The Geordie duo, both 50, failed to keep a lid on proceedings during Friday's final as ex footballer Jimmy Bullard accused eventual winner Adam Thomas of being 'abusive'.
Britain's second largest city is on course to become what some experts say would be a 'microcosm of what we could see in 2029' after a general election .
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the organisation's secretary-general from 2009 to 2014, said a new security architecture was needed after Donald Trump threatened to withdraw from Nato.