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The Latest Breaking News from Heathrow

Holidaymakers evacuated from Heathrow Terminal 3 after false alarm over suspect package

Passengers were seen flooding out of Terminal 3 at Britain's busiest airport during the peak of half-term travel

Evening Standard

Famous workplace mishaps, from sleeping through alarms to mistaken identity

Heathrow boss missed emergency calls as his phone was on silent – but things can also get missed on live TV

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow boss sorry for sleeping through outage with phone on silent

Thomas Woldbye missed emergency notifications and phone calls after nearby fire led to airport being shut down

The Guardian - UK

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Review sheds light on decision to shut Heathrow amid substation fire

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The Independent UK

Heathrow chief’s phone on silent mode as fire unfolded, inquiry finds

Thomas Woldbye’s mobile was ‘on his bedside table’ but on silent mode, the Kelly Review said.

Evening Standard

Heathrow boss slept until 6.45am on day of power shutdown due to his phone being on silent

Review into shutdown finds ‘decision to stop operations would not have changed’ if Thomas Woldbye had been involved

The Independent UK

London council considers legal action against Home Office over £5m asylum seeker bill

Hillingdon council said it is supporting an increasing number of migrants who have been evicted from hotels

Evening Standard

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I raced across London to find out conclusively if cycling is faster than public transport

What’s quicker across the capital, public transport or pedal power? Steve Shrubsall accepts a colleague’s challenge to race from Heathrow to Lee Valley

Cycling Weekly

Heathrow Express has introduced its earliest train service yet

Everything you need to know about the new Heathrow Express service

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil protesters spared jail after failed Heathrow disruption

A group of Just Stop Oil protesters have avoided jail after their failed attempt to cause "unprecedented disruption" at Heathrow Airport last July.

Evening Standard

British Airways fined millions after luggage handler breaks back at Heathrow Airport

Another suffered a bleed on the brain

The Independent UK

British Airways fined £3.2m after luggage handlers hurt in similar accidents

Southwark Crown Court heard the two men fell from equipment while loading aircraft at Heathrow.

The Independent UK

British Airways fined £3.2m over horror falls at Heathrow Airport by two baggage handlers

The Health and Safety Executive said the British Airways workers who fell are ‘fortunate to be alive’

Evening Standard

National Grid boss: Heathrow and TfL outages not ‘systemic’ network issues

John Pettigrew said the incidents in April and May were ‘isolated and unconnected’ and said the resilience of the power grid is ‘very robust’.

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M25 reopens after 12-hour closure as waste lorry overturns in crash

The closure affected thousands of vehicles heading to or from locations such as Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

The Independent UK

Airline says it has used AI to reduce delays for passengers

The airline said it has invested £100 million in improving its operational resilience

Evening Standard

Majority of British Airways flights at Heathrow Airport leave ahead of schedule thanks to AI, airline says

The airline said two-thirds of its departures from Heathrow airport left ahead of schedule in April

The Independent UK

British Airways says it has slashed delays by using AI

The airline said two-thirds of its departures from Heathrow airport left ahead of schedule in April.

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The Conversation

Governments shouldn’t chase growth at all costs. The harms of over tourism show why

In the controversial case of expansion at Heathrow airport, the UK government insists that the benefits of economic growth outweigh the environmental and wellbeing costs. But what if focusing on prosperity is a shortsighted approach? The debate about a third runway, placed in the context of exponential growth in travel…

Evening Standard

Heathrow records busiest April for passenger numbers

The west London airport served nearly 7.1 million passengers last month.

The Independent UK

Heathrow power outage: How airport chaos unfolded as cause remains ‘unknown’

Exclusive: The definitive sequence of events behind a shutdown that had devastating emotional and economic consequences

The Independent UK

Cause of fire that shut down Heathrow unknown

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The Independent UK

Mystery surrounds cause of fire that sparked Heathrow shutdown and mass flight disruption

More than 270,000 air passenger journeys were disrupted at Heathrow as a result

The Guardian - UK

Cause of Heathrow shutdown fire remains unknown, says system operator

Suspicious activity ruled out after investigation into blaze that left London hub and homes without power

Evening Standard

Power was restored to Heathrow terminals seven hours before flights resumed, report reveals

More than 270,000 air passenger journeys were disrupted by the closure on March 21 after a nearby substation fire.

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