Newcastle v Leicester: Match delayed by an hour due to 60m big screen being dislodged by the wind

Fans kept out of stadium while engineers address the safety concern

A big screen at Newcastle's St James' Park is blown lose by the wind (Getty Images)

Kick-off in Saturday's Barclays Premier League fixture between Newcastle and Leicester has been delayed due to a health and safety issue at St James' Park.

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Engineers were called in to make safe a big screen that had been erected at the north-east corner of the Leazes End of the stadium during the international break after part of it was dislodged by wind.

They started to asses the 60-metre structure at around 2.30pm, meaning kick-off was delayed with 30 minutes required to admit a crowd of around 50,000.

Safety officers and match referee Martin Atkinson were expected to receive their report at around 3pm, and it was decided to let the fans into the stadium from 3.15pm with kick-off rescheduled for 4pm.

Steven Taylor was set to return to the Newcastle starting line-up as manager Alan Pardew went in search of a first Barclays Premier League win of the season at the eighth attempt.

Taylor was named in the first XI, replacing the injured Mike Williamson in the only change to the side which drew 2-2 at Swansea.

Fans are kept outside of St James' Park due to the safety risk (Getty Images)

Leicester boss Nigel Pearson made three changes with Matty James, Marc Albrighton and Esteban Cambiasso replacing Riyad Mahrez, Dean Hammond and Jamie Vardy.

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