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<p>Hundreds of thousands of New Year revellers have welcomed in 2011 with a bang, packing the streets to watch spectacular firework displays light up the skies of London and Edinburgh.</p>
<p>An estimated 250,000 party-goers congregated around The London Eye for the capital&#8217;s pyrotechnics extravaganza, while around 80,000 people attended the annual Hogmanay party in Edinburgh.</p>
<p>And the celebrations are set to continue with half a million people expecting to flock to Westminster for the 25th New Year&#8217;s Day parade.</p>
<p>The Metropolitan Police, who had 3,000 officers on duty, said 77 arrests were made during London&#8217;s New Year celebrations. The majority (24) were for public order offences, while 16 revellers were arrested for assault and five for sexual offences.</p>
<p>Crowds gathered along the banks of the River Thames and spilled into Trafalgar Square, before a music-accompanied fireworks display illuminated the sky on the stroke of midnight.</p>
<p>The heavy cloud cover failed to hinder the spectacular 10 minute display, that saw showers of brightly coloured fireworks shoot from the London Eye to a soundtrack including Queen&#8217;s We Will Rock You, The Beatles Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, and Blur&#8217;s Song 2.</p>
<p>In Edinburgh, partygoers enjoyed the world-famous Hogmanay street party and festival, which began on Thursday with a torchlight procession along the Royal Mile.</p>
<p>Fireworks lit up lit up the sky above Edinburgh Castle at midnight, before revellers joined in a mass rendition of Auld Lang Syne.</p>
<p>Earlier in the evening, Scots rockers Biffy Clyro performed to a capacity crowd at the Concert in the Gardens.</p>
<p>In London, more than 10,000 musicians, cheerleaders and performers, including those from 20 London boroughs and 20 countries, will take part in the free 2.2 mile New Year&#8217;s Day parade. A special message from the Queen will be read out to start proceedings.</p>
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