Londoners lose Olympic missile fight

Residents of the Fred Wigg tower in Waltham Forest, London, have lost their fight to prevent the MoD from installing missiles on top of their building during the Olympic Games this summer.

A group of residents had complained that the siting of the missiles breached their human rights and made them a target for terrorism, but the MoD said there was "no credible threat" to the tower as a result of it hosting a battery of Starstreak High Velocity Missiles during the games.

Solicitors for residents had complained that the move would turn the tower into a "military battlefield position", but Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said that residents' "shock, anxiety and worry" had been based on "something of a misapprehension" about the type of missiles to be used and the risks involved and ruled that the MoD's decision was "not susceptible to a sensible challenge".

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