A security alert was sparked at Manchester airport when a pork pie-loving pensioner tried to carry his tasty treat through the scanners. Norman Pearson, 69, from Wigan, expected to breeze through security with a pork pie nestled between his holiday clothes for a flight to Spain. His brother, Roy, said the juice within the sizeable pie had shown up on security scanners as a liquid. “Norman and pork pies are regular travelling companions, but it’s the first time that it has caused an issue with airport security,” Roy said. He’s mortified if he gets held up so he’d be very surprised to be held up by a pie.

Source: The Guardian September 29, 2016 10:04 UTC