Fantastic news. I drove around the apron last year and it was sad to see an airport in such a sorry state.
Its a shame HMG have decided not to pay to be in the Galileo EGNOS SoL system. This would have allowed places like Scatsta and other remote Scottish airfields to provide quality bad weather GPS approach facilities (equivalent of Cat 1 ILS) enhancing safety in areas prone to poor weather. We have given up a great opportunity for no obvious reason other than because it has European in the name.
HMG have effectively given up on the new 40inch colour TV and from June we will only have a black and white licence taking navigation services and safety back to expensive 1960s level technology.