Bailiffs and Police are seen gathered around a tree cutting truck in Crackley Woods HS2 site to remove an environmental activist who climbed the machine's cutting hand in an attempt to prevent them from cutting the ancient woods on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. (Photo/Vudi Xhymshiti)
One of the biggest arguments against HS2 is around how it might impact on the country's green spaces and countryside. The Wildlife Trust claimed in a recent report that "the deep cut HS2 will make across the landscape could stop nature's recovery in its tracks."