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A HUGE power outage has caused severe delays and flight diversions at a major UK airport.

Birmingham Airport has had to halt all arrivals and delay flights, effecting many travellers and tourists.

The National Air Traffic Service has apologised for the disruption explaining that poor weather conditions caused the power outage.

This comes after Storm Goretti has brought gusts of almost 100mph and a rare red warning from the Met Office for “dangerous, stormy” winds earlier this week.

Engineers are said to be working with the national grid to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.

Only departing planes are allowed to fly from the airport, while inbound flights have been suspended and diverted to other airports.

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Multiple flights have been diverted to East Midlands Airport and Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport.

Twelve lights have been delayed and nine flights either cancelled or diverted with several flights delayed for over four hours.

A spokesperson said: “Due to a technical issue with NATS’ radar that serves Birmingham Airport, only departing flights are currently operating, with some delays.

“All arriving flights are currently suspended.

“We apologise for the delay to customers, and we are working closely with NATS to rectify the issue.”

The Chargers will be without starting linebacker Denzel Perryman for the remainder of the regular season.

The NFL on Monday suspended Perryman without pay for two games for repeated violations of playing rules designed to protect player health and safety, including an incident during Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys.

In the second quarter, Perryman was penalized for unnecessary roughness after delivering a forcible blow to the helmet of Ryan Flournoy while the Dallas Cowboys’ receiver was on the ground following a catch. The play violated an NFL rule prohibiting the use of any part of the helmet or facemask to initiate forcible contact to an opponent’s head or neck area.

Perryman will be eligible to return to the Chargers’ active roster on Monday, Jan. 5, following the team’s Week 17 game against the Houston Texans and Week 18 game against the Denver Broncos.

Under the collective bargaining agreement, Perryman may appeal the suspension. Any appeal would be heard and decided by one of three jointly appointed and compensated hearing officers: Derrick Brooks, Ramon Foster or Jordy Nelson.

Maccabi Tel Aviv have been given a suspended one-match away fan ban from Uefa for “racist and/or discriminatory behaviour” by it supporters during last week’s Europa League game at German side Stuttgart.

The Israeli club, whose supporters were barred from attending an away match at Aston Villa in November because of safety concerns, were also fined 20,000 euros (£17,550) for their fans’ conduct during the fixture on 11 December.

Uefa’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) said Maccabi’s ban from selling tickets to their fans for their next away match in a Uefa competition will be “suspended for a probationary period of two years.”

Stuttgart won the match 4-1, leaving Maccabi with only one point from six matches in the league phase of the Europa League.

Maccabi lost 2-0 to Premier League club Villa in the competition last month when travelling fans were not permitted at the match in Birmingham after a decision by the city’s Safety Advisory Group.

The move was widely criticised with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer calling the decision “wrong” and adding “we will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets”.

West Midlands Police chiefs were called to give evidence to the Home Affairs Committee of MPs on 1 December.

Committee chair Karen Bradley has requested further information from the police and Birmingham City Council about the decision-making which led to the ban of Maccabi supporters.