The local kids safely played out together until dusk, bikes were ridden in the streets, and helicopter parenting had not been invented.She knew her neighbours – and, with a large family, was related to many of them – and she attended the village school,

Britain’s government has backed a tortured effort to build a third runway at Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, throwing its weight behind a decades-old proposal that has been beset by political, legal and environmental challenges.

Heathrow airport expansion will smash our community, say nearby villagers - Hundreds of homes could be demolished in the west London villages of Harmondsworth and Longford if the expansion gets the green light.

In a major speech, the country’s top finance official pushed for faster economic growth, and supported a long-debated expansion at the London airport.

It is the rich and the corporations who will take the lion’s share of the benefits from Labour’s and all airport expansions, while the poorest around the world pay the costs.

London Heathrow could finally see a third runway, but even with Government approval, the project still has to undergo several steps before construction starts

Declaring that “growth will not come without a fight”, she said that the government would back airport expansion and offered more clues about plans to unshackle housebuilding. The Heathrow decision is the surest sign yet of the government prioritising growth,

Rachel Reeves confirmed plans for a third runway at London Heathrow Airport this morning, (Wednesday, January 29). The ambitious project has been backed by the airport itself, claiming it is the 'bold, responsible vision the UK needs to thrive in the 21st century'.

The Chancellor has voiced her support for the expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport, as well as the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Ed Miliband has promised Britain will slash its climate emissions by more than 60pc by 2035 in a move that risks direct conflict with Rachel Reeves’s airport expansion plans.

Labour’s airport plan admits economic growth trumps carbon piety.