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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

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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

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

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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?

Nottingham Post

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."

Manchester Evening News

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

Nottingham Post

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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

Birmingham Post

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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

Evening Standard

HS2 begins building Britain’s longest railway bridge just outside London

The Colne Valley Viaduct will stretch for 2.1 miles above a series of lakes and waterways just outside north-west London

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Birmingham Post

Hargreaves Services 'on the up' after successful move away from coal legacy, says CEO

Speaking to Business Live, CEO Gordon Banham said he was cautiously optimistic for the plc which has converted its steel and mining know-how into a diverse group of businesses

Wales Online

We asked Boris Johnson why Wales doesn't deserve a bank holiday for St David's Day

The Prime Minister said he'd "go and look at it"

Birmingham Post

HS2 to promote 'multi-million pound pipeline' of contracts to businesses

The event is expected to be held at Crewe Alexandra’s football stadium on Friday, May 20

Manchester Evening News

Second major city centre site bought to expand Piccadilly Station for HS2

The government currently plans to build a surface level station for HS2 adjacent to Manchester Piccadilly

Birmingham Post

HS2 buys major Network Rail offices ahead of construction of new high speed train station

Square One is a former Parcelforce depot that was bought by Bruntwood in 2002

The Guardian - UK

Immigration officers placed in 25 local authorities by Home Office, FoI reveals

Embedded officials can pass the details of undocumented people to immigration enforcement

The Independent UK

HS2 minister ‘concerned’ at rising costs

Andrew Stephenson expressed his unease as he issued a progress update to Parliament.

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