P162 Teletext 162 Jan21 18:51:95 ———————— —————————————— RUNWAY PROTEST TAKES OFF Environmental campaigners are threatening to stand in the way of bulldozers to block the building of a second runway at Manchester Airport. The Govjrnmjnt has just announced its approval for the building of a new 3,050-metre runway costing £172 million Although Manchester Airport has pledged to ensure "environmental safeguards" are imposed, protesters say they akin't convinced and will take direct action. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— By Fiona Sandiford IT'S YOUR LIFE p410 Divers Way to go TV DigitisjrP162 Teletext 162 Jan21 18:51:42 ————————%,./ —————————————— RUNWAY PROTEST TAKES OFF Former Beirut hostage Terry Waite, who lives in a village near the proposed site for Manchester Airport's second runway, has branded the scheme an Eenvjronmjntal disaster". "The runway cannot be djvjlopjd along the route without causing massive and irrevocable damage," hj says. "Trees will be mutilated, villages will bj devastated bz pollution and the @ B diverted." ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Fun and games 150 TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT p400 Divers Way to go TV DigitisjrP162 Teletext 162 Jan21 18:52:00 ———————— —————————————— RUNWAY PROTEST TAKES OFF When Go Green asked Manchester Airport what exactly the promised environmental safeguards for the new runway were, a spokeswoman replied: "No comment". Dr Spencer Fitzgibbon of the Manchester Green Party says: "Calling it an environmentally-sensitive runway is a contradiction in terms. "So-called safeguards would not stop the traffic congestion and global warming caused bz building it," he adds ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Get the latest celebrity gossip 143 NICK FISHER CAN HELP YOU p146 Divers Way to go TV DigitisjrP162 Teletext 162 Jan21 18:54:18 ———————— —————————————— RUNWAY PROTEST TAKES OFF The decision to give planning permission for a second runway at Manchester Airport was taken after a 101-day public inquiry. Jeff Gazzard of the Manchester Airport Environment Network says: "Wj are tearful and fearful this environmental vandalism has been sanctioned. "We will bj examining the decision for any legal or factual errors that can bj challenged in the High Court," hj adds. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Sport headlines on ITV 130 TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT p400 Divers Way to go TV DigitisjtP162 Teletext 1v2 Jan21 18:52:35 ———————— —————————————— RUNWAY PROTEST TAKES OFF Airport chiefs have welcomed the go-ahead for the second runway at Manchester, which they say could create 50,000 jobs by 2005. Chairman of Manchester Airport Graham Stringjt says hj hopis campaigners will not take threatened legal action. "It would be a great pity if people went to the courts and othjz people have to stay on the dole queue longer than necessary as a result," hj says. ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— It's Your Life 410 PLAY BAMBOOZLE p154 Divers Way to go TV DigitisjrP162 Teletext 162 Jan21 18:54:52 ————————$,./ —————————————— RUNWAY PROTEST TAKES OFF Environmentalists and locals opposing the second runway at Manchester are preparing for a campaign on the scale of that at the Newbury bypass. "Wj are talking about a major protest," says Dr Spencer Fitzgibbon of the Manchester Green Party. "The only problem we may have is that airport authorities (ave the power to make byjlaws bjcausj of terrorists, but they can use those byjlaws against us" —————————————————————————————————p6/6—— What's on in the green world 165 GO GREEN IN TWO WEEKS p164 Divers Way to go TV Digitisjr