A dispersal order has been put in place across Stockport town centre after a large gang of youths caused havoc at the bus station. Police made four arrests during the disturbance on Saturday night.
17.04.2024 - 15:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester passengers are among the thousands struggling to get home, as an intense storm in Dubai has caused flight disruption.
Dubai International Airport was flooded by the heavy rainfall, leading to Emirates cancelling seven flights between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) airport and the UK, with British Airways diverting or axing four.
The airport urged passengers to stay away “unless absolutely necessary” after it was hit by more than a year’s average rainfall in 24 hours.
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Many flights were delayed by several hours on Tuesday (April 16), such as one operated by Emirates which landed at Heathrow more than five hours behind schedule at 9.30pm.
Paul Lidwith, 40, a solicitor from St Helens, Merseyside, said he was stranded for seven hours “without a single update”. He was travelling with Emirates from New Zealand to Manchester via Sydney and Dubai, but his flight to Dubai International Airport was diverted to Al Maktoum International Airport, located an hour away in the city.
He said he has not been given any food or water, and claimed staff at Emirates had not provided information about his flight to Manchester. He told the PA news agency: “This airport is for cargo planes and it deals with about maybe half a dozen flights a day.
“They couldn’t handle the flights that were diverted from Dubai International. We had to wait on the tarmac for nearly five hours.
“It took our total journey time from leaving Sydney to getting off the plane here to 22 hours. It’s just been an absolute disaster. We’re stuck here and seven hours without a single update is inexcusable.”
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A dispersal order has been put in place across Stockport town centre after a large gang of youths caused havoc at the bus station. Police made four arrests during the disturbance on Saturday night.
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