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31 Dec2015
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2015 New Year started with a bang as an explosion of light from some 12,000 fireworks – weighing a combined 15 tons – filled the sky above London’s South Bank – including spectacular blasts from the frame of the London Eye.
The 11-minute display, which is said to have cost £1.8million and was accompanied by an electronic soundtrack, featured a poignant commemoration of the centenary of the First World War with bursts of red fireworks representing poppies.