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Views sought on HS2 route expansion to Manchester ahead of deadline

The deadline for the consultation is March 31

Birmingham Post

Conservative boss says Leeds has 'very strong transport links' and no one at their new city HQ has complained

Oliver Dowden officially opened the Tories' new headquarters at Wellington Place

Leeds Live

HS2 unveils shiny new Euston station designs including ‘bold’ gold or bronze roof

Architects hope the roof will be an ‘identifying feature’ of the HS2 Euston station

Evening Standard

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Midlands councils demand compensation after government tears up HS2 plans

Leaders from across the region have now called for financial support from government and last year's downgrade to be reversed

Birmingham Post

Ticket to Roman Britain: HS2’s route to ancient history

HS2 has been controversial – but it has also given rise to more than 100 digs, unearthing entire lost towns

The Guardian - UK

Leeds train station 'at creaking point' as Tracy Brabin lifts the lid on 'perplexing' HS2 decision

More than 30 million passengers use the station every single year

Leeds Live

West Yorks Mayor: Scaled down HS2 plan 'can only feel like they’ve run out of money'

The Government sparked a backlash in November with its Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), as northern leaders hit out at downgraded plans

Birmingham Post

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Mayor: Scaled down HS2 plan ‘can only feel like they’ve run out of money’

The Government sparked a backlash in November with its Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), as northern leaders hit out at downgraded plans.

The Independent UK

Rail Minister says it's 'vitally important HS2 trains' come to Leeds despite Eastern leg being scaled back

But the Yorkshire section of the controversial high speed project was scrapped last year

Leeds Live

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

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.

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Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

Wales Online

Archaeologists discover 40 decapitated skeletons while excavating former Roman settlement

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

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Birmingham Post

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Manchester Evening News

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

Manchester Evening News

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

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