Heathrow environmental activists fined for blocking airport tunnel

Three members of Plane Stupid fined 200 each for wilful obstruction of a public highway during protest against a third runway last November

Three environmental activists who blocked a tunnel at Heathrow airport last year have been issued fines of 200 each by a court on Tuesday.

The protest by Plane Stupid activists last November was part of a series of actions by the group against the expansion of the airport, including the so-called Heathrow 13 who in February were spared prison sentences for occupying the airport's runway.