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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Ross

‘We stopped HS2 seizing half our family farm – now we’re under threat again’

A dairy farmer who won a fight to stop almost half of his land being seized for the scrapped HS2 rail line between Birmingham and Manchester says the family farm could be under threat again.

John Edge, 74, said further uncertainty now shrouds the future of his business after transport minister Heidi Alexander announced on Wednesday that a new north-south line between the two cities was being planned as part of investment in the northern rail network.

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