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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20240706

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 he ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 01:04:00

Biggest. scotland has also been celebrating the new year, or hogmanay, as it s known there, with its own spectacular fireworks display. as with london, it s the first time in three years that the event has not been limited by covid pandemic restrictions. the event was held in edinburgh, with the fireworks launched from around the castle which stands in the centre of the city. 0ur correspondent alexandra mckenzie was in edinburgh and she sent us this update. edinburgh welcomed in 2023 in style. there is nothing quite like hogmanay in scotland and edinburgh welcomed but the street party this year. because of coronavirus it was the first one in three years. there were around 30,000 people here on princess street in edinburgh when it turned midnight. they sang and danced and just had a great time enjoying the party. it did not matter that it was a ....

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