Britain celebrates the New Year in style with SPECTACULAR fireworks displays across the UK

London and Edinburgh were the pick of the bunch as thousands of partygoers welcomed 2017 in style.

The main attraction was in the captial city, where as many of 110,000 revellers lined the streets of London to watch 12,000 fireworks explode above the River Thames.

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Partygoers lined the streets of the capital to welcome in 2017

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Organisers of the London event played George Michael songs as 2016 came to a close as a tribute to the singer who passed away on Christmas day.

The London event used to attract as many as 500,000 people, but former London mayor Boris Johnson decided to make the event ticketted to reduce the number of people amid heightening terror threats – a policy which incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan has continued

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As many as 110,000 revellers attended the display in London

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Sadiq Khan said the London display would be the envy of the world

The Mayor of London added that London had been made “as safe as it possibly can be” ahead of the celebrations.

Safety measures such as concrete barriers to prevent a Berlin or Nice-style attack were placed on the streets and extra police were out in force to protect revellers from any potential terror attacks.

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The number of people attending the London fireworks display has been reduced in recent years

Khan added that it was “really important we don’t allow terrorists to disrupt our celebrations on this New Year’s Eve”.

Following the successful event, the former Labour MP tweeted: “Spectacular show. Fantastic fireworks. So proud to be Mayor of the best city in the world! #LoveLondon #HappyNewYear #LondonIsOpen”

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People lined The Mound in Edinburgh to welcome in the New Year

While in Scotland, more than 80,000 people gathered on the streets of Edinburgh to watch the famous Hogmanay celebrations.

Paolo Nutini headlined the special event at in the Scottish capital.

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Fireworks light up the sky during the Hogmanay New Year celebrations in Edinburgh

Other special guests at the celebrations in the Scottish capital included the Lightening Seeds and The Vegan Leather.

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