CONCERNED residents have held a protest outside the Port of Tyne, calling on the Government to reject a no-deal Brexit.
Campaigners at the socially-distanced vigil said a no-deal Brexit would have a devastating impact on the region's economy.
Spokesperson Yvonne Wancke said: "With the EU summit on Wednesday being seen as the deadline for a draft Brexit Deal, a protest was held at the Port of Tyne.
"This was to highlight the difficulties we will face importing and exporting goods into and out of the UK, if we crash out without a deal or if a bad deal is secured.
"We cannot necessarily rely on a trade deal with the US either to bail us out because Biden has stated for this to happen the Good Friday Agreement needs to be respected which is not scheduled to happen with the Internal Markets Bill. With less than 50 days to go before the transition period ends, let us not forget that the North East stands to be the worst affected by a No Deal Brexit."
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