Full list of cities to cancel NYE fireworks as Newcastle drops event
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Newcastle has become the latest city to cancel its New Year's fireworks display - as Britain braces for washout tonight, with gales and torrential rain set to batter the UK.
Firework displays have already been axed across the country after the Met Office issued a rare amber rain warning and five yellow ones.
Organisers in Newcastle said its two planned spectacles at 6pm and midnight have been pulled amid mounting safety concerns.
'Safety always comes first, and the forecast has made it clear that continuing would pose risks to those attending, as well as our event teams working on-site,' Newcastle City Council said in a statement today.
The horrendous weather conditions have already prompted Edinburgh to axe its popular Hogmanay outdoor celebrations.
Meanwhile in London, https://j88betting.bike the capital's New Year's Eve fireworks bonanza is hanging in the balance, with organisers and City Hall officials 'monitoring the weather'.
Current forecasts predict gusts of 47mph for 11pm and midnight, with the show's boss, Darryl Fleming, saying he is 'just a bit nervous' and that the 'big enemy is the wind'.
Organisers of the display - regularly attended by more than 100,000 people - have already altered the angle of the fireworks 'slightly into the wind, so we can increase that safety distance'.
Newcastle has become the latest city to cancel its New Year's fireworks show due to the weather (pictured is a previous event at Newcastle)
London's NYE fireworks display is also hanging in the balance, with organisers 'nervously' watching the weather forecast. Pictured are fireworks exploding around the London Eye at last year's celebrations
Insisting he was still 'looking forward to delivering a full show', Mr Fleming told BBC London: 'The big enemy is the wind, so we have to plan for that in the design stage.
'We monitor the wind from a week out, we are looking at and monitoring the weather conditions.
'The [wind] direction is in the right direction, and if we need to curtail parts of the show, we can do that, we have all those plans in place.'
It comes as Storm Eowyn could be named by the Met Office today as the latest weather system to batter the UK.
Separately, Blackpool Council confirmed it had taken the 'tough decision' to axe its fireworks due to the winds, but a projection show set to music will still take place.
Ripon, in North Yorkshire, also saw its fireworks event canned due to the weather, with the local city council announcing the news earlier today. Two displays in Newcastle have been cancelled as well.
Organisers of the Beaumaris Fireworks show, in off the coast in north Wales, have also cancelled their show, due to the weather.
It comes as the Met Office warned 'blizzard conditions are possible', especially in the far northern regions of Sutherland and Caithness, in Scotland.
Edinburgh's traditional Hogmanay outdoor celebrations, including it's fireworks show, have been cancelled this New Year's due to poor weather (pictured is last year's event)
Revellers hoping to attend tonight's Hogmanay festivities in Edinburgh have been left disappointed (pictured)
Hogmanay fireball swingers illuminate the streets of Stonehaven carrying on the tradition of welcoming the new year January 1, 2004
Firework displays have already been axed across the country after the Met Office issued a rare amber rain warning and five yellow ones.
Organisers in Newcastle said its two planned spectacles at 6pm and midnight have been pulled amid mounting safety concerns.
'Safety always comes first, and the forecast has made it clear that continuing would pose risks to those attending, as well as our event teams working on-site,' Newcastle City Council said in a statement today.
The horrendous weather conditions have already prompted Edinburgh to axe its popular Hogmanay outdoor celebrations.
Meanwhile in London, https://j88betting.bike the capital's New Year's Eve fireworks bonanza is hanging in the balance, with organisers and City Hall officials 'monitoring the weather'.
Current forecasts predict gusts of 47mph for 11pm and midnight, with the show's boss, Darryl Fleming, saying he is 'just a bit nervous' and that the 'big enemy is the wind'.
Organisers of the display - regularly attended by more than 100,000 people - have already altered the angle of the fireworks 'slightly into the wind, so we can increase that safety distance'.
Newcastle has become the latest city to cancel its New Year's fireworks show due to the weather (pictured is a previous event at Newcastle)
London's NYE fireworks display is also hanging in the balance, with organisers 'nervously' watching the weather forecast. Pictured are fireworks exploding around the London Eye at last year's celebrations
Insisting he was still 'looking forward to delivering a full show', Mr Fleming told BBC London: 'The big enemy is the wind, so we have to plan for that in the design stage.
'We monitor the wind from a week out, we are looking at and monitoring the weather conditions.
'The [wind] direction is in the right direction, and if we need to curtail parts of the show, we can do that, we have all those plans in place.'
It comes as Storm Eowyn could be named by the Met Office today as the latest weather system to batter the UK.
Separately, Blackpool Council confirmed it had taken the 'tough decision' to axe its fireworks due to the winds, but a projection show set to music will still take place.
Ripon, in North Yorkshire, also saw its fireworks event canned due to the weather, with the local city council announcing the news earlier today. Two displays in Newcastle have been cancelled as well.
Organisers of the Beaumaris Fireworks show, in off the coast in north Wales, have also cancelled their show, due to the weather.
It comes as the Met Office warned 'blizzard conditions are possible', especially in the far northern regions of Sutherland and Caithness, in Scotland.
Edinburgh's traditional Hogmanay outdoor celebrations, including it's fireworks show, have been cancelled this New Year's due to poor weather (pictured is last year's event)
Revellers hoping to attend tonight's Hogmanay festivities in Edinburgh have been left disappointed (pictured)
Hogmanay fireball swingers illuminate the streets of Stonehaven carrying on the tradition of welcoming the new year January 1, 2004
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