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As far as I'm aware most TOCs accept Saver tickets on any train. The main exceptions being morning and evening long distance trains in and out of London.
Based on the current timetable those changes would mean you could travel from Newcastle to Manchester on the 0726 service with a Saver ticket. However, you would not be permitted to travel at 0840, changing at York.
A Saver ticket is valid on Virgin from 0845 on trains departing from Manchester or on any train if you hold a railcard. Based on what CrossCountry are saying Saver tickets would not be valid on the current 0854 and 0924 Birmingham bound departures from Manchester, which call at some of the same stations as the 0845 London train.
There are issues with Saver and Day tickets which should be sorted out. For example, from my local station (Knutsford) you can buy a Cheap Day Return to Blackpool, but the cheapest ticket you can buy to travel to Preston is a Saver Return, even though to get to Blackpool you must travel through Preston. The likely reason is that the fare for Knutsford to Preston is set by Transpennine Express and the fare for Knutsford to Blackpool is set by Northern Rail.
There are also some journeys for which Day Return tickets are available, but Cheap Day Returns are not, which should be easier to sort out.
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