Flights in and out of the airport have been disrupted since 5.40am when nine protesters stormed the grounds and lay down in the middle of the tarmac, chained to a tripod, to 'highlight the UK's environmental impact on the lives of black people'. In a series of claims about the protest, the group said black people are '28 per cent more likely to be suffer air pollution' and that the airport was allowing a 'wealthy elite' to fly around the world while migrants are drowning in the Mediterranean. Four hours on - despite the serious security breach - the protesters are still in the middle of the runway as police 'negotiate' with those responsible and await 'specialist resources' to unlock them. It is understood the group of demonstrators - who witnesses described as being 'white and middle class' managed to get onto the site after using a blow-up dinghy to sail across the Royal Docks.
Hypocrite of hate! Extremist preacher Anjem Choudary abandons his anti-West rhetoric as he eats at non-halal McDonald's while on bail for the terror offences that will today see him jailed
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary spent years chiding the West, calling for Sharia law in Britain and even claiming he wanted to move to ISIS-occupied Syria. But, as a photo which emerged today shows, the notorious cleric was happy to enjoy the lifestyle provided by living in the UK. The picture, taken while Choudary was on bail ahead of his terror trial, shows him purchasing a McDonald's meal at Watford Gap Service Station.
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- 'Climate change is racist': Black Lives Matter protesters storm the runway at London City Airport after reaching the tarmac in a DINGHY - bringing flights to a standstill
- Hypocrite of hate! Extremist preacher Anjem Choudary abandons his anti-West rhetoric as he eats at non-halal McDonald's while on bail for the terror offences that will today see him jailed
- Serving police officer, 47, faces jail after admitting two sex attacks against women while on duty
- Chaos at airports worldwide as ANOTHER British Airways IT glitch causes heavy delays at check-in desks for passengers across the globe
- Sports Direct drops zero hour contracts and guarantees minimum wage after report criticised store's 'serious shortcomings'
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- Science teacher, 41, dies after breaking her leg in a freak accident while putting up a display in her classroom
- Working from home can be just as unproductive being in the office with staff grumbling about paying for their heating and missing out on the gossip
- ‘Treat me like a b****!’ New tapes reveal how Keith Vaz 'ordered male prostitutes around as he took control of the sex party at his London flat' - and cast doubts on claims he had been drugged
- The 'King of Bling' has arrived! Russian tycoon moors his incredible £225million bombproof superyacht on the Thames
- Go private to cut costs for the NHS, GPs tell patients: Family doctors told to ask those needing surgery if they have a policy
- Van driver with eight previous convictions for using his mobile at the wheel was reading 'inane' text when he killed cyclist while travelling at 65mph
- All choked up! Hillary Clinton is caught up in a marathon coughing fit and struggles to speak in Cleveland but tries to play it off as an 'allergic reaction' to Trump
- Kanye West faces furious backlash after putting out casting call asking only for 'multi-racial' models
- Playboy model who mocked pensioner's body at the gym is set to face charges after police finally succeed in tracking down the victim
- Heartbreak for Florida grandmother, 65, told to tear down her tree house paradise where she's lived with her pet raccoon for 25 years
- Legendary former Apple engineer, 54, is REJECTED for a job at the Genius Bar after he applied following retirement
- Village where one in 10 residents live to be 100 says the recipe for success is 'only eating fresh stuff' (and a dash of rampant sex)
- Is this proof that China is arming North Korea? Missiles launched by the rogue state are exactly the same as Chinese weapons, says ex-US defence chief
- Pit bull savages a tiny beagle in front of its owner who gets injured while trying to save her pet in horrific scenes on the streets of Boston
- Driver, 20, who pulled up in an SUV and 'shot a 13-year-old girl dead and wounded her friend as they walked home from school' is arrested
- Obama gives Putin his best death stare: Tense moment the world's two most powerful men squared up at the G20 summit in China
- The final resting place of U576: German U-Boat is found 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina 72 years after it sank during Nazi campaign of terror - and 44 sailors are entombed inside
- ‘What if I killed your pet cat?’ Piers Morgan infuriates an unapologetic 12-year-old trophy hunter by asking how SHE would feel to lose an animal she loved
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'Treat me like a b****!' New tapes reveal how Keith Vaz 'ordered male prostitutes around as he took control of the sex party at his London flat' - and cast doubts on claims he had been drugged
The Labour MP was also recorded asking the sex workers detailed questions about sex-enhancing drugs called 'poppers' and asked them: 'Let me see what you do. How do you do it?' The new recordings cast doubt over claims that the politician was drugged and set up during his liaison with rent boys on August 27. In one exchange the married father of two complained one of the prostitutes 'treats me like a b****'. When the sex worker replied: 'You don't know what it means to be treated like a b****', Mr Vaz then said: 'Show me... show me.' He then told one of the male prostitutes 'show me how he's your b****' and when he declined the Leicester East MP urged again: 'Go on'. And in a series of questions about the use of poppers Mr Vaz said: What do you do? Open it, show me how it works, because I've never tried it before. Let me see what you do. How do you do it?'. Today new details have emerged as the man who allegedly paid the two male prostitutes a £150 'deposit' for Mr Vaz was named as Daniel Dimitru Dragusin.
