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Airport expansion protestors say they were chased away from Ruth Kelly's home after blaring aeroplane noise through her letterbox. A flash mob from group Plane Stupid played the aeroplane noise at 56 decibels - the level deemed by the Department for Transport (DfT) not to be a nuisance to west Londoners - at 7.30am at the Transport Secretary's Docklands address. After 15 minutes the six women protesters were chased away by Mrs Kelly's husband. Other members of the group targeted Mrs Kelly's constituency home in Bolton. A spokeswoman for London's Plane Stupid group, Elizabeth Baines, said: "It's incredible. Tucked away in her post London flat I can see now why it is so easy for Ruth to ignore the concerns of West London - the expansion of Heathrow won't threaten her quality of life." She added: "London does not want more noise... [read full story]
