for now, from me, simon calder, goodbye. and to finish this week, i'm in whitby.e spiritual home to one of literature‘s most terrifying monsters. legend has it that a holiday in whitby provided author, bram stoker, with the inspiration for his most famous creation, dracula. and both the town and its ruined abbey feature in the novel. twice a year, as many as 10,000 visitors come here for an event that pays tribute to the town's eerie reputation. this is the whitby goth festival, and this year it's celebrating its 25th anniversary. wow, some of these costumes are just so impressive, they really make an effort. thatjacket looks incredible! tell me about the story behind this? well, this is what i call wearable sculpture. i took reference from sort of old mansion houses and cathedrals, and took the architecture, and thought about, you know, applying it to fabric. could you give us a little spin? of course, mate. oh, my days. look at the intricacy on the back! the stained glass panels actually are backlit, so at night—time we flick on and they actually illuminate. oh,

simon calder, travel correspondent of the independent, is at london paddington station.uld anyone object? well, grand union wants to have what is cold open access services from here at paddington running every hour, taking one hour and a5 minutes and they can do that by cutting out all of the stops between here and bristol parkway, which isjust of the stops between here and bristol parkway, which is just north of the city of bristol. they would add a stop and then continue to newport and cardiff. one hour and a5 minutes, they claim. and they would say it is going to be terrific. we need competition against gwr, which has had the franchise from here to south wales and also bristol and devon and cornwall for the past 23 yea rs devon and cornwall for the past 23 years without any competition from those along whole journeys. what is the government saying about that? well, the department for transport has responded to this application by grand union and then —— by saying, hang ona grand union and then —— by saying, hang on a minute. there is going to be what they call abstrac