Council to discuss Hogmanay party plan

PLANS for this year’s Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh following the coronavirus pandemic will be brought before city councillors next week.

Doubts have been cast over the UK’S

“biggest New Year’s Eve street party”, with many events cancelled over the past few months in response to Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown measures.

Speaking on BBC

Radio Scotland’s Drivetime programme with John Beattie, Edinburgh City Council deputy leader Cammy

Day confirmed discussions were happening ahead of an all-party group meeting on Tuesday, July 21.

He said: “I accept it will be something quite different but it will be quite as exciting.

“It’s unreasonable to say we’ll have 100,000 people lining Princes Street on Hogmanay but what can we do to have communities across the city celebrate

New Year and Christmas? And for tourists who do want to come here to know there will be events happening across the city?

“Will there be so many big en masse events? That is unlikely, but can we have things like the markets spread all across the city? Can we have displays all over the city?

“All these things are being considered behind the scenes.”