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Avanti West Coast paid out £20m in ‘delay repay’ passenger refunds this summer
<p>Intercity train operator’s compensation bill likely to top £70m this financial year amid rise in claims across network</p><p>Avanti West Coast paid out more than £20m to passengers in just three months this summer in refunds for disrupted journeys on Britain’s main intercity rail network.</p><p>The intercity operator paid out almost as much in a four-week period to 25 July – £9.3m – as its annual profits for each of the past two years. It repaid a further £12.2m in the subsequent eight weeks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/31/avanti-west-coast-gwr-lner-train-delay-repay-passenger-refunds-compensation">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 31, 2026The Guardian World World03
Nigel’s ‘chiselled cheekbones’ make the news – Reform’s the Reformer, digested by John Crace
<p>Editor, agony uncle, crossword compiler – he even interviews himself. Our sketchwriter finds there’s no end to Farage’s talents</p><p><em>Welcome to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/29/reform-uk-launches-newspaper-publishing-the-reformer-farage">your new super, soaraway Reformer</a>. The paper that aims to take you back to the 1950s with all the stories that the mainstream media don’t want you to read. Free to all patriots. And those who happen to have found a copy on the floor of the bus.</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/31/nigel-farage-news-the-reformer-digested-by-john-crace">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 31, 2026The Guardian World World04
US midterms: 3 days to go – What latest polls say as early voting surges
More than 43 million Americans have voted early as Democrats lead opinion polls and Trump prepares for final rallies.
QA Oct 31, 2026Al Jazeera English