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                                 Reports that the government is about to give the go ahead to plans for the building of a new runway at London's Gatwick airport have angered local residents and raised fears of increased noise and exhaust pollution. The controversial plans also include permission for additional night flights and will assume the compulsory purchase of farmland, as well as the demolition of a number of private homes. According to sources close to the Ministry of Transport, the government is known to be concerned by the increasing volume of traffic at London Heathrow, where there are no plans for further runways in the foreseeable future. Gatwick is widely regarded as a better propest for expansion than London's third airport, Stansted, which still suffers from poor transport links. A spokesperson for the Keep Gatwick Quiet association, made up of local people, accused the government of going back on promises made before the General Election. "We were told then that the airport authority had no intention of building another runway, and we believe that the government has a duty to stand its pledges." Prominent figures in the government are also believed to be concerned at the news, although the Prime Minister, interviewed last night, is quoted as saying that reports were "misleading". However, he would not give an assurance that plans for building a runway had definitely been rejected.
                   

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