There is a greater degree of collaboration between Northern regions on the back of the decision to scrap the HS2 rail line to ...

High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities” to complete the project, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.

Efforts to construct HS2 have reached a peak with the completion of the first of 13 viaducts at a key rail junction, projects bosses said. The 472m (516yd) single-track River Tame West viaduct has ...