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| Detectives investigating the failed car bombings at Glasgow airport and in London have arrested two more men, Strathclyde Police have said. | Detectives investigating the failed car bombings at Glasgow airport and in London have arrested two more men, Strathclyde Police have said. |
| The arrests of the men, aged 25 and 28, take the number of people held over the attempted bombings to seven. | The arrests of the men, aged 25 and 28, take the number of people held over the attempted bombings to seven. |
| Houses are being searched in Houston, near Paisley, Merseyside, and in Staffordshire, where one of two doctors arrested in the inquiry lived. | Houses are being searched in Houston, near Paisley, Merseyside, and in Staffordshire, where one of two doctors arrested in the inquiry lived. |
| Police are linking the failed bombings and the UK remains on high alert. | Police are linking the failed bombings and the UK remains on high alert. |
| Police said the arrests of the two men, who are not believed to be of Scottish origin, were as a result of "intensive police operations in the Paisley area last night". | |
| Assistant Chief Constable John Malcolm, of Strathclyde Police said: "This continues to be a fast-moving investigation and I am grateful to the public for their perseverance and support during these difficult times. | |
| He added: "I would continue to urge people to be vigilant." | |
| On Monday, Staffordshire Police closed off Priam Close, in Bradwell, not far from Chesterton, where one of the people being held, Dr Mohammed Asha, lived. | |
| Dr Asha, who worked as a junior doctor at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, was arrested on the M6 in Cheshire on Saturday night. | |
| Extra delays | |
| The terror alert level was raised to critical - its highest level - after a Jeep Cherokee, loaded with gas cylinders, crashed into the doors of Glasgow airport's main terminal and burst into flames on Saturday afternoon. | |
| Detectives are trying to trace the movements of the green Jeep Cherokee - registration L808 RDT - which crashed into the airport. | |
| The attempted attack in Paisley came a day after two Mercedes containing petrol, gas cylinders and nails were found outside a nightclub in London's Haymarket and in a nearby street. | |
| The devices failed to detonate. | |
| Commuters and air travellers were being warned to expect extra delays to journeys on Monday, with extra police patrols and vehicle searches taking place at airports and transport hubs. |