"Save the City Hall" campaign

Tony McKenna, head of leisure services for Newcastle City Council, says that there is no definitive proposal to close the City Hall in Newcastle and that the council are reviewing the hall's services.

The full text of the petition to save Newcastle City Hall reads as follows:

A petition with over 13,000 signatures has been handed in to Newcastle City Council asking them not to close Newcastle City Hall.

The future of the venue is "under review" as part of budget cut proposals.

You can watch the full lunchtime update from Kenny Toal below.

A petition to save Newcastle City Hall will be handed into the council this afternoon.

More than 11,000 people have signed the petition which is asking for the building to be preserved.

The future of the venue is "under review" as part of Newcastle City Council's budget proposals.