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
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 famous song playing in the background, people cheering and celebrating to 2023. that work messages with those fireworks, a message with the queen, from the mayor, in terms of the year just gone, 2022 is no more. and we now focus on the new year, 2023. and let s try and whizz the camera around and see if we can have a chat with some people here. i mean, what did you make of that? you make of that? happy new year, everyone! you make of that? happy new year, everyone! what - you make of that? happy new year, everyone! what did - you make of that? happy new year, everyone! what did you| year, everyone! what did you make of that?