:00:00. > :00:07.So, a green light for a third runway at Heathrow.
:00:08. > :00:09.Tonight, a special programmd on what this major
:00:10. > :00:21.Welcome to the programme on a day when the Government has
:00:22. > :00:25.thrown its weight behind expanding Heathrow.
:00:26. > :00:28.It has opted for building another runway there,
:00:29. > :00:36.It's a more expensive option, costing nearly ?18 billion,
:00:37. > :00:38.which would also mean around 80 homes being demolished
:00:39. > :00:43.in the villages of Longford and Harmondsworth.
:00:44. > :00:46.It's worth noting that Parlhament will then vote on this huge decision
:00:47. > :00:51.affecting London at the end of next year at the earliest.
:00:52. > :00:53.Tonight, our reporters are out across the capital getting
:00:54. > :00:57.reaction to this news and the impact on London.
:00:58. > :01:02.Over the next half hour, we'll be live in the villagd
:01:03. > :01:06.of Harmondsworth with residdnts and at Westminster.
:01:07. > :01:09.But first, let's cross to the place which is at the centre of all this,
:01:10. > :01:14.Heathrow, and join our transport correspondent, Tom Edwards.
:01:15. > :01:18.Yes, we're just on the edge of the southern runway. It's extrelely loud
:01:19. > :01:40.and extremely busy. Planes are leaving here every 9
:01:41. > :01:46.seconds. This airport is full to capacity. The new north-west runway
:01:47. > :01:52.would be just to the north of here, beyond the control tower. You will
:01:53. > :01:55.be able to see the red lights in the distance. This is Cranford, not far
:01:56. > :01:58.from the airport. Over breakfast, most welcome the news today,
:01:59. > :02:01.although most will want somd improvements. A third runwax
:02:02. > :02:05.probably is necessary. You can see there's planes all around. So
:02:06. > :02:07.probably it's a good thing. I think the traffic sometimes is re`lly bad
:02:08. > :02:10.sometimes around Heathrow. Probably it will increase the traffic. So
:02:11. > :02:15.they will need more motorwaxs, more roads? I think so, definitely, they
:02:16. > :02:19.will need more access. It's good for the economy, for business, job wise.
:02:20. > :02:24.I'm glad. Right here is where the new runway will be, and right at the
:02:25. > :02:29.heart of the case for Heathrow, it's been about jobs and the economy And
:02:30. > :02:34.while this is about global connections, it's also a very local
:02:35. > :02:40.story. Many of the top 300 TK companies have headquarters within
:02:41. > :02:47.15 miles of here. We've acttally delayed for far too many ye`rs. That
:02:48. > :02:50.delay has put us behind our competitors in Europe, as ahrports.
:02:51. > :02:54.Its freight companies like this one which give Heathrow the adv`ntage.
:02:55. > :03:00.Its cargo and the combination with passengers which make the ndw long
:03:01. > :03:05.haul routes viable. In 2013, 1. million tonnes of freight c`me
:03:06. > :03:11.through Heathrow, worth ?133 billion. Nearly 80% of all
:03:12. > :03:18.airfreight in the UK. Get qtick deals with a fraction of th`t -
:03:19. > :03:21.100,000 tonnes. The growth that the UK needs, we are now looking at a
:03:22. > :03:26.global market rather than jtst a European market. Most of th`t trade
:03:27. > :03:30.will be with Europe, obviously, but the new, emerging markets of the
:03:31. > :03:35.world need to be connected, and Heathrow is the appropriate airport.
:03:36. > :03:40.Members were reminded of thd County Court in long tradition of
:03:41. > :03:45.resistance... History shows that politics and runways do not mix
:03:46. > :03:49.There have been proposals bdfore. In fact, no full-length runway has been
:03:50. > :03:54.built in the south-east since the 1940s. As well as local opposition
:03:55. > :04:00.at Heathrow, the extra cost for road and rail links varies betwedn 5
:04:01. > :04:03.billion and 20 being pounds, and it includes putting the M25 into a
:04:04. > :04:09.tunnel. And it's not clear who will pay for it. The big variabld on the
:04:10. > :04:14.Heathrow side is the motorw`ys. Their proposal envisages thd M2
:04:15. > :04:18.being put into a tunnel. Thdy will want to look at whether that can be
:04:19. > :04:22.done more cheaply or efficidntly. Can we get more people onto the rail
:04:23. > :04:26.or chew? That would be a far better solution, if we can do that instead.
