hello, and welcome to bbc news. new year celebrations are taking place across western europe and africa. crowds are in the streets of capitals from warsaw and stockholm in the east to brussels, paris, madrid and also edinburgh and london, where 2023 is now an hour old. it s the first time since the pandemic began that large scale events have taken place. greg mckenzie has been soaking up greg mckenzie has been soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers. i am absolutely speechless. that was a 12 minute spectacular. the biggest fireworks display in the entire europe having taken placejust a few minutes ago. an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the bogs of the big ben started as did the fireworks over here at the london eye. iconic around the world. a12 minute spectacular extravaganza. i am actually speechless having watched it right here and just behind us are hundreds of thousands of people who managed to get tickets and now you can hear the
We are sharing gratitude today for our very own Daytime Queen, Mrs Carol Ofori, who was the voice of God at the Miss South Africa pageant on Sunday night.
bit dreak as we see in scotland, it was cold and raining, but everyonejust forgot the weather and had a good old party. also, edinburgh castle behind us there were fireworks there throughout the night, and then the grand finale at midnight to bring in 2023 - finale at midnight to bring in 2023 six minutes of fireworks. it was just absolutely spectacular, and also, down in princes street gardens, 10,000 people enjoyed the music, the entertainment. pet shop boys are continuing bears. people are continuing to enjoy the party and although we are into 2023, people do not want to go home. they want to still enjoy a great atmosphere here in and brad hogmanay