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London Gatwick Airport is the new favourite to get an additional runway after pro-Gatwick Sadiq Khan won the London mayoral election and a number of anti-Heathrow MPs were appointed to Theresa May’s cabinet. Betway has cut odds on Gatwick to 4/7 while Heathrow Airport’s odds of being awarded the right to develop a new runway have lengthened to 5/4. Justine Greening, MP for Putney and newly appointed education minister is vehemently against Heathrow expansion, as is the MP for Uxbridge and Ruislip and...

A new centre-left party is a "real possibility", according to Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron. As Labour MPs become increasingly frustrated by Labour isolation and the Lib Dems try to claw back lost seats from the last General Election, the possibility of a new alliance to oppose the Tories is becoming increasingly likely. Talking to the Independent, Farron said he has already held "off-camera" conversations on the issue with politicians from other parties. He said: "There are loads of people out...

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has been ridiculed after his plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Luton leading to delays. The former Mayor of London's plane made an unscheduled stop at Luton shortly after leaving London and was met by five fire engines on the tarmac. He was forced to continue his journey to Brussels by other means  when the RAF passenger aircraft had “technical issues”. ALERT Boris Johnson plane makes emergency landing at London Luton https://t.co/i4dvPa3C5N — AIRLIVE...

US Presidential nominee Donald Trump has declared war on terror following the Nice attacks. The outspoken Republican declared “This is war" after a crazed gunman driving a truck ploughed through crowds in Nice killed 80 and injured 100, the presidential hopeful declared: “This is war.” Even though ISIS has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack, Trump said he would demand a declaration of war on ISIS from Congress if he won the White House, saying it “should be used...

This month we've had to bare witness to some pretty murky goings on; a political merry-go-round, public backstabbing, public frontstabbing, smear campaigns, etc, etc.  Isn't it refreshing to see someone truly standing up for their principles and acting with a degree of integrity. Sports radio presenter Colin Murray yesterday announced that he will be leaving talkSPORT and abandoning his hugely popular sports show following the news that the station has been bought-out by News Corp, who also own The Sun newspaper....

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I have been away getting married and on my honeymoon, and hands up I didn’t want to keep up with the unraveling of UK politics. Without sounding like an egotist, our politicians don’t deserve a moment of my time, or anyone else’s for that matter. Perhaps in the new post-politics era we will realise we didn’t need politicians at all, they will become redundant like VHS, great at the time, but now even the charity...

Ex-shadow cabinet minister Owen Smith is favourite to become the next Labour leader, with odds slashed from 3/1 to 11/10 while Angela Eagle drops from 3/1 to 5/1. The Pontypridd MP, who quite Jeremy Corbyn's cabinet last month, said he could "heal" the party and "turn the page" on its internal strife, adding that Labour needs a "radical and credible" leader. An election timetable will be launched on Thursday with the contest expected to take two months, ready for the Labour Party conference on...

Chinese Space Station Tiangong-1 is in freefall in space and could crash to Earth in days, according to experts. The satellite was launched in 2011 and should have come back down to Earth in the ocean in a controlled crash. But astronomers believe China is losing control of it and it could crash at any time and anywhere. Thomas Dorman, who has been watching the movement of the satellite, told Space.com that China's radio silence on the issue could mean that it...

Churches in Germany are set to become wi-fi enabled 'Godspots' to attract more young people. Protestant places of worship will provide free wifi to the congregation in a bid to move the church into the 21st century and connect with Millennials. Fabian Blatner, IT manager of the Evangelical Church in Berlin, explained the move, saying: "People are no less spiritual than before. But the places of communication have shifted and much takes place in digital social networks and communities. With Godspot...