Christmas lights 'shambles' in Scots town as display fails to switch on TWICE

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Festive revellers were not exactly tripping the light fantastic in East Kilbride last night as the town's Christmas light switch-on was branded a "shambles".Hosts of the council-run event were left red-faced when the full light display failed to come on not once, but twice following the big countdown, leaving families disappointed.Health and safety concerns were also raised after hundreds of people flocked to the cobbled streets of East Kilbride Village for the annual spectacle with folk complaining they were "packed in like sardines".The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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There were also interactive family games, kids characters and street entertainers, and Santa Claus and Elfie were on hosting duties with Ali Wright from Clyde 1.Disgruntled locals took to social media to complain about the "embarrassing" and "underwhelming" Christmas event.One resident said: "What a shambles the Village light switch on was tonight.

Packed in like sardines that you could not see anything. The prices of things was ridiculous. No Christmas tree in sight and to top it off only half the lights worked.