(22 Jan 2023, 5:50 pm)Rob44 wrote They could go and spend it at metrocentric, Durham, Sunderland Boro... alll have city centres.  How many people will having no buses in newcastle bring in extra? It was like a Utopia on new years day with no fumes from traffic at all.

Have you visited Durham and Sunderland City centres, lately? There ain't much there for shopping. Metrocentre isn't a city centre any more than Team Valley or the Arnison Centre are.

Even I have run out of reasons to venture into Durham city centre all that often and I live in walking distance.