Air passengers who refuse to submit to a full body scan at Heathrow and Manchester airports will be barred from taking their flights from today.
The two airports started operating advanced imaging technology (AIT) scanners from noon. Birmingham airport will follow suit later this month ahead of a national rollout.
The move - strongly criticised by civil liberties campaigners who say the scanners are an invasion of privacy - follows the attempted Detroit bomb attack on Christmas Day. More...
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