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yes but when the kids these days gather in groups for a natter they get told to move/go home we don't want you up here or round here so in that case its not surprising that they've turned to getting chases or knocking on doors so what your saying is all the kids that have computers/playstations should just stay in the house 24/7 and play on these things to give them something to do that way it will keep them out of bother no no no i totally disagree on this it is all down to the do gooders its got nothing to do with the lax attitude of the parents, what do you expect them to do belt the youngins give them a good clip ? no thanks to the do gooders this is no longer possible hence why the kids run wild. plus if there was places for the kids to go without being moved along it would all be different fact

comes out 10th november great game its a bit short completed it in a day and half but that was on easy lol playing it again on normal level then i'll have a go on the hard levels but its the best shooter ive played in a long time and the graphics are splended a thumbs up from me

To a point you're right; i have no idea about monsta trucks for I thought they just crushed old cars, but there is an over-riding belief among many fans of motor sport that there is more 'fun' to be had in some of the lesser categories you mention. I love tin tops - especially the WTCC - but touring car races can be every bit as processional as many F1 races; the FIA GT championship suffers a similar fate, for no series throws up 100% exciting and exhilirating races. The last FF race I watched had 12 entries, and the radical series is on the whole a bit drab. As for midget cars, are you talkin the true, US style midget cars? If so, that's grass roots motor sport at its finest. But there we have the problem: as I said, if f1 were to die now the TV companies wouldn't be rushing to replace it with any of the above, or any of the many series out there. Just as we see Premiership games and FA cup ties on the TV and not League One clashes or FA Trophy battles, the 'cream' rises to the top, and that cream is determined by big names, star attractions, and the benefit that sponsors get from exposure. F1 has a star draw - Ferrari - which is a bigger name than anything else in motor sport, and star names - Hamilton, Alonso, Raikkonen, Massa, Button - plus Mercedes Benz, McLaren, Williams, et al. The training ground series don;t have that, and that's why they make no appeal to TV bosses. I agree that watching a Formula Three race, or GP2 even, can be more entertaining than many F1 races, but then the opposite is also true. There is, too, a sorry story in the tale of th much vaunted A1GP series, launched a few years ago to fanfare and such as the 'World Series for Motorsport'; it offered great racing, good drivers, and the added cache of country vs country. It's just about dead now. Why? because the TV companies were'nt interested. A sad fact, but true.

Toyota's withdrawal has been expected for many months ( I was informed they had opted to leave as long ago as the Monaco weekend) but what is curious is why they have withdrawn. This season has seen a concerted effort by the manufacturer teams and the private entrants to impose a sensible and achievable reduction in costs over the next few seasons; rather than the immediate imposition of a €45million budget cap as proposed by the thankfully deposed Mosley - a scheme that was clearly unworkable in the eyes of the bigger teams - a sliding scale of reductions has been put into place that will see costs reduced, by 2012,to levels not seen since the late 1990's. Toyota, and BMW, (plus Honda) cited the economic downturn as the reason for their exit; while their is little doubt it has had some influence, when on considers the cost of running an F1 team against the reason for doing so - in the case of the manufacturer teams worldwide exposure - the lines become distinctly blurred. Toyota, it is said, operated with a budget of $450million a season last year. more than half of that was secured through sponsorship. It may seem perverse to say it, but $200million a year for a company that spends - annually - in excess of $2billion (thats US billion) on advertising alone is peanuts. The same applies to BMW and, to a greater extent, to Honda, who opted to do without the sponsorship option and, foolishly, funded the entire project themselves. Once Honda was out of the picture it was inevitable that the other Japanese manufacturer would leave; BMW, meanwhile, has never forgiven Mosley for his response to their expression of disgust at his personal orgy antics - he replied, in a public letter, that they should 'not forget what they did in the war'. Renault, meanwhile, is said to be continuing, but I have it on good authority they will sell the team on in the near future, most likely to Prodrive, nd continue as an engine manufacturer. Is F1 F's? No, far from it. Manufacturers come and go, and there are four new teams gearing up for entry next season (three of whom are likely to make it) hence it looks as though F1 will feature a full grid for the first time in many a year. Follow the winter testing, and other stories, at www.updatef1.com, the best independent f1 website in existence, and the only one edited by me!

Apparently the ice rink has been booked for the market place for 19th and 20th December, and there may be other Christmas events over the period 3rd-20th December. Hopefully I'll be able to post an update after Monday.

well if there was things in bedlington for the younger generation to do or somewhere for them to go without being moved away by the police I'm sure they wont be knocking on doors for a chase its all these do gooders and the likes that are to blame its hardly surprising and as for calling in favours i think thats a bad thing to say on a public forum youl only end up making things worse for yourself try installing cctv