News

• HS2 has unveiled the first twin-bore tunnel on the project to be completed at Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire. 
• The development sees the completion of features such as cross passages, base slabs and walkways – ahead of the internal fit-out of railway systems which will allow high-speed trains to operate.
• View and embed new HS2 video: https://youtu.be/YO0PruzsAQY
• View and download photos: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/long-itchington-wood-tunnel-2/long-itchington-wood-tunnel-completion 

• Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, plans to recruit 20 new apprentices to work on the HS2 project
• The new trainees will form part of 2,000 apprenticeships due to be created by HS2 Ltd and its supply chain throughout the project’s lifecycle
• Download images of BBV apprentices working on board HS2: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery

• Major construction progress on HS2’s most complex section of viaducts at Delta Junction
• New footage shows the completion of the River Tame West single-track viaduct using a UK-first cantilever technique
• Download photos: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/delta-junction/river-tame-viaduct/river-tame-west-single-track-viaduct-completion
• View and embed progress video: HS2 reveals first completed viaduct at Delta Junction

• HS2 begins the search for 40 new apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week 2025
• The new cohort of trainees will form part of 2,000 apprenticeships set to be created by HS2 Ltd and its supply chain throughout the project’s lifecycle
• Download images of current HS2 apprentices Ellie Kent and Adil Ali: HS2 News and Information - Media gallery

• 850 metre long underground station box foundations are now complete ready for six high speed platforms to be built
• Images of progress at Old Oak Common station available here

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After seven years teaching at his local secondary school in Croydon, Joshua Savage decided it was time for change. He’d worked hard to get where he was, progressing up the ranks from teaching assistant to qualified PE and Science teacher. But deep down, he knew it wasn’t the job he wanted for the next thirty years.