Recently by James Cracknell
IT'S not the news residents of Ruislip were hoping for just five days before Christmas: the high-speed rail proposals would be going ahead, almost exactly as first announced in March.
While 50 per cent of the London to Birmingham route has been modified to lessen impact on residents, an alternative option to tunnel under Ruislip was rejected by the government because it would have been too expensive.

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