Band N Dubz were due to go on stage at 5.45pm, but the group were stuck in traffic on the M25 and did not make it in time - forcing town bosses to shunt everything forward. One Southgate resident said:”It was definitely running early. I was disappointed with the lazer show - and if I hadn’t got there early I would have missed it altogether.” Meanwhile Eastenders star Kellie Shirley sported newly dyed black hair as she switched on the Christmas lights in the County Mall earlier that day.
For pictures and the full story see Wednesday’s Observer.