New Year's Day 2025 Fireworks & Concert Online

 I saw fireworks after midnight.

A chance to see last night's London fireworks on the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c205y3zwl27o

Sunburst patterns on the big wheel - once called The London Eye. Huge white fan shapes of vertical rockets from the embankment to left and right. of the London Eye.

The London Eye, an observation wheel, is known to Americans as a Ferris Wheel. 

I am all in favour of AI which handily tells me more than I thought of asking.

• Name history: The London Eye has had several official names, including the British Airways London Eye, the Merlin Entertainments London Eye, and the EDF Energy London Eye. It was most recently the Coca-Cola London Eye, but is now sponsored by lastminute.com. 
• Origin: The London Eye was originally submitted as an entry to a competition to design a new landmark for London's millennium. 
• Design: The London Eye was designed by architects David Marks and Julia Barfield of Marks Barfield Architects. Their design was inspired by the idea of a "flight" and was intended to provide a unique perspective of the city. 
• Height: The London Eye is 443 feet (135 meters) tall. 
• Location: The London Eye is located on the South Bank of the River Thames. 
Popularity: The London Eye is one of London's most popular tourist attractions, with over three million visitors annually. 


AI also tells me what time and which channel will broadcast the New Year's Day Concert from Vienna, Austria. Unfortunately when I copy it here I get the text in a column. If I try to delete a single space, the whole piece disappears.  I am happily listening to Johann Strauss Junior's lilting waltz music. If you miss it, or want to hear it again, or to play it to somebody else, you can get it later on the iplayer. For me the highlights are the dancers in the second half and the jolly song chosen for the encore.
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The Vienna New Year's Concert was broadcast in the UK on New Year's Day at 10:15 AM GMT on BBC Two. It was also available on Radio 3 from 9:30 AM. 
The Vienna New Year's Concert is an annual performance of classical music by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, Austria. The concert takes place in the Musikverein's Golden Hall at 11:15 AM. The orchestra performs the same program on December 30 and 31, but only the January 1 concert is broadcast on radio and television.











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