Health claims about proposed Kent airport
A new study says the effect of air pollution on human health would be less if a new hub airport was built off North Kent
New airport for Thames Valley?
An independent commission tasked with finding new runways in the region will consider a new airport in the Thames Valley, it's believed.
New airport plans cause uproar
Proposals to expand Heathrow or Gatwick are so contentious that plans for alternative new airports have emerged, causing some disquiet.
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French Connection
An engineering company that wants to build a 40 billion pound airport on sandbanks off Deal on the Kent coast has outlined its scheme - to a French audience. Beckett Rankine were invited to explain the proposal to business leaders in Calais.
Here, the scheme has been labelled as ludicrous by the local MP. But backers say it's the best option for a new hub airport for south-east England - and northern Europe.
Derek Johnson speaks to French business representatives Vincent Didry and Thaddee Segard, Hilary Newport from Protect Kent and Tim Beckett from marine consulting engineers Beckett Rankine.
Deal airport plans: media briefing
The firm behind proposals to build a Kent airport on the Goodwin Sands off the Deal coast have outlined their ideas to business leaders and the media in Calais.
Our Correspondent Derek Johnson has been following the morning's events and has been tweeting about people's reactions.
Worth pointing out the local MP and CPRE Kent environmental group say Goodwin Sands Airport a v bad idea
From @derekjohnsonitv on Twitter:Calais briefing told Goodwin Sands Kent Airport could also serve 15m people in Nth France and be Hub for nth Europe http://t.co/QOSAbB83
From @derekjohnsonitv on Twitter:The firm behind proposals for a £38b airport on the Goodwin Sands tell business leaders in Calais it could boost economy in Nth France
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Deal or No Deal: will airport plans take off?
More details of architects' proposals for a hub airport on the Goodwin Sands, six miles off Deal on the Kent Coast, are being revealed at a briefing in Calais today.
The firm behind proposals to build a Kent airport on the Goodwin Sands off the Deal coast have outlined their ideas to business leaders and the media in Calais.
Maritime engineers Beckett Rankine say the £39 billion four-runway airport would benefit millions of people in northern France and become a hub for Northern Europe.
The plan - one of several being considered in an ongoing government review into airport capacity - is opposed by the local MP and environmentalists.
Under the flightpath - the noise debate
Farnborough Airport has become one of the first in the world to ban the planes that make the most amount of noise.
Its owners say it is to give some peace to those under the flightpath in villages and towns in Hampshire and Surrey but anti noise campaigners say it will make little difference.
Our Transport Correspondent Mike Pearse has been talking to both sides of the debate. He meets campaigner James Radley and the airport's chief executive Brandon O'Reilly.
Airport bans noisy planes, but flights increase
Farnborough Airport has become one of the first in the world to ban to planes that make the most amount of noise.
Its owners say it will help those living under the flightpath in in Hampshire and Surrey.
But campaigners say it will make little difference because the number of flights from the business airport are set to almost double.
Mike Pearse has been talking to campaigner James Radley, Brandon O'Reilly, Farnborough Airport's Chief Executive.
Timetable announced for South East airports decision
by John RyallThe man charged by the Government to choose the best site for the runway or runways, today announced that at this stage all options are on the table, and nothing's ruled in - or out.
While we still do not know where the new airport for the south east will be built, now _we know the timetable for the announcement.
For parts of Kent, Essex, and Sussex, such words cause no end of worry, or property blight.
Sir Howard Davies' task is to produce an interim report by the end of next year, then a full report in the summer of 2015 - after the next general election.John Ryall has been looking at what could happen - and when.
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Health claims about proposed Kent airport
by David Johns (@davidjohns_itv)
A new study says the effect of air pollution on human health would be less if a new hub airport was built off North Kent
Read the full story'Explosive' chocolate cake sparks airport security alert
A major security alert at a busy airport has been sparked ... by a chocolate birthday cake. It set off an automatic alarm when it was detected in hand luggage.
Justin Barrett, from Kent, had bought the cake for his son's birthday and was about to fly out from Stansted when he was stopped and searched.
Security staff at first suspected the cake might contain explosives but it was given the all-clear. So what was in it that triggered the emergency?
Click below for the full report from Tom Savvides
Boris calls for airport in the Thames Estuary
Boris Johnson today renewed his call for a massive airport in the Thames Estuary ... a development that would transform Kent's economy but sentence thousands of people to living under one of the world's busiest flightpaths.
In a stinging attack on Government aviation policy, the London mayor said an estuary airport - or major expansion of Stansted - were the only logical options. He described Government resistance as "blind" and "complacent".
But his speech at London's City Hall triggered attacks from Tory colleagues and prompted the question: how much is this about airport capacity ... and how much is it about Boris's political ambitions? Tom Savvides reports.
Five escape injury after plane crash lands at airport
Two adults and three children have escaped injury after the light aircraft they were travelling in was forced to crash land at Southend airport.
Forty firefighters were called to the airport at 1.15pm today.
– Martyn Hodder, Southend Station Commander"Two adults and three children were travelling on the aircraft. They were shaken and not hurt but checked over by Ambulance teams.
"It looks like the aircraft under carriage collapsed on landing. The Airport fire crews did an excellent job and laid out a foam blanket on the runway so that the plane could land safely.
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