Heathrow reveals details of third runway 'masterplan'

Madeleine Cuff
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Climate campaigners remain insistent airport expansion is incompatible with UK's emission reduction targets

Heathrow airport plans to divert rivers, build a tunnel for the M25 and extend the ban on night flights, according to plans released today detailing its preferred expansion strategy for the airport's controversial...

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