‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2

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‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2

The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line

^{Patrick Barkham (The Guardian)}

Death toll from Indonesia floods passes 700 as 1 million evacuated

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Death toll from Indonesia floods passes 700 as 1 million evacuated

About 3.2 million people on Sumatra island have been affected, 2,600 have been injured and 504 are missing

^{Rebecca Ratcliffe (The Guardian)}