:04:27. > :04:35.A final decision on Heathrow remains years away. Expect challengds and
:04:36. > :04:41.consultation. Businesses don't like that. And while some say it will
:04:42. > :04:42.never be built, others say post-Brexit, a third runway is
:04:43. > :04:49.needed more than ever. Let's hear now from the Mayor
:04:50. > :05:02.of London, Sadiq Khan, Good evening to you. So, businesses
:05:03. > :05:06.and saying, if we needed thhs before, then post-Brexit, wd needed
:05:07. > :05:10.more than ever - do you agrde? I speak to businesses all the time.
:05:11. > :05:15.You know what they need post-Brexit? Access to a single market. Xou know
:05:16. > :05:18.what they need post-Brexit? The passport of financial services. They
:05:19. > :05:24.also need the ability to attract talent. As a pro-business m`yor I
:05:25. > :05:31.am lobbying the gun and to help me be business friendly, post-Brexit.
:05:32. > :05:35.These plans are wrong for London, and one for the whole country. But
:05:36. > :05:40.do you accept that the Gatwhck option will not create as m`ny jobs,
:05:41. > :05:43.and not as much growth? I'vd looked carefully at all the options, and if
:05:44. > :05:49.the Government was to give the green light to Gatwick, it leads to jobs,
:05:50. > :05:52.growth, no public subsidy, the runway could be up and readx in the
:05:53. > :05:58.middle of the next Parliament. Local councils want it, there are no noise
:05:59. > :06:02.concerns, no air quality issues and a better Gatwick leads to more
:06:03. > :06:07.competition for a better, r`ther than a bigger Heathrow. It hs a
:06:08. > :06:12.win-win. Those at quality and noise pollution issues, they were still
:06:13. > :06:15.there when you backed Heathrow development as Transport Secretary
:06:16. > :06:21.in a previous Labour governlent We rehearsed these arguments dtring the
:06:22. > :06:25.mayoral election. In 2014, `fter we lost the election, there was a
:06:26. > :06:29.judgment which said that thd air was in breach of the air qualitx
:06:30. > :06:35.directive. In 2014, after wd lost the election, 9400 Londoners died
:06:36. > :06:39.because of poor air quality. There are children today whose lungs are
:06:40. > :06:46.undeveloped cause of poor ahr quality. As we speak there `re more
:06:47. > :06:49.people affected by noise, bx two runways, then are affected by the
:06:50. > :06:53.airport in Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Munich and Madrid
:06:54. > :06:56.combined. That's before a ndw runway. Are you saying you don't
:06:57. > :06:59.believe the Transport Secretary and the Government when they sax they
:07:00. > :07:02.are confident they can deal with these environment issues, or the
:07:03. > :07:07.independent commission which looked at some of these things in detail
:07:08. > :07:11.for two years? I think the reality is that they've underestimated
:07:12. > :07:19.concerns around air quality, concerns around noise pollution but
:07:20. > :07:22.also, as you touched upon in your report, the transport changds needed
:07:23. > :07:29.for a new runway at Heathrow, the re-routing of the tunnel, the A ,
:07:30. > :07:34.the rail links, cost ?15 billion. Who is going to pay for that? If you
:07:35. > :07:37.feel that strongly, will yot be backing the four Tory-led councils
:07:38. > :07:42.in their legal challenge, pttting your money where your mouth is, if
:07:43. > :07:48.you like? It's not my money, it is London taxpayers' money. But I can
:07:49. > :07:51.speak to those councils. We are exploring legal options. My primary
:07:52. > :07:57.concern is the well-being of Londoners. I think runway three does
:07:58. > :08:01.not help the health of Londoners, it is not help those communitids
:08:02. > :08:04.regarding noise. I will be working with them to explore all legal
:08:05. > :08:08.options. The previous Mayor of London threatened to lie down in
:08:09. > :08:11.front of the bulldozers - what will you be doing in practical tdrms
:08:12. > :08:16.other than talking to those councils? Well, let's talk first to
:08:17. > :08:20.see how we can work together to explore the legal options. H think
:08:21. > :08:26.the Government needs to unddrstand that at the moment, there is a court
:08:27. > :08:30.case being taken challenging the Government's lack of action in
:08:31. > :08:34.relation to Eric quality. I am an interested party in that ch`llenge.
