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Well you'll have to google it yourself, as I'm off to bed, but that's what they say https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/805366...-crane-lights/
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Well you'll have to google it yourself, as I'm off to bed, but that's what they say https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/805366...-crane-lights/

OK. Thanks Ray.
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The idiots responsible are probably falling about laughing at all the disruption they are causing. What a joke!

When - and IF - they are caught, they'll be laughing yet again at the 'suspended sentences' our wonderful judges will hand down to them!
Many other countries are also laughing at this inefficiency and closure of the airport

In Russia, it would have been shot down safely in a minute in an area away from danger,
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26-12-2018, 07:20 AM
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It did say on the New that a damaged drone had been found by the perimeter fence ... and then it all went quiet!
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26-12-2018, 08:10 AM
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I think their policy was to catch the operator, not just the drone - which is why it went on for so long. As for the "was it, wasn't it" - that seems to have been a misunderstanding between ministers and police............!!
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26-12-2018, 09:06 AM
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My sister made it to Madeira in time for Christmas ...it was chaos though and stressful.
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Couple released without charge over Gatwick drone 'could win substantial payout'

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...n-libel-payout

The couple arrested and released without charge in relation to the Gatwick drone incident could win at least £75,000 from the newspapers who identified them, according to a leading libel lawyer.

Mark Stephens, head of media law at Howard Kennedy, said they had a strong legal case if they wished to pursue legal action. “Absent of a compelling reason and the police saying you can, you may no longer identify people who have been arrested.

“The damage is likely to be in the region of £75,000 to £125,000. It could be more when you total all of the news outlets, because each one is going to pay something for the damage it caused. I don’t see any lawyer who wouldn’t take it on a no-win-no-fee basis.”

Stephens said the case is the first major test of privacy law since Sir Cliff Richard’s landmark privacy victory against the BBC earlier this year, which set a higher bar for naming individuals who have been arrested but not charged.

Not all parts of the media named the couple, with most broadcasters and some national newspapers, including the Observer, deciding to stick to the police statement.

It is unclear whether the couple are currently planning legal action.
If I were them, I'd try for at least a million pounds .....
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26-12-2018, 07:12 PM
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Couple released without charge over Gatwick drone 'could win substantial payout'

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...n-libel-payout



If I were them, I'd try for at least a million pounds .....
Sack a few Police Commissioners and Chief Constables to pay for it.
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26-12-2018, 07:17 PM
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Amazing that we the tax payer will end up compensating folks for the whole debacle..... sigh
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Something odd about this story....
Will the whole story ever be made public?
 
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