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HS2 will bury two Tunnel Boring Machines at Old Oak Common

The two boring machines will be blessed in a ceremony using a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of tunnelling

Evening Standard

Diggers to be buried at HS2 station to await green light on Euston extension

The machines will be kept in an underground chamber at Old Oak Common, ready to start tunnelling should the central London leg get the go-ahead.

The Independent UK

Old Oak Common HS2 station awarded outstanding rating for environmental design

Old Oak Common, which is under construction, was given the highest possible rating under an international scheme

Evening Standard

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HS2 station awarded outstanding rating for environmental design

Old Oak Common, which is under construction, was given the highest possible rating under an international scheme.

The Independent UK

HS2 chief executive is stepping down as £61bn scheme moves to ‘defining period’

Phase One of the project between London and Birmingham is at peak construction

Birmingham Post

HS2 boss quits following major delays for high-speed railway project

HS2 works in Euston have already ballooned to £4.8 billion despite an initial budget of £2.6 billion

Manchester Evening News

Government must set out expectations for ‘floundering’ HS2 Euston project – MPs

In a damning report, the Public Accounts Committee said the Department for Transport ‘does not know what it is trying to achieve’.

The Independent UK

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Major changes planned for HS2 bill that would allow Manchester connection

HS2 Ltd said the proposed changes would keep it on track to open the line between Crewe and Manchester between 2035 and 2041

Manchester Evening News

Plans for HS2 to reach Manchester move forward as major changes proposed

MPs will decide whether the changes are approved

Birmingham Post

HS2 contractor confirms ‘sizeable’ sinkhole in Buckinghamshire

Construction firm Align told residents near Amersham the hole is six metres across and five deep

The Guardian - UK

Euston HS2 delays would mean extra costs, warns watchdog

Delays linking up HS2 and Euston will mean extra costs, the National Audit Office has warned ministers.

Evening Standard

Revised plans for HS2 Euston terminus would cost almost £5bn, says watchdog

NAO warns cost of station in London almost double initial budget and pause on work could push it higher

The Guardian - UK

Euston HS2 delays would mean extra costs and higher spending, warns watchdog

Delays linking up HS2 and Euston will mean extra costs and potentially even higher spending, the National Audit Office has warned ministers.

The Independent UK

A ‘complete mess’: fury in north London over HS2’s ‘big hole in the ground’

The blighted communities have little to show for six years of disruption … except a mile-long hole in the ground

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Evening Standard

HS2 timeline: government confirms train will run to London Euston

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the HS2 train line will continue into the city centre by connecting to London Euston and will not terminate at Old Oak Common – as had been mooted.

Evening Standard

HS2’s longest tunnel reaches halfway point

HS2 Ltd said a pair of tunnel-boring machines have each made five miles of progress on their 10-mile journeys under the Chiltern Hills.

The Independent UK

Spoiler alert! HS2’s enormous conveyor network starts moving excavated material

A total of more than five million tonnes of spoil will be moved by the conveyors from three locations in west London.

Evening Standard

HS2 ‘likely’ to exceed mammoth budget unless urgent savings found

“HS2 Ltd has indicated that, if unmitigated, the final delivery cost is likely to exceed its target cost of £40.3 billion based upon its forecast of future spending,” Mark Harper said

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Birmingham Post

HS2 launches search for manager of £50m investment fund

HS2’s Innovation Investment Fund is due to launch in spring 2023

Evening Standard

New homes and £9,000 for Londoners affected by HS2

Householders in tower blocks by the Euston site are offered help to leave after years of noise, vibration and poor air quality.

The Guardian - UK

HS2 granted route-wide injunction to tackle environmental protests

Activists barred from accessing hundreds of miles of land earmarked for UK high-speed rail project

Birmingham Post

'We cannot continue to repeat the mistakes of the past': Manchester leaders call for urgent rethink on HS2 plans

The petitions of Greater Manchester authorities will raise concerns about several aspects of the HS2 Bill

Birmingham Post

What's next for the new HS2 station in Manchester as report reveals £12bn cost?

North West political and business leaders are set to lobby the government next week

Manchester Evening News

Council leader queries HS2 report behind decision to scrap underground station at Piccadilly

"We remain convinced that an optimised design could deliver an underground station for considerably less."

The Independent UK

Anglo-Saxon burial site with nearly 140 graves found along HS2 route

A man was found with the weapon believed to have killed him, still in his skeleton.

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