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  • Passengers wait for their trains above the high-speed railway tracks at the railway station in Wuxi, China on 19 August 2010.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently. The Railways Ministry's debts have ballooned in recent years. At the end of the first quarter its obligations totaled 1.98 trillion yuan ($307 billion), about 5% of China's gross domestic product.
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  • Passengers wait for trains at the new Hongqiao Railway Station in Shanghai, China on 19 August 2010. The station will cater exclusively to passengers taking high-speed inter-city trains. In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently. The Railways Ministry's debts have ballooned in recent years. At the end of the first quarter its obligations totaled 1.98 trillion yuan ($307 billion), about 5% of China's gross domestic product.
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  • A CRH high speed inter city train pulls ouf the Shanghai Railway Station in Shanghai, China on 14 February, 2011.  Liu Zhijun,  China's Railways minister and a champion of  investment in the country's high-speed rail network.   is being investigated for "severe violation of discipline" according to Xinhua, China's state news agency. China aims to build 27,000 KM of high speed rail by the year 2020, however the contract and procurement process involoved in this rapid and ambitious project often remains opaque at best.
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  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK pass a gate to a HS2 construction site as they take part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
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  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK pass a gate to a HS2 construction site as they take part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
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  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK pass a HS2 road closure as they take part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
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  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK pass a gate to a HS2 construction site as they take part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
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  • A HS2 security guard observes activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
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  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK pass a gate to a HS2 construction site as they take part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK take a knee for a recently felled mature oak tree during the ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • Environmental activists protest opposite a construction site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK, are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the high-speed rail link from Birmingham to London in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK take part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
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  • HS2 security guards stand in front of a road closure as they observe activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • Environmental activists protest opposite a construction site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK, are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the high-speed rail link from Birmingham to London in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
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  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK stand opposite a gate to a HS2 construction site as they take part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
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  • Large sections of trunk from a felled mature oak tree are seen in a compound used by contractors working on the HS2 high-speed rail project on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK, some of whom living in the tree, had sought to prevent its destruction for several months as part of an ongoing protest against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and the cost of the £100bn+ project.
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  • Environmental activists protest opposite a construction site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK, are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the high-speed rail link from Birmingham to London in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK take part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. The activists, who departed from Birmingham on 20th June and will arrive outside Parliament in London on 27th June, are protesting against the environmental impact of the high-speed rail link and questioning the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • A sign depicting all the species believed to be threatened by the HS2 high-speed rail link stands on the edge of a camp pitched by activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion on 26th June 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • Environmental activists protest opposite a construction site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. The activists, from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK, are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the high-speed rail link from Birmingham to London in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • HS2 workers stand at a gate to a construction site for the high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. They were observing activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the high-speed rail link in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
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  • A sign accusing HS2 of ecocide is displayed at Harvil Road protection camp opposite a site stripped of trees for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29th July 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Environmental activists based at a series of such camps have been attempting to disrupt the felling of many thousands of trees in the Colne Valley for the high-speed rail project.
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  • Anti-HS2 activists occupy a mature oak tree alongside the Fosse Way in order to try to prevent or delay its felling in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
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  • Anti-HS2 activists pose in front of a rainbow alongside the Fosse Way after attempting to protect a mature oak tree from felling in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • A police officer speaks to HS2 workers after an anti-HS2 activist had occupied a trailer transporting wood chip in order to try to prevent or delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • A hammock is suspended between trees alongside Harvil Road which environmental activists are seeking to protect from felling for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29th July 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Activists based at a series of wildlife protection camps have been attempting to disrupt the removal of many thousands of trees in the Colne Valley for the high-speed rail project.
    MK-20200729-HS2-Harvil-Road-Harefiel...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists carry a banner along the Fosse Way on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. Environmental activists based at wildlife protection camps in Warwickshire have been trying to prevent or delay the felling of large numbers of trees in connection with the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link, which will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • HS2 workers observe an anti-HS2 activist who had occupied a trailer transporting wood chip in order to try to prevent or delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
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  • Recent paint markings on trees and a perimeter intruder detection system close to a badger sett in Crackley Woods are pictured on 24th August 2020 in Kenilworth, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to protest against and attempt to prevent or delay works in connection with the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link from camps such as the Crackley Woods Protection Camp along the Phase One route from Euston to north of Birmingham.
