Footage from the cameras revealed that the two men were opening luggage and taking items before the bags went onto the main carousel in the baggage reclaim area. The pair were arrested in February.

According to Bedford Police, both men have been handed custodial sentences by Luton Crown Court. Since the arrests, Luton Airport claims that baggage pilferage has dropped by around 77 per cent.

Sergeant Steve Farrer, a member of the London Luton Airport Safer Neighbourhood Team, said that passengers at Luton should feel confident that the security of their possessions is taken extremely seriously. He added that the sentence handed to the two former cleaners sent out a very clear message that stealing would not be tolerated.

Sergeant Farrer also advised all travellers to ensure that their luggage was securely locked and that any valuables be kept in a passenger’s hand luggage. He went on to say that the average number of pilferages reported at the airport was seven every month and that this number was a very small percentage of the amount of luggage 700,000 passengers bring to the airport each month.

A Luton Airport spokeswoman said that the airport was pleased that the matter was concluded, but refused to comment further.

Eyewitnesses on the ground say that the passenger jet, coming from Karachi, was flying at a very low altitude as it came into land in Islamabad. It then crashed into the Margalla Hills to the north of the city. The plane was attempting to land in very poor visibility and heavy monsoon rains. The poor flying conditions have already caused the cancellation of a number of flights on the popular commuter route between Karachi and Islamabad.

Qamar Zaman Kaira, Pakistan’s Information Minister told reporters that so far 115 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage. He added that many of the victims had been so badly burnt during the crash that DNA testing would be needed in the identification process.

Only 46 of the bodies recovered have so far been identified. Islamabad government official, Aamir Ali Ahmed, told Reuters that most of the bodies being brought out of the hills had been charred. He added that the heavy rain was making travel to and from the crash site very difficult.

Airblue, the private airline leasing the Airbus, is likely to come under heavy fire for allowing one of its services to fly in such poor weather conditions. Raheel Ahmed, spokesman for Airblue, said the aircraft had never had any technical issues, and that the accident was a tragedy.

The survey revealed that 40 percent of travellers are still unsure about the amount of luggage they are allowed to take onto an airplane. Of all the respondents, 20 per cent said that they had already been given an additional charge or fine by an airline after turning up with too much luggage.

In April, moneysupermarket.com decided to have a look at the prices airlines were charging for taking baggage onto their aircraft. Ryanair may be selling its tickets at budget prices, but it was found to be the most expensive when it came to baggage fees. Following closely was bmibaby.

Analysis of the data collected by moneysupermarket.com revealed that on average passengers are paying £11.27 for the privilege of taking a single bag in the hold of the plane on a one-way flight. For a return journey the price went up to an average of £22.55.

The trend for ancillary charges was initially started by the budget airlines to make up for the massive drop in ticket prices they were making to help maintain capacity. However, added fees for placing luggage onto aircraft are quickly becoming the industry norm.

The union is also claiming that when the travel concessions were taken from some of its members, the proper disciplinary procedure for doing so was not followed by the airline.

British Airways boss, Willie Walsh, has always defended his right to remove travel privileges from members of staff who decide to take part in industrial action. In a statement, BA reiterated that travel benefits given to staff were not part of any contractual agreement, they are perks given by the airline, at its discretion, and can be removed at any time, the airline said.

BA added that cabin crew members who walked out on strike had been warned that their travel perks with the company were in danger of being revoked. The airline said that it rejects any claims made by Unite and will stand firm against any legal action the union plans to pursue.

Strikes by cabin crew have so far covered 22 days this year and cost the airline an estimated £150 million. The dispute was initially over cost cutting measures which meant a change to working practices. However, the main cause for contention between the airline and the union seems to have become the matter of getting travel perks back to those who have had them revoked.

Jean Pierre Blazy, the local mayor, said that the accident would forever remain in the memories of the local people because it was such a horrendous experience.  At the ceremony Mr Blazy added that he hoped the results of an investigation into what caused the crash would bring some closure. He went on to say that he feared however that the verdict, due at the end if the year, would hold nobody accountable.

US carrier Continental Airlines is currently being held responsible as it is widely believed that the accident was the result of a piece of metal falling from one of the company’s aircraft.

President of the board of directors of Air France, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, said that the mayor’s comments about the investigation were upsetting and asked him to wait for the results of the inquiry before voicing his opinions.

A second ceremony was held later in the day and was attended by around 150 people. A number of family members of those who died in the crash were present and Air France officials placed roses on a memorial. A total of 113 people died when flight 4590, bound for New York, crashed into a hotel.

Chairman and chief executive of Flybe, Jim French CBE, said he was pleased to confirm the order for 35 new aircraft, a deal worth £850 million. He added that the acquisition of the planes would help to firm up Flybe’s position as the leading regional carrier in Europe.

