, and councils have been tasked with coming up with proposals.

In the short-term, the council had to approve a plan to bridge a £23m gap in its budget for the 2023-24 financial year.It was mostly done by using reserves and selling council assets.

The financial strain didn't show any signs of easing up, however.In March, the councilas it tried to overcome a further £53m budget gap for 2024-25.

Among the savings was a review of community centres, with the council ultimately seeking to remove all contributions from its operation.Manager of the Beechdale Community Centre, Shanine Fasasi, said that when she took charge two years ago, the council met the cost of all maintenance and utilities, such as water and lighting.

She said "within months" of the section 114 notice being issued, responsibility was handed over to the centre's management, and they now have to find funding from other sources.

"Funding has become really difficult to obtain. We're not the only centre in Nottingham facing these challenges so there's a lot more people trying to access the funding pool," she said."We have to do what ever we can to protect what is effectively our national heritage."

Gordon Blamire, founder of Go Skydive, which has the site adjacent to Hangar three and the cafe, was driving back from Heathrow Airport when he heard the news of the fire.He said his initial feeling was one of "helplessness".

"I got here just as the last of the fire was burning," he said."We just went straight into 'how do we resolve things' - no one was hurt and that's a great starting place."