THE annual Bonfire Night fireworks display in Dalmuir has been cancelled for the second year running.

Councillors have decided to cancel the event hosted in Dalmuir Park in the light of the guidance on 'vaccine passports' in Scotland, which comes into effect tomorrow (October 1).

The ruling applies to any unseated outdoor live event with more than 4,000 people in the audience, and calls upon organisers to check adults attending have been fully vaccinated.

A report to West Dunbartonshire Council meeting this week highlighted the challenges the new rules would bring for hosting the firework events.

These included the fact that the displays are held in public parks and are historically un-ticketed, and that continuing with the events under the new guidance would require significant additional planning, stewarding, security fencing and higher costs.

There was also a concern that due to firework shortages the actual displays may not meet the same high standards of previous years.

A spokesperson for West Dunbartonshire Council said: “Planning for this year’s events was underway and we are disappointed that we have had to cancel at this stage.

“Unfortunately, to go ahead with the events following the new guidance around Covid passports would require recruitment of additional stewards, hiring of extensive security fencing for both sites, additional risk assessments and new plans for running the event, as well as a larger budget.

"Given there is such a short timeframe left and a number of competing pressures around Covid-19 recovery this would all be extremely challenging to deliver safely.

“We’re very sorry to our residents, who we know will be disappointed with this news and we very much hope our fireworks events can return next year.”