Nicola Sturgeon tells EU to 'keep a light on' as Scotland will 'be back soon'

The Capital saw a very different sort of Hogmanay this year with the famous street party cancelled and coronavirus restrictions stopping house parties. [View email online]( [Subscribe]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [The Scotsman] Jan 1, 2021 Good morning, Happy New Year! Welcome to your first [Scotsman]( newsletter of 2021. Thanks for reading. If you can, please consider taking out a digital subscription with us to help support our journalism. From just £3 a month, [try us out today here](. Pictures show Capital's streets empty on Hogmanay It was a very different sort of Hogmanay last night. And perhaps nowhere was that shown more starkly than in the streets of Edinburgh. Eerie pictures show the Capital's deserted streets that would usually be full of revellers toasting the New Year. [See the picture gallery here](. And watch the virtual Hogmanay celebrations [here](. 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