Name our plushie competition Name our plushie and win an LNR goody bag including a brand-new train plush!

And now London Northwestern are asking commuters to give said plushie a name.

www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/competitions...

Screenshot of my high score...

With sheer luck and perseverence, you will get there.

#Pokopia

Wrestlemania attendance body slammed As thousands descend upon the Las Vegas valley for WrestleMania 42, News 3 found out the reasons why there's a dip in ticket sales compared to last year.

Best tip is to look into @wrestlenomics.com and their coverage. They even got a mention in local news coverage in Vegas itself this week.

news3lv.com/news/local/w...

And then the rumors about Roman's contract being up.

Imagine Brock V Goldberg heat... in your Wrestlemania main event.

Especially as Roman could well end up joining Moxley in Jacksonville if the Roman Reigns contract expiry story is air tight.

Tonight was the first "Night 1" I've missed of Wrestlemania since the move to a two night event (outside the Rhodes/Orton finale).

I somehow think if WWE were to run a WM Riyadh promo tomorrow night... it'll be soundly booed by the Vegas audience.

#WM42

Joe, already starting to see any PokéTuber worth their salt trying to see the CoroCoro stuff as "news".

100% guarantee that it's going just be a rehash of Feburary's Presents reveal, nothing more, nothing less.

If anything: the first tangible news re. Gen 10 will be in San Francisco, at Worlds.

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Local Hungry Jacks is proudly announcing their lack of beef.

With Wendys expansion... consumers should rightly ask: where's the beef?

Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station.

The Pleasure Beach Express within the park actually has better per hour frequency than the National Rail station bearing the theme park's name (a single train per hour each way).

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Playlunch's next hit with Barry Hall: "Herald Sun Spelling".

It'll be #hottest100 worthy for sure.

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I would not put it past TPCI to have the Western debut of the Pokemon/Hatsune Miku concert event at PokemonXP (Saturday night at the Chase Center perhaps) later this year.

Very slick product.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGsd...

cc. @joemerrick.bsky.social

A interesting question to raise: the future of lotto licence holder-led sales of lottery products.

Digital sales for the Lott are now at 43% of total revenue.

Could significant moves happen if digital direct lottery sales end up being 1/2 of Lott revenue?

www.newsagencyblog.com.au/2026/03/10/t...

Very interesting to hear that WSW will be running the first significant wrestling card in Brisbane's inner city (Grand Slam Australia 2025 got transferred to Boondall from Suncorp) in nine years on October 30.

First ever wrestling event for Hutchies "Festival Hall successor" in Fortitude Valley.

Struggling Patreon user here: to the point that it's lead segment is now over at Substack just so it can get more views every week by being a freesheet into your inbox every Sunday.

www.patreon.com/c/kwcouchone

If you think our situation is bad with fuel: try the US state most reliant on imported fuel (i.e. no pipelines to Hawaii from the US mainland: too expensive/lengthy).

Hawaii is currently the most expensive state per gallon (equal to 3.78L) in the US.

A gallon there: $5.50 USD (near $8 AUD)

My personal opinion: Take away 2028 from LA, purely on the blatant Olympic Truce violation. (Olympic Truce for Milano-Cortina ran from January 30 to March 22 this year)

If the IOC won't do so (lest it upsets 🦚NBC): the world should push for athlete boycotts, in light of Olympic Truce violation.

Considering Pokemon Champions is out in a week: I would expect this update will be the one concerning Z-A/ and the FRLG ports, and enabling Champions connectivity.

If I were the RAS:

2027 would be the right time to axe the COVID-forced ticketing limits concerning the Royal Easter Show.

Next year's Sydney Royal will be outside school holidays entirely: and encouraging more visits outside school trips should be priority #1.

One for @joemerrick.bsky.social to ponder.

Have spotted UTme Pokopia patterns at Uniqlo in Australia.

Front page Courier-Mail yesterday.

Page 4-5, Courier-Mail yesterday.

Love to see how the supposed Olympic museum proposal the Courier-Mail proposed yesterday will deal with the Olympic Truce...

It'll be a empty gallery, reflecting the fact that none of the host cities on the UN resolution concerning Milan-Cortina stood up for the Olympic Truce when it was violated.

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A push needs to be made toward a standalone Merlin theme park pass (covering AT, Thorpe and Chessington, with unlimited entry to Legoland parks globally, along with offering foreign park entry and partnerships with parks overseas.)

The take-up of such a pass could force investment.

Compare it to somewhere like Blackpool Pleasure Beach: who is actively encouraging growth outside the UK: by partnering up with six parks in continental Europe (and Emerald Park in Ireland) to include a free day at those parks into the Blackpool pass.

And, then there's the annual pass business: that is, most people aren't actually buying tickets to Alton, they are using their Merlin passes for admission: that allows them access to numerous UK attractions, along with foreign park entry discounts.

And, then there's the HS2 threat.

A message to Drayton Manor: start studying how QLD's theme park bus connectors work... as there is a very high chance Drayton Manor could be as close to London as Universal travel time-wise in a post HS2 world.

Alton Towers: is too far from HS2 to benefit.

Next will be the heritage side: the Puy De Fou plans for Bicester will not just be affecting AT: but another Merlin-operated property: Warwick Castle.

Will people be willing to spend money on the Puy De Fou experience, or stick with what they know.

For starters: Splash Landings: will face challenges, when Therme Manchester next to the Trafford Centre opens in two years.

A night at Alton Towers's waterpark, or a annual pass for Therme Manchester: what will be cheaper in the long run?

Alton Towers's long-term issues are all coming to a head.

It isn't just the Universal threat at Bedford. It's coming from all quarters.

Every part of the AT business is at significant threat of disruption.

The new £100 note in the UK should be emblazoned with Roland Rat.

"Give me a Roland" would become the new phrase for giving someone 100 quid!

England, instead of letting money get eaten by rats, put a rat on your money.