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Gail Downey: UK Correspondent on Heathrow's new runway, and the storm that continues to threaten the UK and Ireland · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Gail Downey is our Europe and UK correspondent. Morning to
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  Speaker 1: you go. Real problems here with the big cleanup too
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  Speaker 1: after the big storms across the UK.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's actually we now have a second storm on
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  Speaker 2: its way which has begun to affect southwest of England,
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  Speaker 2: so places like Devon and Cornwall. So the cleanup operation
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  Speaker 2: continues in Northern Ireland, Wales and parts of western England
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  Speaker 2: and of course the Irish Republic as well. We're are
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  Speaker 2: the worst affected and two people died in separate incidents
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  Speaker 2: when their cars were hit by falling trees. In Northern Ireland.
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  Speaker 2: Seventy five thousand people are still without power and the
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  Speaker 2: energy companies are saying it could take up to ten
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  Speaker 2: days to complete repairs needed. As I say, this isn't
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  Speaker 2: the end of the bad weather. The new storm now
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  Speaker 2: is called Harmonia, and that's also leaving thousands of homes
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  Speaker 2: without power today at Palmas, the Coast Guard is saying
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  Speaker 2: to people please please stay away from the coast because
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  Speaker 2: of the crashing waves. Conditions out at sea are described
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  Speaker 2: as really really bad.
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  Speaker 1: To Jal that just sounds absolutely horrendous. The whole world's
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  Speaker 1: changing with the weather systems I really feel for you
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  Speaker 1: people there, but there's some good news possibly with Heathrow
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  Speaker 1: Airport possibly getting a third runway.
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  Speaker 2: Well, this has come out of an interview done by
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  Speaker 2: the Chancellor Rachel Reeves. This week the government is expected
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  Speaker 2: to make an announcement as part of plans to boost
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  Speaker 2: the UK economy, and part of that announcement it looks
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  Speaker 2: like it could be talk of a third runway at Heathrow.
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  Speaker 2: So the government's already approved the expansion of London City
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  Speaker 2: Airport and also Stanstead Airport, stan said, which is more
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  Speaker 2: popular for holiday flights. And now she's announced Rachel Reeves
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  Speaker 2: and said they're looking at backing the expansion of Heathrow,
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  Speaker 2: saying that sustainable aviation and economic growth go hand in
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  Speaker 2: hand and that rather than circling London flights can land.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, the environmentalists are concerned about this. What she
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  Speaker 2: says is sustainable fuel was changing the carbon emissions from flying.
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  Speaker 2: But not everyone's going to be happy. Environmental groups, as
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned, residents living near the airport and even some
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  Speaker 2: labor MPs, including the Prime Minister when he was in opposition,
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  Speaker 2: have all voiced concern. In the past. London's Mayor said
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  Speaker 2: he khn't said he was still opposed to a third runway,
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  Speaker 2: and he would actually support a legal challenge if the
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  Speaker 2: government did back proposals for the third runway.
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  Speaker 1: See I've always thought he throw ahead more than two runways. Anyway.
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  Speaker 1: It's one of the biggest airports I've ever been to.
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  Speaker 2: It's absolutely huge, isn't it. And it's something like a
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  Speaker 2: plane lands every three minutes, lands or takes off every
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  Speaker 2: three minutes. It is constantly busy. And that's the thing
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  Speaker 2: that local residents, people living near the airport really really
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  Speaker 2: don't want any more any more runways.
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  Speaker 1: No, that's always the case, isn't the goale Not in
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  Speaker 1: my backyard. No prisons, no shopping malls, no airport to
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  Speaker 1: know anything really just lead me alone to my piece
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  Speaker 1: and quite all the very best scale. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: With all those storms you're confronted with over there, I
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  Speaker 1: really feel for all of the people of the UK
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  Speaker 1: that may well be listening on iHeartRadio Gail Downey, our
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  Speaker 1: Europe and UK correspondent for.
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