HUNDREDS of peace protestors will take to the streets of Newcastle at the weekend for a rally against the proposed war on Iraq.
A coalition of anti-war demonstrators, pro-Palestine organisations and Muslim groups will take part in the march.
Members of the Tyneside Stop the War Coalition, Newcastle Muslim Welfare House and Tyneside Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) plan to meet outside the city's civic centre at 11am on Saturday, before marching to Grey's Monument.
The main speaker will be Ty-nesider Betty Hunter, national secretary of the PSC. Other figures to address marchers include Newcastle TUC chairman Martin Levy, Phil Bowyer of the Newcastle Muslim Welfare House and County Durham-based Jewish writer Stan Walinets.
A Northumbria Police spokes-man said: "Similar marches have been held in the past and have not presented any problems."
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