Two men have been released from police custody after a suspicious device found in the bathroom of a passenger plane was found to be a mobile phone. 

Typhoon jets were scrambled to intercept the Ryanair flight from Vienna to London on Sunday after the object sparked concern.

The pair – a 34-year-old man from Kuwait and a 48-year-old man from Italy – were detained at Stansted Airport shortly after 7pm under the Terrorism Act.

They have been released without charge after officers from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) found neither had committed any offence.

An ERSOU spokesperson confirmed the “suspicious” object was a mobile phone.

Detective Superintendent Andy Waldie, head of ERSOU’s counter terrorism policing unit, said: “We understandably take...

Bank holiday temperatures will bring “unseasonably cool” conditions to the UK, marking the an end of an extreme month of weather which has included a heatwave and two named storms.

The chilly and cloudy spell is also in stark contrast to last year’s late August Bank Holiday Monday – which was the hottest on record, when the mercury hit 33.2C (91.8F) at Heathrow.

And it comes just weeks after people flocked to the nation’s beaches as temperatures reached 36.4C (97.5F) on what was the hottest August day for 17 years.

London and Cardiff are expected to reach around 18C (64F) on Monday afternoon, while Edinburgh could see temperatures struggle to hit 1...

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Adele has been accused of cultural appropriation after sharing a photo showing her in a Jamaican bikini top and with her hair in Bantu knots.

The 32-year-old posted the picture on Instagram, writing: “Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London GBJM”.

The 2020 edition of west London’s traditional celebration of Caribbean and Black culture took place remotely for the first time in its 50-year history due to coronavirus, and Adele was clearly keen to celebrate from her home in LA.

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One of more than 200 people who have been told to self-isolate after 16 coronavirus cases were linked to passengers on board a flight from Zante has said “no distance was enforced” on the plane.

Of those COVID-19 cases that have linked to people aboard the Tui flight to Cardiff on 25 August, seven were infectious or potentially infectious whilst on the flight, according to Dr Gwen Lowe, consultant in communicable disease control for Public Health Wales.

She said there have been around 30 cases in Wales in the last week that have come back from the Greek island, with those infected having been on different flights and staying at different locations.

Stephanie Whitfield was on the Tui flight 6215 to Cardiff on Tuesday and has de...

Labour is calling for next year’s A-levels and GCSEs in England to be delayed because of coronavirus – amid reports pupils going back to one school this week could be sent home for “malicious coughing”.

Shadow education secretary Kate Green said exams should be pushed back to allow extra teaching time as pupils now face a “mountain to climb” after losing out on up to six months of teaching.

She said exams due next May should be delayed until June or July.

Ms Green said: “Pupils across the country who have missed out on vital teaching time will have a mountain to climb to prepare for May exams unless the government steps in.

“Ministers had warning after warning about problems with this year’s exam results, but allowed it to des...