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An advert shot on the Falkland Islands showing Argentinian hockey player Fernando Zylberberg training on a British war memorial prompts calls for him to be banned from the London Olympics.
Playing down the meltdown at Heathrow’s border control earlier this week, Damian Green told MPs: “I stress to the House that our information shows that queuing times bore no resemblance to some of the wilder suggestions.” But with these “wilder suggestions” coming from the airlines and passengers themselves, it’s little wonder that British Airways’ chief executive Willie Walsh accused the minister was “misleading” the public over the extent of waiting times at passport control. Mr Walsh told Channel 4 News: “I think he was certainly misleading when he told people that the maximum queue was 90 minutes when we know it went well beyond that – and not just on one occasion.” Who’s right? FactCheck jets in.
With Typhoon jets arriving in London for a military exercise ahead of the Olympic Games, Channel 4 News looks at how the capital is gearing up for Britain’s “largest peacetime logistical exercise”.
Roy Hodgson urges fans and players to get behind him as the FA confirms his appointment as England manager.
David Cameron demands action from the Home Office while BA’s Willie Walsh tells Channel 4 News that Damian Green was “misleading” the public over the extent of waiting times at passport control.
Immigration Minister Damian Green promises fully staffed desks at Heathrow over the peak summer period. But Easyjet tells Channel 4 News it is “concerned” about delays at other airports.
The World Anti-Doping Agency slams the British Olympic Association for its “hysterical” fight to punish sprinter Dwain Chambers and cyclist David Millar with lifetime bans for doping.
The Ministry of Defence announces six possible missile launch sites, including several in residential areas, to protect the skies over London during the Olympic Games.
MoD tells 700 residents near Olympic site they will be safer with missiles on top of their east London building.
The Prime Minister has insisted there was no deal between the Conservatives and Rupert Murdoch to smooth the way for the tycoon’s takeover of BSkyB.
Immigration Minister Damian Green is facing tough questions over chronic delays at Heathrow Airport’s passport control that leave some passengers waiting for hours.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt pledges to give the Leveson inquiry all private texts and emails he sent to his special adviser, as pressure grows for an inquiry into his handling of the BSkyB bid.
Pressure grows on Jeremy Hunt as top civil servant repeatedly refuses to confirm that he was telling the truth in his account of the proposed BSkyB takeover.
Chancellor George Osborne tells Channel 4 News he does not ‘disguise or run away from’ the latest figures showing the UK is back in recession.
Gary Gibbon
Jeremy Hunt’s defence must be that it wasn’t him that was in direct contact with the Murdoch team but his Special Adviser Adam Smith and the Mr Smith wasn’t representing his real thoughts.