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• HS2 donates 400 oak tree saplings to 12 local organisations in Warwickshire, including Water Orton School and High Meadow Community School
• The saplings will be used as centre pieces in local green spaces and as part of green educational programmes
• The saplings were grown from acorns from an oak tree at Coleshill
• Watch a video of the school children planting the saplings: https://youtu.be/WTEpvs36BMM

• Designs updated from 2015 show how the major London transport hub will be transformed with the arrival of HS2
• 3,000 jobs and millions of pounds of business contract opportunities set to be unlocked by HS2 construction
• Striking images of the HS2 station available here: https://visual.library.hs2.org.uk/p/share/JB9Q5I3z4Ihg 

• Free construction training and paid work placements to help women develop a career in construction.
• Exclusive women-only plant machine operative day to be held on Saturday, 12 March at the Operator Skills Hub in Curdworth, Sutton Coldfield.

HS2 today confirmed that a decision to move more material by rail into construction sites near Aylesbury will take the equivalent of an extra 28,500 lorries off Buckinghamshire’s roads and save 9,680 tonnes of carbon emissions.

University students who live in the Midlands are being offered the chance to join HS2 on a paid work placement this summer.