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    Sunderland Station - Disused Platform

    I remember this station being partially open air. There were three platforms but one was not used and was off limits. Work started in 2000 or 2001 to remodel it for the Tyne and Wear Metro which saw new shops built at street level which completely covered it over. On entering the station from...
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    Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you

    I would just ban retail parks outright. The depress the life out of me! Put shops back on to the high street where they belong and bring our town centres back to life. I'd ban all TV shows which involve the combination of talent, judging and public votes.
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    Omicron variant and the measures implemented in response to it

    Yes its just an automatic assumption I have made.
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    Omicron variant and the measures implemented in response to it

    Also any restrictons which require businesses to close will also require the furlough scheme to be brought back.
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    Omicron variant and the measures implemented in response to it

    So this announcement comes on a day where there are 39567 cases - 10.5K lower than yesterday. Hospital figures also still falling. I had been concerned the recent rise above 50k was this variant already spreading. Lets hope the 3 week is just to monitor figures, and measures are relaxed again...
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    Step 3 confirmed for 17th May

    I'm no expert but if the Indian variant is much more transmissible, it would infect a lot more people at once, and therefore run out of people to infect much quicker. Would this not mean the spikes in cases will be rather short lived and we would reach herd immunity quicker? Moray is starting...
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    Media Coverage of COVID -19

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-53736087 This was on the BBC earlier today. And yep you guessed it they suggest wearing a face covering.
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    Trivia: Overlapping station names

    Also Jesmond - West Jesmond and Gateshead - Gateshead Stadium Also on the Tees Valley Line there is Redcar Central and Redcar East
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    Media Coverage of COVID -19

    I say good to all these people. It shows the government the general public are fed up of restrictions and won't put up with being told what to do anymore. And I don't see it extending the lockdown as it's less than 14 days until the next stage so too soon for any impact on the data.
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    New lockdown in England, including school closures, announced by Johnson, 4/1/21

    I'm wondering who the 'Whitehall Source' is. For all we know it could be a cleaner who has overheard something. Or it could be someone over exaggerating on what has actually been discussed to get a more sensational story. Also until Autumn could be anytime between September and December.
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    New lockdown in England, including school closures, announced by Johnson, 4/1/21

    I don't normally post here but jus want to get this off my chest. I had always found the discussions here reassuring but lately it's mostly predictions of doom and gloom. The news coming through today might be disheartening but its pure speculation and does mean it will be true. As the past...
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    When will restrictions finally end?

    What worries me is no matter what effect the vaccine rollout starts to have on the number of cases, hospital admissions and deaths over the next few months, we are still going to have all the 'Scientists' and 'Experts' from SAGE claiming not enough is being done to slow the spread. The current...
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    Media Coverage of COVID -19

    I wish they would stop this ritual of reporting the cases and deaths every teatime, especially when it's not a true representation of the past 24 hours. Just a weekly figure would be better in my opinion.
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    Coronavirus words of the year

    Draconian Cases Deaths Face coverings (the first two words I look for in any article about somewhere reopening)
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    Media Coverage of COVID -19

    Yes but it only ever seems to be experts who predict negative/gloomy scenarios. Never a report of an expert who says the virus will disappear in a few months.
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    Which trains have no toilet provision?

    Tyne and wear metro
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    Media Coverage of COVID -19

    Also throughout the pandemic we have been warned of no return to normal until a vaccine is found. The way this headline was reported on Radio 2 implied that this is no longer the case. To be fair Boris Johnson never said we would eliminate the virus by Christmas, just that life may be closer to...
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    Media Coverage of COVID -19

    On the BBC this morning: Winter wave of coronavirus 'could be worse than first'
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    Northern Connect - original plans vs. what actually happened

    Also this service is not guaranteed to be 158 operated. I travelled this route on Saturday on a 156 both ways.
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    Northern Connect - is it still going ahead?

    Are there still plans to launch the Northern Connect services? The page on Northern's website states they will launch in stages up to December 2019? https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/northern-connect

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