'King of Bling' has arrived! Russian tycoon moors his £225m bombproof superyacht on the Thames
Tens of thousands of ships have passed through Tower Bridge since it first opened more than 120 years ago, but few would have caught the eye as much as this extraordinary £225million bombproof superyacht. The distinctive white 'Motor Yacht A'- owned by Russian tycoon Andrey Melnichenko (inset, with his wife Aleksandra), who is known as the 'King of Bling' - was spotted sailing up the River Thames in London on a wet and windy Saturday afternoon. The 390ft vessel, which is one of the world's 25 largest superyachts, features three swimming pools, including one with a glass floor, luxurious cabins and an unconventional design described as an upside down hull. And the boat, which launched eight years ago and was reported in April to have gone on the market, was photographed mooring alongside D-Day bombardment vessel HMS Belfast having sailed up the Thames.
Don't tell social services! How a new book proves that yesteryear's little darlings were real toughies
Author Chris Wild has unearthed some astonishing historic photos for his new book - The Retronaut Guide To Raising Children: The Past Like You Wouldn't Believe. The incredible photos show young children lighting up (left), babies hanging on a washing line (top right), a homemade sign to warn drivers (bottom centre) and even two babies in a mini boxing ring (bottom right). While the Mumsnet generation of parents must be reaching for the smelling salts, we can only say: Please, don't try this at home!
Vaz texted rent boys throughout summer: Disgraced MP had regular communications with male prostitutes in the weeks before he was exposed for paying for sex
The disgraced Labour MP - now facing a parliamentary sleaze inquiry - had regular friendly text communications with the male prostitutes during the summer. Last night pressure was increasing on the married father-of-two to quit his £90,000-a-year job as chairman of the home affairs select committee, which meets today. Mr Vaz put on a breathtaking show of defiance yesterday as he headed to Westminster after emerging from his London home with his wife of 23 years, Maria Fernandes, who looked grim-faced by his side, pictured left. Right, Mr Vaz with one of the Eastern European escorts.
Futuristic Bladerunner unmanned drone BOAT capable of racing across the water at 60mph to intercept waterborne terror threats takes to the Thames
The impressive 32-ft Royal Navy reconnaissance vessel, which is equipped with 360 degree camera, radar and GPS, was seen cutting through the water in central London during an exercise earlier today. The vessel, which weighs 2,000kg and can reach speeds of up to 50 knots, has been designed using the Bladerunner hull structure which is commonly used on elite racing boats.
Just another shopper? No, it's SamCam: Former PM's wife opts for a muted look as she strolls around West London
Dressed in a blue silk shirt and tailored trousers, she could have passed for a City worker on her lunch break. But the woman, firmly gripping her gold iPhone in an exclusive area of West London was in fact none other than the former Prime Minister's wife. Although she only left Downing Street in June, Samantha Cameron, 45, did not even turn heads as she wandered past luxury boutiques on the Fulham Road. ...read
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- Red, red whine! Jeremy Corbyn ridiculed for staging press conference with 1980s band UB40 as 'celebrity' backers
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Chocolate expert's £1m palate: Cadbury's worker has tastebuds insured - and must now avoid vindaloos and chilli peppers
A chocolate expert has had her tastebuds insured for £1million - on the condition she steers clear of vindaloo curries. Hayleigh Curtis, who works in the Cadbury innovation team, had her palate priced at £1million by specialist insurers Lloyd's of London in one of the first policies of its kind. She will also need to avoid sword swallowing, eating the notoriously poisonous fugu fish and chomping on chilli peppers. The average vindaloo sits between 250,000 and 400,000 on the Scoville scale's measurement of heat. Hayleigh works as part of a 300-strong team of creative inventors in the innovation kitchen at Bournville, the home of Cadbury, creating new flavours for the iconic chocolatiers.
