Saltley Viaduct in Birmingham will shut to vehicles and pedestrians from 10 May.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Edge, 74, said further uncertainty now shrouds the future of his business after transport minister Heidi Alexander announced ...

Ministers have instructed officials to retain key sections of the HS2 line north of Birmingham in a move that will enable a new HS2-lite rail link to be built in the future, The i Paper can reveal.

A dairy farmer whose farm escaped being cut in half by the scrapped HS2 line now faces having a huge underground gas pipeline running through his land. Peter Oakes told The Independent he felt like he ...

HS2 has been accused of “madness” after new figures reveal it has spent £37m of taxpayers’ cash buying up homes – long after parts of the high-speed rail line were scrapped. At least £1m was spent on ...

The line could cost £100bn but HS2 says it is spearheading wider regeneration in the West Midlands. A brother and sister who live nearby describe hearing noise at night "that is so abrupt and loud". A ...

The elected mayor for the West Midlands expects to put his alternative proposals to the cancelled HS2 Birmingham to Manchester line to ministers next summer. Sign up for the top news stories every day ...

LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday the southern leg of the HS2 railway line should run to central London, and that the government would commit funding ...

HS2 bosses argue that, despite delays and overspends, the project is still pouring billions of pounds into the West Midlands economy, creating jobs and boosting investment. But when high speed trains ...

A petition has been launched urging ministers to hold a new vote over the controversial HS2 line. Now campaigners from a number of key anti-HS2 groups have called on ministers to "re-assess HS2 in the ...