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    ASLEF strikes 5th-8th April weekend

    Wembley Stadium (via the National League football competition) have announced that ASLEF are striking on May 4th. Is this common knowledge?
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    Why don't the UK TOCs have an "audio brand"?

    I have the SNCF snippet as my text tone... spent quite a bit of time at French stations in summer 2019 so it kind of stuck in my head.
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    Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon

    A good website for this kind of thing: https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ebay.co.uk "It's just you. ebay.co.uk is up"
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    Trivia: Stations on the "wrong" side of the bridge

    Hubbert's Bridge station is in the village of Hubbert's Bridge, which is named after the bridge right next to the station. Up the line/drain is Swineshead station, which is actually in the hamlet of Swineshead Bridge, and that bridge is also next to the station.
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    Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon

    Have you asked your newsagent to order it?
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    Trivia: I never knew they owned them...

    We have it at work, too. We distribute 100s of magazine titles, and some of them go head to head every week/month. Even at Christmas, 2 of the big TV titles are actually both distributed by us and the teams work together to earn maximum sales for the category, as well as each title.
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    Trivia: Largest town/city that isn't served by more than one major city

    2048 from Lincoln via Sleaford, penultimate service into Boston each night.
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    Trivia: Largest town/city that isn't served by more than one major city

    There is a direct service from Lincoln each night, and sometimes services to Derby on Sundays.
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    Snooker

    No I think it used to be on Sky. 8 frames per match, in a league format.
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    TRIVIA: Which UK beach has the largest catchment area?

    South Yorkshire > Cleethorpes Notts/Derbys/Lincs > Skegness North Norfolk > Hunstanton/Sheringham/Cromer
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    Snooker

    Did your wife not previously watch Premier League snooker?
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    New East Midlands Airport Station

    East Midlands Parkway wasn't built to serve the airport, it was to allow passengers to drive to it and travel south, rather than having to drive into Nottingham or Derby.
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    TRIVIA: Places in the UK with a namesake (or similar sounding place name) in mainland Europe

    It's always better when he's got Alina with him... she certainly attracts attention with locals!
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    (Trivia) Things you’ve seen or heard since lockdown that you didn’t experience before

    So that when you are stood waiting along the yellow line, you can read them...
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    Trivia: Which major UK town has the least direct route from London?

    1. It's a city 2. It has direct services
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    Longest line of sight (UK)

    You can apparently see Lincoln Cathedral from Boston Stump, on a clear day. Not sure if this website has been linked yet? You can use it to check what would be in the way between 2 points on earth. https://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-elevationtool.html
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    TRIVIA: Places in the UK with a namesake (or similar sounding place name) in mainland Europe

    I only realised there was a Brest in Belarus after watching this video yesterday...
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    Should even printers be closed in the lockdown ?

    What also can affect the printing of books/magazines, is that some are also printed abroad. The transportation of them to the UK will therefore be affected too. Online sales of magazines have gone up.

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