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Scotsman
07-05-2025
- Scotsman
New push to ban Red Arrows flypast over Edinburgh Military Tattoo at festival time
A motion in a bid to ban flypasts over Edinburgh Castle for the Tattoo will be discussed at Thursday's council meeting. Sign up for the latest news and analysis about Scottish transport Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Aerial displays over the Scottish capital could be banned over environmental and noise pollution concerns, according to plans put forward by an Edinburgh councillor. Flypasts take place every year for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo every year in August, and sometimes happen as part of other events as well. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Royal Airforce Red Arrows fly past over St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. Picture: Scott Heppell -| Scott Heppell -Now Green councillor Dan Heap has brought a motion to the city council to explore banning the displays. And he said the noise disturbance the aerial displays cause – and the potentially traumatic impact flypasts can have on people fleeing war – were grounds to try and get rid of them. Cllr Heap said: 'We want to reduce these to, preferably, zero, but at least get fewer. The main user of these, the Edinburgh Tattoo, has already decreased them, there's fewer than there used to be. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'But it has a number of flight paths of jet aircraft during the tattoo, which is in August – it's purely for entertainment.' Cllr Heap said the city's Green group believed the negative environmental impacts of the displays were severe. He said: 'I've been trying to get a hold of what the precise emissions are from these particular jets, and that's not public – but I found some other military jets. 'And they have significant carbon emissions. And yes, it's a relatively brief flyover, but they're flying from airbases that aren't near Edinburgh. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Sometimes they come from Lossiemouth [in Moray], or from an airbase in England. So they're flying quite a long way. Red Arrows perfect new display. | AS1 Emily Muir / RAF / SWNS 'And yes, it might seem like the flight is relatively short over the castle, very short. But you've got to factor in the time they're flying to and from the air base.' Cllr Heap said that while passenger flying was essential, air displays were purely for entertainment. The motion aims to use licensing to restrict the number of air displays in the city, given the events that involve them require public entertainment licences. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Cllr Heap envisions a public safety element or some other reason being adhered to event licences that bans flypasts, but he said officers would be better equipped to explore what using licence conditions to ban flypasts would involve. The motion, if passed by councillors, would call on officers to present a report on ways in which such a ban could be enacted by the August full Edinburgh council meeting. It also says that displays involving drones or model aircraft would be allowed.
Perth Now
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
WA musicians selected for Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Eleven West Aussies have been selected to perform in the 75th anniversary event of the world-famous Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Drin the month of August, bagpipers and drummers from WA will preform alongside 75 elite musicians from around the world to a sold-out live audience of almost nine thousand people a night. The large-scale military and cultural spectacle takes place at the Edinburgh Castle in Scotland and draws in 100 million people around the world to watch the special video coverage. Your local paper, whenever you want it. Recognised as a 'lifetime ambition for many bagpipers and drummers', Malcolm MacLean said getting selected to play in this year's Tattoo was 'a bucket-list event'. 'I grew up watching the Edinburgh Tattoo on TV every year with my Scottish grandfather, who emigrated to Kalgoorlie after the First World War,' the bagpiper said. 'To be part of the show is a dream come true. There is a picture of my grandfather hanging in Edinburgh Castle's National War Museum and I will be playing my father's 1956 bagpipes, so it will be an especially meaningful event for.' West Australian Pipe Major Alisdair McLaren who has been leading the Tattoo for almost a decade has also been selected to play the lone piper solo at the end of the Tattoo. 'Stepping out onto the Castle esplanade is an iconic experience, and something you'll remember for the rest of your life,' he said. Mr McLaren, who first moved to Scotland in 2007 to compete at the highest level, moved back to Perth in 2020 as the Head Of Pipe Band Music at Presbyterian Ladies' College. The Tattoo will be performed every night from Friday 1 August to Saturday 23 August and available to stream on 7 Plus and Netflix.
