New HS2 fears as large crack opens up on land where train line will run

Residents claim high-speed rail company has not taken West Yorkshire area's coal mining legacy into account

Residents in West Yorkshire have raised concerns about plans to build the HS2 rail line through a former mining area, after an eight-metre-long crack opened up in the ground along the proposed route.

Plans for the Yorkshire section of the high-speed train line were changed earlier this year, taking it to the east of Sheffield instead of through the Meadowhall shopping centre, on the city's border with Rotherham.