Mayor: Boris Island is the "obvious solution" to airport over-capacity

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Boris Johnson angers green groups by claiming a new South-East hub is needed to avoid exporting jobs and emissions abroad

London mayor Boris Johnson is once again on a collision course with green groups over his most recent calls for a new hub in the south east to replace the capital's "over-capacity" airports. In his...

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