{
  "id": 129931,
  "title": "Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/gatwick-airport-to-open-second-runway-after-legal-challenge-fails",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-04T12:09:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/04/gatwick-airport-second-runway-legal-challenge-fails"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "£2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain’s second busiest airport Business live – latest updates Gatwick airport is to start development of its second runway after campaigners lost a legal challenge to the plans. The court of appeal on Tuesday dismissed a bid by local campaign groups to challenge an earlier high court ruling that the scheme could proceed.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}