# all you need is love, love happy new year! what an amazing fireworks display. and now it is time to sing the traditional song as we welcome in 2019. # should old acquaintance he forgot # and never brought to mind # should all acquaintance he forgot # and auld lang syne # for auld lang syne, my dear # for auld lang syne # we'll take a cup o'kindness yet

# for the sake of auld lang syne # should old acquaintance he forgot # and never brought to mind # should old acquaintance he forgot # for the sake of auld lang syne # for auld lang syne, my dear # for auld lang syne # we'll take a cup o'kindness yet # for the sake of auld lang syne # for auld lang syne, my dear # for auld lang syne # we'll take a cup o'kindness yet # for the sake of auld lang syne 0k. it is 2019. make some knives,

london! —— nor make some noise, london! so a very happy new year to all of our viewers and to use sitting at home watching what was an extraordinary firework display. a promised us the biggest one in europe and they delivered. if you did not know that london could

deliver the we certainly do now. so expertly choreographed this evening, those fireworks. 11 minutes of fireworks, four tons set alight over the river thames this evening. it was a spectacular show. while that was a spectacular show. while that was going on, of course there was another fantastic display in edinburgh where 60,000 people crammed in. let's show you pictures of that firework display over and above edinburgh castle. fantastic. the fireworks above the castle. you will have seen andrew alike. my word, didn't they deliver? they did indeed, the first of all to

all those watching at home at happy new year and the organisers said it was going to be the biggest fireworks display in europe and didn't they deliver? eight tons of fireworks went various different pontoons. the hundred and a8, like i said earlier, they only managed to get a ccess said earlier, they only managed to get access to the london eye out for pm this afternoon to meet all of those fireworks that use or twirling and welling into the sky. people we we re and welling into the sky. people we were cheering it was really exciting, it was synchronised to a number of tracks. —— 3a8. the mayor of london said he wanted to get the message across europe that despite brexit, london is still open for trade and the music, they selected others from across europe, u2, and then synchronise the fireworks to those tracks. it was this spectacular display. 100,000 people he managed to nab the best tickets to come and see and hear live in

london, but as you know, 12.5 million, i guess we'll get the ratings a little later on, but it was an estimated 2.5 million people expected to watching it at home. 11 minutes worth of fireworks display to show the power and might of the united kingdom. thank you very much, eight tons of fireworks. that is double what i thought it was, i have been selling at short ball evening, eight tons of fireworks. right, let's go to edinburgh, andrew black is there froze. plenty of people there on princes street, what did they make about spectacular display? yeah well, the party is still going. friends ferdinand, their main headline bands, are cranking out the hits the edinburgh castle. the pictures speak for themselves of course, let's ask some of the crowd themselves what they thought of it. weaving to you. become part of this evening? from glasgow. fantastic,

you are the first scottish person i have spoken to all—night. what you think of the night? the fireworks we re think of the night? the fireworks were amazing, friends ferdinand were amazing. william. have you been here before then? no, i have never been here before. the first time i had been here, my brother, the first time we had been here. absolutely amazing, a great night. integer think about resolutions to 2019, news resolutions? when yi 's resolution? probably to do well in my course at college. yes, at reason as any. can i ask you then what do you make of the day? what did you make of the fireworks? brilliant. brilliant. you have not been here before either? no, no, first time, first—time. before either? no, no, first time, first-time. what made you want to come through them? is much about the dozen and 19 and news resolutions?

what is planned for the rest of the night than? gets mad with it. there you go, get mad with it, that is what we say up in scotland. friends ferdinand are still on stage, i think they will be on for a while yet but it has been a raging success , yet but it has been a raging success, it is always a great success, it is always a great success here in edinburgh. a very happy 2019 to you from princes street in the centre of edinburgh. happy new year to you as well. i do like a happy new year to you as well. i do likea man happy new year to you as well. i do like a man who has not over thought his new year ‘s resolutions, a man like me as well. that show you some of the firework displays that we have been watching around the world, laser light shows, from sydney to bangkok, from athens to dubai. we have bought them all together for you, starting with one of the first is to bring in the new year and that of course was auckland in new

zealand. three, two, one... music playing chinese version of auld lang syne playing paris, a good place to finish. that is the scenes that we have witnessed around the world in the last 2a hours. now though, it is time for a look at the weather. hello. the closing stages of 2018 what a lot of cloud across much of the uk. however, some clearer skies across northern scotland and it is this clearer skies which will slowly filter their way southwards to new year's day. increasing amounts of sunshine but also hold a field behind this weakening cold fronts, running into an area of high

pressure, so all that is going to be left is just a band of cloud. i think it is a dividing line between the milder airfurther to think it is a dividing line between the milder air further to the south—western something colder than the north and east, combine that with a brisk north and north—westerly wind along eastern coast that it will feel quite silly to start new year's day. plenty of sunshine for most. more in the way of cloud for northern ireland, wales and south—west england, could just bring the odd spot of rain. so is perhaps wintry across the northern i of scotland. those costs will slowly is down, noticeable breeze across northern ireland, northern and western england, southern scotland. much more in the way of cloud across wales into the midlands, and the far south—west of england may be getting the odd spot of rain but that will soon disperse and through the day, increasing amounts of sunshine from the north, for the far south—west of england, which may hold on to littlemore ploughed into the afternoon. a fairly brisk breeze

blowing along eastern coast with littlemore ploughed here, a fairly chilly feel. we are looking at as new year's day between five and 11 celsius for most. newsday evening, for most it will be fine and dry but we will continue to feed more cloud along the eastern coast. that means overnight, temperatures will keep above freezing but further west, under clearer skies and with lighter winds, is going to be a chilly start to wednesday the widespread frost. bearin to wednesday the widespread frost. bear in mind this temperatures are in the centre of town, out in the countryside, it will be a few degrees lower. at midweek, looking dry across much of the uk. plenty of sunshine save for some eastern coast, it still dromore clouding from the north sea. that will keep temperatures here to around seven. for the first week of 2019, turning colder, overnight frost and fog but by day, more sunshine. happy new year. this is bbc news.

the headlines: three people including a police officer have been wounded in a stabbing at victoria railway station in manchester in northern england. one man has been arrested. a bbc staff member who witnessed the attacks said the suspect shouted allah and slogans criticising the actions of western governments in the middle east. the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthi rebels and illegally sold. a separate news agency investigation had found that similar misuse of food aid is being perpetrated in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. london is among the latest european capital cities to welcome the start of 2019. big ben, the great bell of the clock—tower at parliament was recommissioned to ring in the new year. in paris, the arc de triomphe was bathed in multicoloured lights. earlier, thousands of russians joined festivities in moscow's red square. now on bbc news — stephen hawking, aretha franklin,

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