High winds and heavy rain across the UK have led to the cancellation of several New Year's Eve events, including fireworks displays in Newcastle and Blackpool and Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party.
Newcastle's fireworks display has become the latest victim of ' severe weather ' sweeping the UK, as Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party and Blackpool fireworks events were cancelled due to high winds. The outdoor events were cancelled after the Met Office issued warnings for high winds, heavy rain and snow across large parts of the UK.
Yellow weather warnings issued earlier in the week remain in place across parts of the UK, with an amber weather warning issued in Scotland for severe rain as we welcome in the New Year.The warnings remained in place across Monday and Tuesday, with London's City Hall now facing a big decision over whether Tuesday night's event is set to go ahead.New Year’s Eve will see a number of warnings remain in place across the UK, with wind gusts of up to 50mph set to hit the east of England and parts of Scotland over the coming hours.Organisers in Edinburgh apologised to tourists who had travelled internationally for the events, which also included an outdoor concert headlined by Scottish band Texas.Police Scotland said the decision was motivated by “public safety” and commended it, which came a day after a torchlit procession was cancelled due to high winds. They said it was not safe to carry out preparations in such bad weather.Elsewhere in Blackpool, the annual New Year's fireworks display was cancelled early on Monday evening.Blackpool Council said it had taken the 'tough decision' to cancel the spectacle due to high winds forecast in the area.Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Steve Willington, explained: “A series of low-pressure systems will track across the UK over the next couple of days bringing some potentially disruptive weathe
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