5,000 passengers queued to get through shortly before midnight, with no immediate explanation as to what caused the delay.
One woman said she believed it was because all of the e-gates were down.

Travellers who missed their connecting trains home complained on social media about the “appalling queue management” at the airport.
One angry passenger tweeted a picture of hundreds of people waiting to get through the passport barrier, writing: @STN_Airport - landing at midnight to a 45min queue for passport control to get home is not cool! Not expecting these people I presume?”
 And another wrote: “Surely there has to be a fast track queue for British Citizens with toddlers?

man killed in shooting at east London flat

Crime reporter(wp/es):
A 20-year-old man was killed in a shooting at a block of flats in east London.
Armed police and paramedics rushed to the building in Bethnal Green after reports of gunfire on Monday night.
The victim was found with injuries and pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting shortly afterwards, sparking a murder investigation.
Officers arrested two men, aged 21 and 29, in connection with the incident.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan police said: “Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at around 8:40pm on October 3 to reports of a shooting at a block of flats in Florida Street, E2.
“Whilst officers believe they know who the deceased is, they await formal identification.
"A post-mortem examination will be scheduled in due course.”