Times (UK): LORD ROTHSCHILD, the financier and a friend of Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, is leading a revolt against government plans for a 250mph railway line that will cut through swathes of the countryside. The £30 billion scheme from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds — the biggest rail project in Britain for more than 100 years — will crash through the Chilterns, passing via the back yards of a string of rich and famous residents. Thousands of homeowners have …