London put on a fireworks display amid scaled back celebrations
with musicians - including the Voice UK winner Molly Hocking - entertaining an audience in Waterloo Place.
After being cancelled last year, the parade - which has previously seen more than 600,000 people flood the city centre, was limited to 600 spectators.Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said that he hoped people had enjoyed themselves on New Year's Eve but said it was important people continued to do everything they could to slow down the spread of the coronavirus.
"I hope people had a great time last night and look forward to the new year but remember last night NHS staff worked through the night in these very difficult circumstances, they are coming for two years of working under this pressure and it is really important that we are not complacent," he told BBC Breakfast.
In his new year's message the Archbishop of Canterbury urged the public not to "despair" over climate change and said there were "real reasons to hope in 2022". And the Prince of Wales used his new year message to pay tribute to the "brave individuals, local communities and international organisations" who are "responding to great needs by providing vital assistance".
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