Proper football is nearly back.

How will our Teams fare this season

I think Rafa can take Newcastle upwards with a top half finish.

Sunderland will struggle this year like Villa last year.

I can see Hartlepool having a tough time in Conference.

Darlington will finish in the Play-Offs in a division that Salford will totally Dominate with York, Spennymoor will be the dark horses of Conference North and Blyth will just stay up.

Also this season, I am sure the FA and National League System are making promotion mandatory at Step 5, which means whoever wins the Northern League would be forced to take the next step.

Gonna be interesting in non-League with the addition of a couple of new divisions at Step 3 and 4 which will hopefully start to ease the Southern Bias at those steps

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Last weekend was the NE1 Motor Show which is in it's 3rd Year now and takes place around Grey's Monument & Grey Street in the heart of Newcastle City Centre, featuring Classics, Sport, Tuners all the way to the newest cars on market from leading car makers such as Bentley, Aston Martin and Porshe who all attended last weekend.

Here is some photos from the event - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...5409178019

http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/1..._unveiled/

New busway planned for Reading.

Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017

Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2017

27737 on X34, next one off Newcastle.

Arriva Darlington's Frequenta 3/3A/3B branded Optare Solo M950s 2830/2/3/5/6/41 have all been fitted with Next Stop Announcement Systems.

2843 is on the 1/5/5A/12 cycle.

This one is creeping up on us, and I noticed that we don't have a thread!

The Durham Vintage Bus Gathering will be held on Sunday 18th June 2017, at the Howlands Park and Ride site in Durham. 

Howlands is located a short walk from the New Inn pub, and can be reached by the Arriva North East 6 or Go North East's X21 service. There will also be a shuttle bus service between North Road in Durham and the rally site. The first shuttle leaves at 1000, and will run every 15 minutes thereafter, according to the timetable on the NEBPT website.

Driver only operation / one man operation on the railway is a bit of a hot topic at the moment, so it surprises me that we haven't got a thread. It has of course been the reason for several strikes on the TSGN franchise, Northern and others. ASLEF have tried to sell a deal to their members twice, and the other union, the RMT, appear to be fundamentally against it. 

A bit of background - 
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-man_op...ed_Kingdom
BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-...ted-trains
ORR statement - http://www.orr.gov.uk/news-and-media/pre...-operation


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