British Airways has apologised for delays at Gatwick yesterday, caused by a temporary problem with its check-in system.

Passengers faced long queues and had to be checked in manually after the 20-minute computer failure.

The IT issues also affected Heathrow and come 2 months after a similar incident at the airline caused 75,000 people to be stranded at airports around the world.

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A seminar has been held to help hotels in Sussex deal with airport-related crime.

Organised by the Council it aimed to raise awareness of issues such terrorism and human trafficking and was one of the first of its kind in the UK.

Councillors have reassured people there is no evidence the area suffers any more than the rest of the UK, despite the event.

Easyjet passengers going to Gatwick were stranded in Zante for two days after their replacement plane was unable to fly into the Greek island because it would disturb the local turtle population.

They originally couldn’t travel on Sunday because of technical issues, which required another plane to be sent, but this then couldn’t reach them because of a night-time curfew because flights pass over the beach where loggerhead turtles nest.

Some people managed to find alternatives flights, while the remaining headed home yesterday.

The turtles are listed as a ‘vulnerable’ species and lay eggs about every 2 years.

People with mental health problems in Sussex live up to 20 years less than the rest of the population.

The report by a group of 24 health and social care organisations in the region found the 7% of the population with mental health problems made up 20% of all A&E admissions and are between 2 and 4 times more likely to die of cancer

Sam Allen the CEO of Sussex NHS Trust says it shows services aren’t meeting the needs of those with mental health problems and “getting a grip on this is about saving lives.”

A teenager has suffered minor injuries following an assault in Crawley.  

The 17 year old was attacked at Pelham Drive roundabout just before 8 pm last Thursday and was taken to hospital.  Six men approached the victim and his two friends.  It is a believed a small knife or screwdriver was involved.  

Police are searching for a man of around 19 years of age and of Asian appearance.  He is described as 5 foot 6, of skinny build, with short black hair and a short shaped beard.  He was last seen wearing a yellow jacket, black Armani T shirt, a black baseball cap, dark blue jeans and wearing a belt with two gold circles on it.  The second man the police would like to speak to is described as of Asian appearance, around 6 foot tall, of stocky build, in his early 20s and wearing a black hooded top.