The Latest Breaking News from HS2

Sir John Peace makes plea head of regional transport body's annual conference in Birmingham today

‘We’ve all watched Marvel and Dr Who, we just thought where is this going to go?’

A pool of brown bubbling foam has appeared where work to build the HS2 high speed rail line is being carried out. The five metre (16ft) “mini geyser” on a rugby pitch in Ruislip, west London, is near to where some of the tunnelling work is being carried out. Work…

The engineering project intends to cut out the need for HGV journeys

Aural clock, designed by Turner prize winner Susan Philipsz for Curzon Street HS2 station, features sounds made by 1,092 city folk

The project could finish 12 years later than planned

Sir Jonathan Thompson was also the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and will now lead the high-speed rail project as it continues to battle rising costs and negative headlines

Brief letters: Supplying arms and paying workers | Butterfly blues | Not in the picture | The Songs of Jim McLean | Coming up short with HS2

Current plans would see the eastern leg of HS2 terminating near the East Midlands Parkway station just south of Nottingham.

Number of trains could be cut from from 18 to 10 an hour and maximum speed of 360 km/h (224 mph) may be reduced

There would be a temporary track and ‘turn back’ created at Piccadilly for a period of two years