FIGHTING against further expansion at Heathrow Airport has become second nature for residents of Hillingdon.

A third runway and sixth terminal would mean the loss of more than 700 homes in Hillingdon, and the quality of life for more than two million people would be severely damaged.

As a newspaper, we have actively added our voice to the ‘No Third Runway’ campaign.

It is the voice of our readers, and our community. It is their homes that would be bulldozed to make way for airport expansion, their lives that would be ruined. No Third Runway is their voice, and we have echoed it.

Across the borough, campaigners have battled tirelessly against further expansion. Last year, people of Hillingdon vowed there would be the ‘mother of all battles' if the government agreed to plans for the third runway.

The government has just agreed those plans.

We say - let the battle commence.