Sir Keir Starmer says upgrading rail connections could "massively improve" people's lives.

Refurbishment or replacement will be carried out on about 15 miles (25km) of track in total.

The borough council says it wants to "build a better Swindon", starting with the train station.

Campaigners say the project's benefits include "fast and reliable" journeys into Oxford city centre.

Network Rail says the bird made it onto the railway line near Hilsea on Thursday morning.

Trains between Horsham and Arundel are affected after a fire at a substation in Pulborough.

A councillor calls the railway station a "disgrace", "eyesore" and "a national embarrassment".

A bridge has been damaged after a landslide on the Severn Valley Railway in January.