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HS2 may be guilty of 'wildlife crime' by felling trees illegally, say lawyers
Reports of rare bat species in ancient woodland being cleared for high-speed rail lineLawyers have warned HS2 it might be felling trees illegally, after an ecology report found evidence of one of the UK’s rarest bat species in an area of ancient woodland being cleared for the high-speed rail line.Legal firm Leigh Day has written to HS2 Ltd urging the company to halt activity at Jones’ Hill wood, near Wendover in Buckinghamshire, as it does not have a licence to carry out work that could disturb rare barbastelle bat roosts. They say to continue doing so could be a criminal offence. Continue rea...
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Managers at Scottish government-owned Prestwick airport are understood to be in talks with trade unions about job cuts at the loss-making business.
Sunday, 11 October 2020
The Guardian
- HS2 may be guilty of 'wildlife crime' by felling trees illegally, say lawyersReports of rare bat species in ancient woodland being cleared for high-speed rail lineLawyers have warned HS2 it might be felling trees illegally, after an ecology report found evidence of one of the UK’s rarest bat species in an area of ancient woodland being cleared for the high-speed rail line.Legal firm Leigh Day has written to HS2 Ltd urging the company to halt activity at Jones’ Hill wood, near Wendover in Buckinghamshire, as it does not have a licence to carry out work that could disturb rare barbastelle bat roosts. They say to continue doing so could be a criminal offence. Continue rea...
- Police accused of unprovoked racist assault on HS2 protesterActivist’s claim of racist assault on bypass adds to litany of alleged violations of human rights sent to UN rapporteursA campaigner against the HS2 rail line whose head and back were knelt on by police after he says he was thrown to the ground during a peaceful protest believes he was singled out because he is black. He has lodged a complaint of assault amid rising calls for UK government action on the policing of environmental protests.Video footage shows William Harewood, the only person of colour in a small group of activists at a bypass in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, offering no resistance...
Times Online
- Coronavirus: train windows to be left open and ventilation on maximum [Subscription]Train travel will be a chilly experience this winter as operators open doors and windows to try to win public confidence. Commuters, already prone to grumbling that carriages are freezing in winter and overheated in summer, will be told the draughts are for safety, extracting stale air that could circulate the coronavirus.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Why most Metro stations will need to be adjusted for the new £362m fleetWork has already taken place at some stations, with the line linking Airport and Wansbeck Road next up
Peterborough Telegraph
- REVEALED: Inside the giant engineering project taking place underneath our feetDuring Lockdown one of the biggest engineering projects in the country has been taking place under Peterborough residents’ feet - and the Peterborough Telegraph was given exclusive access to the incredible works being undertaken.
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