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Evening Standard
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Jess Glass

High Court dismisses challenge to £2.2bn Gatwick Airport expansion

Campaigners have failed in their High Court bid to block the £2.2 billion expansion of Gatwick Airport.

The scheme, approved by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in September, involves moving the West Sussex airport's emergency runway 12 metres north to accommodate around 100,000 more flights a year.

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