We recently returned from a trip the the UK just before New Years. From Edinburgh to Heathrow our boarding passes were each checked a total of 12 times and passports 6 times. This included boarding passes and passports being checked 4 and 2 times respectively in the last 50 feet before entering the jetway for our final flight back to the US. We also passed through normal scanning once in Edinburgh and again at Heathrow. We changed terminals at Heathrow but no at no time did we leave a secure area. Everyone appeared to be scrutinized equally.

For you regular flyers to Heathrow, is this now standard UK/Heathrow security?