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ATTACK! Under The Mistletour 2025 Night Two Results (12/12)

  • ATTACK! 24:7 Title Fatal Four Way Match: Nino Bryant (c) def. Jay Joshua and Kid Lykos and Shane Hook
  • Lio Rush def. Leon Cage
  • Snow Holds Barred Match: Nixon Newell (w/ AJ Nox) def. Dani Luna
  • Danny Jones def. Gabriel Fuerza
  • ATTACK! Tag Team Title Match: The Freshnas (Fabio & Martin Steers) def. Legion Of Bloom (Lil’ Johnny The Sunflower & Sonny The Sunflower) (c)
  • ATTACK! Title Match: Kanji def. James Ellis (c)
 
13th December, 2025

Timings released as Flying Scotsman set to visit Newcastle tomorrow​

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60103 Flying Scotsman is to visit Newcastle tomorrow (14th December) as it hauls a UK Railtours trip.

The tour will depart Finsbury Park behind a Class 67 at 08:41 and will pass through Potters Bar (08:56), Stevenage (09:20), Peterborough (10:14), Grantham (11:21), Doncaster (12:30) and York at 13:28, where 60103 Flying Scotsman is added to the train.

With 60103 at the front of the train, the tour will head to Newcastle via Northallerton (14:41), Darlington (14:54), Chester-le-Street (15:20) and Newcastle at 15:30.

After time in Newcastle, 60103 Flying Scotsman will depart at 17:33 and will head back to York via Durham (17:57), Darlington (18:42), Thirsk (19:03) and York at 19:34, where 60103 is taken off the train.


With the Class 67 back at the front of the train, the tour will head back south via Doncaster (20:35), Retford (21:14), Newark Northgate (21:45), Peterborough (22:35), Stevenage (23:25), Potters Bar (23:45) and Finsbury Park at 23:59.
 
ATTACK! Under The Mistletour Night Three Results (12/13)

  • Present Under The Tree Battle Rumble Match: Shane Hook defeats Gabriel Fuerza and Harrison Bennett and Hunter Maul and Jack Knudsen and James Ellis and Josh Holly and Lil’ Johnny The Sunflower and Love Making Demon and Mark Andrews and Matt Gatlin and Nino Bryant and Vivika
  • ATTACK! Tag Team Title Match: The Freshnas (Fabio & Martin Steers) (c) def. The Bryant Bros (Leland Bryant & Zander Bryant)
  • Singles Match (Special Referee: Larry The Caddy): Tommy Vril def. Chip McSwings
  • Dani Luna def. Leon Cage
  • Rayne Leverkusen (w/ Harrison Bennet) def. Visage
  • ATTACK! Title Match: Kanji (c) def. Jay Joshua
 
14th December, 2025

Chiltern Railways’ charity event to celebrate Mark III fleet​

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Chiltern Railways is organising a special train journey in February to bid farewell to its Mark III coaches, which date back to the era of British Rail.

The trip will also raise money for the charity Railway Children.

The event will take place on Sunday, 22 February, and the coaches will leave the service of the railway by the end of March, as will the locomotives that haul them.

The Mark III coaches were built in the 1970s and were used on the first high-speed trains during that decade.
 
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Mark III DVT


Chiltern has been using Mark III coaches since 2010.

The operator is to replace them with a more modern and larger fleet of coaches and locomotives next year, including Mark 5A coaches which were previously operated by Transpennine Express.

Other operators have also retired their Mark III coaches over recent years, including Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway in 2019 and Abellio Greater Anglia in March 2020.

Mark 3 coaches are used by Colas Rail for monitoring track condition on behalf of Network Rail.

The Branch Line Society is hosting the farewell event and will be supported by volunteers.

Proceeds from the sale of tickets will be donated to the Railway Children charity, which supports children who are alone and at risk around the railway network in the UK, Tanzania and India.

February’s farewell train journey will begin at Banbury and run to Stourbridge.

It will then travel along the full length of the Chiltern Main Line up to London Marylebone, and will then return to Banbury in the evening.
 
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Class 68 and Mark III coaches


“We are consistently humbled by the generosity and commitment from our friends right across the rail family.

