Home / Tag Archives: news (page 230)

Tag Archives: news

HS2: All the other things you could do with £106bn

The cost of implementing the high-speed railway connecting London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds could reach £106bn, according to a leaked, government-commissioned review. High Speed 2 (HS2) was originally allocated £56bn, and current HS2 Ltd chairman Allan Cook revised the estimated costs to between £81bn and £88bn in October. But …

Read More »

HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince Of Wales hit radar problems

The Royal Navy’s billion-pound aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince Of Wales could be left vulnerable to attack due to problems with their cutting-edge radar system. Crowsnest, the most advanced aerial early warning sensor ever built for the Royal Navy at a cost of £269million, is reportedly ‘too sensitive to …

Read More »