Most people living under the Heathrow flight path want runway alternation to continue, a study suggests.
The survey for the Mayor of London showed 75% said getting a period of quiet is important to residents.
Mayor Ken Livingstone said: "The vast majority of Londoners living under the Heathrow flight path value the half a day's peace and quiet they get from runway alternation and want to see this retained."
Jenny Jones, of the London Assembly Green party, said: "Ending runway alternation would make a bad situation even worse.
"The message from Londoners is loud and clear, expansion of Heathrow should be ruled out, permanently."
Source: BBC News website dated 20th March 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
Hosepipe Ban hits Longford
A hosepipe and sprinkler ban is to be imposed by Three Valleys Water to tackle the worst water shortages the South East has seen in a century.
The firm's three million domestic customers in Essex, Beds, Bucks, Herts, North London and Middlesex will be hit by the ban, which begins on 3 April.
Source: BBC News website dated 20th March 2006
Three Valleys Water have said:
Despite a year on year increase in customer demand for water, we have managed to avoid the need for a hosepipe ban for the last 14 years in a row. However the recent dry winters means that this can no longer be avoided. Along with six other water companies in the south east, we have announced a hosepipe ban and have joined forces to work together with them and the Environment Agency to beat the drought. We hope our customers will join us too! The ban begins on 3rd April 2006 and will continue indefinitely.
Source: Three Valleys Water website
The firm's three million domestic customers in Essex, Beds, Bucks, Herts, North London and Middlesex will be hit by the ban, which begins on 3 April.
Source: BBC News website dated 20th March 2006
Three Valleys Water have said:
Despite a year on year increase in customer demand for water, we have managed to avoid the need for a hosepipe ban for the last 14 years in a row. However the recent dry winters means that this can no longer be avoided. Along with six other water companies in the south east, we have announced a hosepipe ban and have joined forces to work together with them and the Environment Agency to beat the drought. We hope our customers will join us too! The ban begins on 3rd April 2006 and will continue indefinitely.
Source: Three Valleys Water website
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Airports fail air pollution test
Most English airports do not meet EU-recommended limits on the pollutant gas nitrogen dioxide, a study suggests.
Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham and Newcastle airports are the worst offenders, a report from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy found.
Source: BBC News website dated 13th March 2006
Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham and Newcastle airports are the worst offenders, a report from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy found.
Source: BBC News website dated 13th March 2006
Pollutant levels threaten Heathrow expansion
High levels of nitrogen dioxide at UK airports could threaten some airports' expansion plans, figures reported by the BBC suggests.
A new study, conducted by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, showed that Heathrow and Gatwick airports are among the worst offenders, containing NO2 levels up to 75 per cent above EU recommendations.
The news could come as a serious blow to Heathrow Airport, which won't be allowed to build a third runway if its NO2 levels continue to exceed the EU benchmark.
Birmingham and Newcastle airports exceeded the target by the same amount, while nine other UK hubs were over the limit by up to 50 per cent.
Only tiny Sandown airport on the Isle of Wight was below the EU target – which will become mandatory by 2010.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's professor Grahame Pope said that the impact of airport emissions on public health were a concern, although he blamed the results as much on transport serving the airports as on aircraft.
The pollutant gas could affect suffers of asthma, bronchitis and emphysema.
Source: Cheapflights website
A new study, conducted by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, showed that Heathrow and Gatwick airports are among the worst offenders, containing NO2 levels up to 75 per cent above EU recommendations.
The news could come as a serious blow to Heathrow Airport, which won't be allowed to build a third runway if its NO2 levels continue to exceed the EU benchmark.
Birmingham and Newcastle airports exceeded the target by the same amount, while nine other UK hubs were over the limit by up to 50 per cent.
Only tiny Sandown airport on the Isle of Wight was below the EU target – which will become mandatory by 2010.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's professor Grahame Pope said that the impact of airport emissions on public health were a concern, although he blamed the results as much on transport serving the airports as on aircraft.
The pollutant gas could affect suffers of asthma, bronchitis and emphysema.
Source: Cheapflights website
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Peers clamp down on night flights
Government plans to abolish current limits on night flights have been defeated in the House of Lords.
The move may come as a blow to airlines hoping to increase off-peak services but will relieve residents in the flight-path of Heathrow and other major airports.
Tory councillor Edward Lister was among the politicians campaigning against the move.
"The government and the airlines wanted to do away with the only protection people living near airports have. Early morning flights ruin people's sleep and damage their health," he told the BBC.
Peers also voted in favour of forcing airports to fine airlines with noisy planes.
It is argued that this would end the disadvantage to those airports that already voluntarily levy charges on noisy airlines.
The government was in favour of sanctioning more night flights on the grounds that technological innovations have recently led to a 75 per cent reduction in noise levels.
Source: news.cheapflights.co.uk dated 9th March 2006
The move may come as a blow to airlines hoping to increase off-peak services but will relieve residents in the flight-path of Heathrow and other major airports.
Tory councillor Edward Lister was among the politicians campaigning against the move.
"The government and the airlines wanted to do away with the only protection people living near airports have. Early morning flights ruin people's sleep and damage their health," he told the BBC.
Peers also voted in favour of forcing airports to fine airlines with noisy planes.
It is argued that this would end the disadvantage to those airports that already voluntarily levy charges on noisy airlines.
The government was in favour of sanctioning more night flights on the grounds that technological innovations have recently led to a 75 per cent reduction in noise levels.
Source: news.cheapflights.co.uk dated 9th March 2006
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Peers battle over Heathrow noise
Opposition peers are calling for the retention of limits on the number of night flights to Heathrow, amid fears government plans may create more noise.
Heathrow is allowed 2,550 take-offs and landings to take place between 11.30pm and 6am during the six-month "winter season". This averages out at about 16 a night.
Individual jets create 75% less noise than was once the case, the government argues. If the bill passes into law, restrictions on the number of night flights to Heathrow would end in about five years' time.
Edward Lister, Tory leader of Wandsworth Council, which is under the Heathrow flight path, told the BBC News website: "The government keeps arguing that quieter plans means we can have more flights. But it only takes one plane to wake you up at four o'clock in the morning. If there's another almost straight away afterwards, you won't get back to sleep. We want to ban night flights completely, not see them increase."
Source: BBC News website dated 8th March 2006
Heathrow is allowed 2,550 take-offs and landings to take place between 11.30pm and 6am during the six-month "winter season". This averages out at about 16 a night.
Individual jets create 75% less noise than was once the case, the government argues. If the bill passes into law, restrictions on the number of night flights to Heathrow would end in about five years' time.
Edward Lister, Tory leader of Wandsworth Council, which is under the Heathrow flight path, told the BBC News website: "The government keeps arguing that quieter plans means we can have more flights. But it only takes one plane to wake you up at four o'clock in the morning. If there's another almost straight away afterwards, you won't get back to sleep. We want to ban night flights completely, not see them increase."
Source: BBC News website dated 8th March 2006
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