Floriana is planning a New Year's Eve street party on St Anne Anne Street which it hopes will attract thousands of people.

The council said it plans to utilise most of the wide street for a range of activities culminating in the countdown to 2010. Council officials pointed out that while such open-air activities are popular abroad, none are held here - the last was held for the millennium.

A number of entertainers have already confirmed their participation including Mark Spiteri Lucas, Ivan Spiteri Lucas, Charlene and Natasha Girma, Miriam Christine Borg, Claudia Faniello, Joe Demicoli and DJ Ron.

There will be a children's section, food stalls and fireworks to see in the New Year with a bang.

The activity will be coordinated by Leon Promotions.