#primrose-hill

#primrose-hill

Getty Images People will be banned from gathering on Primrose Hill to watch the mayor's new year's fireworks display, due to concerns about crowd safety. Thousands of people typically gather at the north London beauty spot on 31 December each year to celebrate and watch fireworks light up the skies across London, with as many as 30,000 turning out last year. Royal Parks said the decision partly was due to the upcoming closure of the Metropolitan Police the Royal Parks unit, which is usually deployed to manage crowds.

"Once unofficially dubbed The Mayor of Primrose Hill, many of us will feel we have indeed lost our Mayor. There was no one quite like Phil to defend the values of our community."

A police cordon is in place in Primrose Hill after a 16-year-old girl reported she had been raped in the park on April 11, during nighttime closures.