It's the fear of noise damage.

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Officers are trying to ascertain whether the noise and damage has been caused by fireworks or similar homemade devices.

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Campaigners said plans to increase passenger capacity at the airport would create too much traffic and noise and damage quality of life.

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Environmentalists and many residents of west and south-west London have raised fears over pollution, noise and damage to the area's way of life.

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Police said there was a 57% reduction in "youth-related annoyance" compared to the three months before the trail, and a 51% fall in all anti-social type incidents, including drink-related offences, criminal damage and noise nuisance.

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Third, the industry needs to continue to make good faith efforts to reduce adverse impacts across the board, in terms of water pollution, health and safety, noise, erosion, road damage and so on.

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"One of the points that people don't understand is that the intellectual content of the noise is irrelevant in terms of the damage it does to the ear, " Mattox said.

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Both Democrats and Republicans need to make sure that the real issues aren't lost in the partisan noise of Washington and that we do our best to avoid all the collateral damage.

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