Edinburgh cancels New Years Eve street parties and fireworks due to storm warning

Edinburgh’s New Year’s Eve street parties and fireworks display have been cancelled on safety grounds because of storms forecast for the next 36 hours. The city’s Hogmanay festival organisers said the high winds and rain predicted to hit the city made it unsafe to hold any of the outdoor events planned for Monday and Tuesday nights. Those include the fireworks display from the castle, a concert in the gardens underneath the castle headlined by Texas and the street party along Princes Street. Indoor events including a concert headlined by Idlewild and a candlelit concert at St Giles’ Cathedral will go

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