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Edinburgh’s Christmas festival plans disrupted

Plans for Edinburgh’s Christmas festival have been disrupted after the company awarded the contract to deliver it pulled out. Angels Event Experience Limited was awarded the contract in June to deliver the event, due to run from November 18 until ...

29 Sept 2022 at 12:57

Edinburgh Hogmanay street party could be dropped

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay street party could be dropped as part of plans to reimagine the city’s winter festivals. Edinburgh City Council is seeking new producers for Edinburgh’s Christmas and Hogmanay festivals from 2022-2025. For the Hogmanay ...

10 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Licence required to buy or use fireworks under proposed new law

Legislation which would bring in a licensing system for the sale of fireworks and limit when they can be set off has been published. The Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill would make it a criminal offence to buy, possess ...

02 Feb 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Scots urged to stay home with Hogmanay street party celebrations cancelled

Hogmanay celebrations have been cancelled across Scotland in response to the surging spread of coronavirus, with people urged to stay at home and limit how many people they meet. Scotland’s traditional large-scale Hogmanay celebrations ...

31 Dec 2021 at 03:55

Scotland

Freemasonry behind Auld Lang Syne arm linking at new year

Research has uncovered a Masonic connection to why revellers around the world link arms when they sing Auld Lang Syne at new year. A study of Robert Burns’ best-loved song links the practice to freemasonry, where singing with arms ...

31 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Scotland

Covid curbs cause a second Hogmanay to be curtailed

Nowhere else in the world celebrates Hogmanay like Scotland, but for a second year Covid restrictions caused large event cancellations. Despite the rules, about 1,000 people of all ages climbed to the top of Edinburgh’s Calton ...

01 Jan 2022 at 03:25

Scotland

Covid curbs cause a second Hogmanay to be curtailled

01 Jan 2022 at 01:55

Scotland

Covid-19 restrictions cause a second Hogmanay to be curtailed

01 Jan 2022 at 08:25

John Swinney warns Scots against heading to England for Hogmanay celebrations

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has told New Year revellers planning to travel to England amid more relaxed Covid restrictions that this would be the “wrong course of action”. John Swinney said while there ...

29 Dec 2021 at 09:25

Scotland

More than 300 attacks on ambulance staff in last year – new data

There have been more than 300 physical and verbal assaults on Scottish Ambulance Service staff in the last year, according to latest figures. Data from November 2021 to November 2022 shows that there were ...

28 Dec 2022 at 11:49

Nicola Sturgeon: I attended memorial service ‘while still having a miscarriage’

Scotland’s First Minister has told how she attended a memorial service while still having a miscarriage. Nicola Sturgeon has been open about her baby loss experience in the past, but provided more detail ...

20 Mar 2023 at 17:09

‘Incredible’ fireworks display and Pulp concert light up Hogmanay celebrations

Revellers at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations brought in the new year with an evening of fireworks and music from Pulp. Thousands gathered at the sold-out Princes Garden Street Party and Concert in the ...

01 Jan 2024 at 15:11

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