Well I said I'd be back with more news later...

I thought I would just do a bit of rounding up of all of the refurbishments going on

Refurbishment complete and in service at Blyth are 1493, 1501, 1503, 1505, 7410, 7411, 7601, 7602, 7604, 7607
At Thornton's for refurb: 7605, 7606 (with 7603 awaiting to go)

1502 & 1504 away at Stockton on loan temporarily.

This gives them 15 vehicles for PVR 13 (X7/X8/X9) albeit 7607 has effectively replaced 7609 so they have 14 vehicles for PVR 13.
So far branded, all are for X7/X8, are 1493, 1501, 7601, 7602, 7604
EDIT: 1505 now confirmed as X9 branded

In other refurbishment news, 1922 has returned from Thorntons following DDA modifications, and is now back in service at Stockton (returned on 17 yesterday). It's place I believe has been taken by 1917 (need to check, either that or 1916). 1404 and 1405 are also up there for X66/X67 MAX refurbishment.

These have all been joined by two further Volvo B7TL / Wright Gemini from London, these being VLW105 (LJ03MHU) and VLW125 (LF52UOY), making up part of the allocation for Ashington's X20 MAX program.
Temsa's 4700, 4721-6 are all nearly ready for deployment to Redcar depot, and once ready these are expected to replace 1101, 1102, 1105, 4507, 4511, 4513 and 4515.