British Transport Police and emergency services were called to Croxdale Viaduct, Sunderland Bridge at around 5.45am on September 3rd, following a report of a person struck by a train. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
"I would personally like to thank the local community for their amazing donations of food, toiletries and clothing. "
Owners John and Irene Hays say there is ''light at the end of the tunnel'', after the pandemic forced them to close 650 UK stores.
There has been resistance to calls to dismantle memorials to the explorer.