Big Ben has bonged in the New Year as Europes biggest firework display exploded over central London.
A spectacular 70,000 projectiles made up of 12,000 firecrackers lit up Londons skyline as they were fired from four positions – barges and the London Eye.
Around 100,000 people watched on as London is open were spoken in seven languages during the riverside display.
Mayor of London said the London firework display would show Europe that London is open.
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Mr Khan said he hoped this years event would send a message of support to the more than one million European citizens who call London their home.
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The sold-out annual display lasted for around 11 minutes.
Around 12,000,000 people were expected to watch the display on TV from their homes and pubs across the globe.
Here are the songs that kicked off 2019 in London:
Give Life Back To Music – Daft Punk
New Rules – Dua Lipa
There For You – Culture Shock
Stay – Zedd (with Alessia Cara)
Je Taime Moi Non Plus – Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin
Something 2 Dance 2 – NWA
We Are Your Friends – Justice vs Simian
For You – Rita Ora / Liam Payne
Heater – Chase & Status feat. General Levy
Dont Leave Me Alone – David Guetta feat. Anne Marie
Vertigo – U2
Lullaby – Sigala feat. Paloma Faith
Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall – Coldplay vs Swedish House Mafia
All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
Big Ben returned to start the countdown after remaining silent for the year during renovations works.
Londoners rang in the New Year with a soundtrack that celebrated Europes finest musical artists.
Mr Khan said London is open in English around two minutes into the New Year after it was announced in Spanish, Polish, French, Romanian, German and Italian.
We Are Your Friends, Stay and Dont Leave Me Alone were some of the songs chosen for the 11-minute soundtrack, which featured artists from Ireland, France, Sweden and elsewhere.
Around 80,000 people descended to Edinburgh to ring in the New Year.
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Fireworks exploded in the sky during the annual Hogmanay New Year celebrations in the Scottish capital.
Revellers enjoyed music across three stages including Franz Ferdinand, Metronomy and Free Love.
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Councillor Donald Wilson said ahead of the event: Edinburghs Hogmanay is the place to be to bring in the bells and with a strong Scottish line-up, its going to be one of our best celebrations yet.
The economic impact of last years event on Edinburgh was £32.9 million.
The budget for the London fireworks is set each year by the mayor. This year he announced that he was allocating £2.3 million from the Greater London Authority for the event.
This wont cover the full cost of the fireworks, but its expected that ticket sales and concession income will bring in a further £950,000 that will be added to the mayors budget.
This means that the total cost of the New Years Eve fireworks is expected to be around £3,250,000.
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