When we flew out of Gatwick last week it was very strict, no liquids, pastes, make-up or lighters, shoes and belts off and they went through the scanning machine too, then coming home at Alicante airport no restrictions seemed to be in place, shoes stayed on, lighters were in bags, drinks etc, so it looks like its only the main big airports here and probably in America etc that are sticking to the strict guidelines, thats how it seemed to me anyway....