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Last Updated: Thursday, 1 January, 2004, 00:51 GMT
In pictures: New Year's Eve
Edinburgh
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Revellers brave the weather on the streets of Edinburgh to begin the Hogmanay celebrations - which were later cancelled
London Eye
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Fireworks were set off at the London Eye on the south bank of the River Thames at the stroke of midnight
London
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Crowds in Parliament Square watch the fireworks display from the banks of the Thames
Gateshead
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Stiltwalkers recreate a mythical Horned God on his way from Gateshead to Newcastle
Emma Williams and Tony Clarke from Essex embrace on Victoria Embankment
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Emma Williams and Tony Clarke from Essex embrace on Victoria Embankment with the London Eye in the background
Police in London
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Security was tight in central London as the celebrations got under way
Edinburgh
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The dark skies above Edinburgh Castle which would have had fireworks if not for the lousy weather
US tourists in London
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Nancy Fierro, Henry Ho and Maria Calala from San Francisco, USA, on Victoria Embankment in London
Edinburgh
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People made the best of it in Edinburgh when the celebrations were cancelled due to horrible weather






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