Yorkshireman finally enjoys the fruits of his labour after growing a pineapple on his windowsill - EIGHT years after he planted it
A man who left a single slice of pineapple on a window sill was stunned when it turned into a pineapple eight years later. Edward Simpson, 84, (pictured) has confounded the British weather by growing the tropical fruit in Huddersfield. It is thought to be the first pineapple grown in Yorkshire. Now Edward and his wife Maureen, who came to Huddersfield from Jamaica in 1960 and have been married for 57 years, are set to enjoy the fruits of their labours - with the first pineapple to come from the plant. Retired engineer Mr Simpson, 84, set about growing the plant eight years ago by putting the leafy top slice of a pineapple in a saucer of water. Later, it was put into a plant pot and fed compost and tomato feed - and left on the windowsill on the south-facing side of the house.
The shocking moment a police officer had to be helped by a brave passer-by while wrestling a violent attacker armed with a 12in butcher's knife to the ground
Have-a-go hero Andy Haigh confronted knifeman Dean Edwards while he was resisting arrest from PC Rich Farrar in York city centre. CCTV operators had picked up on the PC who decided to search Edwards while he was passing by (left). Then shockingly the knifeman lurched back and the tussle between the two spilled onto the road (centre). It was then that Mr Haigh - a professional cage fighting judge from Leeds, jumped out the taxi to come to the officer's assistance (right). Edwards (inset) was concealing a 12 inch butcher's blade in his waistband, and was later jailed for 30 months.
Paige Doherty's final moments: Chilling CCTV shows murdered 15-year-old walking into deli to buy breakfast before store's owner stabbed her 43 times in the head and neck in 'motiveless' attack
John Leathem (inset) pleaded guilty to murder this morning after Glasgow's High Court was shown CCTV of Paige entering his deli in Clydebank, Scotland minutes before she was brutally killed. CCTV shows Leathem arriving at the deli (bottom right) before Paige walks up to buy a breakfast roll at around 8:15am (main image). Leathem is then shown tidying up the kitchen after the attack (top right). He faces a life sentence for the murder.
Grandmother, 44, wins compensation after she was 'humiliated' by police who strip searched her and left her naked following row during night out
Catering assistant Kay Earles, who had never been in trouble with the police before, was arrested over claims she was drunk and disorderly after a night out in Macclesfield, Cheshire. She says she was then threatened with a strip search before being thrown to the ground and having her clothes removed at the police station in nearby Middlewich. Ms Earles, 44, of Macclesfield, says she was the victim of an assault before the arrest and has branded her treatment 'scandalous'.
Making a mountain out of an ol' hill: Yorkshire dale is reclassified as a peak after it was found to be almost ONE INCH taller than previously thought
New technology used by the Ordnance Survey has calculated Calf Top (left) in the Yorkshire Dales actually stands at 609.602m - making it the 317th mountain in England and Wales. When it was measured back in 2010, it was found to be 609.58m tall - agonisingly 0.79 inches below the mountain threshold. But the new reading means the peak (pictured on a map, inset) is just 2mm above the required height to be classed as a mountain, which is 609.6m - or 2,000ft. The change in the landscape has been down to intrepid independent surveyors Myrddyn Phillips, John Barnard (wearing green on the right) and Graham Jackson (wearing purple on the right).
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Paradise burns: Thousands of British tourists flee Spanish wildfire 'started by teenagers' as flames close in on their holiday villas
Holidaymakers, many of them British, left their homes and hotels for shelter as the flames burned through the province of Alicante on Sunday night and into Monday morning. Planes flew overhead dropping water as witnesses described the situation as like a 'warzone'. One British woman has described how her family was evacuated in the middle of the night as a fierce wildfire raged near their villa. Rosie Brown, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, was staying in a holiday home near the coastal resort of Xabia on the Costa Blanca when the blaze spread to undergrowth surrounding their property.
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Freedom for the 'saddest bears in the world': Caged animals who were forced to drink beer and chained so tightly that it tore into the skin are released from an Albanian zoo
Tomi (top right), known as the beer bear, was seized from his Albanian owner along with another brown bear, Pashuk (main), who was left with an open wound from the tight chains wrapped around him. They were left with cuts, severely damaged teeth and other injuries after years with the abusive owner, but are now on their way to a better life in Kosovo with international animal welfare charity Four Paws. After being tranquilised, Tomi (bottom right) was examined and vaccinated before being taken to Tirana Zoo where he will spend just a few weeks before he and Pashuk are transferred to Four Paws' bear sanctuary in Prishtina, Kosovo.