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  • A strip of land from which woodland has been removed is viewed from Crackley Woods Protection Camp on 24th August 2020 in Kenilworth, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to protest against and attempt to prevent or delay works in connection with the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link from a series of camps along the Phase One route from Euston to north of Birmingham.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Crackley-Woods-prote...jpg
  • An anti-HS2 banner is displayed at Harvil Road protection camp opposite a construction site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29th July 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Environmental activists based at a series of such camps have been attempting to disrupt the felling of many thousands of trees in the Colne Valley for the high-speed rail project.
    MK-20200729-HS2-Harvil-Road-Harefiel...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 signs are displayed at Harvil Road protection camp opposite a construction site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29th July 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Environmental activists based at a series of such camps have been attempting to disrupt the felling of many thousands of trees in the Colne Valley for the high-speed rail project.
    MK-20200729-HS2-Harvil-Road-Harefiel...jpg
  • A sign indicates a gate to a construction site in the Colne Valley for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Extensive preparatory works for the HS2 project continue in the Colne Valley in spite of ongoing stubborn resistance from environmental campaigners seeking to protect woodland and wetland habitats in the area.
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  • An activist from Extinction Rebellion holds an anti-HS2 banner on 26th June 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • A sign placed by activists from HS2 Rebellion in Colne Valley Park indicates the path to the Denham protection camp on 26th June 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists carry a Stop HS2 banner along the Fosse Way on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. Environmental activists based at wildlife protection camps in Warwickshire have been trying to prevent or delay the felling of large numbers of trees in connection with the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link, which will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • A still-damp mature oak tree felled alongside the Fosse Way as part of works in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • An anti-HS2 activist occupies a trailer being used to transport wood chip in order to try to prevent or delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists observe HS2 workers preparing to fell a mature oak tree after a fellow activist had occupied the tree alongside the Fosse Way in order to try to protect it from works in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Police officers speak to an anti-HS2 activist who had occupied a trailer transporting wood chip in order to delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • An anti-HS2 activist observes a water course in Crackley Woods on 24th August 2020 in Kenilworth, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to protest against and attempt to prevent or delay works in connection with the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link from a series of camps along the Phase One route from Euston to north of Birmingham.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Crackley-Woods-prote...jpg
  • HS2 workers move a Volvo EC140E crawler excavator after anti-HS2 activists occupied mature oak trees and a trailer transporting wood chip in order to try to prevent or delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • HS2 workers monitor anti-HS2 activists after some had occupied mature oak trees and a trailer transporting wood chip in order to try to prevent or delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Recent paint markings on trees around a badger sett in Crackley Woods are pictured on 24th August 2020 in Kenilworth, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to protest against and attempt to prevent or delay works in connection with the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link from camps such as the Crackley Woods Protection Camp along the Phase One route from Euston to north of Birmingham.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Crackley-Woods-prote...jpg
  • A sign is displayed at the entrance to Crackley Woods Protection Camp on 24th August 2020 in Kenilworth, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to protest against and attempt to prevent or delay works in connection with the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link from a series of camps along the Phase One route from Euston to north of Birmingham.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Crackley-Woods-prote...jpg
  • An activist from Extinction Rebellion holds an anti-HS2 banner on 26th June 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • A sign placed by activists from HS2 Rebellion in Colne Valley Park indicates the path to the Denham protection camp on 26th June 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • Oak trees felled alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link are pictured on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists console each other in front of a rainbow alongside the Fosse Way after attempting to protect a mature oak tree from felling in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
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  • A local resident is overcome with emotion after watching the felling of a mature oak tree alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists observe HS2 workers felling a mature oak tree alongside the Fosse Way after fellow activists had occupied three trees and a trailer being used to transport wood chip in order to try to protect the trees from works in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists occupy mature oak trees in order to try to prevent or delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Police officers lead away an anti-HS2 activist with a banner who had occupied a mature oak tree in order to try to prevent or delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Police officers speak to an anti-HS2 activist who had occupied a trailer transporting wood chip in order to try to prevent or delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Crackley Woods Protection Camp is pictured alongside Crackley Woods on 24th August 2020 in Kenilworth, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to protest against and attempt to prevent or delay works in connection with the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link from a series of camps along the Phase One route from Euston to north of Birmingham.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Crackley-Woods-prote...jpg
  • Banners are draped in front of the vegetable garden at Crackley Woods Protection Camp on 24th August 2020 in Kenilworth, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to protest against and attempt to prevent or delay works in connection with the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link from a series of camps along the Phase One route from Euston to north of Birmingham.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Crackley-Woods-prote...jpg
  • A sign and banners are displayed at the entrance to Crackley Woods Protection Camp on 24th August 2020 in Kenilworth, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to protest against and attempt to prevent or delay works in connection with the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link from a series of camps along the Phase One route from Euston to north of Birmingham.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Crackley-Woods-prote...jpg
  • A hammock is suspended between trees alongside Harvil Road which environmental activists are seeking to protect from felling for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29th July 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Activists based at a series of wildlife protection camps have been attempting to disrupt the removal of many thousands of trees in the Colne Valley for the high-speed rail project.
