Floods could sink HS2?
BBC News Chief Political Correspondent Norman Smith suggests that HS2 could one of the biggest casualties of the floods....
The second phase of the HS2 high-speed rail line will destroy at least one nature reserve, the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has claimed. The charity said the line would dissect Water Haigh Woodland Park, near Leeds, and it would also seriously impact on Woodhouse Washlands, near Sheffield.
If you didn’t need to know that the current consultation on the Phase 1 Environmental Statement is unfair, here it is from Ben Ruse, the HS2 lead spokesman.