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| Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned holidaymakers to expect a summer of delays at airports - following three failed car bombings in Britain. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned holidaymakers to expect a summer of delays at airports - following three failed car bombings in Britain. |
| He told BBC One's Breakfast programme: "It's going to be very difficult for people" but said people wanted to know they would be safe in crowded places. | He told BBC One's Breakfast programme: "It's going to be very difficult for people" but said people wanted to know they would be safe in crowded places. |
| He also praised bomb experts in London, Glasgow airport workers who tackled the bombers and the police investigation. | He also praised bomb experts in London, Glasgow airport workers who tackled the bombers and the police investigation. |
| "I think we have seen in the last week the best of Britain," he added. | "I think we have seen in the last week the best of Britain," he added. |
| Mr Brown said the fact that there had been no loss of life was a tribute to the vigilance of the British public and the emergency services. | |
| And he praised the speed of the investigation, saying he believed they were "getting to the bottom" of the attacks and wanted to reassure the public that the authorities had acted very quickly to deal with potential future incidents. | |
| He said a review of NHS recruitment - instigated after it emerged that eight of the suspects had links to the health service - would report on Monday. | |
| But he added: "Crowded places and airports, I think people will have to accept that the security has got to be more intense. | |
| "We have got to avoid the possibility, and it's very difficult, that people can use these crowded places for explosions." | |
| He added that he thought people would understand, and would want to know that they would be safe. |