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The Latest Breaking News from HS2

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

Manchester Evening News

‘Stunning’ Anglo-Saxon burial site found along HS2 route

Remains of more than 140 people found at site in Buckinghamshire, along with trove of personal items

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of civil servants to be moved from London to Manchester by 2025

Some of the 2,500 workers being moved are destined for a new hub in the city centre, the Cabinet Office said.

The Independent UK

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Manchester's new HS2 station will force 2,500 civil servants to move to city landmark

The new office is expected to be open in 2025

Manchester Evening News

Plans for new HS2 station will see thousands of civil servants relocating to landmark building

The office is expected host 2,500 civil servants

Birmingham Post

UK owes Scotland £3 billion from axed HS2 line, SNP say after ‘sleekit’ Tory move

WESTMINSTER owes Scotland £3 billion after the Government decided to scrap the HS2 rail link extension to Glasgow, the SNP have said.

The National (Scotland)

HS2 has created 'a lot of resentment' in Nottinghamshire borough as more discussions take place

Discussions over revised plans are taking place this month

Nottingham Post

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Tories ditch HS2 railway link to Scotland on day of confidence vote

No back-up plan has been published for the 13-mile stretch of track, with ministers saying they are attempting to find a solution

Insider UK

Residents' relief... and council's dismay: Reaction to HS2's 'Golborne Spur' being scrapped

“To say I have put hundreds of hours into this campaign would be an understatement."

Manchester Evening News

Decision to abandon £3bn HS2 line slammed by rail firms

The move was revealed just 30 minutes before the outcome of the confidence vote in Boris Johnson's leadership of the Conservative Party was announced

Birmingham Post

HS2: Tories ditch £2bn railway to Scotland on day of confidence vote

No back-up plan has been published for the 13-mile stretch of track with ministers saying they are attempting to "find a solution".

Daily Record

Rail firms slam ‘hugely disappointing’ decision to axe £3bn HS2 Golborne Link

The link will be removed from the HS2 Phase 2b Bill despite it being included in the Integrated Rail Plan.

The Independent UK

Tories quietly scrap controversial £2bn rail link on day of no confidence vote

The Golborne Link, which would take HS2 trains on the line to Glasgow, has been formally ditched after months of speculation. Sources insisted the date was a coincidence and it had been in the diary for weeks

Daily Mirror

Government confirms move to scrap £3bn HS2 link

Construction was due to start in the early 2030s

Birmingham Post

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Birmingham Post

West Midlands businesses to hear more about the 'tens of thousands' of HS2 contracts up for grabs at online summit

Businesses from across the region are invited to take part in an online summit later this week

The Independent UK

Protestors oppose route-wide HS2 injunction plan targeting ‘persons unknown’

The injunction is being sought against anyone damaging, delaying or hindering the project’s agents contractors, sub-contractors and employees.

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham demands to see the maths behind dashed plans for underground station at Piccadilly

'Future generations won't forgive us. This goes beyond politics, it's what's best for the North of England for the rest of this century and beyond'

Manchester Evening News

London's £19bn Elizabeth line opens today - but where's the Crossrail for the North?

'Boris is now saying we need a Crossrail 2, and yeah, we probably do but that will be another £30bn. Where’s that money and why isn’t it being spent in Manchester and Leeds?'

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Manchester Evening News

Tell us if you think the North is being 'levelled up' or not

Northern leaders have shown expressed their dissatisfaction at the plans for HS2

Manchester Evening News

Government finally gives its reasons why Manchester can't have underground HS2 station - unlike London

The government wants to build an overground station - which region's leaders say would create a 'concrete jungle'

Birmingham Post

Could HS2 make it to Wales as rail chiefs renew calls to electrify line?

The high speed rail service is currently not set to enter Wales despite the project being classed as an England and Wales project

Birmingham Post

Vinci Construction appointed to build HS2 station car parks

Contractor will work on two new schemes in Solihull which could deliver up to 7,000 new spaces

Evening Standard

HS2: Anger as bosses set to ditch Euston construction debris rail pledge

Seb Dance, Sadiq Khan’s deputy mayor for transport, has called on the Government to block the plans amid pollution fears

Daily Mirror

Railway revolution as 34 new train stations could open across UK - see full list

All over the UK new stations are in the pipeline. From under construction to just a twinkle in city planners' eyes, these projects will transform their local area.

Birmingham Post

List of 35 new train stations and wish list schemes leading the UK railway upgrade

Here is a rundown on the latest rail station developments currently underway with details of schemes that local leaders say will transform the economy if they get built.

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