Efforts to construct HS2 have reached a peak with the completion ... the project in the West Midlands The 140-mile (225km) rail route started as a Labour project, announced in 2009 but has since ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced the scrapping of Phase 2 of the HS2 rail project ... the under-construction London-to-Birmingham route, further north to Manchester, but "delays and ...

Residents have also expressed worry over air quality and noise. HS2 said it was reconsidering its construction traffic route and talking to Staffordshire County Council. The route being considered ...