Last Briton held in Guantanamo Bay is released

The last British resident to be held at the US prison camp in the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba arrived in Britain after his release from 13 years in detention there.

Shaker Aamer, a Saudi national married to a Briton, was suspected by US officials of being an Islamist militant associated with al Qaeda but was never charged with any crime.

Television images from Biggin Hill airport south of London showed the arrival of a small white aircraft. A government spokesman said Aamer was back in Britain.