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On one of the warmest evenings of the year over 200 local residents came together to support Back Heathrow.

A council has spent tens of thousands of pounds on campaigns against Heathrow airport - including a failed high court challenge.

MORE than 800 people received job offers through the Heathrow Employment and Skills Academy last year.

A Labour victory in High Wycombe would see a major upset in the town which has had a Conservative MP since 1951.

LONDON, England - LHR Airports Limited CEO John Holland-Kaye today set out why expansion at Heathrow, Britain’s only hub airport, is the best option for the whole of the UK and is backed by organisa | eTurboNews | Travel News |

BAME aviation workers face more job insecurity without action on flights, says Back Heathrow

Uxbridge residents critical of Prime Ministers Heathrow Airport response Uxbridge residents and Heathrow Airport campaigners have hit out at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s response to potential job losses at Heathrow Airport. Johnson, the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, responded to an email sent by one of his constituents, Ranjit Sihota explaining that Heathrow will be offered the same £8m grant as every other airport in the country. The grant, used to relieve the pressure of busin...

To send your own letter, email bfpletters@london.newsquest.co.uk. Please note, any letters sent to the Bucks Free Press office are only being picked up periodically as all staff are still working from home. LETTER OF THE WEEK - A hearty thanks to our teachers May I ask that we give a hearty thanks to all our teachers and school staff for their incredible hard work and resilience at this difficult time?  In spite of the further lockdown, our schools are still open for the children of ke...

BBC News By Roger Harrabin The Supreme Court has breathed new life into plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The scheme was previously blocked by the Court of Appeal, who said the government’s airports strategy didn’t meet up-to-date UK climate targets. But the Supreme Court has ruled the strategy was legitimately based on previous, less stringent, climate targets at the time it was agreed. The firm behind Heathrow can now seek planning permission for the runway. But it still faces...

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow have been given a major boost after the airports owner won a Supreme Court challenge. Heathrow Airport Ltd successfully overturned an earlier ruling that the Government had failed to take account of its own climate commitments when it approved the scheme. Three leading judges concluded in February that former transport secretary Chris Grayling failed to take account of the Governments commitments to tackling climate change when setting out support for ...