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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    I am sure you meant to say "Yorkshire and the Humber"
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    Humber what?! <D :D
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    Passport Rules

    Wasn't this a news item last year and, I'm sure the year before? People just don't learn.
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    I didn't realise that Jet2 was now bigger than UK TUI as the later offers more destinations. However, a number of their routes also use other operator's flights.
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    What made TUI choose Doncaster when it opened and why did they stay there until it closed?
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    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    I think the title of the thread needs updating.
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    CT Scanners at Security

    Oh for a world where there was no need for all this and getting on a plane was as simple as a train. I can but dream.
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    CT Scanners at Security

    ours go in the hold luggage. impossible to get a week's luggage in overhead.
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    CT Scanners at Security

    So still a bit of faffing then.
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    CT Scanners at Security

    With the new scanners do you still have to remove belts, jackets, wallets etc.?
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    London Overground line names announced

    Just to clarify, are the new tube line names in addition to the old names or replacing them?
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    ASLEF Strike LNER & Northern 1st March

    What are Hull Train's doing with RMT and ASLEF that the other TOC's haven't? They don't appear to have been affected at all during these ongoing disputes as far as I can tell.
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    Steve Wright to leave Radio 2 Afternoon.

    I think so.
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    GB News

    I agree 100%.
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    Should school meals be free for everyone?

    A blazer is a blazer is a blazer. Again from my school back in the day, the only stipulation was that it had to be navy blue, plain and not have brass buttons.
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    Should school meals be free for everyone?

    I'm not sure I agree. Blazers were the thing on my experience in 70s London and I don't recall it being any sort of issue. Don't the majority of schools have a blazer policy anyway? And why a colour being a problem? I would imagine a jumper would wear out quicker than a cheap blazer.
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    Should school meals be free for everyone?

    I thought blazers were the norm for seconday schools. I might be wrong though as I don't have any children. Anyway, surely a clothing item which is "branded" and only available in a select number of shops will cost more than what is effectively the same item but buyable anywhere? Edit: A very...
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    Should school meals be free for everyone?

    Not really to do with school meals, bit "branded" school uniforms and clothing seems to be a thing now. When I went to school there were rules on the colours of clothing worn and the school supplied a badge that could be sewn on the blazer but that was it. From news reports I've seen it now...
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    Should school meals be free for everyone?

    i can't remember if we had tickets or not. All I do know is that everybody who wanted a hot meal had exactly the same choice and nobody was expected to wait at the end of the queue. 70s inner London.
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    What exactly did Thatcher do?

    I don't remember it being a thing either when I was at secondary school in the 70s. From memory I don't think we even knew who got free school meals.

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