Date: 23/02/2011

Philip Hammond, the Transport Secretary, has moved to mollify some of the critics of the scheme by pledging a series of measures to cut the impact of the line.

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Number of homes to be hit by high speed train noise cut

Telegraph

The number of homes which will be hit by noise from a planned high speed rail line from London to Birmingham has been slashed with just 10 homes suffering extremely high levels.