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Get you up to speed: Major rail line to London Euston hit with delays and cancellations lasting all day | News UK
Passengers are facing disruptions on the London Euston route due to two track defects detected near Tring and between Euston and Watford Junction. National Rail has implemented speed restrictions which are expected to lead to delays and cancellations for Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway services throughout the day.
National Rail has implemented speed restrictions on the track between Berkhamsted and Cheddington due to a defect, impacting services toward Milton Keynes Central. The disruptions are expected to continue throughout the day, with passengers advised to check their journey plans and potential ticket alternatives.
National Rail has implemented a speed restriction due to two track defects affecting services to and from London Euston, and has warned that disruptions may continue until the end of the day. Passengers are advised to check with their operators for potential impacts on their journeys and may claim compensation for delays exceeding 15 minutes.
What remains unclear — It is not specified when the track issues at Euston are expected to be resolved.
Delays and cancellations affect London Euston rail services due to track defects
Passengers face disruption on the London Euston route today after two separate track defects were spotted on the major route.
Commuters travelling to and from Euston station should brace for delays and cancellations today as two track defects wreak havoc on journeys.
National Rail warned of disruption on all Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway trains to and from Euston due to a speed restriction put in place after the issues were discovered this morning.
A track issue was detected near Tring, and another one between Euston and Watford Junction.
National Rail said: ‘A speed restriction over a defective track between Berkhamsted and Cheddington means that trains have to run at a reduced speed on the line towards Milton Keynes Central. There is an additional track defect between London Euston and Watford Junction.
‘As a result, trains running between London Euston and Milton Keynes Central may be cancelled, delayed by up to 10 minutes or revised.
‘This is expected until the end of the day.’
One commuter from Watford said on social media: ‘LNRailway another day more cancellations, every train cancelled from Hemel to Euston what’s happening?’
WTX has contacted Network Rail for a comment.
What are the options for Avanti and London Northwestern Railway passengers?
Avanti passengers can use their ticket on one of the two Avanti West Coast services immediately before or after their booked train.
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Those travelling on London Northwestern can use tickets at no extra cost on the Overground between Euston and Watford until midday.
Passengers caught in the disruption might be able to claim compensation or delay repay, which usually kicks in after more than 15-minute delays.
Delay repay is usually paid directly by the train company, and you can find a full list of UK operators here.
October 12, 2024
6:18 am
‘Cheer up, you caught the bad guy,’ says killer Virginia McCullough as she is arrested for murdering her parents
A woman who murdered her parents “in cold blood” before hiding them in makeshift tombs for four years told officers to “cheer up, you caught the bad guy” as she was arrested in her home.
Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her mother Lois McCullough, 71, shortly afterwards in 2019.
She ran up large debts on credit cards in her parents’ names and after their deaths, she continued to spend their pensions until she was finally caught in 2023.
In body-worn video footage released by police, a handcuffed – and eerily calm – McCullough told officers: “I did know that this would kind of come eventually.
“It’s proper that I serve my punishment.”
She said she had slipped something into her father’s drink then put his body under a bed on the ground floor, and put her mother’s body in an upstairs wardrobe.
McCullough, having been arrested on suspicion of double murder, told an officer: “Cheer up, at least you’ve caught the bad guy.”
She added: “I know I don’t seem 100% evil.”
At the police station, she told officers where a kitchen knife was, which she described as a “murder weapon”, and a hammer which she said “will still have blood on it”.
McCullough, of Pump Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday with a minimum term of 36 years at Chelmsford Crown Court, after she admitted to their murders between 17 and 20 June 2019 at an earlier hearing at the same court.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard how she hid their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home in Great Baddow in Essex, then told persistent lies to cover her tracks.
The court heard she cancelled family arrangements and frequently told doctors and relatives her parents were unwell, on holiday or away on lengthy trips.
But concerns over Mr and Mrs McCullough’s welfare were raised in September 2023 by a GP at their registered practice, and Essex County Council’s safeguarding team referred these to police.
The GP had not seen the couple for some time and said Mr McCullough had failed to collect medication and attend scheduled appointments. It was found McCullough had frequently cancelled appointments, using a range of excuses to explain her father’s absence.
Police said a missing persons investigation was initially launched and McCullough lied to officers, claiming her parents were travelling and would be returning in October.
It became a murder investigation, and when officers forced entry to the house in Pump Hill on September 15 2023, McCullough confessed that her parents’ bodies were in the house and that she had killed them.
Nicola Rice, a specialist prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “McCullough callously and viciously killed both of her parents before concealing their bodies in makeshift tombs within their home address.
“She spent the next four years manipulating and lying to family members, medical staff, financial institutions, and the police, spending her parents’ money and accruing large debts in their name.”
She added: “This was a truly disturbing case, which has left behind it a trail of devastation, and I can only hope that the sentence passed today will help those who loved and cared for Lois and John begin to heal.”
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8:25 am
Defense alliance NATO chief Mark Rutte has met US President-elect Donald Trump to discuss global security issues, according to a NATO spokesperson.
The meeting took place in Palm Beach, Florida.
During his first term as US president, 2017-2020, Trump pushed for European NATO countries to spend more on defense and described the alliance’s cost-sharing as unfair to the US.
Rutte took over as NATO chief from Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg in November.
Before taking office in January, Trump has nominated Pete Hegseth for the post of defense secretary, which has raised eyebrows among many allies.
Hegseth, 44, has served as an infantry captain in Iraq and Afghanistan, but has no senior military or government officer experience.
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Multiple missiles were fired in an airstrike towards a densely populated part of Lebanon’s capital early on Saturday.
The huge airstrike targeted Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, and no prior warnings were given by the Israeli military. The largely residential area was struck last month.
At least one violent explosion was heard across the city, Reuters witnesses said, and plumes of smoke could be seen. Scenes of massive destruction at the site were shared online, including a massive crater in the ground.
“Beirut, the capital, woke up to a horrific massacre, as the Israeli enemy’s air force completely destroyed an eight-story residential building with five missiles on Al-Mamoun Street in Basta,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
The health ministry put the initial death toll at four, with 23 wounded. The number is expected to climb in the coming hours as search and rescue efforts continue.
It came after a long day of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been non-stop since last week.
The cross-border fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group escalated into a full-blown war in mid-September.
Israel has bombed southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs and the eastern Beqaa region, and has sent ground troops across the border. Hezbollah has continued to fire rockets deeper into Israel.
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