New Year's Eve: Hundreds of thousands gather for London fireworks - BBC

More than 100,000 radical gathered for London's New Year's Eve fireworks display.

Big Ben bonged arsenic immense crowds gathered on the Thames Embankment to ticker 12,000 fireworks streak crossed the sky.

It was the archetypal clip since 2019, erstwhile the Covid pandemic started, that radical were capable to be the display.

The superior metropolis welcomed successful the caller twelvemonth with a 12-minute fireworks show acceptable to euphony from Stormzy, Calvin Harris, Rihanna and Madness.

The sold-out amusement paid tribute to the precocious Queen - with much drones forming the signifier of a crown successful the sky, earlier transforming into the signifier of ER II and past the acquainted representation of her look successful illustration connected a immense coin.

The show besides featured a dependable signaling from the precocious Queen and words from Dame Judi Dench earlier honouring the King, unneurotic with a connection from Charles astir the request to sphere our planet's future.

Drones spelled retired a affirmative connection during the show, welcoming successful "2023 with emotion from London" arsenic fireworks exploded down them.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said helium was "delighted" that Londoners and visitors could erstwhile again articulation unneurotic connected the banks of the River Thames to ringing successful the caller year.

Amy Dickson, who travelled from Bath to ticker the fireworks successful the capital, said the show was "absolutely amazing".

"I've ever wanted to spot London's fireworks and they didn't disappoint," she said.

"It's been a immense twelvemonth for the state and to beryllium determination with everyone watching them and welcoming successful 2023 was conscionable amazing. There was an unthinkable ambiance - a infinitesimal I'll ne'er forget."

Thousands of Metropolitan Police officers were connected work crossed the capital, with the unit aboriginal saying 8 radical were arrested for alleged offences including battle connected police, drunk and disorderly behaviour, and possession of an violative weapon.

Last twelvemonth a smaller show with drones was broadcast adjacent London's landmarks.