London fireworks 2024: Is the event cancelled due to strong winds and rain?
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Snow, 70mph winds and floods have spoiled Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh, Blackpool’s fireworks have been scaled back to illumination as Newcastle’s plans for their first fireworks in years were also stopped. Sadiq Khan appeared to confirm the fireworks display will go ahead as usual as he urged those unable to grab a ticket to watch along from home promising everyone “an exciting new element” to the show. The recently knighted Mayor of London, posted on X: “Tickets for the New Year’s Eve fireworks are sold out. Anyone tuning into BBC One will be able to see an exciting new element of the fireworks show.” New Year's Eve celebrations in London last year saw a huge fireworks display Darryl Fleming, the man organising London’s New Year’s Eve spectacular, has been monitoring the weather for the past seven days so he can deliver the event “as safely as possible”.
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