HEATHROW EXPANSION LEGAL CHALLENGE REJECTED

The High Court on 1st May 2019 rejected legal challenges against Heathrow Airport’s decades-long campaign to expand the aviation centre. The challenge was brought by local councils, residents, environmental charities and London Mayor Sadiq Khan after the House of Commons voted in favour of building the runway, approving transport secretary Chris Grayling’s National Policy Statement by 415 votes to 119 …