Government Delays Runway Decision
Residents near Heathrow could face a further nine months under threat from a third runway.
On 10th December at 7pm following an Airports Sub Committee meeting, the Government issued an online statement that it is delaying a decision on the location of a new runway for the South East to enable further assessments of the proposals to take place.
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Environmental Audit Committee Publishes Its Report
The government should not support the building of a third runway at Heathrow until a number of environmental conditions can be met, according to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee report on 1st December.
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Campaigners Mark 6th Anniversary of Cameron's No Third Runway Promise
Campaigners against Heathrow’s third runway marked the 6th anniversary of David Cameron’s No Ifs, No Buts, No Third Runway speech by taking a large model aircraft to Downing Street – just as they learned that the head of the Civil Service instructed Conservative not to make comments on the proposed third runway.
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Residents Against Expansion Hit Out At Back Heathrow
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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Politicians Support Anti-Runway Campaign At London Rally
Top London politicians lined up to speak at the No Third Runway rally in Parliament Square on Saturday, 10th October.
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SHE Plane Crashes The Conservative Party Conference
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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Service Of Hope At St Mary's In Harmondsworth
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.
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Warning of Third Runway Impact on Schoolchildren
Teddington 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.
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London Air Pollution Kills 9,500 People A Year
Nearly 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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Plane Stupid Activists Close Heathrow Runway
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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Man Blockades Heathrow Tunnel In Protest Against Runway
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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Davies Skirts Issues To Recommend New Runway At Heathrow
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.
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Davies Commission Announcement Today
Today is the day that we learn whether Sir Howard Davies has taken note of the strong arguments against Heathrow expansion.
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Children Flag Up Their Love Of Threatened Villages
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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Pollution Ruling Will Force Next Government To Meet Targets
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.
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Ban Building Near Air Pollution Hotspots, Say MPs
A 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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Resident Tells Davies She Will Fight To The Bitter End
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.
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Richings Park residents get some HAL soft soap
Anyone expecting the cold hard truth from Heathrow Airport Limited at the Richings Park Residents’ Association meeting on 25th November will have been disappointed.
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Interim Davis Commission Report Explained
HACAN 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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SHE Takes Off
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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