“This event, thanks to Chiltern Railways and Branch Line Society is a wonderful example of the industry uniting through a landmark occasion to support some of the world’s most vulnerable children. This will be an incredible event that will create a fitting legacy.”

Jack Miller, Group Director of Fundraising and Marketing, Railway Children
 
14th December, 2025

Yorkshire railway announces two visiting steam locomotives for 2026 gala​

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34046 Heading for Shrewsbury on The Welsh Marches Express which she took over at Bristol TM> Cheney Longville, Shropshire on September 18, 2025


The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway has announced two visiting steam locomotives for its 2026 Steam Gala.

5029 Nunney Castle and 34046 Braunton will both make the trip from their home in Crewe to Yorkshire for the gala.

The gala will take place between the 19th and 22nd March 2026 and will feature up to 9 locomotives that will operate an intensive timetable.

The home fleet of locos will be 41241, 52044, 1054, 78022, 75078, Ann and Dora.
 
15th December, 2025

Bridge Bouncer to be trialled in South Wales​

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Global Centre of Rail Excellence and Bridge Bouncer logos


A new method of protecting railway bridges from strikes by over-height vehicles is to be tested at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) next January.

Based in South Wales, the GCRE facility is a purpose-built research centre which tests new rail-based technologies to improve national and international rail systems.

The 700-hectare site conducts trials and experiments from major and start-up engineering and rail companies.

From across the world, several companies come to test their new ideas before any system is incorporated as part of the railway infrastructure.
 
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Sensor and road sign being installed as part of the upcoming trial


This trial will consist of a Bridge Bouncer designed by The Rail and Station Innovation Company (Rasic).

The system to be trialled will be able to detect over-height vehicles approaching a low railway bridge using sensors and turn on advanced roadside warning lights to warn any driver that they will not be able to pass under an upcoming bridge.

Preparation for the First Of A Kind (FOAK) trial, which is being funded by the Department for Transport, has already begun, with testing due to start in early 2026.

Following a trial period, depending on its success, the system could be rolled out nationwide, not just in the UK but on other railway systems across the globe.


Each year, approximately 1,800 bridge strikes occur in the UK, each one causing delays to both rail and road transport, with a total annual cost of £150 million spent on repairing bridges that have been struck by over-height vehicles.
 
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Sensor and road sign following installation


This trail is part of an overall competition which focuses on four categories: train interfaces, bridge strikes, AI adoption for complex processes and personal safety.

The overall winner will receive funding to develop the technology further or begin a rollout of the system, with industry supporters.


“It’s fantastic to be working with Rasic and providing testing facilities for their innovative Bridge Bouncer system.

The impact of bridge strikes on road users, the highway network, police and rail operators like Network Rail is very significant, with real world economic costs every single week. Its great to see creative teams like Rasic taking on the challenge of solving the problem.

By working with the Rasic team, we’re able to provide facilities for innovation to help accelerate the testing and development of this idea as part of the First of a kind programme.”

GCRE Director of Strategy and Skills, Rob Forde
 

New UK Stamp Issue​

Celebrating Britain - Jane Austen Collectors Sheet​

December 16 2025
Commemorative

This exquisitely designed Jane Austen Collectors Sheet is a tribute to the enduring legacy of one of Britain’s most beloved literary figures.

Marking the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth, this is the first Collectors Sheet in our new series Celebrating Britain.

It features Union Flag stamps alongside self-adhesive labels featuring objects from Jane Austen's House in Chawton, where Jane Austen lived and wrote.


Marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of Britain’s most beloved literary figures, this exquisitely designed Jane Austen Collectors Sheet is a tribute to her enduring legacy.

The thoughtful design reflects the elegant world Austen so brilliantly captured in her novels.

The author’s wit, insight, and cultural influence are beautifully honoured in this special edition which marks the 250th anniversary of her birth and her extraordinary contribution to British literature.

As the first Collectors Sheet in our new series Celebrating Britain, this fascinating keepsake features Union Flag stamps alongside self-adhesive labels.

The labels show Jane Austen’s House in Hampshire, now a popular museum, and some of the fascinating personal artefacts which can be seen there.

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