内容摘要：We had to do some googling before realising we were being kicked out of our house.

We had to do some googling before realising we were being kicked out of our house.

The airport said it had an active year-round recruitment campaign for security officers and recent problems were down to a technical issue.A source told the BBC that the number of vacant positions meant security staff felt overstretched, making it harder to recruit and retain staff.

It comes as the airport has been undergoing improvements for more than a year, with multi million-pound upgrades to its security hall nearing completion.But it has meant delays for passengers at busy periods, and issues began again ahead of the May bank holiday.The airport said it could not confirm how many people had been unable to board flights in the past 72 hours, directing questions to individual airlines.

Lisa Ruston, who was flying from Birmingham Airport to Cape Verde on Wednesday, said staff were helpful but it took her almost two hours to even get to security."Only three of the lifts are working and one is used for fast track," she said.

"They definitely need more staff around to help people, it's all very confusing."

Roger Burton, who missed his flight from Birmingham to Alicante on Monday, previously said he spent about £165 on a new flight and would also have to cover taxi costs to the airport again.The newly-elected Conservative MP for Bridgwater has said his top priority is tackling anti-social behaviour in local town centres.

Ashley Fox said that during his canvassing in the election campaign "on the doorstep, crime and antisocial behaviour came up many times."He said it appeared to be a particular problem in the centre of Bridgwater and in Highbridge town centre.

Mr Fox is now the only Conservative MP representing Somerset – an area that was previously all-Tory after the 2019 general election.Anti-social behaviour in Bridgwater town centre has been