YORKSHIRE'S airports reopened today following the lifting of flight ban restrictions caused by the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud.

Planes have landed at UK airports for the first time in six days as all British airports reopened following the eruptions, which have caused a giant ash cloud to drift over the UK.

The Civil Aviation Authority approved a phased reopening of airspace because it said safety tests showed plane engines could cope in areas of low density ash.

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