内容摘要：Russia's occupation authorities treat the Ukrainian language or anything related to Ukraine as extremist, says Mavka.

Russia's occupation authorities treat the Ukrainian language or anything related to Ukraine as extremist, says Mavka.

Stewart Wingate, who took up his position at Gatwick in 2010, is moving on to a newly created role overseeing three UK airports.As managing director, UK airports, for Vinci Airports and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) he will oversee the future development and strategic direction of Gatwick, Edinburgh and Belfast International, with the chief executives of all three airports reporting to him.

Pierre-Hugues Schmit, currently chief commercial and operational officer at Vinci Airports and a non-executive director on the Gatwick board, will take over at the West Sussex airport.Both appointments will start on 1 September.Gatwick is one of the busiest single-runway airports in the world, serving approximately 43.2 million passengers in 2024.

were backed by the government in February.The airport wants to move its northern runway, which is currently only used for taxiing or as a back up, and make it operational by the end of the decade.

A joint statement from Vinci and GIP said: "Stewart is one of the most experienced aviation executives in Europe and on behalf of the Board we would like to thank him for his outstanding contribution to Gatwick.

"His broad expertise and strong track record make him an ideal choice for the newly created role."Crews found there had been a fire in the electrical intake to the property that had spread to the void between the ground and first floor levels.

The fire service said there had been damage to the ceiling, but no artefacts being stored in the building had been affected before a stop message was received at 20:31 BST."Had the building have not had a working automatic fire alarm, the fire would have gone unnoticed for a considerable time and the building would have probably been lost," a spokesperson for the fire service said.

When crews arrived at the scene, they had to isolate the electricity to the property and remove the ceiling to access the fire within the void.UK Power Networks was also in attendance and the fire service said the electrical supply would be "out for a while".