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The last evacuation flights have left Sudan for Cyprus, according to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.Two final flights took off from Port Sudan on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, the final one leaving at 1.10am local time more than two hours later than scheduled.According to Flightradar, the last flight touched down in Larnaca at 6.32am local time with a plane scheduled to leave the Cypriot airport for Birmingham on Thursday afternoon.

The British mission in Sudan is not over yet despite the end of the evacuation airlift, the Foreign Secretary said.James Cleverly said the situation remained dangerous and officials were still in Port Sudan to help Britons seeking to leave the country.The final evacuation flights left Sudan on Monday for Cyprus, with anyone seeking to leave now relying on making their own way to safety through Port Sudan or at land borders into neighbouring countries.

The last Government-arranged flight carrying British nationals out of Sudan has arrived back in the UK.The evacuees arrived at Birmingham Airport at 4.58pm on Tuesday on a Titan Airways Airbus A321 after a four-hour and 40-minute flight from Larnaca, Cyprus, having been taken out of Port Sudan on Monday.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Children have delivered letters to Gary Lineker's home, with one expressing support for his stance on refugees.Two boys posted letters through the 62-year-old former England footballer's door in front of a pack of reporters and photographers awaiting comment after he was told to step back from his Match Of The Day hosting duties in an impartiality row.