:08:35. > :08:37.I have announced a bold and ambitious plan to clean up the
:08:38. > :08:38.airing London. I'm not being helped by these plans for Heathrow. Many
:08:39. > :08:44.thanks for your time this evening. Well, people in one of the villages
:08:45. > :08:46.which will be hugely affectdd by a third runway have also been
:08:47. > :08:49.vocal about today's news. Let's find get more
:08:50. > :09:04.from Alice Bhandhukravi, who is The words grief and bereavelent have
:09:05. > :09:07.been used here today in reaction to the news that many of the homes and
:09:08. > :09:12.businesses here will have to be demolished. There is a spechal
:09:13. > :09:15.church service going on in the church behind me for local people,
:09:16. > :09:21.and earlier today, I spoke to some of them as they faced the prospect
:09:22. > :09:26.of losing their homes. We'vd been in this position now since the early
:09:27. > :09:31.1990s. We actually lost a s`le of the house back in the late dight
:09:32. > :09:36.years, wasn't it? Yes. And that was because of the threat of another
:09:37. > :09:40.runway. Phil and Veronica h`ve lived here for more than 40 years. A new
:09:41. > :09:46.what to expect of today's ddcision and are very clear about whx it was
:09:47. > :09:50.made. It is business that h`s driven this, business have chucked the
:09:51. > :09:53.money at it, business have wined and dined everybody. Harmondsworth is
:09:54. > :09:59.their home. Heathrow, the thorn in their side. I don't trust ddmocracy
:10:00. > :10:04.any more. A sentiment echoed by the local vicar. I think it goes a long
:10:05. > :10:10.way to really tell us that politicians are never to be trusted.
:10:11. > :10:12.Just a few streets down, Rox, the farmer whose family have bedn
:10:13. > :10:19.working this land for six generations. A third runway will
:10:20. > :10:23.plough straight through this field. It's very easy to wake up at four
:10:24. > :10:26.o'clock in the morning and have the four o'clock flight, when you think
:10:27. > :10:30.you're going to be evicted out of your home, out of your vill`ge, out
:10:31. > :10:35.of an area where you've livdd for many years. The best thing to do is
:10:36. > :10:41.to fight back, that's the w`y I feel about it. And I shall stay here to
:10:42. > :10:45.the end and I shall fight thll the last man and the last round of
:10:46. > :10:48.ammunition, if you like. It will come as no surprise that Rox fought
:10:49. > :10:53.in the cavalry in the Second World War. He's made strong stuff. I want
:10:54. > :10:59.to see my grandchildren, wh`tever happens, I want to see them settle
:11:00. > :11:03.somewhere. For myself, I sh`ll stay here until the end, and if they want
:11:04. > :11:11.to carry me out, that's absolutely fine. But I shall stay here until
:11:12. > :11:14.the end. So, a very clear shtuation for those residents. But I `m joined
:11:15. > :11:19.by two residents for whom things are a little bit less clear. First of
:11:20. > :11:25.all come Steve - you had a long career working in air freight
:11:26. > :11:29.services, so you know the ilportance of Heathrow airport, and yet you
:11:30. > :11:34.live here in Harmondsworth `nd your home is going to be destroydd - how
:11:35. > :11:37.is today's news for you? I think it's something we've been expecting
:11:38. > :11:42.for a long time. With working at the airport, I can't deny, Heathrow
:11:43. > :11:48.airport has been kind to me in terms of my career in air freight
:11:49. > :11:51.transport. But ever since I've lived in this locality, I've seen the rise
:11:52. > :11:56.of terminal four, then I've seen Terminal 5 being built. So H've
:11:57. > :12:02.watched a gradual expansion of Heathrow over the years. And I've
:12:03. > :12:05.always felt that a third runway all a further expansion was immhnent, it
:12:06. > :12:11.was always going happen. Is it tricky living in this village and
:12:12. > :12:15.having these opinions? I thhnk we've got split opinions. I know there's a
:12:16. > :12:20.lot of outrage against the `irport expansion. But some people `re of
:12:21. > :12:26.the same mindset as me - let's get it over and done with. Thank you
:12:27. > :12:31.very much for talking to us. Alan, you're also in an unusual shtuation.
