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A man has been raced to hospital after jumping to safety from a flat fire inside an Edgbaston tower block. Several fire crews and paramedics descended on the scene[1] on Tuesday morning, October 3, after the blaze broke out in Montreal House in Benmore…
Rail strikes grind Britain to a halt: Maps show where Aslef and RMT action will cripple commuters from today with Tube walkout bringing London to a standstill for three daysAslef strike will affect services at 16 train operators across England tomorrow…
HS2 chaos as Rishi Sunak faces Tory revolt for ‘ditching Manchester leg over spiralling costs’ – but STILL won’t confirm the bombshell move in conference interviews and says everything is ‘going well’Source said PM is expected to confirm scrapping of M…
Rishi Sunak denies giving up on HS2 Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailRishi Sunak[1] has insisted he hasn’t given up on the HS2[2] railway joining Manchester[3]…
A rail group will press for funding for the electrification of the North Wales main line and other major investments if the HS2 link to Manchester is scrapped. A day of chaos at the Tory party conference yesterday has left the northern leg of the proje…
Tory grandees launch last-ditch bid to save the northern leg of HS2 as Rishi Sunak is poised to bring down the axe in his party speech tomorrowSource said PM is expected to confirm scrapping of Manchester leg tomorrowBy David Churchill Chief Political …
1 Rishi Sunak is poised to announce he is scrapping plans to build HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester[1] and reinvesting “every penny” in regional road and rail schemes. The prime minister believes the rationale for the line is based on “old assumpt…
The northern leg of the HS2 line is set to be scrapped, Sky News understands.
Rumours had been circling for weeks that the high-speed rail line between Birmingham and Manchester was going to be axed by the prime minister and chancellor due to soaring c…
HS2 was touted as the UK’s biggest infrastructure project, supposed to transform public transport between London, the Midlands and the North.
But it is becoming synonymous with political football, disappointment, delays and spiralling costs.
The latest…
Rishi Sunak is poised to announce that he is scrapping the northern leg of HS2 and reinvesting “every penny” in regional road and rail schemes.
The prime minister believes the rationale for HS2 is based on “old assumptions” and will abandon plans to bu…