Stephen Cresswell (pictured) raised concerns that the cost of the high speed rail line - which could end up landing the taxpayer with a bill of more than £80billion - was being 'actively misrepresent…

18 days ago

'My neighbours hate me... but I don't care!': Woman at war with whole village over her 'HS2 tunnel' house wins bitter planning battle

found 2025 › May › 31 (Sat) @ 09:25 UTC

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EXCLUSIVE: A farmer whose controversial new Teletubby-style eco home caused her own tight-knit village to ostracize her for 'bringing HS2' to their idyll has finally won her planning battle.

55 days ago

HS2 will cut London to Birmingham Airport journey time to less than an hour - quicker than getting to 'London' Stansted!

found 2025 › Apr › 24 (Thu) @ 01:10 UTC

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Birmingham Airport could be a realistic option for flying in and out of London when the High Speed 2 rail line opens, experts said today as journey times from the West End will be slashed to under an…

59 days ago

HS2 executive on over £235,000 a year claims £5.40 Tube journey to attend a meeting

found 2025 › Apr › 20 (Sun) @ 11:20 UTC

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Chief Railway Officer Emma Head submitted three small claims for London Underground journeys in October and November last year.

3 months ago

Anger as quango which prompted HS2 to build a bat tunnel to be handed new powers to purchase land to offset damage done to nature by new developments

found 2025 › Mar › 12 (Wed) @ 07:45 UTC

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Labour 's planning bill will enable Natural England to 'acquire land compulsorily' to build nature reserves and other havens for wildlife.

Revealed: How much HS2 rail chiefs have spent on LEGO - as costs spiral towards £80billion

found 2025 › Mar › 09 (Sun) @ 12:02 UTC

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HS2 cashed out thousands on a model station made out of Lego - spending the equivalent of £1 per plastic brick - and used it at 20 events in two years.

The city overrun by rats where rodents the size of cats lurk in bins, swarms take over train stations... and the Labour council which has started charging people a 'rat tax' to get rid of them

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 21:34 UTC

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Residents of the Midlands city have said ongoing bin strikes, an increase in fly-tipping and HS2 building work has sparked an invasion of pesky rats and mice, as they continue to find rats at every c…

Our street has been invaded by rats as big as CATS - they are attacking cars and jumping out of wheelie bins

found 2025 › Mar › 03 (Mon) @ 13:23 UTC

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Locals in Labour-run Birmingham say they are being plagued by the rodents more than ever due to an ongoing bin strikes, an increase in fly-tipping and HS2 building work.

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