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The Latest Breaking News from HS2

Activists who occupied 100ft HS2 drilling rig convicted over protest

Ex-Paralympian James Brown and James Ruggles claimed rail project a danger to London’s drinking water

The Guardian - UK

MP visits Derby train maker Alstom as it advertises for 30 apprentices and graduates

UK’s largest supplier of trains – formerly known as Bombardier – recently gained part of a £2bn contract to produce HS2 trains

Birmingham Post

Euston tunnellers’ court victory at risk as CPS seeks to overturn verdict

Six protesters walked free after spending a month underground in front of London station

The Guardian - UK

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Tameside leader 'dismayed' by HS2 plan which would 'sever' Ashton tram line

The council leader had 'no idea' of the impact the plans would have

Manchester Evening News

HS2 ramps up work on UK’s longest railway bridge

The Colne Valley Viaduct will stretch for 2.1 miles, carrying high-speed trains above a series of lakes and waterways just outside north-west London.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of dismembered skeletons found during HS2 building work

A team of around 50 archaeologists made the startling discovery of beheaded Roman skeletons during an excavation being carried out at Fleet Marston, near Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire

Daily Mirror

Dozens of decapitated skeletons found in Roman cemetery dig

Archaeologists discovered around 40 beheaded bodies – and say this may have been a normal burial rite

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Archaeologists discover 40 decapitated skeletons while excavating former Roman settlement

HS2 has examined over 100 archaeological sites between London and Birmingham since 2018

Wales Online

Archaeologists discover 40 beheaded skeletons in huge Roman cemetery in Buckinghamshire

Archaeologists have discovered at least 40 beheaded skeletons in a Roman cemetery on the route of the high-speed HS2 railway.

Evening Standard

HS2 labour supplier Hercules floats on AIM, raising millions

The firm's founder and chief executive said the IPO would enable the business to scale-up and expand

Birmingham Post

Electrification of the Chester and North Wales rail line must come alongside HS2 link to Manchester

Growth Track 360 leaders want the economic benefits shared with their regions through electrification

Birmingham Post

North of England faces ‘second-best trains’ for 200 years, warns Burnham

Greater Manchester mayor says government’s £96bn rail plan will not bring the claimed benefits

The Guardian - UK

MP describes HS2 plans to suspend Ashton tram link during Piccadilly station rebuild as 'disastrous'

"We cannot have a situation where this line is mothballed and replaced by a bus replacement service," Andrew Gwynne said

Manchester Evening News

Northern leaders still don’t have the detail behind government’s cut-price rail plan

Transport officials, mayors and council chiefs are yet to receive the evidence underpinning government’s decision to scale back Northern Powerhouse Rail, slashing its budget in half - or the axing of the eastern leg of HS2

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HS2 Manchester will 'define the north for centuries' if correct railway station built, says Andy Burnham

Mayor of Manchester calls on Government to show 'ambition' for the north as HS2 Bill laid in Parliament

Birmingham Post

Andy Burnham calls on Government to 'show some ambition' over HS2 plans

The mayor of Greater Manchester criticised the current plans at a press conference on Monday

The Independent UK

Show some ambition, Burnham tells government over HS2 plans

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps described Monday as a ‘landmark moment’ in improving the North’s rail connections.

Liverpool Echo

Plans to extend HS2 railway and add lines between Manchester and Liverpool

The journey time between Manchester and Liverpool will be cut to 35 minutes

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Wales Online

Why John Bishop and wife Melanie were forced to leave behind their dream home

Bishop was made to leave his mansion in 2019

The Guardian - UK

HS2 protesters plan ‘nationwide day of action’ over rail expansion

Activists say bill being presented to parliament sanctions irreversible destruction of environment

The Independent UK

Bill is ‘landmark moment’ for HS2 – Transport Secretary

The Bill to extend HS2 to Manchester will be laid in Parliament on Monday.

Manchester Evening News

Environmental activists to stage HS2 protest in Piccadilly Gardens

It's part of a 'national day of action' to protest against the expansion of high-speed railway – as the Bill for the project is laid out in Parliament on Monday

Wales Online

Protest groups plan day of action as landmark HS2 Bill goes before Parliament

Organisations Stop HS2 North and HS2 Rebellion will be joined by other groups to highlight the environmental and financial impact

Liverpool Echo

John Bishop and wife Melanie forced to leave behind their dream Cheshire home

John and his family were forced to leave their home in 2019

The Independent UK

Protesters plan ‘national day of action’ over HS2 rail expansion

Activists say the high-speed rail link will cause ‘immense and irreversible destruction to the environment during a climate and ecological emergency’.

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