Edinburgh city centre was near-deserted on New Year’s Eve after a party for thousands of people was cancelled with only ten days’ noticeLarge public gatherings may remain forbidden well into the spring, Scotland’s national clinical director has suggested. Jason Leitch dismissed calls to reschedule Edinburgh’s Hogmanay party to April, arguing that it would be too soon to authorise mass celebrations. Nick Stewart, managing director of Sneaky Pete’s nightclub in Edinburgh, had floated the idea after the city’s Hogmanay street party was cancelled. SponsoredAbout 30,000 people, more than half the usual capacity, had been to gather in the city centre to watch acts including Basement Jaxx and the DJ Arielle Free. “I would love to see Scotland choosing to reschedule the whole of Hogmanay,” Stewart told The World This Weekend on BBC Radio 4.

Source: The Times January 03, 2022 00:29 UTC