内容摘要：Floods hit properties, closed an M25 slip road and caused travel delays across the south east of England after a night of heavy rain.

Floods hit properties, closed an M25 slip road and caused travel delays across the south east of England after a night of heavy rain.

At least 1,351 flights to and from Heathrow were affected on Friday, Flightradar24 said, with some 120 affected aircraft already in the air when the closure was announced.The Foreign Office has advised UK citizens who are abroad and require urgent assistance to contact their teams via an online

Air Canada and United Airlines have announced they will be resuming some or all of their flights from Friday evening. Virgin Atlantic has said it hopes to operate "a near full schedule" on Saturday with limited cancellations, adding that it will continuously review flights.Gatwick Airport told the BBC it was aware of the situation at Heathrow Airport and stands "ready to support as required".Several of Australia's Qantas airline planes have been diverted from London to Paris, with other flights likely to be affected, it said.

British Airways has cancelled all its short-haul flights due to operate to and from the airport on Friday.Some long-haul flights - including to Cape Town, Johannesburg, Singapore and Rio de Janeiro - were later given clearance to depart from Heathrow from 1900 GMT and the airline said it was reviewing the fire's implications for Saturday's schedule and beyond.

Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's main airline cancelled all its flights to London on Friday.

The Heathrow Express railway service said it was running a reduced service from Paddington to Heathrow.Current rules state that EVs must make up 22% of a manufacturer's car sales this year, and 10% of van sales.

Carlos Tavares, chief executive of Stellantis,The two-day protest is set to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday between 08:00 and 16:00 GMT.

Unite said a rally would take place on Tuesday at midday.General secretary Sharon Graham said: "Shutting the profitable Luton factory when it has just been made ready to produce electric vehicles from 2025 makes no sense.