Details of benefit claims, passport photocopies and mortgage payments were included in the confidential data found near Exeter Airport.

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The aircraft was about three miles (4.8km) out from the runway when the pilot reported a "blinding light", Exeter Airport said.

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It said the scheme holds the key to 10, 000 new jobs at Exeter Science Park and Skypark along with the expansion of Exeter Airport.

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