The fireworks in the UK will come before New York, which will join in the celebrations at 5am GMT on New Year’s Day, with performances by Diana Ross and Ciara. People queued around 6th Avenue hours in advance.

If you want to celebrate the New Year with fireworks at home or watch the televised display from London, you need to follow some rules and guidelines or you could face consequences

LONDON and New York welcomed in the New Year with spectacular firework displays as the rest of the world celebrated in style. A staggering 100,000 revellers watched on in awe in London as a huge

Fireworks may be a New Year’s favourite, but using them incorrectly could result in an 'on-the-spot' £90 fine. The Mirror has now explored the key rules on where, when, and how they can be used in 2026.

Millions of people across the UK have officially rung in the new year, gathering at firework events and parties all over the country. In London, 12,000 fireworks were set off in the city's biggest pyrotechnic display to date, with 100,000 people watching on from the banks of the Thames.

Cities across the world are welcoming 2026 with stunning New Year's Eve fireworks displays and celebrations. In London, 100,000 people watched from the banks of the River Thames as more than 12,000 fireworks lit up the night sky.

Birmingham, England, rang in the new year with a countdown to absolutely nothing—for the second straight year. Hundreds of people packed Centenary Square on New Year's Eve after posts on social media touted a fireworks show in the city center,

An hour before midnight, the victims of the Bondi Beach attack – during which 15 were killed and 40 injured – were commemorated with a minute of silence