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Leaked emails -- including one where and administrator seeks to ban photos of long lines -- show that the row over Heathrow and UK border control are approaching disaster levels.

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Heathrow approached “breaking” point last week, with passengers left so frustrated by delays that they resorted to storming past officials without showing their documents and slow handclapping staff in immigration halls.

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