Last week, BBC Inside Out London went to look at the Colne Valley. Here’s what Mike Dilger found.
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The Joke that is HS2 – Again
Andy Parsons brought up HS2 on the News Quiz last week. Though he go ‘million’ and ‘billion’ mixed up, it’s a great excuse to add it to our comedy playlist
HS2 is “scarcely worth the candle” says Treasury Committee chair
North West Tonight reports from the consultation roadshow in Crewe earlier this month.
HS2 – Songs for Christmas
It’s hard to believe that it is now five years since Dirty Mavis topped the HMV chart at Christmas with the Oak Tree Lament, but it really has been. Here’s not just that, but eight other songs about HS2.
The Zoom Train at Christmas
Christmas is a time for the children, everyone knows that. As far as HS2 Ltd are concerned, they should all be dreaming of the Zoom Train.
The New HS2 Route Through Leicestershire
The new route of HS2 through Leicestershire is not impressing many, including another set of people at yet another new housing estate that HS2 Ltd decided to impact, because they didn’t know it existed. Here are reports from the BBC and ITV, ahead of the meeting on Tuesday, earlier this week.
Manchester Audience Sees Wright Through HS2 Propaganda
Last week, Channel 5 programme The Wright Stuff went on the road for the first time in 16 years. As HS2 has come up a few times on the show, it made sense for them to bring up the topic as they went to Manchester.
However, despite the fact HS2 is being sold to Northern Englanders as something to improve their economic prospects, the audience certainly weren’t buying it. Below is not only that clip, but our playlist including previous clips from the show.
HS2: “A white elephant on wheels”
This week, the subject of HS2 came up on the BBCs Question Time. As when it has come up before, it didn’t exactly get rousing support, with even the leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson MSP straying from the party line.
HS2 Phase 2 “preferred route” disgusts Yorkshire residents
How Radio 4 broke the news of the Phase 2b announcement last week.
Reaction to HS2 Phase 2b Announcement
On Tuesday, when the Phase 2b ‘announcement’ was made by Government, the Victoria Derbyshire Show interviewed leeds City Council Leader Judith ‘Trolleybus’ Blake and Stop HS2 Campaign Manager, Joe Rukin. Here’s how it went: