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 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.

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.

All operations at Birmingham Airport have been suspended this afternoon (Wednesday, October 23) The airport has been evacuated with police currently dealing with an on-site incident. Police have confirmed that the airport has closed following a report of suspicious vehicle.