HS2 Ltd are putting lives at risk in elderly rural communities and must stop work now
All work on the HS2 project must stop immediately, as contractors are mocking social distancing guidance and putting rural...
Tag: Steeple Claydon
HS2 Ltd are blatantly ignoring covid 19 social distancing requirements
On Sunday 22nd March, Boris Johnson reiterated the need for social distancing, following a weekend when many people went out in the sunshine during the Covid-19 crisis. The day after, it was very clear that these words of warning had been lost on HS2 Ltd.
“Whitewash HS2 review will be insult to voters intelligence” says #StopHS2 campaign as pre-election direct action spreads
After it was confirmed over the weekend by Lord Berkeley that the Oakervee Review into HS2 is being written...
New HS2 tactics at Steeple Claydon
Campaigners are fighting against HS2 in different ways at different places.
At Steeple Claydon, a small group of dedicated activists...
HS2 Contractors Abandon Steeple Claydon Following Direct Action From Residents
Following direct action from residents, HS2 Contractors Fusion have abandoned their compound in Steeple Claydon. After nine days of...
HS2 Ltd Finding it Increasingly Difficult to Wreck the Countryside
Today, HS2 Ltd failed to rip up the trees and hedgerows they had planned to at Steeple Claydon, following...
Trees Still Standing at Colne Valley
This weekend, supporters from Stop HS2 and Extinction Rebellion joined forces at the Harvill Road Protection Camp and as...
HS2 Turns Bucks Countryside into an Environmental Crime Scene.
HS2 Ltd contractors Fusion have started removing hedgerows from a 300 acre site of countryside between Steeple Claydon and...
Countryside Campaigners and Birmingham Businesses Picket HS2 HQ
Last week, campaigners from the Steeple Claydon area went to the HS2 Ltd HQ in Bimringham to deliver a petition, asking for the HS2 CEO Mark Thurston to come and explain himself to them. They were met at Snow Hill station by business owners from Birmingham who still haven’t been paid after HS2 Ltd seized their land last year.
This is how it was reported on the TV news in the two regions.
Residents Call on Mark Thurston to Explain Habitat Clearance
Residents
in Buckinghamshire are calling on HS2 Ltd CEO to come and explain what exactly is the need for starting to clear 250 acres of wildlife habitats, which includes part of a nature reserve, right at the start of nesting season. Given that there is still no design for what is meant to be going on the land, and the chances of HS2 getting cancelled altogether, they may well have a point…..
This is how it went last week