Gatwick plans give villagers hope

Gatwick plans give villagers hope

Villagers hope the airport threat will disappear

Protesters battling to stop an airport being built in Warwickshire believe they now have a better chance of winning their fight.

The government announced on Thursday that two new runways could be built at Gatwick - and that has given a boost to the campaigners in Warwickshire.

The Gatwick plans have been published after the High Court ruled that leaving the airport's proposals out of a nationwide consultation on the future of UK air travel was unlawful.

Residents of Kings Newnham and Church Lawford, two villages under threat from a possible airport in Warwickshire, must now wait until the autumn before the government makes a final decision.

Villagers have welcomed Gatwick's inclusion for possible expansion, but Mark Tissington, from the joint villages' anti-airport group, said the delay was still causing much concern.

The government's air proposals include a possible second runway at Birmingham International Airport.