Some good news to cheer everyone up.

Every single UK venue booked by anti-LGBT preacher Franklin Graham has now ditched his events, after an outcry from activists.

The Trump-supporting preacher, who is known for praising Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws and blaming gay people for a “moral 9/11”, is set to visit the UK at the start of Pride Month in June as part of an evangelist tour.

However, every single venue booked for the eight-date tour has now cancelled, after being made aware of his extreme anti-LGBT views.

The Utilita Arena in Newcastle was the final venue to announce it had axed the preacher, following the lead of venues in Birmingham, Newport, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Liverpool. A London date, also planned, never secured a venue.

Newcastle’s Utilita Arena confirmed on Wednesday: “Following talks with our partners and relevant stakeholders we can confirm that the Franklin Graham event scheduled at the Utilita Arena Newcastle in June will not take place.”

pinknews.co.uk

Billy Graham once had a private audience with Queen Elizabeth II. Franky here has been reduced to a milk crate on a street corner.