Business development and commercial director at Cardiff Airport, Steve Hodgetts, said that in light of the announcement that the airline was expanding its fleet, he would be extremely keen to explore the potential of offering Welsh passengers more routes throughout Europe.

The first aircraft are due to be delivered to Flybe in September 2011. The seating configuration in the Embraer 175 is a 2×2 layout, which the airline claims is its customers’ preference. Keen to build on the business market, destinations from Cardiff could soon include Frankfurt, Lyon and Dusseldorf.

Hodgetts said that there was an increasing demand for flights to popular leisure destinations, as well as important business hubs, throughout Europe and that Flybe would be the perfect partners to work with in getting customers to and from such destinations. He added that any such partnership would not only benefit the airport but the rest of Wales as well.

The Hilton Chongqing was told this week that because of the allegations, the hotel had caused damage to the image of other hotels in China. As a result the National Hotel Ratings Committee announced that the Hilton would be stripped of its status as a five-star establishment.

Because the authorities are still investigating the hotel’s Diamond Dynasty Club and its possible connection with prostitution, a club in the Hilton Chongqing’s basement remains closed. Targeting a major hotel group is unusual for officials investigating the sex trade.

The attempt to clean up China’s sex trade is uncovering specially organised clubs where wealthier members of society go to indulge in sex. They are usually spas and leisure venues, and now apparently hotel chain basements.

The authorities have come under fire recently for allegedly allowing a woman to be tied with a rope and dragged through the streets of Dongguan City in Guangdong Province. The woman was accused of being a prostitute. In Wuhan the police also raised a few eyebrows by publishing a list of people they believed spent some of their time frequenting prostitutes.

The research was conducted in the US. Experts telephoned a number of women in the Cape Cod, Massachusetts, area to ask them about their cleaning habits and how often they used pesticides and other general use cleaning materials. 721 of the women spoken to were cancer free and 787 were suffering from the disease. All of those interviewed were between the age of 60 and 80.

Once all the women had answered the study’s questions about their cleaning habits they were put into four categories from high product users to low. The rates of breast cancer within each group were then compared.

According to the study, the use of insect repellents, pesticides and mothballs seemed to have relatively little impact on the rates of cancer. Leader of the study, conducted through the Silent Spring Institute in Newton, Massachusetts, Dr Julia Brody, announced that the results suggested that those who used the largest combined amounts of cleaning products were twice as at risk of developing breast cancer than those who used the smallest amounts.

According to Dr Brody, whose findings have been published in Environmental Health, the study is the first of its kind and highlights the genuine risks involved with commonly using air fresheners.

Andrews is also suing her former stalker for causing her permanent emotional distress. Michael David Barrett is currently serving a two-and-a-half year prison term for various stalking offences. In December, the former insurance salesman admitted that he had secured adjacent rooms to Andrews in a number of hotels where he also adjusted the hotel peep holes. He added that in February 2008, in Columbus, Ohio, he filmed Andrews with his mobile phone. He went on to admit that he had done the same in a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee just seven months later.

Prosecutors claim that Barrett tried to get information on Andrew’s reservations from a total of 14 hotels.

Lawyers working for Andrews claim that the hotels are guilty of having confirmed to Barrett that Andrew’s was a guest with them, which number room she was staying in and then letting Barrett stay in the room next door.

According to the complaint lodged with Chicago’s Cook County Circuit Court, Andrews is looking for compensation totalling £784,000. So far none of the hotels involved have made any comment. Barrett has said that he does not have any money with which to compensate Andrews.

A further 40 customers reported illness in what is believed to be an outbreak of the stomach-bug known as norovirus.

The NHS for Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) reported that an estimated 24 hotel guest and 14 members of staff at the Hilton Hotel experienced vomiting and diarrhoea believed to have been brought on by the bug, while two of the guests were taken to Gartnavel General Hospital suffering severe symptoms – although both are expected to show fast and full recovery. NHSGGC has begun its investigation at the five-star hotel to determine the prevalence of the norovirus.

While some of the affected guests made a rapid recovery, seven customers who had stayed on that showed signs of the symptoms had been asked to remain in their hotel rooms in order to contain any potential outbreak. The hotel group, which has a proud record of health and safety, says it is working with local health officers to provide all guests with the best possible assistance in dealing with the bug. NHSGCC said staff had been ‘exemplary’ in dealing with the crisis, while it also said that the hotel could not be faulted on its precautions for the prevention of such an outbreak and is continuing to try to find the source of the virus.

Additional cleaning measures have already been put into place and the hotel remains open for business, aside from the swimming pool which is undergoing extensive sanitation.