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 HS2 Ltd today shortlisted bidders to become the Phase 2a Design and Delivery Partner (DDP) for the new section of Britain’s high speed rail network, connecting the West Midlands and Crewe.

• HS2’s Long Itchington Wood tunnel boring machine (TBM) named ‘Dorothy’ after Dorothy Hodgkin, who in 1964 became the first British woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• Pete Waterman OBE, originally from Coventry, visited the Warwickshire construction site to reveal the name.
• Photos available here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/long-itchington-wood-tunnel-2/revealing-the-name-of-the-long-itchington-wood-tunnel-tbm and also on PA images.

• Primary school children and local community set to benefit from new alternative learning space donated by HS2 contractors

• Local MP, Andy Slaughter, attended handover event to celebrate opening of new classroom

• Project management apprentice Bintou Keita wins Apprentice of the Year 2021 (Transport & Logistics) at the BAME Apprentice Network Awards.
• Attending the event, Andy Street, Metro Mayor for the West Midlands spoke about the importance of apprenticeship programmes and their role in supporting the UK’s economic recovery.
• HS2’s apprenticeship programme continues to attract diverse talent, recently welcoming a new generation of 26 apprentices.

HS2 opens Maple Cross JMI school’s artist-designed play area, inspired by area’s natural history

HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson is hosting an online event for small and medium sized businesses in the East of England to demonstrate just how simple it is to register an interest in joining HS2’s supply chain.