The BBC report from to Leather Lane and Jones Hill Wood. Locals came along to watch what was happening at Leather Lane, organising a Toot your Salute to the oak trees as they drove past. the report includes an interview with Jim Ashton who lives by Leather Lane, the trees on which the AONB authorities are trying at least in part to save, with there being a petition to sign here. Mark Keir was interview from Jones Hill Wood, where campaigners are expecting an eviction soon.
Tag: Environment
HS2 Judicial Review: Last Call for Evidence
After an eight-month wait, we finally have a date for the permissions hearing of our Judicial Review, a legal...
HS2 conflicts with the Green Agenda
This week, the Government unveiled the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a green industrial revolution. One of the...
Covid means “The case for building HS2 has gone from questionable to completely non-existent.”
Today, the Government announced the official start of construction on phase 1 of HS2, with Boris Johnson keen to...
Case for HS2 should be revisited despite disappointing court ruling, says Chris Packham
Chris Packham has spoken out following a Court of Appeal judgment which refused permission on two grounds for a...
Labour party commit to quarter of a trillion pounds on high speed rail
Labour party commit to quarter of a trillion pounds on high speed rail
In the Labour party manifesto launched today,...
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...
Proof, if it were ever needed, that HS2 are illegally destroying nests in nesting season.
HS2 continue their ecocide just outside Balsall Common as they widen a road to facilitate green belt housing developments for future London commuters around the ‘Birmingham Interchange’ parkway station. You know, the one the former chief engineer said would lead to the creation of a new city between Birmingham and Coventry. Sign the petition to get them to stop work until their actually get the full go-ahead here.
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...