Village ‘destroyed’ by scrapped HS2 line - and now public foots bill for empty homes

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Villagers sold their homes over plans for the scrapped HS2 line from Birmingham to Manchester

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A “jewel” village has been ripped apart by scrapped plans for an HS2 line, locals claim, as it emerged that taxpayers were footing a seven-figure annual bill to guard properties left empty by the overall project.