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Balfour Beatty VINCI welcomes new welding apprentices to HS2 project (Balfour Beatty plc)

Public Technologies 10 Jul 2026
Balfour Beatty VINCI has welcomed a new cohort of welding operative apprentices who will play a key role in delivering the Curzon Approaches - the series of viaducts connecting HS2 services to Birmingham's Curzon Street Station.
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Stephen Flynn blasts HS2 costs and says �100bn project is 'symbolic of Westminster dysfunction'

Daily Record 08 Jul 2026
EXCLUSIVE. The Scottish Government's new Transport Secretary described HS2 as "one of the most over-budget and delayed projects ever" ... .
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HS2 West Midlands sites reopen after serious incident

The Business Desk 06 Jul 2026
Work has restarted across all Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) HS2 sites in the West Midlands following a temporary six-day shutdown triggered by a serious site incident ...
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Northern Rail Project risks repeating costly HS2 failures, MPs warn

The Guardian 01 Jul 2026
Building Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) risks repeating the failures of HS2 with “no convincing plan” to ...
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Firms in Warwickshire and Coleshill fear for future with no HS2 compensation

BBC News 01 Jul 2026
Road closures, blocked access, noise and dust are driving customers away, claim businesses .
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Firms fear for future with no HS2 compensation

BBC News 01 Jul 2026
Road closures, blocked access, noise and dust are driving customers away, claim businesses ... .
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HS2 tunnel extension did not have planning permission, court rules

BBC News 01 Jul 2026
The Court of Appeal finds the tunnel extension did not benefit from existing planning permission. .
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Ex-rail minister hopeful of alternative HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester

BBC News 30 Jun 2026
A former rail minister says a link to Birmingham from the North West is .
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Ex-rail minister hopeful of alternative HS2 plans

BBC News 30 Jun 2026
A former rail minister says a link to Birmingham from the North West is "the real prize" ... .
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HS2's latest reset ditches autonomous train tech to get project back on track

The Register 30 Jun 2026
HS2 is set to ditch some of its most ambitious railway technology in a bid to make Britain's most troubled infrastructure project easier to finish ... As of the end of March, DfT and HS2 Ltd had spent £46.8 billion on HS2, including the canceled Phase 2.
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Pause HS2 reset until you are confident it can be delivered, NAO tells ministers

The Guardian 29 Jun 2026
Revised plans for HS2 should not be put into action until the government is confident ...
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HS2 reset needs to avoid previous failures, NAO report says

Building 29 Jun 2026
The Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd must put the programme on a stable footing to avoid previous failures, a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has found ... HS2 Ltd ... HS2 programme.
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Slower HS2 trains may not save money after all, NAO warns

The Daily Telegraph 29 Jun 2026
Running slower trains on HS2 may not save money after all, the government spending watchdog has warned ... A “considered approach” was being taken to resetting HS2 but “significant work remains” before the process was completed, the report added.
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DfT makes progress but must get reset of HS2 right this time following past failures (NAO - National Audit Office)

Public Technologies 29 Jun 2026
) HS2 Ltd and DfT are resetting the HS2 programme, which is now estimated to cost double what was expected in 2020 - up to £102.7bn - and be fully open up to 13 years late ... DfT reset the programme to deliver HS2 in 2020, and then again in 2025.
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Spare us from inane pre- and post-match interviews at Wimbledon | Brief letters

The Guardian 29 Jun 2026
Tennis players’ media duties . Train services . HS2 . Night-time . Bad Bunny ... Peter Bolton. Stoke-on-Trent. • I recently travelled on an Avanti West Coast train from Manchester to London ... Iain Bannerman.

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