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The Latest Breaking News from HS2

Metro extension on track as old McDonald's to be demolished

Commercial building in Birmingham will be razed to make way for tram expansion to connect city centre with HS2 station

Birmingham Post

HS2’s supporters fear cancellations and delays as austerity looms

In Britain’s darkening economic climate, the expensive high speed rail project looks like an obvious target for further cuts

The Guardian - UK

New homes and £9,000 for Londoners affected by HS2

Householders in tower blocks by the Euston site are offered help to leave after years of noise, vibration and poor air quality.

Evening Standard

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Next Plc suggests Government stimulate economy by cutting projects like HS2 and relaxing migration rules

‘Success through adversity will not depend on our ability to foresee the future…. It will depend on how well we adapt’

Birmingham Post

Arden Cross unveils major medtech campus plans at HS2 site

Development team signs memorandum of understanding with University Hospitals Birmingham and University of Warwick to build healthcare facility in Solihull

Birmingham Post

HS2 granted route-wide injunction to tackle environmental protests

Activists barred from accessing hundreds of miles of land earmarked for UK high-speed rail project

The Guardian - UK

Injunction granted to block protests along entire planned HS2 route

Several protesters argued at a hearing in May that an injunction would obstruct ‘peaceful protest against illegal tree-felling’ and ‘wildlife crimes’.

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New HS2 Interchange station will bring in 1,000 jobs, says West Midlands Mayor

Andy Street has praised the job-creating prospects of new station which is one of four new sites being built for phase one of HS2

Birmingham Post

New HS2 station will bring in 1,000 jobs, says mayor

The HS2 interchange near the NEC and Birmingham Airport is due to open in 2026.

The Independent UK

Support for Welsh independence is growing – people are fed up with being forgotten

As in Scotland, many people have looked at the United Kingdom and decided that it’s simply not working for them, says WalesOnline’s Will Hayward

The Guardian - UK

Costain on track to complete HS2 works as profits rise

Construction company says inflation clauses in contracts help offset rising commodity and energy costs

Evening Standard

HS2 cost may rise over concrete 'issues' as tests carried out after construction halted

The faults have been found in the so-called 'Green Tunnel', with construction being halted amid fears that the work done so far may have to be destroyed, driving the cost yet higher

Daily Mirror

Manchester will be 'best place to live in the country’ once HS2 is built - but only if it's done properly, Mayor says

Andy Burnham has now called for a full debate in Parliament on the matter

Manchester Evening News

'It's a botch job and won't wash...' Angela Rayner joins MPs opposing closure of Metrolink line during building of HS2

Angela Rayner, Andrew Gwynne, and Jonathan Reynolds have co-signed a petition to the government

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The Mancunian Way: Gibbs vs Gallaghers

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Birmingham Post

'We cannot continue to repeat the mistakes of the past': Manchester leaders call for urgent rethink on HS2 plans

The petitions of Greater Manchester authorities will raise concerns about several aspects of the HS2 Bill

Manchester Evening News

Go underground, save jobs, cut congestion and keep Metrolink running: Councils’ urgent appeal to give Manchester the HS2 it deserves

The High Speed Crewe-Manchester bill had its second reading in Parliament in June

Birmingham Post

HS2 and high speed rail 'essential' to levelling up the UK, mayors and business leaders tell Government

'Economic resurgence cannot be achieved without engaging cities and regions outside London'

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Whitcombe Pipelines secures £2m HS2 contract

Wolverhampton's National Infrastructure Solutions worked with infrastructure firm

Liverpool Echo

Steve Rotheram and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them to re-think region's cut price rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

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Jamie Driscoll and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them on rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them to re-think region's cut price rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

The Independent UK

Leeds, Bradford and other key British cities could miss out on rail revolution

Transport Select Committee demands the Department for Transport (DfT) shows its working for changes to HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail

Zenger

Video Shows Huge Machine Tunneling For Britain’s High-Speed Rail Project

Dorothy is named after Dorothy Hodgkin, who in 1964 became the first British woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Birmingham Post

Plans to cut HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail 'put levelling up at risk'

'Upgrading lines will bring modest benefits, but not to the transformative extent needed to end regional imbalances'

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