THE last British resident in Guantanamo Bay has been released after spending more than 13 years at the military prison in Cuba.

"THE Americans announced some weeks ago that they were going to release Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo and I can confirm that he is on his way back to the UK now and he will arrive in Britain later today," Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Friday.

Originally published asLast UK detainee at Guantanamo released