South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said its staff were facing "dangerous and challenging conditions" across the region and had been "inundated" with wildfire calls in recent weeks.
"I think people need to recognise that this is probably going to be similar to what we saw at Stratford with the actual large scale works that happened there."I was there and part of the team delivering that. I think what's been great to see afterwards is not just what's happening here in the box in the actual station, but the amount of development and the amount of infrastructure and benefit that has been delivered after that," he explains.
But there are a few very large elephants in the room with the HS2 project.The main issue is Euston and whether the line will terminate there.At the moment there isn't clarity about who will pay for tunnelling and the HS2 station which has been mothballed. The government wants private investors to pay. How this will happen, at the moment, isn't clear.
Camden Council has concerns it will lose control over things like affordable housing. The station is currently being redesigned.If Euston doesn't happen and Old Oak Common becomes the terminal for HS2, it will also have to be redesigned.
So will Euston happen?
Huw Edwards, who is project client director for Old Oak Common, says it has been a difficult few weeks for HS2, but they are focussing on delivery.The top LA prosecutor at the time, George Gascón, announced that he was supporting the resentencing bid, days before an election in November 2024. He denied the announcement was political and argued it was a long time coming.
Gascón's announcement came shortly after a popular Netflix documentary and TV drama welcomed a new generation to the case. Many of the brothers' supporters suggest that if they were put on trial today, their allegations of abuse would be taken more seriously – potentially leading to a very different outcome.After Gascón lost his re-election bid, Nathan Hochman took over the his office and the Menendez case. Hochman came out forcefully against their resentencing request, and said the brothers continued to stick by a litany of "lies".
"They have not shown full insight into their crimes," he said. But Hochman was rebuked by a judge who allowed the resentencing request to move forward.The brothers have been following three paths in an effort to win their freedom. The other two are: