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The Supreme Court has found in favour of Heathrow Airport, overturning a decision by the Court of Appeal to rule the airport’s expansion plans illegal. The decision was announced virtually at 9:45 this morning, with the court deciding that the airport’s plans for a third runway were lawful. The court listened to cases made in October, with Heathrow Airport itself appealing the original ruling to block the plans, and environmental pressure groups Friends of the Earth and Plan B Earth defending the ruling. A Heathrow spokesperson said: “This is the right result for the country, wh...

The three main candidates for next year's London Mayoral elections, including London Mayor Sadiq Khan, have all spoken out against the expansion of Heathrow Airport, after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the airport this morning.  The UK's highest court overturned February's decision by the Court of Appeal, which ruled that plans for a third runway at Heathrow were unlawful.  The case centred around the UK's commitments to the 2015 Paris Agreement, which environmental campaigners argued were not taken into account when the Government greenlit plans for the runway.  However, ...