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Campaigners prepare to set off from Golf Course Lane

Sunday 19th February 2012 SH (Editor)

Marchers brave the rain to protest against airfield closure

Several hundred marchers braved heavy rain on Saturday to protest against the planned closure of Filton Airfield by its owners BAE Systems. The campaigners say the airfield’s closure will jeopardise jobs in the local aerospace industry and they are angry that South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has revised its Core Strategy planning blueprint to allow the building of 3,700 homes on

First landing of the Airbus A380 at Filton Airfield, Bristol

Thursday 16th February 2012 SH (Editor)

Campaigners and trade union to stage airfield protest march

The Save Filton Airfield group and the Unite union are holding a march in protest at South Gloucestershire Council’s decision in their Core Strategy plan to allow the redevelopment of Filton Airfield. The group believes that the inclusion of this development is deeply flawed as it not only jeopardises the future potential for aerospace and aviation in the North Fringe,