UK braces for 'tricky' start to 2025 as wind and rain cancels New Year's Eve celebrations
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New Year's Eve celebrations across the UK have been cancelled as the country braces for a wet and windy start to 2025. Outdoor events planned for 31 December as part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay will not take place, while celebrations on the 30th were also cancelled.
A spokesperson said events in the city centre of the Scottish capital, including fireworks from the castle, are unable to go ahead "on the grounds of public safety" due to "high winds and inclement weather". New Year's Eve latest:Follow live updates. Meanwhile, organisers of a planned fireworks display in Blackpool said it has also been cancelled due to the weather.
Visit Blackpool said only the pyrotechnics have been affected, with the rest of the New Year's Eve Family Party to continue as planned, including free ice skating and a projection light show. Another fireworks event in Ripon, North Yorkshire, also succumbed to the weather, with the council posting on Facebook that the event planned to take place in the city's Market Square could not go ahead due to high winds.
While a homemade boat race in Poole in Dorset, a sea dip in Lyme Regis in the same south coast county, as well as fireworks displays on the Isle of Wight and on Newcastle's Quayside, were all cancelled on Tuesday morning. In the capital, London's City Hall said it is "monitoring the weather" ahead of tonight's celebrations.
