Happy New Year! UK rings in 2026 with Europe’s biggest firework display as tens of

The mayor’s fireworks display has already kicked off with a seemingly political message – illuminating the London Eye in the flags of the world in a celebration of multiculturalism, describing England as a ‘cup of tea’.

Happy new year to you and your loved ones from everyone here at the Daily Mail.

London’s sky has lit up once again – to usher in the 26th year of the 21st century.

Stay tuned into the new year as we continue to bring you all the latest reaction to the festivities – and beyond.

10, 9, 8, 7 …

Almost there

There is just 10 minutes to go until Britain can celebrate 2019.

Have you got your New Year’s resolutions ready?

In the meantime, here is a picture of some people being detained by police in Newcastle…

Let us know in the comments how you plan on ringing in the new year.

If you plan on following the century-old Spanish tradition of eating 12 grapes at midnight, perhaps you’ve gone and purchased them from Tesco – which is selling a dozen grapes a pack (seedless, mind you) for £1.25.

Have a read about it below.

If you missed Keir Starmer’s message of ‘hope’ for the coming year, you can watch it here below, in all its glory.

Fireworks are currently lighting up the sky over Edinburgh Castle.

Images show the city’s streets packed with revellers who are ready for midnight.

In some, people can even be seen donning hats with the Scottish flag across as they hold up cans of drink with some of the country’s iconic landmarks behind them.

With celebrations now fully underway across the UK, police are already having to deal with incidents ahead of the new year.

In Birmingham, officers were pictured detaining a man on the street.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the city, a reveller was wheeled away by paramedics.

Fireworks explode in the early hours of this morning as ‘2026’ was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe during the New Year’s celebrations on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France.

New images show armed officers patrolling Russia’s capital, Moscow.

In the city’s Red Square, fireworks displays were cancelled, with the area shut to visitors until 8am on January 1.

However, not too far away, happy Russians were pictured embracing one another as they celebrated the beginnings of 2026 next to St Basil’s Cathedral.

Germany, France and Spain are among the more than 45 countries that have now welcomed in 2026.

Also ringing in the new year are African nations including Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic and Morocco.

This means there is now just an hour to go before the UK follows suit.

Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate this evening is pictured below as well as fireworks exploding over Thermaikos gulf next to the White Tower in Thessaloniki during the country’s celebrations.

Partygoers take to the streets of Leeds and Newcastle to celebrate the upcoming year.