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New year's eve: the rioters in the UK to usher in the year 2020

Feb 16,2020 5:11 am

rioters in the UK have the rung, the start of a new decade-the fireworks in London, Edinburgh and other cities.

In London around 12,000 fireworks in the capital city skyline lights up.

Edinburgh hosted what it promised, would be the UK, the "greatest road" as part of The City .

fireworks were also in other cities such as Manchester, Cardiff, Newcastle, Inverness and Nottingham.

Prime Minister , Boris Johnson , in his New Year message said, in its history and has promised to "finish The Job ", through the delivery of Brexit in a matter of weeks.

he said he hoped the country would "go forward united", after it leaves the EU on the 31. January.

Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Canterbury is to interpret his message, to contact the British, someone you have lived apart.

An explosion of color lit the sky, the Westminster Abbey , The display on the River Thames - was promised to The Best in the capital had "been seen" by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan , The mayor of London, said the fireworks celebrating the capital as a "global city" and a "European city", party-goers lined the River Thames and boarded the boats for a look at the display about 100,000 revelers Packed the areas in and around the Victoria Embankment, London

In London, Big Ben 's chimes sound the start of the display, not to mention though, this year during the renovation is completed.

Around 100,000 revellers Packed into The Streets around the Victoria Embankment, as the roar of a football anthems Three Lions began the new decade with the celebration of a kick-off for The Euro 2020 football tournament.

the music of artists like Stormzy, Wiley and the Bastille was also said in an ad, the London mayor, Sadiq Khan , The Best would be the capital "ever seen".

"We can leave the European Union , but we are not leaving Europe. So tonight is fire celebrate the work ourselves as a global city, the us as a European city," he added.

He stressed that London and the United Kingdom must be brought "back together" in the 2020s.

"I'm not saying that fire can make work and a night, but I think it's really important [that] we celebrate, tonight, some of the great things about our city and Our Country ," he said.

On Social Media , some praised the spectacular display, while others complain that there is a build-up of smoke obscured The View .

The Metropolitan Police said it was one of the 15 participated in the celebrations in the centre of London, including two arrests for criminal offences, for which it is fireworks And One for sexual assault.

In Edinburgh, More Than 3,600 fireworks, we were out of The Castle , as the capital of Scotland Hogmanay SCHOTT celebrated.

In Edinburgh, street parties are held to Hogmanay celebrate The famous castle was the Central point for the fireworks display in The Scottish capital was full with people seeing in the New Year and new decade,

Musical artist such as DJ Mark Ronson , Idlewild, Rudimental and Marc Almond performed on stages throughout the City Centre .

tens of thousands of people attended The Party , which stretched over More Than a dozen roads in The City .

The Scottish Ambulance Service said there had been an "extremely busy" Hogmanay in The Nation , with More Than 2500 calls in the 12 hours from 19:00 GMT on 31.

to welcome The First places in 2020, The Tiny Pacific island of Kiribati, the adjacent parts of Samoa, and the Chatham Islands contain.

Auckland, New Zealand was The First major city to ring in the new decade, with thousands welcoming in 2020 fireworks in The City , the Sky Tower is.

The traditional fireworks in the port of Sydney was preceded by Australia's bushfire crisis.

European cities, including Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Athens, the factory in the New Year with fire.

The uninhabited Baker Island and Howland Island , border on The Other side of The International date line, were The Last to leave in 2019, behind.



belfast, cardiff, edinburgh

Source of news: bbc.com

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