YTL have submitted a planning application for "Station Square"  next to the arenal station which includes one of those CGI^▸ (Computer-Generated Imagery) images of how it probably won't look when it's built.
The proposals include provision for permanent and temporary 'pop up' food and drink offerings, occasional markets as well a bike parking provision (apparently for 100 bikes which seems very well short of excessive to me).  Here's the link to the article in question.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/brabazon-public-square-plans-unveiled-10079624

It's worth spending time with his book "The Regional Railways Story". (If no second hand copy, public libraries will help you lay hands on one). It's a loss to the travelling public that privatisation put his arc of progress on inter-regional services into reverse.

Mark

Whilst we had to go through Norwegian security on arrival at Tromso on my day (or rather night) trip from Exeter, we simply walked from coach to aircraft when returning to Tromso airport, with no checks whatsoever.

A complete contrast when just transiting at Los Angeles on a (rather longer than a day) trip to New Zealand ten years ago! All I did was walk from aircraft to transit lounge and back to the aircraft 90 minutes later, but much of that break was spent going through (hardly!) LAX security - body scanner, fingerprints taken, etc, etc. Obviously no luggage check as that was still on the aircraft.

I think so - but the answer will be in the TWA^▸ (Transport and Works Act 1992) report from the Inspector, available somewhere on the DfT^» (Department for Transport - about) website, I suspect

Is that decision driven by capacity constraints on the single line from AYS to PRR?

Very large obituary in today's Telegraph.

I see from the link though, that horse carriage drivers need a licence on Sark. Something that you don't need in the rest of the British Isles. 

Below the Panellists: it says
James Jackson – GBRTT
Alexia Course – Chief Commercial Officer – TfW^▸ (Transport for Wales)
Welsh Government – senior official TBC

Would the Government official actually be Ken Skates as he is mentioned in the panellists  or some one else?

Isle of Sark (Channel Islands). 

Sadly, we don't have details about Gordon Pettitt here on the Coffee Shop forum, but I do commend this - on another railway forum: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/gordon-pettitt-1934-2025.284185/

CfN.