Heathrow Airport was warned about the "resilience" of its power supply in the days before a fire which shut down the airport for over a day last month. Nigel Wicking, chief executive of the Heathrow Airline Operators' Committee, told a group of MPs on Wednesday that he spoke to the Team Heathrow director on 15 March about his concerns.

The official said he had raised concerns about Heathrow’s electricity supply days before a power outage forced it to shut down. Heathrow disputed the relevance of the official’s comments.

Airlines warned Heathrow airport about concerns over the resilience of its electricity supply days before a power outage caused the closure of the UK’s busiest airport and hundreds of cancelled flights, MPs have heard.

Three people have been killed after a collision between a bus and a car near Heathrow Airport in west London. The Metropolitan Police said it was called to Bedfont Road, Feltham, at around 11.55pm on Monday,