{"id":24820,"date":"2020-10-27T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=24820"},"modified":"2020-10-27T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T15:53:00","slug":"dvsa-test-centre-waiting-rooms-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=24820","title":{"rendered":"DVSA: Test Centre Waiting Rooms (Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"63\" title=\"DVSA logo\" align=\"left\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/63;margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; float: left; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"DVSA logo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/dvsa-2.png\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><a title=\"Update: Driving test waiting rooms\" href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/UKDVSA\/bulletins\/2a7f339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An email alert from DVSA explains that 9 test centres across England and Scotland will fully re-open from 30 October<\/a>. Wales is not included since tests are currently suspended there.<\/p>\n<p>Test centres involved are currently Alness, Darlington MPTC, Chesterfield, Garrets Green, Widnes, Cambridge Brookmount Court, Gillingham GVTS, Maidstone, and Swindon MPTC.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m certain this will not be acceptable to many ADIs. Frankly, even if they opened all of them from tomorrow, it still wouldn\u2019t be acceptable to those people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An email alert from DVSA explains that 9 test centres across England and Scotland will fully re-open from 30 October. Wales is not included since tests are currently suspended there. Test centres involved are currently Alness, Darlington MPTC, Chesterfield, Garrets Green, Widnes, Cambridge Brookmount Court, Gillingham GVTS, Maidstone, and Swindon MPTC. 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