Edinburgh cancels New Year’s Eve street parties and fireworks due to storm warning

Crowds gather in Edinburgh for Hogmanay celebrations in December 2022. Parts of Scotland face an amber warning between midnight and 5pm on New Year’s Eve. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

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.