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
With all the delays, spiralling costs and protests up and down the country, you might have thought HS2 was going nowhere fast. In fact, as these astonishing pictures reveal, the controversial project has been quietly tearing up swathes of the Buckinghamshire countryside – and is now set to tunnel under the Chilterns. This week two … Read more
HS2 project could cost the taxpayer £170BILLION, claims deputy chairman of official review The Oakervee Review warning the final bill of HS2 could reach £106billion The report’s co-author, Lord Berkeley, now thinks costs could spiral further Cited evidence from expert suggesting costs of first phase could hit £88billion By Tom Payne Transport Correspondent For The … Read more
Leading ecologists warn moving ancient woodland to make way for HS2 is a ‘fundamentally flawed’ idea based on no strong evidence HS2 bosses say they are trying to move ancient woodland soil to a nearby field Ecologist warns it could take ‘hundreds of years’ for nature to recover from move Experts at HS2 accept there’s … Read more
Veteran eco-warrior Swampy has been charged with aggravated trespass after being hauled by police from a 26 metre high tree house on the proposed route of the High Speed 2 rail line. He and seven other protesters had set up camp in The Beech tree in the 1.8 hectare Jones’ Hill Wood, between Wendover and Great … Read more
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
The 16-year-old son of veteran eco-warrior ‘Swampy’ has joined his father in a sit-in protest against the HS2 rail line after the activist returned to the front line of environmental activism after a ‘quiet ten years’. The activist, real name Daniel Hooper, has been joined joined an HS2 rebellion group along with son Rory which … 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