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Suspicious activity ruled out after investigation into blaze that left London hub and homes without powerBusiness live – latest updatesInvestigators have failed to find the root cause of the substation fire that shut Heathrow airport in March, six week…
Concerns about cable theft around supply raised with airport before substation fireBusiness live – latest updatesAirlines warned Heathrow about risks to its power supply days before the airport was shut down by a substation fire, a Commons committee wa…
This blog is now closed, you can follow Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement live in our US colleagues’ live blogThere will be two urgent questions in the Commons after PMQs. At around 12.30pm a Foreign Office minister will respond to a question from Pr…
Airlines could face higher charges to fund new system at airport, which was affected last week by substation fireThe embattled chief executive of Heathrow has said that it could cost about £1bn to install a more resilient power supply system to prevent…
CAA urged to tackle ‘flawed regime’ as it reviews whether to take further steps on airport’s regulatory modelBritain’s aviation watchdog will review the rules on “resilience” after Heathrow was closed because of a fire at an electricity substation.Euro…
Scotland Yard says electrical substation fire in Hayes last week no longer ‘a potentially criminal matter’A fire that led to the closure of Heathrow last week is no longer being treated as a “potentially criminal matter”, Scotland Yard has said.The Met…
Body representing over 90 firms says it could take airport to court over costs of closure if issue not ‘amicably settled’A body representing more than 90 airlines using Heathrow airport said there might be a case for legal action if a settlement over t…
Disruptive but not deadly closure that is not government’s fault is just the thing to ease the spring statement stressDon’t mention the cuts. Your life won’t be worth living if you start talking about austerity. Anything but the A word. Anything except…
Given the airport had uninterrupted power from two other substations, did it have to shut down for long?Transport secretary says she’d ‘struggle to sleep’ after report Heathrow boss went to bed amid crisisThe 10-page risk report within Heathrow airport…
Heidi Alexander declines to say she has confidence in Thomas Woldbye after airport chaos at the weekendBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s transport secretary has said she would “struggle to sleep” if she had been running Heathrow airport, amid repo…