Airplot twinned with Prospect Park

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Community unites against Heathrow runway plan

A new apple tree was planted in a West Reading park as a
gesture of solidarity with an orchard threatened by Heathrow's third
runway.

The orchard is in the village of Sipson which will be destroyed if the runway goes ahead.

The new tree in Prospect Park was planted by Berkshire Greenpeace
supporters Martyn Cutcher and Trish Whitham on Saturday, symbolically
"twinning" it with the Sipson fruit trees.

Reading West MP Martin Salter joined them at the ceremony.

The orchard in Sipson was planted to reintroduce the Cox's Orange
Pippin to the place where it was bred by Richard Cox in the 1850s.

Its planting was a symbol of the local community's determination to
stop the runway and now Reading has its own "Runway Tree" backing the
campaign.

Mr Cutcher said: "We're planting an apple tree in Reading ‘twinned' with the new apple orchard on the runway site.

"The people in Sipson have fought a brave campaign to save their
village from the bulldozers, and to save our environment from the
climate-wrecking effects of a new runway at Heathrow.

"We hope their orchard will be bearing fruit in years to come,
instead of being under tarmac, and as long as their orchard stands then
we hope our tree in Reading will grow as well, and show that people
here care about the environment."

Mr Salter said: "I remain a staunch opponent of the third Heathrow
runway, and last year organised a cross-party Commons motion against
the scheme which I consider an abomination.

"As a Greenpeace supporter, I am more than happy to be a part owner
with 60,000 others of an orchard in West London which is designed to
disrupt the building of the runway. It is fitting that here in Reading,
which is also under the Heathrow flight path, that we mark our support
for communities more badly threatened by these plans than ourselves."

Alok Sharma, the Conservative prospective Parliamentary candidate
for Reading West, said: "A third runway at Heathrow would inflict huge
damage to the environment and to the quality of life of millions of
people. It is time for the Government to abandon its plans for a third
runway and, if a Conservative Government is elected, we will certainly
stop this environmental disaster."

Deputy leader of Reading Borough Council Councillor Tony Page said:
"On March 31, I moved a resolution at full council which resulted in
unanimous opposition to the proposed third runway at Heathrow on the
grounds it will result in massively increased noise and pollution for
the residents of Reading; and will make it extremely difficult for the
UK to hit its targets for reduced carbon emissions."

Green Party prospective Parliamentary candidate for Reading East Rob
White added: "This is a great campaign and I hope both this tree in
Reading and the one at Heathrow, on the site of the planned third
runway, are here in 20 years time."

I spotted this:

Main article

Community unites against Heathrow runway plan

A new apple tree was planted in a West Reading park as a gesture of solidarity with an orchard threatened by Heathrow's third runway.

The orchard is in the village of Sipson which will be destroyed if the runway goes ahead.

The new tree in Prospect Park was planted by Berkshire Greenpeace supporters Martyn Cutcher and Trish Whitham on Saturday, symbolically "twinning" it with the Sipson fruit trees.

Reading West MP Martin Salter joined them at the ceremony.

The orchard in Sipson was planted to reintroduce the Cox's Orange Pippin to the place where it was bred by Richard Cox in the 1850s.

Its planting was a symbol of the local community's determination to stop the runway and now Reading has its own "Runway Tree" backing the campaign.

Mr Cutcher said: "We're planting an apple tree in Reading ‘twinned' with the new apple orchard on the runway site.

"The people in Sipson have fought a brave campaign to save their village from the bulldozers, and to save our environment from the climate-wrecking effects of a new runway at Heathrow.

"We hope their orchard will be bearing fruit in years to come, instead of being under tarmac, and as long as their orchard stands then we hope our tree in Reading will grow as well, and show that people here care about the environment."

Mr Salter said: "I remain a staunch opponent of the third Heathrow runway, and last year organised a cross-party Commons motion against the scheme which I consider an abomination.

"As a Greenpeace supporter, I am more than happy to be a part owner with 60,000 others of an orchard in West London which is designed to disrupt the building of the runway. It is fitting that here in Reading, which is also under the Heathrow flight path, that we mark our support for communities more badly threatened by these plans than ourselves."

Alok Sharma, the Conservative prospective Parliamentary candidate for Reading West, said: "A third runway at Heathrow would inflict huge damage to the environment and to the quality of life of millions of people. It is time for the Government to abandon its plans for a third runway and, if a Conservative Government is elected, we will certainly stop this environmental disaster."

Deputy leader of Reading Borough Council Councillor Tony Page said: "On March 31, I moved a resolution at full council which resulted in unanimous opposition to the proposed third runway at Heathrow on the grounds it will result in massively increased noise and pollution for the residents of Reading; and will make it extremely difficult for the UK to hit its targets for reduced carbon emissions."

Green Party prospective Parliamentary candidate for Reading East Rob White added: "This is a great campaign and I hope both this tree in Reading and the one at Heathrow, on the site of the planned third runway, are here in 20 years time."