The Latest Breaking News from Blackett Street

Vans has closed for good on Blackett Street just five years after opening in the city centre

Opened in 1892, the jeweller Northern Goldsmiths on the corner of Blackett Street and Pilgrim Street is one of Newcastle's best-known locations and favourite meeting places

DJ Elliot Adamson spotted the strange scene when he was on his way back from the shops

City transport bosses are yet to ask the Planning Inspectorate to arrange a hearing that will decide the street's future, two months after councillors gave approval to do so

Grass will be replaced by hard surfaces, and seats, fountains, and planters will be added while Blackett Street will be pedestrianised

Council bosses have revealed the first concept designs of how a transformed Old Eldon Square might look – with grass making way for paving, planters, and fountains

A planning inspector is set to decide whether to allow one of Newcastle city centre's busiest streets to become a traffic-free zone, with a hearing expected later this year

Blackett Street was built between 1824 and 1826 by Richard Grainger as he carried out his ambitious project of totally reshaping Newcastle’s town centre

The secretary of Tyneside Irish Centre has said pedestrianising Blackett Street would have a huge impact on the centre's members