Police move in to arrest veteran eco-warrior ‘Swampy’ at HS2 protest as they demolish treehouse camp after he rejoined green movement with his 16-year-old son EXCLUSIVE Police clamped down on the protest against HS2 rail line in Buckinghamshire Activist, real name Daniel Hooper, has teamed up with an HS2 rebellion group They are trying to … Read more
Rory, the 16-year-old son of veteran eco warrior ‘Swampy’ joins his father a sit-in protest against the HS2 rail line as the activist is out of retirement after a ‘quiet ten years’. The activist whose real name is Daniel Hooper has joined an HS2 rebellion group which has been holding out against eviction from woodland … Read more
Manchester’s HS2 stations are today at the centre of proposals to boost connections between the high-speed railway and Northern Powerhouse Rail. Platforms at Manchester’s Piccadilly and Airport stations could be expanded, with an extra northbound HS2 service from Crewe also up for consideration. Two platforms were originally planned for Manchester Airport, but this could rise … Read more
Call the copse! HS2 activists get caught in a stand-off with security officers at treehouse camp in woodland that inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox Private security guards became involved in a stand-off with environmentalists Demonstrators have been fighting against the construction of HS2 Nearly half of the ancient Jones’ Hill Wood near Great Missenden, … Read more
Each person working on the HS2 rail project costs the taxpayer almost £100,000 on average, it has emerged. And the chief executive of the troubled high-speed link leads the charge – taking home more than four times the Prime Minister last year with £659,416. The astonishing figures were revealed in HS2’s annual report, which also … Read more
A couple will tomorrow say a heartbroken goodbye to the dream home they spent £250,000 renovating after losing a seven-year battle to stop it being bulldozed to make way for HS2. Childhood sweethearts Anne and Ron Ryall said their seven bedroom farmhouse – estimated to be worth at least £1million – will be destroyed to … Read more
Revealed: First pictures of two 2,000-tonne boring machines that will dig giant tunnels 260 feet below the ground for the HS2 railway line The 34-feet-long tunnelling machines are currently being assembled in Germany They will be shipped to Britain and commence drilling operations later this year The public can vote on the machine names — … Read more
MPs issue scathing attack on the soaring £100billion cost of HS2 and warn the rail project’s bosses have been ‘blindsided by reality’ The verdict from the Commons’ Public Accounts Committee comes just three months after the Prime Minister gave the project the green light. The project’s expected cost is soaring to as high as £106billion By … Read more
Chris Packham has lost a High Court bid to prevent work on ancient woodlands as part of the HS2 project Chris Packham has lost a High Court bid to prevent work on ancient woodlands as part of the HS2 project. The TV presenter and environmental campaigner was seeking an emergency injunction to stop works that … Read more
Balfour Beatty to raise dividend as it reaveals HS2 rail scheme has added £3bn to its order book By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 22:27 GMT, 11 March 2020 Construction giant Balfour Beatty hiked its annual dividend as it revealed a big boost from the High … Read more