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Controversial £3bn HS2 link to be scrapped, says Sir Graham Brady

The Altrincham and Sale West MP said Grant Shapps had told him the Golborne Link would be dropped

Manchester Evening News

Senior Tory says Shapps privately assured him £3bn HS2 branch will be scrapped

Exclusive: Assurances offered to Graham Brady may raise questions about why decision has not been made public

The Guardian - UK

'I fear local people will move out of the area' - Anger over Wigan HS2 plans

"This will cause years of utter chaos, noise, pollution, dust, and traffic gridlock for a railway we can’t use."

Manchester Evening News

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High court overturns acquittal of HS2 protester after appeal by prosecution

Judges direct conviction of Elliott Cuciurean in what is being seen as blow to right to protest

The Guardian - UK

Greater Manchester unites against 'severely suboptimal' HS2 Bill in Parliament

Leaders support HS2, but described the current proposal as 'deficient'

Manchester Evening News

High speed rail link HS2 to pass through Trafford - people have until end of March to respond to plans

The council is understood to have employed 35 staff, including two specialist consultants at a cost of around £31,000, to help them respond

Manchester Evening News

Tameside Council to vote on formally opposing HS2 bill

The HS2 plans would affect Metrolink services in Tameside

Manchester Evening News

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HS2 minister 'concerned' as cost rises by almost £1bn

The previous estimated cost of HS2 was between £72bn and £98bn

Birmingham Post

MIPIM 2022: West Midlands showcases £15bn of investment opportunities

Projects such as HS2, Paradise and Coventry Airport gigafactory have been put in front of investors at global property conference

Birmingham Post

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

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

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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

Birmingham Post

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

The Independent UK

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.

Leeds Live

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

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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

Birmingham Post

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Manchester Evening News

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

The Independent UK

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.

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

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