"Save the City Hall" campaign
A petition to save Newcastle City Hall will be handed into the council.
A petition to save Newcastle City Hall will be handed into the council.
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.
"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.