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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.

Evening Standard

Archaeologists discover 40 decapitated skeletons while excavating former Roman settlement

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

Wales Online

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

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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

Birmingham Post

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

Manchester Evening News

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

Birmingham Post

Show some ambition, Burnham tells government over HS2 plans

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps described Monday as a ‘landmark moment’ in improving the North’s rail connections.

The Independent UK

Plans to extend HS2 railway and add lines between Manchester and Liverpool

The journey time between Manchester and Liverpool will be cut to 35 minutes

Liverpool Echo

Why John Bishop and wife Melanie were forced to leave behind their dream home

Bishop was made to leave his mansion in 2019

Wales Online

HS2 protesters plan ‘nationwide day of action’ over rail expansion

Activists say bill being presented to parliament sanctions irreversible destruction of environment

The Guardian - UK

Bill is ‘landmark moment’ for HS2 – Transport Secretary

The Bill to extend HS2 to Manchester will be laid in Parliament on Monday.

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

Environmental activists to stage HS2 protest in Piccadilly Gardens

It's part of a 'national day of action' to protest against the expansion of high-speed railway – as the Bill for the project is laid out in Parliament on Monday

Wales Online

Protest groups plan day of action as landmark HS2 Bill goes before Parliament

Organisations Stop HS2 North and HS2 Rebellion will be joined by other groups to highlight the environmental and financial impact

Liverpool Echo

John Bishop and wife Melanie forced to leave behind their dream Cheshire home

John and his family were forced to leave their home in 2019

The Independent UK

Protesters plan ‘national day of action’ over HS2 rail expansion

Activists say the high-speed rail link will cause ‘immense and irreversible destruction to the environment during a climate and ecological emergency’.

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Wales Online

Breakfast briefing: Crunch week for Johnson, NHS pay rise urged, HS2 'landmark' moment, Ukraine war fears mount - and why some jobseekers fall at the first hurdle

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Wales Online

HS2 Bill is ‘landmark moment’ for North West’s rail connections, says Shapps

The journey between Birmingham and Manchester could be up to 45 minutes faster

Manchester Evening News

Bill for next phase of HS2 to see line extended from Crewe to Manchester - but Burnham says it is the 'wrong' plan

New 'high speed stations' are set to be built at Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport to make way for new lines

Birmingham Post

HS2: Government to push ahead with Crewe to Manchester line

Travel from London to Manchester would be cut by around 55 minutes and Birmingham to Manchester by up to 45 minutes

The Independent UK

HS2 station will cost Manchester 14,000 future jobs, says city leader as she calls for underground hub

Vast facility would eat up so much prime land it would hamper development opportunities for years to come, suggests Bev Craig

Manchester Evening News

Huge concrete viaducts 'to blight east Manchester' in cut-price Piccadilly rail plans

Government wants to build a high-speed station at Piccadilly above ground to save money. But local leaders say that would mean ‘severing’ communities, cost thousands of potential new jobs and would be incapable of expanding in the future

The Independent UK

High-speed rail must go to Scotland to help reach net zero, report finds

Exclusive: A new rail industry report calls for speed enhancements north of Crewe to cut journey times

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