Edinburgh locals have been celebrating New Year with a unique Porty beach party bringing in the bells on the sand.
Incredible pictures show residents attending a unique gathering on the Edinburgh Beach having bonfires and fireworks straight from the sand.
Revellers attended the outdoor party on Portobello Beach last night huddled around bonfires with a stunning firework display against the night sky.
Although all official Hogmanay events were cancelled folk were out celebrating across iconic spots in the capital such as the Shore, Calton Hill, and Arthur's Seat.
The First Minister urged people to stay at home amid rising Omicron cases putting in restrictions that limit large crowds at events and closing night clubs for the next three weeks.
The latest Public Health Scotland figures shows the death toll in the capital city for the month of December and reveal that new cases of Covid-19 are now surpassing the peak of the Delta variant.
The National Records of Scotland figures show that there have now been 951 Covid-19 related deaths in Edinburgh since the pandemic started, with 394 of those coming this year. Glasgow is the highest of any local authority in Scotland, with 1867 fatalities. Across Scotland there have been 12,372 deaths recorded overall and 5670 this year.
The latest PHS updates, as of December 30, revealed that there were 1312 new cases of the coronavirus in Edinburgh, and 7946 across the week. This shows the Omicron variant is now recording higher amounts of cases than the Delta strain from last year.
