The gang of at least five activists who have halted the £98billion HS2 project with a series of secret tunnels include a geography teacher and an ex-drug runner prison fugitive. Their efforts have so far infuriated bailiffs trying to remove them from underneath gardens near Euston Station. And coming from such a wide spectrum of … Read more
An activist protesting in secret tunnels below Euston Station against the HS2 high-speed rail-line accused bailiffs of torture as they worked to try and remove them. The man understood to be Lazer Sandford – real name Lachlan Blaze – is the brother of fellow tunneller Blue Sandford, 18. Others inside the burrows are Scott Breen, 47, Larch … Read more
A teenager holed up in secret tunnels below Euston Station in protest of HS2 is a millionaire heiress. Blue Sandford, 18, proudly posted last night a picture of her in illegal underground burrow declaring ‘I put the crime in criminal’. The environmental campaigner is the one of the children of eccentric Roc Sandford, the millionaire … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… HS2 protesters’ tunnel vision By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:02 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 02:03 GMT, 28 January 2021 Advertisement Share or comment on this article:
Bailiffs today began evicting anti-HS2 protesters who secretly dug a 100ft tunnel network under a makeshift camp near London’s Euston Station with the help of veteran activist Swampy. The HS2 Rebellion activists scaled cranes and clambered onto wooden platforms in the trees in Euston Square Gardens early this morning as enforcement officers moved in to … Read more
Bailiffs from HS2 today began evicting protesters from a makeshift camp near London’s Euston Station who had spent months secretly digging a dangerous 100ft tunnel. HS2 Rebellion activists climbed on top of cranes as enforcement officers moved to evict the environmentalists from the Tree Protection Camp in Euston Square Gardens, which was set up in … Read more
New doubts over future of HS2 as report calls for eastern leg of the project to be SCRAPPED A National Infrastructure Commission report has warned there is not enough money to complete HS2 and other planned rail upgrades It advises the £86bn earmarked for rail improvements should be spent on more popular routes in the … Read more
Bailiffs abseiling from a crane removed veteran eco-warrior ‘Swampy’ from a bamboo tower today built to delay construction on HS2. Protesters erected the tower holding British activist Dan Hooper, 47, in a London river to block a bridge for a road through a forest for the multi-billion pound train project. Two black-clad officials suspended from … Read more
HS2’s first 558ft-long tunnelling machines have arrived in the UK in more than 1,000 parts. The two contraptions were transported from Germany to a construction site in Hertfordshire near the M25. They will be assembled over the coming months before they start digging the high-speed railway’s Chiltern tunnels in spring next year. To dig the … Read more
A HS2 worker has been filmed kneeling on the neck of a protester who was allegedly catapulting carrots into a work site of the high-speed rail scheme. Footage shows the worker with his knee on the neck of the hooded man, whose head is pinned against the floor, during the incident at the site in … Read more