(23 Feb 2015, 5:35 pm)aureolin wrote I'd recommend avoiding Newcastle on the 28th if at all possible. You have two demos and a football match going on. Police are going to be stretched to the max across the city, and I'd imagine they'd have to go as far as drafting in help from other forces?

The demos themselves will be a tense affair. One is a far right demo, and one is a counter demo to it. Although in two different places (Biggmarket & Newgate Street), there'll inevitably be clashes as a result. Because it's the first demo by the group in question, nobody really knows how it'll turn out.

You'll get people coming into Newcastle by train and Metro, so I'd probably avoid both! I'm not sure if buses will be diverted, but if not, there'll be delays of all services coming out of Newcastle I'd imagine.