Here's more from Gatwick Airport, which just confirmed that its South Terminal will soon be reopening to staff and passengers. "The earlier security alert has now been resolved and cleared by police. The South Terminal is reopening to staff and will be open to passengers shortly," a statement says.

London’s Gatwick Airport said it is reopening its South Terminal after police resolved a security alert triggered when a suspicious item was found in a passenger’s luggage.

Two people detained during a security incident at Gatwick Airport have been allowed to continue their journeys after a suspect package saw a "large part" of the South Terminal evacuated.

Two people were temporarily detained by police after reports of a suspicious package meant Gatwick Airport's South Terminal was evacuated. The South Terminal, one of two at the airport, was shut at 10:55 GMT on Friday while an explosive ordnance disposal team "made the package safe".

An explosives disposal team has been sent to London’s Gatwick Airport and one of its terminals evacuated after a “suspected prohibited item” was found in luggage.

Train service is resuming and people are returning to the South Terminal at London Gatwick Airport after a security alert forced the evacuation of part of the city's secondary international hub Friday.

London's Gatwick Airport, the second busiest airport in Britain, reopened a terminal on Friday after a security alert earlier in the day forced its evacuation and caused travel disruption for thousands of people.

A bomb disposal police unit has been sent to Gatwick airport after a “suspected prohibited item” was found in luggage. Sussex Police said a “security cordon has been put in place” inside the south terminal of the UK’s second busiest airport.

A large part of Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal has been evacuated due to a security incident. Police were called to the airport on Friday morning after the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.