Engineers have won their battle against high winds to ensure Saturday night's film screening on Brighton beach goes ahead.

Friday night's showing of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge had to be cancelled at the last minute after organisers, Stella Screen, decided erecting the screen in such high winds would be dangerous.

Organisers worked through the night to prevent the event being a total wash-out and have announced the screening of Moulin Rouge will go ahead.

The showing replaces the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, which was originally planned.

Lee Rolston, brand manager of Stella Artois, said: "We're absolutely thrilled to say that we're able to go ahead tonight "It was a real disappointment to cancel last night's show. We've worked really hard to put the event together, and we're really happy to be back on Brighton beach."

The films were due to be shown in July but the event was postponed after 250,000 people descended on the seafront for Fatboy Slim's event.

Dozens of police officers and security guards were on hand in a bid to ensure a repeat of July's chaos was avoided which saw the beach littered with broken bottles and cans.

Pub landlords were being ordered not to sell any drink in glasses or bottles while Ian Taylor, the city council's events manager, was urging people not to try and bring glass onto the beach.

Although numbers for the film show were expected to be as low as 5,000 due to low temperatures and rain the council wasn't taking any chances.

Coun Taylor said: "We have contingency plans in place for 60,000 people, but I do not think that many will come. It could be as low as 5,000. We have plans for road closures, should we need to."