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Date: 12th May 2008
Service: CEEFAX
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Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
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P163 CEEFAX 1 163 Mon 12 May 19:54/23 Mayor approves salt water plant London's mayor has withdrawn a legal challenge to a desalination plant in a deal with Thames Water that aims to keep traffic moving in the city. The planned £200m facility in Beckton, north-east London, will make supplies from the Thames estuary drinkable. Previous mayor Ken LivingRtone launchedthe challenge against the plant on environmental grounds despite the government giving it the go-ahead. Mayor Boris Johnson said the deal wouldcut the impact of roadworks on traffic.LONDON Headlines 160Sport 390NATIONAL Main menu 100Weather 400Lon News LocalNews Regional Main Menu