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Minister hails ‘extraordinary’ HS2 bridge

Huw Merriman visited the site where HS2’s 2.1-mile-long Colne Valley Viaduct is being built just outside north-west London.

The Independent UK

There has been ‘immense progress’ on the HS2 project, claims its boss

Work for 2023 includes hitting half-way point on 10-mile long Chiltern tunnel and a new railway station in Birmingham's city centre

Wales Online

HS2 boss hails ‘immense progress’

Chief executive Mark Thurston said a series of milestones were reached during the past 12 months.

The Independent UK

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Hargreaves Services expects strong half year results across all divisions

The industrial and property group said work on HS2 projects had been a strong driver of growth

Birmingham Post

Tory rebel Esther McVey fumes Jeremy Hunt could have 'put final nail in election hopes'

The former Work and Pensions Secretary said she could not support the tax rises announced in yesterday's Autumn Statement and said that money should be saved on projects such as HS2

Daily Mirror

Dental nurse named Greater Birmingham Apprentice of the Year 2022

Judges praise 18-year-old Summar Wilkes for the way she has tackled personal setbacks to excel in both her studies and on-the-job training

Birmingham Post

Mark Drakeford speaks out about his Senedd outburst for the first time

'I was thinking this is not a good look for how we conduct politics in Wales'

Wales Online

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HS2 launches search for manager of £50m investment fund

HS2’s Innovation Investment Fund is due to launch in spring 2023

Birmingham Post

Wednesday briefing: What’s behind the violent clashes in Leicester

In today’s newsletter: Arrests and disinformation stoke fears among people in one of the UK’s most diverse cities that unrest might spread

The Guardian - UK

Billionaire Issa brothers poach HS2 boss as they pledge 'laser-focus' on cost of living crisis

The brothers ran their first petrol station in Bury in 2001

Manchester Evening News

Issa brothers 'laser-focused' on helping staff through cost of living crisis despite profits dip

EG Group has hired HS2's chief financial officer as its new CFO

Birmingham Post

The Protector Group sees profits rise on the back of UK infrastructure contracts

The Team Valley-based firm said it has also won significant contracts with National Grid, National Highways and Network Rail

Birmingham Post

We asked the Chancellor why Wales is missing out on HS2 funding and the answers show they still simply don't get it

They ended the interview after we pressed him on the issue of rail funding in Wales

Wales Online

HS2 viaducts: Residents react to Solihull plans as developers urged to work with residents

People near Balsall Common fear building work - HS2 says it is working to minimise local impacts

Birmingham Post

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The Guardian - UK

Medieval pendant with Three Lions unveiled ahead of women’s football final

Detectorists uncover 12th century horse harness pendant with England’s heraldic emblem

The Guardian - UK

HS2 is a ‘killer whale’ for next prime minister, says Kit Malthouse

Cabinet Office minister says rail project ‘waiting to breach waves and rip arm off’ Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak

Nottingham Post

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's legacy in Nottinghamshire following resignation as leader

Do you think his leadership and Government has had much of an impact locally?

Manchester Evening News

Council leader queries HS2 report behind decision to scrap underground station at Piccadilly

"We remain convinced that an optimised design could deliver an underground station for considerably less."

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Nottingham Post

Toton to 'become a town' if delayed mega-project for thousands of homes at barracks goes ahead

The closure of the site was previously pushed back to 2026

Evening Standard

Anglo-Saxon burial ground containing nearly 140 graves found on HS2 site

Acrhaeologists say the site in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, is one of the largest Anglo-Saxon burial grounds ever uncovered in Britain

The Independent UK

Anglo-Saxon burial site with nearly 140 graves found along HS2 route

A man was found with the weapon believed to have killed him, still in his skeleton.

Birmingham Post

HS2 labour supply contract win for Fortel

Company wins brief to hire around 500 roles to work on 60-mile stretch of new high-speed railway line

The National (Scotland)

'Sleekit' Boris Johnson quietly scraps £3bn rail link to Scotland

BORIS Johnson has been branded “cowardly” after quietly scrapping a £3 billion high-speed rail link to Scotland.

The Guardian - UK

Rail industry groups outraged as HS2 Golborne link quietly scrapped

Local MPs opposed plan for 13-mile stretch of new track but industry says move is ‘hugely disappointing’

Manchester Evening News

Plans for £3bn HS2 line WILL be abandoned, government confirms

The 'Golborne Link' had been expected to open in the late 2030s or early 2040s

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