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The people making a difference: the former teacher saving the trees – and bats – threatened by HS2

Carol-Anne O’Callaghan has fought hard to protect ancient oaks near her home, which she says are home to rare bats. Now it’s her turn for a treat

The Guardian - UK

Top Tory warns HS2 is 'killer whale' that could 'rip the arm' off the next PM

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Kit Malthouse said the controversial high speed rail project could spell trouble for Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss as they race become Prime Minister

Daily Mirror

HS2 will be 'killer whale' for next PM says senior cabinet minister

And it could 'rip the arm' off the next prime minister warns Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Kit Malthouse

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Cabinet minister likens HS2 to ‘killer whale’ for next PM

Kit Malthouse has warned that HS2 is a ‘killer whale’ that could ‘rip the arm’ off the next prime minister.

The Independent UK

Tory leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat promises gigantic HS2 expansion live on TV

It was not immediately clear if Tom Tugendhat's promise to expand the HS2 track all the way to Scotland - when currently it will end in the East Midlands and Manchester - was a slip of the tongue

Daily Mirror

Penny Mordaunt pledges cost of living help this Autumn - but won't tell you what it is

The leadership frontrunner is refusing to say what cost of living help she will announce this Autumn, but wants Tory members to make her the next Prime Minister

Daily Mirror

"People will have to lug cases on to a shuttle bus": Government's plan for HS2 at Manchester Airport

"It's hardly the slick and seamless experience which passengers have every right to expect and we say it is not acceptable."

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Laing O'Rourke wins £370m HS2 Interchange station brief

Construction group has been appointed to build the new station next to the M42 - one of four to be developed for phase one of high-speed rail line

Birmingham Post

Plans in for new HS2 station car parks

Urban Growth Company has unveiled designs for the first of two possible multi-storey car parks at the site next to the M42

Birmingham Post

A legacy of broken promises: What Boris Johnson's tenure meant for Greater Manchester - and where we go from here

'What we've had in this country over the last three years is populist rhetoric that has furthered the divide of communities across the UK'

Manchester Evening News

Overground HS2 Piccadilly plan is 'cutting off Manchester's ambition'

Labour's shadow transport secretary has blasted the decision and has backed the MEN's campaign.

Manchester Evening News

What's next for the new HS2 station in Manchester as report reveals £12bn cost?

North West political and business leaders are set to lobby the government next week

Birmingham Post

The Northern Agenda: What the census tells us about our divided North

The population is growing fast in Salford but falling in rural Yorkshire and Cumbria

Manchester Evening News

Drivers will have to 'sprint' full length of train to get away on time in 'short-sighted' plan for Piccadilly station

'This is a 21st century high-tech train service reliant on a bloke from Stoke running the length of a train'

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Birmingham Post

£1m to develop downgraded East Midlands HS2 plans

Eastern leg of high speed track will only go as far as East Midlands Parkway station

Birmingham Post

HS2 reveals Washwood Heath depot designs

Planned facility in Birmingham will be used for storage, cleaning and maintenance of the new high-speed trains

Manchester Evening News

Eight years since George Osborne's 'Northern Powerhouse' speech... and business leaders still fighting for the railway he promised

“The Government isn’t doing just one thing to upset businesses in Greater Manchester - first it cut NPR to Leeds, now the HS2 station at Piccadilly and the station at the airport."

Manchester Evening News

Boris Johnson slammed for claiming cut-price HS2 plan will deliver for Manchester and the North

The Prime Minister's comments come just days after experts warned the HS2 plan for the city could threaten Northern Powerhouse Rail.

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Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Sex work is 'last option' for women struggling with cost of living

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Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: Minister tells Manchester its HS2 plans would cost 'absolutely crazy money'

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Manchester Evening News

Minister blasts cost of underground Piccadilly HS2 station as 'crazy' after shelving plans - but London will still get one

The Manchester Evening News is calling on the Government not botch one of the most important transport projects ever to be built in the north of England

Manchester Evening News

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The London to Manchester line is due to be completed in 2040

Manchester Evening News

Plans for HS2 on the cheap threaten to turn swathes of Manchester into a building site and botch a once in a lifetime opportunity

Politicians and rail experts are increasingly concerned about plans for an overground HS2 station in Manchester city centre - warning of up to a decade of chaos and disruption. Today the Manchester Evening News calls on ministers to think again.

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: HS2 plans for Manchester are 'outdated'

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Friday June 17, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

Ugly concrete stilts could soon tower over Manchester, kill 14,000 jobs and wreck city's 'once-in-a-lifetime' chance

Manchester council leader and others have made an urgent call to change the government's HS2 plans

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