The airport says "some passengers were evacuated and we had to suspend departing flights for a couple of hours" after reports of a suspicious vehicle.

Birmingham Airport in central England has been evacuated as a precautionary measure following a report of a suspicious vehicle, police said on Wednesday. "West Midlands Police is currently dealing with an ongoing incident on-site,

Birmingham Airport’s operations have been suspended while police are on-site dealing with an incident. The airport posted on the social media site X that passengers should not come to the airport at this time.

Birmingham Airport said it was "slowly returning to normal" after passengers were evacuated over a suspicious vehicle. Departing flights were grounded and people told to leave the airport building while a police operation got under way at about 12:20 BST.

All services have returned to normal after a suspicious car sparked an evacuation at Birmingham Airport. All departing flights were suspended and passengers were told to stay on planes after police descended on the airport around 12.