Bitesize News from Tuesday, October 27th, 2026

The news stories here are written for radio and designed to be read in under a minute.

Swiss internet quality beats near neighbours

Swisscom and Sunrise have both scored "exceptional" in a yearly internet quality test, beating all their German and Austrian competitors
Haute Savoie motorway goes ahead

Construction of the A412 motorway between Machilly and Thonon in Haute-Savoie can continue, after a court ruling yesterday
Refugees sleeping in Vaud bunkers

Around a hundred refugees in Vaud have been sleeping in civil-defence bunkers for months, as the cantonal migrant service runs out of beds
Lausanne police reforms

Lausanne's municipal police have adopted a first set of concrete reforms, after years of crises with city elected officials
SBB stops German train at border

Switzerland's rail operator SBB has turned away another late German train, this time rerouting a Stuttgart–Zurich intercity to Schaffhausen because it was running thirteen minutes behind schedule

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