:12:32. > :12:34.You are not going to have your home demolished, but you live on the
:12:35. > :12:38.perimeter of the third runw`y, and as such, do you get compens`tion?
:12:39. > :12:43.They've offered sound insul`tion and possibly buying the house. Don't
:12:44. > :12:47.know yet. But that's not thd issue, we want to save the village and save
:12:48. > :12:51.the community. It is not my intention to look for compensation
:12:52. > :12:55.at the moment. Will you stax on I don't know, I hope so. We still hope
:12:56. > :13:01.we will beat it, we're still fairly sure we will beat it. But I would
:13:02. > :13:06.hope to stay on, yes. Thank you very much for talking to us. A complex
:13:07. > :13:08.situation and still a lot more to investigate and to happen in the
:13:09. > :13:20.coming years. But certainly a fighting spirit from here in
:13:21. > :13:23.Harmondsworth. Let's turn to some of the other news today now.
:13:24. > :13:26.A seven-mile stretch of the M4 heading towards London had to be
:13:27. > :13:28.closed for most of the day after a lorry spilt
:13:29. > :13:30.diesel over the road near the Hogarth roundabout.
:13:31. > :13:32.It happened in the early hours of this morning,
:13:33. > :13:35.causing huge queues in west and south-west London as a result.
:13:36. > :13:38.Watford FC says it is conducting an internal investigation
:13:39. > :13:40.following newspaper allegathons of financial wrongdoing whilst
:13:41. > :13:44.The club says it had no prior knowledge of any concerns
:13:45. > :13:46.about the authenticity of a document submitted by current
:13:47. > :13:51.owner Gino Pozzo prior to the 2014-15 season.
:13:52. > :13:54.Football fans will face enh`nced security checks when West H`m host
:13:55. > :13:59.The match is deemed high-risk because of a history of anilosity
:14:00. > :14:04.between supporters and problems at the stadium since the Halmers
:14:05. > :14:18.After the fanfare of West H`m moving into their shiny new stadiul, the
:14:19. > :14:22.reality of their new home is this. The fans are fighting amongst
:14:23. > :14:26.themselves. There's people walking up with their kids crying. Trouble
:14:27. > :14:32.has broken out at a number of fixtures. 23 banning orders have
:14:33. > :14:35.been issued, nine arrests m`de. The Chelsea fixture is considerdd their
:14:36. > :14:39.first high risk local derby. But even Hammers boss Slaven Bilic is
:14:40. > :14:47.tired of answering questions on this topic. I am facing those kind of
:14:48. > :14:51.questions week in, week out. All we can do is try to play good football
:14:52. > :14:55.against Chelsea, in the London derby. It's a big name. Stadium
:14:56. > :15:02.bosses have announced an enhanced body such policy for fans on
:15:03. > :15:04.arrival, an alcohol ban frol mobile bars around the stadium and police
:15:05. > :15:11.deployed within the stadium if required. The Met are still waiting
:15:12. > :15:14.to install the permanent signal for its complications system at the
:15:15. > :15:19.ground. A to Brewery solution has been agreed for tomorrow night all
:15:20. > :15:23.fans have been advised to arrive early. -- a temporary soluthon.
:15:24. > :15:26.Returning to that Heathrow decision now, and the news that Consdrvative
:15:27. > :15:28.MP for Richmond Zac Goldsmith, a high-profile opponent
:15:29. > :15:30.of Heathrow expansion, has resigned from the party.
:15:31. > :15:32.Let's get more in this from our political
:15:33. > :15:39.Karl - what has Zac Goldsmith had to say?
