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• £75,000 HS2 grant awarded to Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT) has helped restore a 120-metre section of canal

• The project includes an ecology nature trail which will be open to the public

• Video highlighting completed works here

HS2 has begun lifting the first of 72 huge beams that will support the deck of the Thame Valley Viaduct – the first of its kind in the UK to have all major elements manufactured off site.

Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, visited HS2’s headquarters to show support for HS2’s Young Adults programme, which upskills women who are out of work so they can begin new careers in construction.

• First 1,700-tonne machine has been lifted in parts down into a shaft
• Images available here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/london-tunnels/progress-3/northolt-tunnel/northolt-tunnels-east-tbms 
• Video available here: https://youtu.be/-kOknlXK5bU

• HS2 Limited has welcomed 40 graduates and 19 apprentices- the largest cohort of future talent to join the company since operations began in 2009.
• The new intake forms part of the 2,000 apprenticeships set to be created across the programme’s lifecycle.

A new exhibition that showcases the hugely ambitious tunnels being constructed as part of the new HS2 line has been unveiled at Birmingham's award-winning science museum, Thinktank.