The fireworks in the UK will come before New York, which will join in the celebrations at 5am GMT on New Year’s Day, with ...

LONDON and New York welcomed in the New Year with spectacular firework displays as the rest of the world celebrated in style.

More than 100,000 people flocked to the banks of the River Thames to see the capital's largest fireworks display.

Crowds braved the freezing temperatures and watched in awe as the sky was lit up in an array of colours for Cromer's .