STV News
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- STV News
Call for ban against flypast aerial displays over environmental concerns
Aerial displays over the capital could be banned over environmental and noise pollution concerns, according to plans put forward by an Edinburgh councillor. Flypasts take place every year for the Edinburgh Military Tatto in August, and sometimes happen as part of other events as well. Now Green councillor Dan Heap has brought a motion to the city council to explore banning the displays. And he said the noise disturbance it causes – and the potentially traumatic impact flypasts can have on people fleeing war – were grounds to try and get rid of them. Cllr Heap told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: 'We want to reduce these to, preferably, zero, but at least get fewer. 'The main user of these, the Edinburgh Tattoo, has already decreased them, there's fewer than there used to be. 'But it has a number of flight paths of jet aircraft during the tattoo, which is in August – it's purely for entertainment.' He also said that the city's Green group believes the negative environmental impacts of the displays are severe. He continued: 'I've been trying to get a hold of what the precise emissions are from these particular jets, and that's not public – but I found some other military jets. 'And they have significant carbon emissions. And yes, it's a relatively brief flyover, but they're flying from airbases that aren't near Edinburgh. 'Sometimes they come from Lossiemouth [in Moray], or from an airbase in England. So they're flying quite a long way. 'And yes, it might seem like the flight is relatively short over the castle, very short, but you've got to factor in the time they're flying to and from the air base.' Cllr Heap said that while passenger flying was currently essential, air displays are purely for entertainment. The motion aims to use licensing to restrict the number of air displays in the city, given that the events that involve them require public entertainment licences. Cllr Heap envisions a public safety element or some other reason being adhered to event licences that bans flypasts, but he says officers would be better equipped to explore what using licence conditions to ban flypasts would involve. The motion, if passed by councillors, would call on officers to present a report on ways in which such a ban could be enacted by the August full Edinburgh council meeting. It also says that displays involving drones or model aircraft would be allowed. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Edinburgh Reporter
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Aerial displays could be banned over environmental and noise pollution concerns
Aerial displays over the capital could be banned over environmental and noise pollution concerns, according to plans put forward by an Edinburgh councillor. Flypasts take place every year for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo every year in August, and sometimes happen as part of other events as well. Now Green councillor Dan Heap has brought a motion to the city council to explore banning the displays. And he said the noise disturbance it causes – and the potentially traumatic impact flypasts can have on people fleeing war – were grounds to try and get rid of them. Cllr Heap told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: 'We want to reduce these to, preferably, zero, but at least get fewer. 'The main user of these, the Edinburgh Tattoo, has already decreased them, there's fewer than there used to be. 'But it has a number of flight paths of jet aircraft during the tattoo, which is in August – it's purely for entertainment.' He also said that the city's Green group believes the negative environmental impacts of the displays are severe. He continued: 'I've been trying to get a hold of what the precise emissions are from these particular jets, and that's not public – but I found some other military jets. 'And they have significant carbon emissions. And yes, it's a relatively brief flyover, but they're flying from airbases that aren't near Edinburgh. 'Sometimes they come from Lossiemouth [in Moray], or from an airbase in England. So they're flying quite a long way. 'And yes, it might seem like the flight is relatively short over the castle, very short, but you've got to factor in the time they're flying to and from the air base.' Cllr Heap said that while passenger flying was currently essential, air displays are purely for entertainment. The motion aims to use licensing to restrict the number of air displays in the city, given that the events that involve them require public entertainment licences. Cllr Heap envisions a public safety element or some other reason being adhered to event licences that bans flypasts, but he says officers would be better equipped to explore what using licence conditions to ban flypasts would involve. The motion, if passed by councillors, would call on officers to present a report on ways in which such a ban could be enacted by the August full Edinburgh council meeting. It also says that displays involving drones or model aircraft would be allowed. By Joseph Sullivan Local Democracy Reporter Like this: Like Related
Scotsman
05-05-2025
- Scotsman
Edinburgh councillor calls for ban on military flypasts over Capital
Watch more of our videos on and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now An Edinburgh councillor is calling for flypasts by military aircraft over the Capital to be banned because of environmental and noise pollution concerns. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Flypasts take place in August every year for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and sometimes happen as part of other events as well. Now Green councillor Dan Heap has tabled a motion for the next full meeting of the city council to explore banning the displays. The Royal Airforce Red Arrows fly past over St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. Picture: Scott Heppell -| Scott Heppell -Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad And he said the noise disturbance it causes – and the potentially traumatic impact flypasts can have on people fleeing war – were grounds to try and get rid of them. Cllr Heap told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: 'We want to reduce these to, preferably, zero, but at least get fewer. 'The main user of these, the Edinburgh Tattoo, has already decreased them, there's fewer than there used to be. 'But it has a number of flight paths of jet aircraft during the tattoo, which is in August – it's purely for entertainment.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He also said that the city's Green group believed the negative environmental impacts of the displays were severe. He continued: 'I've been trying to get a hold of what the precise emissions are from these particular jets, and that's not public – but I found some other military jets. 'And they have significant carbon emissions. And yes, it's a relatively brief flyover, but they're flying from airbases that aren't near Edinburgh. 'Sometimes they come from Lossiemouth [in Moray], or from an airbase in England. So they're flying quite a long way. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'And yes, it might seem like the flight is relatively short over the castle, very short, but you've got to factor in the time they're flying to and from the air base.' Cllr Heap said that while passenger flying was currently essential, air displays were purely for entertainment. The motion aims to use licensing to restrict the number of air displays in the city, given that the events that involve them require public entertainment licences. Cllr Heap envisions a public safety element or some other reason being adhered to event licences that bans flypasts, but he says officers would be better equipped to explore what using licence conditions to ban flypasts would involve. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The motion, if passed by councillors, would call on officers to present a report on ways in which such a ban could be enacted by the August full Edinburgh council meeting. It also says that displays involving drones or model aircraft would be allowed. Cllr Heap's motion will be discussed at the next full meeting of Edinburgh Council on Thursday, 8 May,
