{"id":183836,"date":"2025-06-14T13:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/183836\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T13:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:22:09","slug":"leith-gala-day-cancelled-as-appalling-and-dangerous-weather-conditions-hit-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/183836\/","title":{"rendered":"Leith gala day cancelled as &#8216;appalling and dangerous&#8217; weather conditions hit Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The popular Leith gala day has been cancelled as &#8216;appalling&#8217; weather conditions hit<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/leith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Edinburgh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The event kicked off on Saturday, June 14, but organisers have since made the decision to pull the festival due to &#8216;dangerous thunder and lightning&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It comes amid a yellow weather warning for adverse conditions across Edinburgh and the Lothians.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/hollywood-actor-spotted-edinburgh-city-093440480.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hollywood actor spotted on Edinburgh city centre street leaving fans starstruck;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood actor spotted on Edinburgh city centre street leaving fans starstruck<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/news\/edinburgh-news\/man-arrested-over-shooting-two-31856817?int_source=nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Man arrested over shooting of two gangland Scots outside of Spanish bar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Man arrested over shooting of two gangland Scots outside of Spanish bar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Organisers claim it &#8220;was not an easy decision&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A statement published online reads: &#8220;Due to appalling weather and dangerous thunder and lightning, for safety reasons we are closing the gala day event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was not an easy decision. We did try to persevere but today the weather was not on our side.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to all traders and public that braced the weather. Leith Festival.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Join<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> <b>Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here <\/b><\/a><b>and get the latest news sent<\/b><b>straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Locals have been left gutted by the circumstances. One person said: &#8220;Such a shame but safety must come first. Well done to everyone today for trying to make it happen&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &#8220;So sorry for all of you who I know put so much work into organising this event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the day Met forecasters warn spray and sudden flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures as well as a small chance of communities being cut off by flooded roads.<\/p>\n<p>They also say, where flooding or lightning strikes occur, there is a chance of delays and cancellations to public transport. Power cuts could also occur and homes and businesses could be flooded quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The popular Leith gala day has been cancelled as &#8216;appalling&#8217; weather conditions hit Edinburgh. The event kicked off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,14334,1102,4884,75435,712,75436,16,15,2463],"class_list":{"0":"post-183836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-conditions","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leith-festival","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-thunder-and-lightning","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-weather-warning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114681934210967913","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}