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• View and embed a new video of the giant tunnelling machine digging the 3.5-mile-long Bromford tunnel breaking through this morning at Washwood Heath.
• The machine – named Elizabeth – was launched 19 months ago, near the Warwickshire village of Water Orton. Download the latest images.

• HS2’s eight tunnel boring machines have now finished excavating the 23 miles of twin-bore tunnel between London’s Old Oak Common and Birmingham Curzon Street.

• View and embed new drone footage of the realigned A361 over the Chipping Warden cut-and-cover ‘green tunnel’ in West Northamptonshire
• The realignment of the road will allow HS2’s engineers to press ahead with linking the two halves of the tunnel built so far. Download the latest images.

HS2 Ltd, the company building Britain’s new high-speed railway, has bolstered its investment in future talent by welcoming a new cohort of apprentices and graduates into the business.

• Watch timelapse and drone footage showing HS2 engineers sliding a 3,400-tonne viaduct across the M6 this weekend, or download the latest images.
• Both carriageways were opened to traffic at 12.30pm on Sunday, 9.5 hours ahead of schedule following a 33-hour closure.
• This weekend's work was the second phase of multi-phase operation that will see two parallel viaducts installed to carry HS2 services between London and the West Midlands

• Download images of the new HS2 exhibition at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
• Download video – B-roll for media - timelapse footage shows the new HS2 exhibition being installed at Thinktank

HS2 Ltd is turning to some of the country’s most innovative tech specialists to bolster the ongoing work to get HS2 back on track.