US aircraft carrying weapons to Israel would be allowed to make stopovers at British airports if they observed the correct procedures, Britain said today. "As long as proper procedures are followed, permission will be granted for such flights," the foreign office said. "We don't comment on the handling of individual flights." It was not clear whether both military and civilian airports were covered by the announcement. Two US military cargo aircraft had refuelled on Sunday at Mildenhall, a British-US base in eastern England. They had been diverted from Prestwick, a Scottish airport near Glasgow, where there was a demonstration against...