Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeGeorge Galloway has been detained at Gatwick Airport under the terrorism Act. The former MP and his wife, Putri Gayatri Pertiwi, were “allowed on their way” after being stopped by counter terrorism officers, the Metropolitan Police said. In a widely reported statement, the Met said: “We can confirm that on Saturday September 27 counter terrorism officers at Gatwick Airport stopped a man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s under Schedule 3 of the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. Mr Galloway got down on all fours pretending to be a cat, while Lenska fussed over him and let him pretend to lap milk from a saucer.