MANCHESTER AIRPORT TRIES TO SAVE NEWTS

Manchester Airport has spent a staggering £1m to save newts, the Manchester Evening News reports. The council owned airport has spent the money over the last five years to protect newts living around Runway 2.

According to the newspaper, even before the £172m runway opened in February 2001, more than £3m was spent re-homing 4,500 great crested newts and more than 30,000 other amphibians. Another £½m has been spent since 2005 protecting newts, bats and other rare species. The money has been spent to comply with European laws.

A Manchester Airport spokesman said: ‘We have a 15 year plan to maintain and protect all ecological species - especially protected great crested newts, bats and badgers.

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