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Sam Dumitriu

OPINION - Who needs Russian sabotage when you have the Great British planning system?

The fire at Hayes electrical substation (London Fire Brigade/PA) - (PA Media)

The Russians – that’s who many people first suspected when a fire broke out at Heathrow. But the truth was almost worse.

After a high-voltage transformer at North Hyde substation exploded, the results were catastrophic. Over 1,300 flights were grounded leaving close to 300,000 people stranded. Was there foul play from abroad working to shut Britain down?

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