Heathrow closed for the day

[Nearly Sane]

Must be an utter nightmare if you were meant to be travelling through it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly24zvvwxlt

[Nearly Sane]

Interesting article in the resiliency or not of Heathrow

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjy0g01z1po

[Harrowby Hall]

I caught Any Answers on Radio 4 today (I didn't hear Any Questions).

One aspect of UK administrative life cropped up - the fact that much of the essential infrastructure of the United Kingdom is in private ownership. This leads to a lack of strategic planning.

[jeremyp]

Interesting article in the resiliency or not of Heathrow

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjy0g01z1po

My dad, who did heavy electrical engineering for a living, thinks there may have been a dual feed but that one half was down for maintenance. That's not exactly what the article says, but we don't really know how expert the experts really are.

[Nearly Sane]

Some further info

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjy4m0n1exo