:15:40. > :15:45.This evening, what we've had is the rarer occurrence of a polithcian
:15:46. > :15:50.actually sticking to the promises they've made. Eight years ago, Zach
:15:51. > :15:54.Goldsmith was selected as the candidate here in Richmond Park and
:15:55. > :15:59.he said, of the Government go ahead with the third runway, I will resign
:16:00. > :16:02.my seat and trigger a by-eldction. About 20 minutes ago, he cale here
:16:03. > :16:06.to Barnes primary school and spoke to about 30 of his local association
:16:07. > :16:11.members and said, I'm going to stick to my promise and was very scathing
:16:12. > :16:15.about the Government's decision describing it as a millstond around
:16:16. > :16:20.their neck. This is what he had to say. Today, as you know, I have to
:16:21. > :16:24.honour my promise, and so I've resigned as your member of
:16:25. > :16:27.Parliament and I will be st`nding in the by-election as an indepdndent
:16:28. > :16:33.candidate. I know that therd will be some who see the Government's
:16:34. > :16:36.decision today not as the ottrage that it is but as an opporttnity to
:16:37. > :16:41.advance their party interests. But this election must be a refdrendum
:16:42. > :16:45.on Heathrow expansion. It is our chance to send a message to
:16:46. > :16:49.government and to Heathrow via the ballot box. So I'm asking you to
:16:50. > :16:57.give me the mandate I need to continue fighting this fight. Thank
:16:58. > :17:00.you. We're hearing tonight that the Conservatives will not put tp a
:17:01. > :17:05.candidate to stand against Zac Goldsmith in that by-election? Yes.
:17:06. > :17:12.I think that is a simple decision on the numbers. They have lookdd at
:17:13. > :17:17.Zach Cole Smith's majority, currently 23,000, which went up by
:17:18. > :17:19.18,000 at the last election, the biggest increase across the country.
:17:20. > :17:23.I have looked at it and thotght this man will probably win `s an
:17:24. > :17:28.independent. They've also thought, if we stick up a candidate, might we
:17:29. > :17:34.let in the Lib Dems, who usdd to hold this seat for 13 years until
:17:35. > :17:39.Zac Goldsmith won it in 2010. They will be aware that four loc`l
:17:40. > :17:43.Conservative councils are planning legal action, and that Zac Goldsmith
:17:44. > :17:46.has a lot of support in the local party here. More than 30 local
:17:47. > :17:51.councillors have said they will go out and campaign for him. M`ny in
:17:52. > :17:54.the room tonight say they whll do the same, campaigning for an
:17:55. > :17:57.independent, even though thdy are Conservatives. They will face a
:17:58. > :18:01.stiff challenge from the Liberal Democrats. We spoke to their
:18:02. > :18:04.candidate earlier today... H think you can't trust the Conserv`tives on
:18:05. > :18:09.this. They have said in the past, no ifs, no buts, no third runw`y, and
:18:10. > :18:13.now they've gone back on th`t. Theresa May herself promised not to
:18:14. > :18:16.expand Heathrow, and now shd has. The Liberal Democrats have been
:18:17. > :18:19.completely consistent on thhs over many decades and we will continue to
:18:20. > :18:24.fight Heathrow expansion in whichever way we can. So, the battle
:18:25. > :18:28.lines are drawn. The Lib Dels, campaigning against Heathrow
:18:29. > :18:33.expansion, and Zac Goldsmith doing exactly the same. When will it be?
:18:34. > :18:34.We're expecting some time probably at the start of December. K`rl
:18:35. > :18:38.Mercer, thank you very much. Well, on that note, our polhtical
:18:39. > :18:40.editor, Tim Donovan, is in Westminster looking
:18:41. > :18:45.at the potential political
:18:46. > :18:55.ramifications of today's evdnts Let's get some reaction str`ightaway
:18:56. > :19:01.from the Conservative MP for neighbouring Twickenham. But first,
:19:02. > :19:05.Kwasi Kwarteng, LP for Spelthorne, friend of Zac Goldsmith but someone
:19:06. > :19:09.who backs Heathrow expansion. What do you make of the fact that he has
:19:10. > :19:13.gone ahead with his pledge to stand down but to stand as an inddpendent?
:19:14. > :19:17.How think it's a great shamd that he felt that he had to leave the
:19:18. > :19:21.Conservative Party. But obvhously, he made undertakings to his
:19:22. > :19:25.constituents, and as a man of his word, he felt honour bound to resign
:19:26. > :19:29.and stand again as an indepdndent. To do it straightaway and not wait
:19:30. > :19:33.until a vote in a year's tile and cause this politically awkw`rd
:19:34. > :19:38.by-election? I think Zac Goldsmith is someone who is a man of his word.
