After a refuel in Newcastle, the planes landed back in Manchester as the storms cleared Events
Flights on approach to land were put in a holding position as thunder and lightning hit the airport and the region Transport
Kevin Chapman lashed out at his girlfriend while on an overnight flight from Greece to the UK and struck her in the face in front of an off-duty police officer who was on the plane Politics
Sophie Hughes, from Huyton, said her family's journey home from Larnaca to Manchester Airport began with a three-hour delay as they arrived at the airport at around 9pm on Friday, August 22 Politics
Rio, 41, her husband, and their twin daughters, 11, were scheduled to fly back to Manchester on a TUI flight at midnight on Friday after a two-week holiday on the Mediterranean island Politics
Mum Rio, 41, her husband, and their twin daughters, 11, were forced to sleep on the floor at Larnaca airport in Cyprus after a string of delays stopped them catching their TUI flight home Politics