A TOWN is about to greet the New Year - next Monday.
Bad weather on Teesside led to the scrapping of a Millennium firework display and to a poor turn-out in Middlesbrough on New Year's Eve.
"Everyone was so disappointed as much time and effort had gone into arranging the evening," said last year's Mayor of Middlesbrough, Councillor Kath Bevington.
The fireworks bought for a New Year's Eve spectacular that never was, will be set off as a finale to the Middlesbrough Music Live event on Bank Holiday Monday.
Jitu Desai, who will coordinate the event, said: "The display will last just five minutes, but will be quite spectacular. With fireworks soaring up to 1,500ft, they will be visible from all over Teesside."
The best place to view the fireworks will be from the Boulevard adjacent to the Law Courts and around the Cornerhouse Stage.
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