HS2 bosses could explore the possibility of making the high-speed trains slower as ministers consider ways to cut spiralling costs on the beleaguered scheme. The government is expected to tell the ...

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

“Eighteen years in, we still don’t have a design for Euston,” laments Thomas Ableman. “And then we wondered why the cost ballooned.” He is, of course, talking about HS2: the high-speed railway linking ...