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The construction of a third runway at Heathrow Airport will lead to one village being flattened and others partly demolished. Now that the decision has finally been made, how are people coping?
Read MoreEnvironmental campaign group the CPRE has criticised the decision to expand Heathrow airport, saying it would lead to destructive development across southern England.
Ralph Smyth, head of infrastructure and legal at the group, said: “Building a third runway at Heathrow would in itself take a huge chunk out of the green belt.
"Pressure for extra development would be felt in almost every village from the north of Oxfordshire to the south coast, urbanising and industrialising swathes of our most precious countryside."
“It’s madness to be promoting domestic flights at the same time as investing in alternatives like high speed rail.”
Leading Leave campaigner Michael Gove insists it is clear what people voted for in the Brexit referendum.
The former justice secretary said the vote was to leave the single market and for the UK to have control over its borders, laws and the money it has been paying into European Union funds.
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Lib Dem Lord Wallace of Saltaire asks if the government will reverse staffing cuts in British embassies in EU countries to help facilitate post-Brexit bilateral negotiations.
Foreign Office minister Barones Anelay of St Johns says the Foreign Office keep staffing "in constant review" and that the number of staff in EU embassies is under "careful consideration" in light of Brexit.
Following on from last Thursday's Ministry of Justice announcement and Friday's private member's bill on new laws to disregard the historical sex offence convictions of gay men prosecuted before the law was changed, the Scottish Government has now proposed its own "Turing Law" to do the same thing.
The Scottish Justice Secretary Michael Matheson told the parliament at Holyrood it was "shocking" to consider that consensual sex between men was only decriminalised in 1980, and ages of consent not equalised until 2001.
The announcement came in response to a question from Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale.
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Labour's Gavin Shuker and Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley on the government's approval of a third runway at Heathrow Airport, its likely timing and impact on the environment.
Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn asked them about the numbers of MPs who would back the decision, and she also heard from Kulver Ranger, who worked for Boris Johnson when he was London mayor.
Gatwick's chief executive, Stewart Wingate, has responded to the decision to build a third runway at Heathrow:
Quote MessageWe are disappointed as we do not believe this is the right answer for Britain. Gatwick has put forward a credible financeable and deliverable plan for expansion.
Quote MessageIt is a plan that can guarantee growth and guarantee certainty for Britain. We look forward to studying the full reasons behind the Government decision in detail.
Quote MessageThe challenges facing Heathrow have not changed. Our message today is that Gatwick stands ready to proceed when the time comes.”
Former cabinet minister Michael Gove praises Boris Johnson and criticises his own behaviour during the Tory leadership contest.
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Image source, bbcVictoria Prentis is introducing this bill in response to problems facing Horton General Hospital in her constituency.
The bill would require NHS Trusts to undergo local consultation before making changes to service provision.
Horton General Hospital moved to a midwife-led maternity service in early October.
High-risk expectant mothers will be moved to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford to give birth.
The downgrade in maternity services has been challenged by Oxfordshire County Council and a crowdfunded campaign.
Heathrow expansion statement
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As London Mayor, Boris Johnson, flirted with the idea of an entirely new airport in the Thames estuary, nicknamed "Boris island".
Fellow Conservative MP Rehman Chishti is not a fan of such an idea.
He welcomes the Airports Commission's dismissal of what he calls a "bizarre, pie-in-the-sky idea".
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This is the scene at Harmondsworth,a village under threat from the third runway.
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Heathrow expansion statement
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Chris Grayling insists that MPs will be able to decide on Heathrow expansion.
If the draft policy document "does not gain the backing of this House, it will not happen", he tells MPs.
Heathrow expansion statement
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SNP MP Alan Brown asks if the government will make a decision on a UK spaceport, which he wants to be built in Scotland.
Chris Grayling says he is "delighted" that Mr Brown thinks a UK spaceport should be located in Prestwick, which would show "we are all part of one United Kingdom".
Significant questions about the environmental impacts of Heathrow remain unanswered in the wake of the government's announcement.
Read MoreBBC Sussex political reporter Ben Weisz has been with Ifield residents listening to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling.
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Responding to the government's decision to expand Heathrow airport over rival Gatwick, Gatwick airport chief executive Stuart Wingate said: "We are disappointed as we do not believe this is the right answer for Britain. Gatwick has put forward a credible financeable and deliverable plan for expansion.
"It is a plan that can guarantee growth and guarantee certainty for Britain. We look forward to studying the full reasons behind the Government decision in detail.
"The challenges facing Heathrow have not changed. Our message today is that Gatwick stands ready to proceed when the time comes.”
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Education Secretary Justine Greening, a long-term opponent of expanding Heathrow airport, has published a statement on today's decision to build a third runway at the west London airport.
Ms Greening said: "Along with many people in my local community, I am extremely disappointed with the decision to push ahead with a third runway at Heathrow.
“My views against expanding Heathrow, particularly on the impact of noise and air pollution on local residents and the weak economic case, are long-held and well-known.
“I will continue to represent the views of my constituents, not least during the forthcoming public consultation on the draft National Policy Statement announced by the Secretary of State for Transport today.”
Heathrow expansion statement
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Image source, PAPlanes taxing at Gatwick Airport
Two London MPs, Labour's Andy Slaughter and Conservative Paul Scully, call on the government to keep the option of expanding Gatwick Airport open.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling tells them that he is following the recommendations of the Airports Commission, which recommended expansion by 2030 in the form of a new runway at Heathrow.
The commission did not rule out further expansion by 2050, he says, but only if environmental obligations can be met.