Could third runway approval mean years of misery for drivers?

Today is the final day of Government consultation on a third Heathrow runway but the airport's biggest user has opposed the plan.

IAG, who own British Airways, say plans to build the new runway over the M25 will add up to £3 billion to the cost and could "de-rail" the entire scheme.

They say it would mean years of misery for drivers on the M25 and M4 while the work takes place.

It says a shorter runway option is the way forward. The existing plans would mean BA's HQ also being demolished.

IAG say the current £17 billion scheme is "over inflated" and a shorter runway, that didn't mean going over the M25, would be more affordable.

The Government is consulting on a third runway ahead of a vote by MP's early next year.

Under the scheme backed by officials the new runway would be over the M25 and run parallel to the M4.