Gatwick Airport expansion moves one step closer after major decision

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‘Gangland boss’ Daniel Kinahan extradited from Dubai

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Harry Potter fans force pipeline diversion to save Dobby’s ‘grave’

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Burnham ‘handed post-Brexit plan to rejoin EU single market’

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Stranded Red Arrows forced to pull out of string of UK air shows

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University opens government-funded lab to help train biomedical scientists