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10/07/2012
Decision Expected On Tower Block Residents Missile Challenge
A decision will be made later today (Tuesday) by the High Court on whether residents can bring a legal action over plans to station surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their tower block during the Olympics.
They argue the siting of weapons on Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone, east London, will make them a terrorist target, while the MoD has said the missile deployment is legitimate and proportionate.
The 17-storey tower block is one of six locations across the city selected for missiles to be stationed.
The missiles form part of a comprehensive security plan for the Olympic period, protecting key venues.
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They argue the siting of weapons on Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone, east London, will make them a terrorist target, while the MoD has said the missile deployment is legitimate and proportionate.
The 17-storey tower block is one of six locations across the city selected for missiles to be stationed.
The missiles form part of a comprehensive security plan for the Olympic period, protecting key venues.
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Residents Lose Case Against Missile Siting
Residents of a London tower block have lost their High Court battle to prevent surface-to-air missiles being stationed on the roof of their building during the Olympics. They had said having them on Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone, east London, would make them a terrorist target.
09 July 2012
Residents Take Olympic Missile Challenge To High Court
Council tenants have begun a High Court bid to block proposals to place surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their tower block during the Olympics. Residents of Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone, east London, are applying for permission for a judicial review, saying that they were not consulted fairly and properly over the plans.
Residents Take Olympic Missile Challenge To High Court
Council tenants have begun a High Court bid to block proposals to place surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their tower block during the Olympics. Residents of Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone, east London, are applying for permission for a judicial review, saying that they were not consulted fairly and properly over the plans.
01 September 2015
Man Arrested After Dog Thrown Out Of Tower Block Window
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Man Arrested After Dog Thrown Out Of Tower Block Window
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Four Charged Over Everton Tower Block Cannabis Farm
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12 August 2011
London Tower Block Blaze Man 'Critical'
A man is in a critical condition following a fire at a block of flats in Wandsworth, south London. The fire service were called to the blaze at the 15-storey block in Linstead Way around 12.30am on Friday. It is understood that the fire broke out on the ninth floor of the tower block.
London Tower Block Blaze Man 'Critical'
A man is in a critical condition following a fire at a block of flats in Wandsworth, south London. The fire service were called to the blaze at the 15-storey block in Linstead Way around 12.30am on Friday. It is understood that the fire broke out on the ninth floor of the tower block.
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