https://www.ft.com/content/34355227-b73f-4d27-9ba9-9b2a05a9355b

Former Bank of England chief economist branded decision a ‘big mistake’ https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/scrapping-hs2-a-body-blow-to-the-north-says-governments-own-levelling-up-tsar-2681123

A third of HS2 tunnelling between London and the West Midlands is now complete. https://www.independent.co.uk/business/hs2-railway-line-key-numbers-b2423758.html

Engineers want to set up giant oven at HS2 boring sites to create calcined clay mix for use in foundations and platforms https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/12/how-hs2-waste-clay-could-be-conjured-into-concrete-to-cut-emissions

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/drone-footage-shows-hs2-construction-090641733.html

On the fourth day of the Conservative Party's conference at Manchester, prime minister Rishi Sunak drops the bomb shell by announcing the cancellation of the Birmingham-Manchester leg of HS2. The rumors were there for several weeks already but...

Sunak has canceled the northern leg of the HS2 high-speed rail project, blaming a doubling in costs for the decision. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/10/4/uk-tory-conference-live-news-rishi-sunak-to-address-hs2-controversy

As row over country’s biggest infrastructure project escalates, Daniel Gayne reports on a downbeat mood in...

Contracts have been signed, commitments made and calling a halt to construction would leave a collection of useless structures across the country, writes Christian Wolmar. It is a costly problem with no easy...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering axing part of the HS2 rail link between Birmingham and Manchester due to the soaring cost of the...

The company behind the HS2 high speed rail link has revealed that its longest (16km) tunnel is now 75% complete. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66897000

He said suggestions the high-speed rail link that began construction under his premiership could be scaled back were "Treasury-driven nonsense". https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66895425

Estimated  costs at £37.5 billion ($46 billion) in 2013 has since soared to around £100 billion. https://www.barrons.com/news/uk-s-colossal-hs2-project-in-danger-of-going-off-the-rails-ce9cf6db

Stonehenge could be added to a list of world heritage sites in danger, UNESCO has warned. It says changes to controversial plans for a nearby road tunnel must be...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ-rKk8iNYk The 2.7km Greatworth ‘green tunnel’ will be built on the surface before being covered by earth, trees and shrubs to fit in with the Northamptonshire countryside HS2 has begun...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik1iCKHkmkw   First above ground structure completed as part of the HS2 project at Euston The new Traction Substation will support the running of the Northern line A new structure that will...

'Nimbyism and incompetence have led to disaster' Author says the cost of HS2 is now almost three times the original estimate of £35 billion. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-is-hs2-costing-so-much/

with minor cuts and bruising. https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/health-safety-news/five-hs2-workers-injured-northolt-lift-shaft-incident/131814/

https://www.railtech.com/all/2023/08/22/dude-wheres-my-tbm-hs2-buries-tunnelling-machines-until-theres-money-for-euston-stop/

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