Tens of thousands of people have taken part in a torchlight procession through Edinburgh to start the city’s new year celebrations.
Locals and tourists – along with pipers, drummers and dance groups – made their way down the Royal Mile from Edinburgh Castle on Sunday evening.
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay will continue on Monday with the annual street party and a headline set by Franz Ferdinand in Princes Street Gardens.
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