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The UK's air traffic control authority, Nats, has announced that airspace north of a line between Teesside and Blackpool will be opened again from seven o'clock tomorrow morning. Airspace in the rest of the country may be lifted later in the day though they warn that it is a "dynamic and changing situation".

Making the announcement, the aviation authority said: "It is now for airports and airlines to decide how best to utilise this opportunity."

European airline operators, which have been haemorrhaging money since the ban began, have been pushing for flights to be allowed.

Tonight, we'll have the latest on the situation and Peter Marshall will be reporting on the handling of the crisis. Has the government been put under commercial pressure, or have the authorities - as some operators suggest - been too cautious in their airspace restrictions?

We hope to be speaking to both government and business insiders.

We've packed Tim Whewell onto the Dover ferry to find out if the Dunkirk spirit is alive and well with Brits battling the odds to try to get home.

And while the cloud of travel uncertainty continues to hover over the country, we'll be asking what this tells us about ourselves as an island nation and if - despite all the inconvenience - there is actually a silver lining to all this, which is forcing us to re-embrace the spirit of travel from a bygone age.

Also tonight, how should the Conservatives tackle the apparent rise in support for the Liberal Democrats? Michael Crick is in Bournemouth West where that increased support could really matter. A Conservative seat for 60 years, Sir John Butterfill is standing down at this election and the Lib Dems need just a 4% swing to win it. So what are their chances of taking the seat from the Tories? We'll be joined by strategists to discuss how the parties should respond.

Join Jeremy at 10.30pm on BBC Two.