18 December: My Christmas wish is for the Government to stop trying to expand Heathrow airport - and it looks like they might be listening. We'd expected a decision last week, but Geoff Hoon has decided to postpone it until next year.

Dennis Fancett and his Northumberland rail user group want the rail line from Ashington into Newcastle to be re-opened for passenger trains. To raise awareness of their campaign they chartered a special, one-off train on the line.
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