Independent: HS2: Cost of London-to-Birmingham leg of proposed new railway a third higher than previously estimated
Rail Technology Magazine: HS2 rolling stock tender to be open to all and ‘fiercely competitive’
Guardian: HS2: the human cost of Britain’s most expensive ever rail project
Guardian: HS2’s impact on urban homes and hedgehogs
Wales Online: Plaid accuses Labour and Conservatives of ‘gross betrayal’ for failing to secure Wales a share of HS2 billions
Get Bucks: Senior MP spoke about HS2, nuclear power and the refugee crisis at a Conservatives dinner
Construction Enquirer: O’Rourke plans offsite coup as £12bn HS2 bids due in –
ITV: Cost of HS2 to ‘rise dramatically’ to £30 billion
Buckingham Today: HS2 Ltd dumps plans for massive waste pile on Vale farm
BBC: Northern Powerhouse ‘could end up like Big Society’
Construction Enquirer: O’Rourke plans offsite coup as £12bn HS2 bids due in
Camden New Journal: HS2: ‘Must we really dig up the dead?’
Leamington Courier: Campaigners want change of HS2 route to protect award winning Cubbinton tree and ancient woodland
Architects Journal: Not enough regional experts on HS2 design panel, say critics
Telegraph: England’s Tree of the Year, Cubbington pear, to be cut down for HS2
Guardian: Ancient pear tree in path of HS2 rail route wins Woodland Trust prize
KentOnline: Eurostar: Taxpayer £2.3bn out of pocket from sale of train operator says National Audit Office
Railway Gazette: State Secretary replaced after damning Fyra report
getWestLondon: HS2 access road to cut through Hillingdon nature reserve
I see Jeremy Corbyn has today said that hs2 should go north from Birmingham and not south to London but that it is too late to stop phase1(Birmingham Post)
Is he not aware that the bill for phase 1 is still going through parliament and that it is his responsibility to drop his party’s support and to oppose it!!