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Environment Emissions Airport

Legal challenge to Luton Airport expansion to be heard in Court of Appeal

A legal claim opposing the expansion of Luton Airport will be heard in the Court of Appeal next week on 19 and 20 May 2026.

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Tom Next To Flying Scotsman Train
Human rights Inquests

Inquest into the death of Tom Parsons finds a lost opportunity by doctors treating him at East Surrey Hospital materially contributed to the development of blood clots which caused his death

An inquest has found there were significant omissions in the care given to 32-year-old Tom Parsons at East Surrey Hospital before his death, and that his overall care should have been better.

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Environment Consumer Human rights

Advertising regulator backs Chris Packham in ruling that meat and dairy ads misled on climate claims

Environmental campaigner and broadcaster Chris Packham has succeeded in a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a major advertising campaign promoting British meat and dairy, with the regulator ruling that environmental claims were misleading.

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