HS2 diggers start clearing ancient woodland that inspired Roald Dahl’s classic Fantastic Mr Fox

HS2 diggers have started clearing a corner of ancient woodland that helped inspire Roald Dahl in order to build the £98bn high-speed railway line.  Around 1.7acres of Jones Hill Wood, which stretches across 4.4acres in the Buckinghamshire countryside, is set to be dug up in order to make way for the project. The ancient woodland, … Read more

HS2 could be hit by £800m ‘cost pressures’ thanks to Euston tunnel protest and Covid pandemic

The controversial £98billion HS2 project is facing new ‘cost pressures’ of £800million caused in part by protests at Euston Square Gardens and the lockdowns, a government report has admitted.  HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson warned half of the potential pressures are due to difficulties related to the redevelopment of London Euston station. The remainder is as a … Read more

Bailiffs remove HS2 tunnel ringleader from under Euston

A geography lecturer who spent nearly four weeks underground as part of the Euston Five protester against HS2 finally left the tunnel today after bailiffs confiscated his food and belongings.  Dr Larch Maxey announced he was going to leave the tunnel this morning and was seen in another video above ground. He is now being checked … Read more

Part of tunnel at Euston HS2 protest COLLAPSES on bailiff in latest eviction attempt

Part of the underground tunnel at Euston’s HS2 protest has collapsed on a bailiff in the site workers’ latest eviction attempt. The protesters, who have been underground for more than three weeks, are trying to stop HS2’s plans to replace the green space outside the central London station with a temporary taxi rank. Hiding in … Read more

Why is HS2 eco-warrior camp STILL standing 13 days into tunnel protest?

A Tory backbencher has led calls for the immediate removal of the ‘dangerous’ anti-HS2 campsite in Euston, including wooden shacks which cover a 100ft tunnel network – after bailiffs first started evicting eco-warriors protesting the controversial £98billion rail project 13 days ago.  Six HS2 Rebellion activists including veteran environmental campaigner Swampy, real name Daniel Hooper, … Read more

Female HS2 protestor, 17, to appear in court after being arrested on leaving Euston station tunnels

A 17-year-old girl is set to appear in court tomorrow morning after she was arrested as she left a network of secret tunnels near Euston Station. A number of activists from the HS2 Rebellion Group have now spent 12 days in the elaborate underground network to protest the £98billion HS2 project. The first to leave … Read more

Activist Lazer hands himself over to police after 11 days underground protesting HS2

HS2 protester whose millionaire father is laird of Scottish island hands himself over to police after 11 days underground Protestor Lazer spent 11 days underground protesting £98billion HS2 project HS2 Rebellion group activist locked himself underground with a steel device Several more of the group remain in the tunnels, including veteran Swampy  By Antony Thrower … Read more

HS2 protester locks himself in tunnel below Euston Square Gardens

The son of a island-owning millionaire Scottish laird turned anti-HS2 eco-warrior has locked himself inside a tunnel below Euston Square Gardens as bailiffs dig their own shaft as part of efforts to remove at least six activists who have spent eight days underground.  The demonstrator, known as ‘Lazer’, attached himself to the bottom of a … Read more

Swampy’s son, 16, claims his ‘proud’ mother is ‘worried’ but ‘knows he’s safe’ in HS2 tunnels

The 16-year-old son of veteran eco activist Swampy, who is holed up with his father in tunnels under Euston, said his mother was ‘really proud’, but ‘worried’. Rory Hooper said being in the cramped burrows protesting against HS2 was ‘more fun than he thought’. And he revealed he was in daily contact with his mother … Read more

Swampy speaks from inside tunnel on THIRD day of HS2 rail link protest

Swampy, the leader of Euston Five tunnellers holed up below London protesting HS2, admitted today ‘I never thought I’d do this again’. The veteran activist, 48, is among the gang currently hiding in the ground campaigning against the £98billion high-speed railway. He has been underground with Dr Larch Maxey, 48, and Scott ‘Scotty’ Breen, 47, … Read more