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Theresa May piles pressure on Sunak not to scrap HS2

She joins calls by fellow ex-PMs Boris Johnson and David Cameron over fears scrapping line into Euston will disrupt trains from her constituency

The Independent UK

Theresa May becomes latest ex-premier to urge Rishi Sunak not to trim HS2

The former Conservative leader said more capacity was required on trains to the North West and that HS2 should terminate at Euston.

The Independent UK

Revealed: Proof PM knows cutting HS2 would lead to chaos

Secret document leaked to The Independent details dire consequences of cancelling high-speed rail extension – as Boris Johnson says Sunak would be ‘out of his mind’ to scrap it

The Independent UK

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‘We are a political project’: how HS2’s costs have spiralled out of control

Placating Conservatives in marginal seats, inflation in construction and a maze of bureaucracy have seen the cost balloon from £32bn to £71bn

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak says he won’t be ‘rushed’ into HS2 decision as critics’ anger grows

PM denies high-speed rows are derailing the Tory conference in Manchester

Evening Standard

Boss of HS2 building firm savages Rishi Sunak over scrapping new London station

Mark Reynolds says it will take longer to travel the five miles from Old Oak Common to London than the previous 114 miles from Birmingham

The Independent UK

‘Push on with HS2 Euston hub at pace’, ministers are told

The line will initially stop at Old Oak Common, six miles from Euston

Evening Standard

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Rail experts say downscaling HS2 would be ‘commercial and operational mess’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are reported to be meeting to discuss the future of the project in the coming days.

The Independent UK

HS2 was meant to unite North and South. Don’t let it become a glorified Birmingham shuttle

City Voices: Broken promises on HS2 would leave the UK’s global reputation as an attractive place to invest in tatters

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak ‘pushing for HS2 to stop six miles north of Euston’

PM said to want project to stop at Old Oak Common in bid to save billions

The Independent UK

Varroa declared in Riverina and Sunraysia - linked to Kempsey

NSW DPI has detected Varroa is Riverina and Sunraysia regions.

Newcastle Herald

‘My mother planned her own death for a long time. Why didn’t I believe her?’

When her mother killed herself, Natasha Walter realised she had been living in denial. In a gripping memoir, she reveals how she came to understand the strong, rebellious woman behind this final act

The Guardian - UK

Wetherspoons to open on site of Euston strip club SophistiCats

The strip club lost its license after charging £50,000 to one patron in two hours

Evening Standard

HS2 will bury two Tunnel Boring Machines at Old Oak Common

The two boring machines will be blessed in a ceremony using a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of tunnelling

Evening Standard

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Euston station ‘chaos’ as gas leak leaves trains cancelled and delayed by up to 90 minutes

Disruption is expected until 10.30pm, says National Rail

The Guardian - UK

HS2 Euston tunnellers given suspended sentences after retrial

Six activists who occupied tunnel network near London station either pleaded guilty or were found guilty

The Independent UK

Girl, 12, robbed of mobile phone at knifepoint as police release CCTV appeal

Detectives seek public’s help identifying suspect in ‘terrifying’ robbery near Euston train station

Evening Standard

Man who stabbed wife and left her to die before trying to take his own life at Euston station jailed

The former member of the armed forces was found drunk and bleeding from multiple self-inflicted stab wounds after killing his wife, Diana

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The Independent UK

He stabbed his wife to death – then drove to Asda to buy replacement knives

Phillip Dafter stabbed himself in the stomach and travelled to London Euston where he admitted his crime to the British Transport Police

The Guardian - UK

Cost of Euston HS2 terminus could race past £4.8bn estimate, MPs say

Overspend blamed on government indecision, despite eight years spent planning and designing project

Manchester Evening News

'Build it once and built it right' plea to government over HS2 rail station in Manchester

London's Mayor has added his voice to calls for an underground station at Piccadilly as civic leaders say they fear 'permanent damage' to UK economic ambitions

Birmingham Post

Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan lead calls for HS2 not to be scaled back

Leaders in Manchester and London have made a joint appeal to the government

Evening Standard

‘Scaled back HS2 would damage Britain’ warn mayors of London and Manchester

The mayors of London and Manchester have issued an unprecedented joint appeal calling for ministers to ensure Britain’s flagship High Speed 2 rail project is not scaled back.

Evening Standard

HS2 delays: hundreds of Londoners are stuck in homes they can’t sell amid stalled construction

As HS2’s Euston branch stalls, devastated residents call for urgent action as their house prices tumble amid noise, dust and unfinished building work

Evening Standard

Drill rappers get life for 16-year-old boy’s ‘needless’ street killing near Euston

Two drill rappers who knifed a rival to death in a tit-for-tat north London gang war have been jailed for life.

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