:19:39. > :19:42.He sticks to what he says. H think it made sense for him, if hd was
:19:43. > :19:45.going to resign, to do it today because this was when the bhg
:19:46. > :19:49.announcement was made. You have on record recently said that you would
:19:50. > :19:54.back his decision to do what he has done, and is that the case? Yes
:19:55. > :19:58.I've always said exactly thd same, Zach Paul Smith is a man of his
:19:59. > :20:02.word, he's honouring his plddge and I back him in that. We are both
:20:03. > :20:05.trying to do the best for otr constituents and for London. And
:20:06. > :20:10.Heathrow is not the answer. That's what this election should bd about.
:20:11. > :20:14.So you back his decision, do you back him in this by-election
:20:15. > :20:17.standing as an independent, not as a Conservative? Ryback him because it
:20:18. > :20:24.is about Heathrow and Heathrow not being the answer. 1 million people
:20:25. > :20:27.are going to be affect it, `nd there will be consultation on scrttiny but
:20:28. > :20:31.I think it is very noble of Zac Goldsmith to put his marker down.
:20:32. > :20:35.Does it make you feel that xou're being less noble, given that you're
:20:36. > :20:40.not doing the same thing? I have always said as candidate and as MP,
:20:41. > :20:45.I've always said I will fight as the MP and I would not resign. H've
:20:46. > :20:50.already done a lot about He`throw's noise levels, I've already
:20:51. > :20:53.challenged the Government and the secretaries of state about the
:20:54. > :20:57.environment or pollution - H will continue to do that. Heathrow needs
:20:58. > :21:01.to be better, not bigger fish for me, the fight was going to carry on
:21:02. > :21:04.regardless of today's decishon. Do you think we've heard the
:21:05. > :21:08.Conservatives are not going to put up a candidate against him , do you
:21:09. > :21:13.think that is the right dechsion? I'm not sure. I'm not privy to those
:21:14. > :21:18.decisions. What do you think of it? I think that it makes sense. Zac
:21:19. > :21:22.Goldsmith is a popular membdr of Parliament, and he said cle`rly that
:21:23. > :21:27.he would step down on this hssue. The party may feel that thex don't
:21:28. > :21:29.want to give so much publichty to the fight against him. And H believe
:21:30. > :21:33.he has the backing of his local party. So for the party to hmpose
:21:34. > :21:38.another candidate would be difficult. On the substantive issue,
:21:39. > :21:41.why do you believe it will be any more likely that we can delhver
:21:42. > :21:46.Heathrow now than it proved a few years ago? There is a big fdnce -
:21:47. > :21:50.the Government has now made a decision and is showing leadership.
:21:51. > :21:54.-- there is a big differencd. We have 12 years of prevaricathon. It
:21:55. > :21:56.was in 2003 after all that the Labour government put forward that
:21:57. > :22:02.white paper which recommenddd expanding Heathrow. And 13 xears
:22:03. > :22:06.later we've actually got a Prime Minister who has had the cotrage to
:22:07. > :22:09.press on with it. And we've had the Davies Commission, which cost ? 0
:22:10. > :22:16.million and came up with very much the same answer. What is thdre in
:22:17. > :22:20.that logic that you can't sde? What I see is the data since those years,
:22:21. > :22:24.the data getting stronger and stronger, showing us not just about
:22:25. > :22:29.air pollution, but about nohse pollution and the medical effects.
:22:30. > :22:34.Since 2003, we have evidencd of noise pollution affecting children's
:22:35. > :22:37.reading comp retention and long term memory. That's why I asked the
:22:38. > :22:43.Secretary of State today... Things are different? They are not. George
:22:44. > :22:46.Osborne, the last Chancellor, Chancellor for six years, c`me out a
:22:47. > :22:51.few weeks ago and said, we should get on with Heathrow. The problem
:22:52. > :22:54.is, we've got to do something, we can't just pretend that there is not
:22:55. > :22:59.kind to be any economic growth and people will not be able to travel.
:23:00. > :23:03.All the objections to airport expansion will be repeated hn
:23:04. > :23:06.Gatwick, in the estuary, amdnities will be affected and will fdel that
:23:07. > :23:10.they do not want to proceed. Heathrow is number one, it has a
:23:11. > :23:14.proven track record, internationally, and we want to
:23:15. > :23:17.consolidate that position. Hn this instance, you're going to gdt the
:23:18. > :23:22.last word, we are out of tile! Back to you.
:23:23. > :23:24.Well, let's not forget Gatwhck was the other option the Government
:23:25. > :23:29.had to increase aviation capacity in the South-East.
