A primary school is to be demolished and rebuilt in an area where pollution levels regularly breach legal limits in order to build the third runway at Heathrow, the airport’s master plan reveals. Three other primary schools will be left just metres from the new runway, campaigners against the expansion said. The document states: “Harmondsworth primary school will be displaced by the new runway. If it goes ahead, the expansion will leave three other schools – Cherry Lane primary, Heathrow primary and William Byrd primary – just metres from the new runway. The playground of Heathrow primary will run up against the runway fence, according to details contained in the plan.

Source: The Guardian June 19, 2019 16:48 UTC