Harmondsworth resident Neil Keveren of direct action group Residents Against Expansion has hit out at the “garbage” issued by Back Heathrow following the successful No Third Runway rally on Saturday, 10th October.
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Top London politicians lined up to speak at the No Third Runway rally in Parliament Square on Saturday, 10th October.
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Delegates at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester got a surprise when a 30ft SHE aircraft crashed their event on Monday, 5th October.
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A Service of Hope to support people in their fight against Heathrow expansion is being held on Sunday, 13th September at 3pm. It will be a service for people from all kinds of Christian churches.
Read MoreTeddington Action Group (TAG), campaigning against Heathrow expansion, has written to all headteachers in London to alert them to the findings of a report published by the Airports Commission, which admits that thousands of extra children could experience sleep, reading and memory problems as a result of a third runway at Heathrow.
Read MoreNearly 9,500 people die early each year in London due to long-term exposure to air pollution, more than twice as many as previously thought, according to new research.
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It has been reported that about 12 activists from the anti-airport expansion group Plane Stupid have chained themselves to a metal triangle of fences on Heathrow’s northern runway, forcing its closure.
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A blockade of Heathrow’s road access tunnel to Terminals 2 and 3 brought traffic to a halt for almost half an hour at 12.45pm on Thursday, 2nd July.
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It was bad enough that Sir Howard Davies recommended Heathrow for a third runway but his Airports Commission Final Report showed that the government wasted two and half years and £20m on an analysis that came up with the old suggestion – tag a bit more onto Heathrow.
Read MoreToday is the day that we learn whether Sir Howard Davies has taken note of the strong arguments against Heathrow expansion.
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Flags created by children concerned about the possible loss of their home villages, were the focus of a spring project that culminated in a half-term parade through those villages on Friday 29th May.
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Judges at the Supreme Court, the UK’s highest court, have ruled that the next government must take immediate action over its obligations under European law on air pollution limits.
Read MoreA new report by MPs calls for a ban on building schools, hospitals and care homes near sites which generate dangerously high levels of air pollution.
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A Harmondsworth resident who joined the T5 opening day Flashmob and continues to fight further expansion, tells Sir Howard Davies at his Consultation event that she will fight to the bitter end.
Read MoreAnyone expecting the cold hard truth from Heathrow Airport Limited at the Richings Park Residents’ Association meeting on 25th November will have been disappointed.
Read MoreHACAN has been busy since 11th November trying to make the latest Airports Commission’s findings easier to understand for everybody, not just the airport bosses.
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S.H.E has launched. On the 13th of November in Harmonsworth church local people came out in force to stand up to Heathrow’s bulling tactics and intimidation to say Stop Heathrow Expansion. The night included three short films from the No If’s No Buts video competition run by Zac Goldsmith earlier this year. Presentations on pollution, heritage and the distraction the airport will cause, as well as a few words from politicians from different parties urging this airport to stop expanding. Here are what some local Residents had to say about the evening.
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Make up your own mind. Do you think the questions in the Back Heathrow survey below are loaded?
Read MoreBritish Airways CEO Willie Walsh has said that Britain’s political class lacks the character required to push for a third runway and says Heathrow expansion is a “lost cause”.
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The Airports Commission, which the Government set up to look at airport expansion in London and the South East, ruled out an Estuary Airport on 2nd September. That leaves just a 3rd runway at Heathrow and a 2nd runway at Gatwick on the agenda. The Commission’s final report is due in about a year’s time.
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