:23:30. > :23:31.And whilst some residents s`y they're relieved at today's
:23:32. > :23:33.decision, others have vowed to continue to fight for Gatwick
:23:34. > :23:46.It is Britain's busiest single runway airport. Gatwick had wanted
:23:47. > :23:50.another runway, and campaigned hard, saying it would be quicker `nd
:23:51. > :23:53.cheaper. The option may havd been rejected by the Government, but
:23:54. > :23:58.bosses at Gatwick say they will continue to lobby for a second
:23:59. > :24:02.runway. Personally I don't think that a runway will be delivdred at
:24:03. > :24:05.Heathrow in my lifetime. We feel as though we put forward a verx strong
:24:06. > :24:09.case for Gatwick expansion which was the best case. But one thing is for
:24:10. > :24:15.certain, what we will do is to maintain our offer to government.
:24:16. > :24:19.Gatwick has a very credible will come as a blow to many businesses in
:24:20. > :24:23.the south-east. A second runway at Gatwick was projected to le`d to
:24:24. > :24:26.30,000 jobs by 2050. But for campaigners across Kent and Sussex
:24:27. > :24:30.who are against the expansion, anxious about noise and pollution,
:24:31. > :24:34.there was relief but no celdbration. There's been no cheering today. We
:24:35. > :24:39.are relieved, very relieved but we do not wish it on anybody. We've
:24:40. > :24:44.always said we should use the spare capacity at the airports whhch exist
:24:45. > :24:50.in the north. The facts spoke for themselves, we are delighted the
:24:51. > :24:57.minister has listened to thd facts. We have to keep campaigning... So, a
:24:58. > :25:00.decision by the Government hn the great runway debate, but thd
:25:01. > :25:04.campaign more for and against look set to continue.
:25:05. > :25:09.Let's get a check on the we`ther now, with Jay Wynne.
:25:10. > :25:21.Starting with the satellite sequence it shows that we started off rather
:25:22. > :25:27.cloudy. Early rain soon fizzled out. Pretty quiet for the first part of
:25:28. > :25:30.the night. We got light winds, and with that comes the risk of some fog
:25:31. > :25:34.developing by the end of thd night, all to the west of London. Some of
:25:35. > :25:39.that could be quite dense. Temperatures will not be dropping
:25:40. > :25:41.away too far. But the fog could be quite dense as I say, with
:25:42. > :25:47.visibility up and down tomorrow morning. Bear that in mind hf you're
:25:48. > :25:55.up and about. It will shift eventually, and by the afternoon it
:25:56. > :26:01.looks pretty good. With the south-westerly breeze, it whll be
:26:02. > :26:06.very mild. Heading out for the evening, no problem with we`ther. We
:26:07. > :26:10.keep that gentle south-westdrly breeze and there will be variable
:26:11. > :26:13.amounts of cloud overnight. Thursday looks like a pretty decent day,
:26:14. > :26:19.settled with high pressure hn charge. However, early in the
:26:20. > :26:27.morning on Thursday, there hs the risk of some fork. It is a pretty
:26:28. > :26:35.decent afternoon once again, and still quite mild. Not a gre`t deal
:26:36. > :26:39.of change as we head towards the end of the week. May be some fork to
:26:40. > :26:43.start. And by the afternoon, mostly fine and dry.
:26:44. > :26:46.A final thought on the Government's decision to give the go-ahe`d
:26:47. > :26:52.Let's go back to our transport correspondent Tom Edwards,
:26:53. > :27:04.What struck me was how we are seeing infrastructure now through the lens
:27:05. > :27:08.of Brexit. Listen to what the Government had to say - this is a
:27:09. > :27:11.central part of the Governmdnt's plan to build a global Brit`in. The
:27:12. > :27:16.problem with that is, the opposition is still huge and it is still
:27:17. > :27:19.influential, like Zac Goldslith That means we could have potentially
:27:20. > :27:25.years of legal challenges and consultations. I don't think this is
:27:26. > :27:31.the end at all. This is just another beginning. Tom, thank you.
:27:32. > :27:33.More reaction on that Heathrow decision on our website
:27:34. > :27:37.I'll be back later during the Ten O'Cclock News.
:27:38. > :27:40.From all the team here, thanks for joining us,