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Sunday, 08 December 2019

The Independent

• Gatwick airport: Police board plane on runway as flights grounded over 'security threat to aviation'Passengers were held on board while emergency services that met easyJet aircraft carried out checks
• Conservatives and Brexit Party received donations worth £8m from aviation industry'Politicians cannot be trusted to protect the planet while they're taking money from the biggest polluters,' say climate protesters

The Telegraph

• Parcels cannot be delivered by air until drones fitted with anti-crash software, Civil Aviation Authority says

Times Online

• Investor fury at £230m Park First scandal [Subscription]The City watchdog faces a new headache as hundreds of pensioners prepare to take on an alleged scam over a collapsed £230m airport parking spaces scheme.

Bristol Live

• Misery for Thomas Cook holidaymakers as CAA admits refund claim delay"We will continue to pay claims as soon as possible"

London Evening Standard

• Gatwick Airport incident: Police board plane on runway due to 'security issue'Police officers have boarded a plane on the runway at Gatwick Airport due to what passengers on board said had been called a

Other News Sources

• Woman in 20s dies after fall from Gatwick Airport car park The woman is believed to be in her late 20s
• Police investigate 'security alert' at Gatwick Airport FLIGHTS were grounded at Gatwick Airport due to a