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#1908597
rikur_ wrote:
> Explains why the sale process was cancelled:
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-y ... e-61105983

Local MP opposing these plans:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-y ... e-61162668
#1908614
adambsmith wrote:
> Radar head still spinning…
Means nothing.
The RAF tend to leave the radar head spinning H24 even if it's not transmitting or receiving.
On the other hand, they could be providing cover for (say) Topclife or Dishforth, neither of which (as far as I know) has its own radar.
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By rikur_
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#1911327
NDB_hold wrote:
> Perfect - they can run the flights direct from the existing runway.
> Cunning.

Government spokesman on the TV last night said 'the airport has been decommissioned and it would take 5 years to restore it to the point where planes could depart from it directly'

(I'm guessing they asked Sutton Harbour Holdings for an estimate :twisted: )
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#1911425
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-y ... e-61433961

"Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre could open in weeks, council says"

'Council chief executive Dr Justin Ives said he had met virtually with officials on Thursday.

"In their opinion the decision to host the centre there is final, .." '