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Talking to Radio 1 Newsbeat, Glastonbury festival head of event operations Adrian Coombs said they ‘thoroughly plan’ each year's event and ‘put in place all necessary measures to protect the public and maximise safety’, but are closely monitoring the situation.
The decision followed advice from the Scottish government, who declared on March 12 that events of more than 500 people should be cancelled from next week. The Big Weekend festival was anticipating 70,000 to attend. The decision to shut down public events is justified by the burden currently put on public services, including the hard-pressed NHS and the police.
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