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In a year in which it does not occur on 1 January, it can be referred to (as for all such dates in lieu) in various ways, such as "Monday bank holiday instead of New Year's Day". In many British diary series, it may be marked "New Year's Day holiday" with or without "(in lieu)" afterwards. Falls on 1 January in 2025. 17/18/19 March: Saint ...
Revellers have lined the streets for London’s New Year’s Day Parade to help welcome in 2023. Entertainers from across the globe brought a colourful carnival of culture to the West End as the ...
The London parade is the biggest New Year's Day street event of its kind. [4] It attracts around a million live spectators and US television network PBS (more than 250 stations) cover the entire event live, reaching millions of viewers world-wide. [5] There is ticket-only grandstand seating at various points along the route.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 January 2025. First day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 1 January This article is about the first day of the Gregorian calendar year. For the first day in other calendars, see New Year. For other uses, see New Year's Day (disambiguation). New Year's Day Fireworks in Mexico City for the ...
The UK Health Security Agency warns that tens of thousands of cases of measles could potentially occur in London because of low vaccination numbers there. [146] A 65-year-old man is charged with the murders of Naomi Hunte, who was stabbed to death in February 2022, and Fiona Holm, who disappeared in June 2023 and whose body has not been found ...
The 2023 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and those for 2023 were announced on 30 December 2022.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt presents the 2023 United Kingdom budget to the House of Commons, and says that the UK will avoid going into recession in 2023. [178] The UK government commits to invest £20bn over the next 20 years in low-carbon energy projects, focusing on carbon capture and storage. [179]
The New Year Honours is a part of the British honours system, with New Year's Day, 1 January, being marked by naming new members of orders of chivalry and recipients of other official honours. A number of other Commonwealth realms also mark this day in this way.