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Meanwhile, revenue fell slightly to £85m, amid an "increase in pub sales and a decrease in sales from premium bottled ales".

Speaking to BBC Look North on Wembley Way, he said if Newcastle won he would get a brown ale bottle shaved into the back of his head - and a tattoo of the winning goal scorer.

By force of law, shops and markets were made to stay open, churches were prohibited from holding Christmas services or providing free "Christmas ale" .

Mr Banks said he did not yet know if the large number of steak and ale, turkey and cranberry, and butternut squash pies were still stored in the back.

The stolen items, which included steak and ale pies, turkey and cranberry pies and butternut squash pies, would have been enough to stock Tommy's Pie Shop for a week, according to the chef.