Third runway at Heathrow Airport given go ahead by MPs
MPs have voted to go ahead with expansion at with 415 voting in favour, and 119 against.
MPs have voted to go ahead with a third runway at Heathrow airport, with 415 in favour, and 119 against.
With an overwhelming majority of 296, the result will come as a blow to local politicians and environmental activists who have fought against expansion at the west London airport.
Prior to the vote environmental activists staged a lie-in over Heathrow expansion plans in Parliament's central lobby.
Police locked-down the area after 12 protesters, who described themselves as from a "pop-up" Vote No Heathrow campaign, sprawled across the floor chanting.
Hannah, an activist who did not want to give her surname, said: "Heathrow expansion is a crime against humanity."
The protest lasted about half an hour.