London — The boss of London’s Heathrow Airport says construction of its new runway will go ahead, despite incoming prime minister Boris Johnson's long-standing opposition to the expansion of Britain's biggest airport.

Johnson, whose west London constituency is near the airport, pledged in 2015 to lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop construction of a third runway at Heathrow...

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