Edinburgh is to play host to the start of a celebrity supercar rally next month, despite concerns over disruption on the roads and large crowds becoming 'over excited'.
The spectacle will see half of George Street closed to traffic over two days as 100 sports cars line up for the Gumball 3000, a nine-day road trip across Europe finishing in Porto Montenegro.
The rally's multimillionaire founder stressed it was "not a race" and told a council meeting this week participants are a "who's who of the entertainment and business worlds".
