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History of Birmingham’s ‘Peaky Blinders’ to feature in new BBC documentary
29 Sep 2020- Historians explore the history of Birmingham’s ‘slogger gangs’ in new BBC Documentary – ‘HS2 – The Biggest Dig’
- Discovery of unusual objects in dissected skulls revealed
- Preview of footage available here: https://visual.library.hs2.org.uk/p/share/0dEgvBEKnxZ4
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HS2 to host webinar on the new habitats created for local wildlife in the West Midlands and Warwickshire
28 Sep 2020- Around 80,000 trees have already been planted and 40 ponds created in West Midlands and Warwickshire
- New woodland planting will join up existing areas, creating bigger and better habitats
- Find out more at HS2’s webinar on 30 September - 'Ecology – habitats and wetlands in the West Midlands'
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Solihull tech company Biosite benefitting from HS2 contracts
25 Sep 2020By winning work with HS2, manufacturing and technology company Biosite Systems based in Solihull, West Midlands, has boosted its workforce, made investment in facilities and secured a pipeline of future work.
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World’s first solar and hydrogen powered cabins to dramatically cut carbon on HS2 construction sites
25 Sep 2020- Designed and manufactured by British company AJC Trailers Ltd, and supplied by National Hire Company GAP Group, the new solar and hydrogen powered cabins are being rolled out across HS2 construction sites, already cutting over 100 tonnes of carbon
- To welcome the innovation, HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson visited an HS2 site in West Ruislip to see the cabins in use
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HS2 uses new pioneering low carbon concrete to reduce carbon emissions in construction
22 Sep 2020As part of its ambition to build the most sustainable high speed railway in the world, HS2 contractors in London have begun using a new low carbon concrete product which provides a reduction of 42% in CO2 in comparison to a standard concrete.
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New footage of the discovery of the remains of Captain Matthew Flinders to be shown in BBC documentary
22 Sep 2020- Preview of the unseen footage is available here: https://visual.library.hs2.org.uk/p/share/7c8UCMdIdmQx