    MK-20200729-HS2-Harvil-Road-Harefiel...jpg
  • A sign indicates a gate to a construction site in the Colne Valley for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 26th June 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Extensive preparatory works for the HS2 project continue in the Colne Valley in spite of stubborn resistance from environmental campaigners seeking to protect woodland and wetland habitats in the area.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • A sign placed by activists from HS2 Rebellion in Colne Valley Park indicates the path to the Denham protection camp on 26 June 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • An untended field is pictured close to a site where tree surgeons are working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd to fell a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. There is huge impact on local agriculture in areas close to the HS2 high-speed rail link, with some farmers reported to have been refused permission to tend their crops.
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  • An anti-HS2 activist is guided through fencing by police officers after having occupied a trailer being used to transport wood chip in order to try to prevent or delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists observe HS2 workers preparing to fell a mature oak tree after a fellow activist had occupied the tree alongside the Fosse Way in order to try to protect it from works in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Oak trees felled alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link are pictured on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists occupy mature oak trees in order to try to prevent or delay tree felling alongside the Fosse Way in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • A banner hangs from a tree house created by activists seeking to protect trees on 26th June 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • A banner placed by activists from HS2 Rebellion in Denham Country Park on 26th June 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Activists from HS2 Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion UK are taking part in a ‘Rebel Trail’ hike along the route of the HS2 high-speed rail link in protest against its environmental impact and to question the viability of the £100bn+ project.
    MK-20200626-HS2-Rebellion-Rebel-Trai...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists pay their respects to a still-damp mature oak tree felled alongside the Fosse Way as part of works in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
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  • Anti-HS2 activists observe HS2 workers felling a mature oak tree alongside the Fosse Way after fellow activists had occupied three trees and a trailer being used to transport wood chip in order to try to protect the trees from works in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
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  • Environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion stand with a banner in front of a gate providing access to a site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 12 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley where thousands of trees have already been felled.
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  • Metropolitan Police officers arrest an activist from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, after she sat in the road outside the Department for Transport during a protest on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside the building and sprayed fake blood around the entrance during a protest which coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
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  • Metropolitan Police officers ask an activist from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, to leave the road outside the Department for Transport during a protest on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside the building and sprayed fake blood around the entrance during a protest which coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
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  • Fake blood sprayed onto the wall of the Department for Transport by activists from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, during a protest on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside the building and sprayed fake blood around the entrance during a protest which coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
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  • An HS2 security guard is taken away on a river boat after he removed an item belonging to an activist during tree felling works alongside HOAC lake in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 21 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works for the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link on environmental and cost grounds from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
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  • HS2 security guards monitor an anti-HS2 activist standing in the Grand Union Canal to halt tree felling works alongside HOAC lake in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 21 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works for the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link on environmental and cost grounds from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
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  • Security guards working on behalf of HS2 forcibly remove environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion from the road in front of a gate providing access to a site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 12 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley where thousands of trees have already been felled.
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  • A security guard working on behalf of HS2 obstructs the photographer’s camera as his colleagues forcibly remove environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion from the road in front of a gate providing access to a site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 12 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley where thousands of trees have already been felled.
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  • Environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion sit in the road behind a banner to block a gate providing access to a site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 12 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley where thousands of trees have already been felled.
    MK-20200912-HS2-Harvil-Road-roadbloc...jpg
  • Environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion stand holding a banner to block a gate providing access to a site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 12 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley where thousands of trees have already been felled.
