It comes after the last two New Year's Eve displays were cancelled due to the pandemic.
“And that’s about restoring trust in politics and hopefully we can make progress on that.” I feel positive about the change we can bring.” Speaking to Sky News on Saturday evening, Mr Khan said: “These are the biggest fireworks in Europe. “Our post-Covid, post-pandemic UK will finally start to take advantage of all our new freedoms, lengthening our lead as the best place on earth to invest, to start a business, raise a family or to just hang out in the pub which is what I propose to do this New Year’s Eve.” “2022 is tip-toeing towards the exit after a pretty tumultuous year in which we lost our beloved Queen and saw the start of the worst war in Europe for 80 years,” he said. He went on to acknowledge that many are anxious about the economy and “want peace of mind that things are just going to be OK”. In a video posted on Twitter on Saturday meanwhile, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conveyed a message of hope for the new year, saying he hopes to build “pride”, “reassurance” and a sense of “fairness” among the British public. “We hope that people will be happy, on each side of this conflict, and there will be peace,” he added, in a reference to Russia’s 10-month war in Ukraine. “I just want people to feel proud of being british, proud of their town, their community that they call home, and proud of their leaders actually,” he said. He hinted at “at least three massive surprises” to come in the display, adding that the fireworks would act as a “reflection on the last year” including “We hope that there will be a predictable year, we hope there will be world peace, as strange as it may sound in such a situation,” said Moscow resident Alexander Tsvetov. I think they’re the best fireworks in the world - they’re the best we’ve had in London, the biggest we’ve had in London.”
It is the first time people can gather to see London's New Year's Eve fireworks since the pandemic.
BBC is set to broadcast London's New Year's Eve firework display this evening. The capital's firework show will welcome crowds after a two year gap because ...
In 2021, over 10m people tuned in to watch the show on BBC One while the previous year recorded 11.18m people. BBC will be telecasting the firework display for audiences at home. BBC is set to broadcast London’s New Year’s Eve firework display this evening.
London's celebrations returned to the banks of the River Thames for the first time since 2019, while thousands descended on Edinburgh for Hogmanay ...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he was “delighted” that Londoners and visitors could once again join together on the banks of the River Thames to ring in the new year. The sold-out show was designed to send a message of “love and unity”, as it highlighted the Lionesses’ Big Ben bonged as the huge crowd of people gathered along the Thames Embankment in central London to watch 12,000 fireworks streak across the sky.
As midnight struck, Britain welcomed 2023 with dazzling fireworks, light and drone displays for the first time in years.
[ a walrus spotted earlier this month ](https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/12/people-warned-to-stay-away-after-walrus-called-thor-appears-on-uk-beach-17922538/)led to the council cancelling the display in case it ‘distressed’ the mammal. ‘I think they’re the best fireworks in the world – they’re the best we’ve had in London, the biggest we’ve had in London.’ The voice of King Charles III called on people to do more to preserve the planet as climate catastrophe before the show ended in the colours of the Union Jack. Dozens of drones soared across the skyline to form a crown in a touching tribute to Big Ben bonged in the capital city as some 100,000 people gathered along the Thames Embankment to catch a glimpse of the 12,000 fireworks. [London](https://metro.co.uk/tag/london/?ico=auto_link_news_P2_LNK1), fireworks sparkled off the Thames and over Big Ben and the London Eye in a sight Londoners hadn’t seen in two years after the show was cancelled due to Covid-19.
... and warnings for ice and snow across the Scottish Highlands. Big Ben bonged in England's capital as a crowd of more than 100,000 people gathered along the Thames Embankment in central London to watch 12,000 fireworks streak across the sky.
In Ukraine, some soldiers decided to stay in the trenches to defend their country while others returned to Kyiv to spend New Year’s Eve with their loved ones. People queued in the rain to enter the party in Princes Street. Pacific nation Kiribati was the first country to wave in 2023. [Nicola Sturgeon](/topic/nicola-sturgeon) called the “first full Hogmanay celebrations in three years”. An Arctic walrus, believed to be “Thor” – who was spotted on the Hampshire coastline earlier this month, arrived in the harbour earlier in the day. The UK has ushered in 2023 with revellers across the country celebrating New Year’s Eve.