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• HS2 funding will support sessions at an after-school Art Club for pupils from John Perryn Primary School.
• A.P.P.L.E. is a charity which has served the local community for almost 20 years, helping to teach young people perseverance, flexible thinking and self-motivation through art.

• Giant 847 tonne machine will build an 853 metre logistics tunnel to deliver construction materials and remove spoil for the construction of the Euston Running Tunnel 
• It will reduce lorry movements by 70,000 during construction
• With a 6.2 metre internal diameter, it starts 5 metres below ground and will reach a depth of 20 metres

• HS2 completes 200 metre porous portal for the 700 metre Burton Green Tunnel near Kenilworth

• New trees and pathways will be planted above the tunnel to improve local connectivity and link to the Kenilworth Greenway

• New video with drone footage shows how the 700 metre long structure is being built: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDKDFhRsaDg

Stockton Football and Cricket Club in Warwickshire has revealed its new facilities which were supported by a £10,000 grant from HS2 Ltd.

When HS2 established its Values Behaviour Framework it made a clear statement about the standards it expects from its workforce and companies engaged in its supply chain. Today, on International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), HS2 is celebrating the remarkable story of mobile crane operator Katrina (Kat) and the support shown by her employer - HS2 supply chain company Ainscough Crane Hire - and teammates.

• 2,000 tonne tunnel boring machine ‘Dorothy’ completes second bore of Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire
• Milestone breakthrough marks full completion of first twin bore tunnel on HS2
• The Balfour Beatty VINCI tunnelling team celebrate the momentous event at the tunnel’s south portal
• Photos here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/midlands-tunnels-and-cuttings/long-itchington-wood-tunnel-2/dorothy-second-breakthrough-march-2023