Heathrow power fix would’ve taken hours, says expert
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Heathrow power fix would’ve taken hours, says expert
Simon Gallagher, founder of UK Network Services, said Heathrow could have had enough power from one live substation during the outage, but it would have taken hours to reconfigure the airport's network.
He acknowledged National Grid’s point that there was sufficient capacity but stressed Heathrow's challenge in adjusting to use that power in time.
Report by Covellm.
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Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang were denied entry to Israel and have now arrived back in the United Kingdomm, landing at Heathrow Airport. The two Labour MPs said they had made the trip “to visit humanitarian aid projects and communities in the West Bank”. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The boss of Heathrow Airport says he is “absolutely committed” to ensuring lessons are learnt from the events which led to the closure of Europe’s busiest airport last month. Appearing before MPs on the Transport Select Committee, Thomas Woldbye also offered a ‘sincere apology’ for the travel disruption caused to thousands of passengers during the one-day shutdown.
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Akhil Vyas, a passenger caught up in Friday’s Heathrow Airport closure, recalled the moment he learned his flight to Dubai for a family holiday was cancelled. He said that he hopes that Heathrow will learn from the incident and create a contingency plan to prevent future disruptions. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander called the Heathrow substation fire an "unprecedented event of very significant magnitude" after it halted flights for 18 hours. She praised firefighters and staff for their response, noting backup generators kept critical systems running but couldn’t power the entire airport. The government and Heathrow have launched investigations into resilience planning and infrastructure lessons. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Laurence Fox has pleaded "not guilty" for the sharing of a photo of TV star Narinder Kaur on social media.
The actor-turned-politician appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday charged with two counts under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Fox, of Peldon in Essex, is alleged to have shared a compromising image in a tweet posted in April 2024 of Kaur, 52, who appears regularly on Good Morning Britain and has previously appeared on GB News.
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Ceramic poppies will return to the Tower of London in a new commemorative display marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War. Opening on 6 May 2025 and running through to Armistice Day in November, the display will feature nearly 30,000 ceramic poppies from the original 2014 installation, ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’. The artwork transformed the Tower’s moat into a sea of red, attracting more than five million visitors and becoming a national site of remembrance.
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The Duchess of Edinburgh attended a Thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey marking Anzac Day. The service was one of a string of events attended by Sophie, after she visited the Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner early Friday morning. Sophie was representing King Charles III at the commemorations marking the sacrifices of Australian and New Zealand forces.
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On Thursday evening, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle turned on the Ayrton Light above Big Ben to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War blackouts. In peacetime, the lantern light always shone out after sunset in order to show that the House of Commons was at work. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Three men have been jailed for a total of 99 years for planning to murder a member of a gang that carried out Britain's biggest ever cash robbery. Paul Allen was left paralysed for life after shots were fired at his home in north-east London, in 2019.
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