Glasgow's iconic Christmas lights switch on and fireworks display have been cancelled.
Organisers Glasgow Life announced the events, which draw in tens of thousands every year, will not take place due to coronavirus fears.
They say physical distancing guidance means the fireworks display, which originally takes place in Glasgow Green around Bonfire Night, and the Christmas Lights switch-on, which takes over George Square to mark the beginning of the CHristmas season in the city, will not take place.
However, they confirmed details will be released soon about plans for "safe Glasgow Loves Christmas family experiences".
A spokesman for Glasgow Loves Christmas said: “Glasgow’s Christmas events will be similar but a little different this year because of the continuing impact of Covid-19.
"There will still be much for people to love and enjoy as part of a visit to the city for a special Christmas occasion with George Square still a magical place to be under the Christmas lights and tree.
"We are aiming to safely deliver more activities in the heart of the city and in Glasgow’s communities which will meet emerging guidance and will announce details soon.
"Social distancing means the annual fireworks display and Christmas Lights switch-on can’t take place.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel