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Happy New Year London celebrations for 2014

Happy New Year London celebrations for 2014The sky above London burst into a riot of colours last night as the new year was welcomed in with one of the most spectacular fireworks displays for years
The sky above London burst into a riot of colours last night as the new year was welcomed in with one of the most spectacular fireworks displays for years.Skylines across the world burst into a riot of colours as the New Year was welcomed in with a succession of spectacular fireworks displays.In London, the London Eye was again the focus for much of the most intricate pyrotechnics, with thousands of fireworks turning it into an enormous Catherine wheel.
Happy New Year London celebrations for 2014A room with a view! From the top of the Shard, the fireworks lit up the entire capital
A room with a view! From the top of the Shard, the fireworks lit up the entire capital

Happy New Year London celebrations for 2014All along the Thames, thousands of spectators braved the poor weather to see the start of 2014 at the foot of the Houses of Parliament
All along the Thames, thousands of spectators braved the poor weather to see the start of 2014 at the foot of the Houses of Parliament



Happy New Year London celebrations for 2014Big Ben was illuminated against the night sky as 250,000 people were treated to the city's first ever 'multi-sensory' show of pyrotechnics
Big Ben was illuminated against the night sky as 250,000 people were treated to the city's first ever 'multi-sensory' show of pyrotechnics
Happy New Year London celebrations for 2014Multi-sensory: Revellers were treated to peach snow, edible banana confetti and orange-flavoured bubbles which descended on the crowd
Multi-sensory: Revellers were treated to peach snow, edible banana confetti and orange-flavoured bubbles which descended on the crowd.
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