内容摘要：Opposition parties have criticised the decision as an "attack on local democracy", with residents being "denied" their voice.

Opposition parties have criticised the decision as an "attack on local democracy", with residents being "denied" their voice.

Flights have resumed at Heathrow Airport, a day after a fire at a nearby electrical substation shut down operations at one of the world's major transport hubs.Heathrow, the UK's busiest airport, said on Saturday morning it was open and fully operational, however flight disruptions are expected to last days.

British Airways estimated 85% of its planned flights would run on Saturday, but with delays throughout. As of 07:00 GMT the majority of departures had left as expected but of arrivals nine of the first 20 flights scheduled to land were cancelled.More than 1,300 flights wereaffected on Friday, tracking website Flightradar24 said, and passengers were

told not to travel to the airport unless their airline advised them to.National Grid said that an "interim solution" had been found to allow power to be restored to customers including Heathrow Airport, saying that the network had

been "reconfigured to restore all customers impacted".

Firefighters worked throughout the day to bring the blaze at North Hyde substation in Hayes, west London, under control.Here's what we know so far.

A fire at an electrical substation in west London, which supplies Heathrow, caused a major power outage at the airport, prompting its closure.It is not yet known what caused the fire at the substation, but Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said there was no suggestion of foul play as counter-terrorism police investigate.

"The counter-terrorism command has specific capabilities and capacities that mean that they are used to conducting investigations at pace," she said, adding that they were needed as the fire took place next to a critical piece of national infrastructure.Emergency services were first called to Nestles Avenues in Hayes, west London at 23:23 GMT on Thursday.