Burning the Clocks goes ahead despite high winds

Thousands of people lined the streets of Brighton on Thursday for the annual Burning the Clocks parade.

Two thousand people paraded through the city's streets with home made paper and willow lanterns.

The lanterns are usually ceremonially burned in a bonfire on the beach, but this year high winds meant the bonfire was cancelled.

The ceremony, which marks the winter solstice on 21 December, was launched in 1993.

The event was created by the Same Sky community arts charity, with the theme of clocks chosen for the 2023 event.

Robert Batson from Same Sky said: "We wanted a really great reset, especially after coming back last year and after Covid.

"We wanted something to show how do you measure time, how do you bring all these moments together."

The charity said one of the aims of the parade was to provide an antidote to the excesses of Christmas.

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