内容摘要：Turnout is well down compared with recent elections, falling by eight points to 60%. This will be the second lowest turnout ever in a UK election since 1885. Only the 59% in 2001 was lower.

Turnout is well down compared with recent elections, falling by eight points to 60%. This will be the second lowest turnout ever in a UK election since 1885. Only the 59% in 2001 was lower.

"I fear that the deal will mean making ends meet becoming even more difficult for farmers like me," she says.As a result, she is crossing her fingers that the French government will be able to stop it.

The planned trade agreement will mean more South American beef, chicken and sugar coming to the EU, and at lower prices. While in the opposite direction, the likes of European cars, clothing and wine would have more access to the Mercosur zone.For France to block the deal it will need to persuade at least three other EU countries, representing at least 35% of the total population to join it. Ireland, Poland and Austria are also opposed, but Italy will likely need to also come on board to achieve the required population quota.And with the media giving very conflicting reports about Italy's position, we'll have to wait and see which way the Italians go when the vote is held some time in 2025.

In the meantime, French farmers are continuing to put pressure on Paris to not back down. French President Emmanuel Macron is listening, and has described the trade deal as "unacceptable in its current form".Ms Heurtault grows sugar beet, wheat and barley on a 150-hectare farm in the small village of Villeneuve-sur-Auvers located 60km (37 miles) south of Paris.

She says that the deal would see French farmers badly hit in order to help EU manufacturers. "It feels like we're a bargaining chip. Farmers in the Mercosur countries [the name of the Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay block] have less restrictions regarding pesticides and lower labour costs."

Ms Heurtault's view is widely held across the French farming sector, which has been holding regular protests in recent months.Multiple holidaymakers said they had spent hours waiting for a lift to the airport's security area.

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.