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Some airports mainly in the North of the UK have re-opened this morning, planes left the tarmac at Glasgow and Edinburgh airport but the opened airspace is set to be short lived after (NATS) confirmed that the Volcano in Iceland had emitted a new ash cloud that was heading for Britain. Causing more heartache for Britain with an estimated 150,000 britons still stranded abroad.

The Navy has been drafted in to help rescue the stranded passengers with 3 warships being dispatched to ferry travellers back to the UK, but as these ships can carry an estimated 200 passengers at a time it is not going to be a permanent solution to the ever growing problem.

Manchester airport was due to open at 0900 hours this morning but it is still yet to open with a statement on their site stating it hopes to be open by 1900 hours tonight though that looks unlikely with the conditions worsening.

Similar statements can be read on the websites of Heathrow and Gatwick airport as the travel industry goes into meltdown in what is already an incredibly difficult time. An update from (NATS) is expected at 1500 hours today with the likely-hood of a further extension to the airspace ban on the UK.

BA have confirmed that it has 12 long-haul flights bound for Heathrow airport, a company official stated that contingency plans were in place if Heathrow remained closed, but would not reveal what those plans were or where they intended to land the aircraft.