(01 Mar 2016, 6:35 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Service 821 should be reinstated between Stakeford and Bedlington Station and run twice to Bedlington Station in the morning and twice returning to Half Moon in the afternoon. How Arriva have got away with pulling the 821 is beyond me, as passengers are often left to the brunt of small fights, shouting and litter when the schoolkids board.
Presumably 'got away with it' as it wasn't a supported service? Lack of buses available to continue operating it I suspect.