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  • Graffiti reading ‘Smash HS2’ sprayed on boards around a construction site for the HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley is pictured on 11 September 2020 in Denham Green, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
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  • An activist from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, uses a hula hoop during a protest outside the Department for Transport on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside the building and sprayed fake blood around the entrance during a protest which coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
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  • Tree protector Larch Maxey from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, addresses a protest rally in Parliament Square on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The rally, and a later protest action at the Department of Transport during which activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside and sprayed fake blood around the entrance, coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
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  • Tree protector ‘Jellytot’ addresses fellow activists from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, at a protest rally in Parliament Square on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The rally, and a later protest action at the Department of Transport during which activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside and sprayed fake blood around the entrance, coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
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  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, attend a protest rally in Parliament Square on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The rally, and a later protest action at the Department of Transport during which activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside and sprayed fake blood around the entrance, coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
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  • Dr Gail Bradbrook addresses activists from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, at a protest rally in Parliament Square on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The rally, and a later protest action at the Department of Transport during which activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside and sprayed fake blood around the entrance, coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
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  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, march through Trafalgar Square with the handmade Boris the Bank Engine to a protest rally in Parliament Square on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The rally, and a later protest action at the Department of Transport during which activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside and sprayed fake blood around the entrance, coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
    MK-20200904-HS2-Rebellion-Anti-HS2-P...jpg
  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, march to a protest rally in Parliament Square on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The rally, and a later protest action at the Department of Transport during which activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside and sprayed fake blood around the entrance, coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
    MK-20200904-HS2-Rebellion-Anti-HS2-P...jpg
  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, march with the handmade Boris the Bank Engine to a protest rally in Parliament Square on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The rally, and a later protest action at the Department of Transport during which activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside and sprayed fake blood around the entrance, coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
    MK-20200904-HS2-Rebellion-Anti-HS2-P...jpg
  • A temporary haul road is prepared for HGVs to use in the construction of a ventilation shaft for the Chiltern Tunnel on the HS2 high-speed rail link on 18th July 2020 in Chalfont St Giles, United Kingdom. The Department for Transport approved the issuing of Notices to Proceed by HS2 Ltd to the four Main Works Civils Contractors MWCC working on the £106bn rail project in April 2020.
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  • A temporary haul road is prepared for HGVs to use in the construction of a ventilation shaft for the Chiltern Tunnel on the HS2 high-speed rail link on 18th July 2020 in Chalfont St Giles, United Kingdom. The Department for Transport approved the issuing of Notices to Proceed by HS2 Ltd to the four Main Works Civils Contractors MWCC working on the £106bn rail project in April 2020.
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  • Security guards working on behalf of HS2 forcibly remove environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion from the road in front of a gate providing access to a site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 12 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley where thousands of trees have already been felled.
    MK-20200912-HS2-Harvil-Road-roadbloc...jpg
  • Security guards working on behalf of HS2 forcibly remove environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion from the road in front of a gate providing access to a site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 12 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley where thousands of trees have already been felled.
    MK-20200912-HS2-Harvil-Road-roadbloc...jpg
  • Security guards working on behalf of HS2 forcibly remove an environmental activist from HS2 Rebellion from the road in front of a gate providing access to a site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 12 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley where thousands of trees have already been felled.
    MK-20200912-HS2-Harvil-Road-roadbloc...jpg
  • Environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion stand holding a banner to block a gate providing access to a site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 12 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley where thousands of trees have already been felled.
    MK-20200912-HS2-Harvil-Road-roadbloc...jpg
  • Environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion stand holding banners to block a gate providing access to a site for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 12 September 2020 in Harefield, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley where thousands of trees have already been felled.
    MK-20200912-HS2-Harvil-Road-roadbloc...jpg
  • Graffiti reading ‘HS2 Is State Violence’ sprayed on boards around a construction site for the HS2 high-speed rail link in the Colne Valley is pictured on 11 September 2020 in Denham Green, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
    MK-20200911-HS2-Denham-and-Denham-Gr...jpg
  • Metropolitan Police officers ask an activist from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, to leave the road outside the Department for Transport during a protest on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside the building and sprayed fake blood around the entrance during a protest which coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
    MK-20200904-HS2-Rebellion-Anti-HS2-P...jpg
  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, are pictured glued to the pavement outside the Department for Transport during a protest on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside the building and sprayed fake blood around the entrance during a protest which coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
    MK-20200904-HS2-Rebellion-Anti-HS2-P...jpg
  • Metropolitan Police officers stand over fake blood sprayed around the entrance to the Department for Transport by activists from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, during a protest on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside the building and sprayed fake blood around the entrance during a protest which coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
    MK-20200904-HS2-Rebellion-Anti-HS2-P...jpg
  • Activists from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, are pictured glued to the doors of the Department for Transport during a protest on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside the building and sprayed fake blood around the entrance during a protest which coincided with an announcement by HS2 Ltd that construction of the controversial £106bn high-speed rail link will now commence.
    MK-20200904-HS2-Rebellion-Anti-HS2-P...jpg
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