'Nothing ever works': UK passengers delayed at airport passport control after e-gates fail

Thousands of passengers were delayed at airports across the UK on Tuesday evening after e-gate failures left them stranded at passport control.
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The Home Office ruled out a cyber-attack, and got the gates back online. The outage affected Heathrow, Bristol, Gatwick, Manchester, Edinburgh and other airports

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