New Year latest: Hundreds arrested as fireworks thrown at Berlin police on New Year’s Eve
1 year ago

New Year latest: Hundreds arrested as fireworks thrown at Berlin police on New Year’s Eve

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Slight decline in New Year's fireworks victims, but more young people sent to the ER
4 days, 13 hours ago

Slight decline in New Year's fireworks victims, but more young people sent to the ER

NL Times  

The number of victims from fireworks-related incidents has dropped for the second year in a row, VeiligheidNL reported on Monday. New Year’s Eve saw 1,162 fireworks victims ending up in the emergency room or at a GP emergency post. This is a decrease of four percent compared to last year when there were 1,212 victims of fireworks. Around 37 percent …

Germany: New Year’s Eve Celebrations Turn Fatal As 5 Die In Firecracker Accidents
2 weeks ago

Germany: New Year’s Eve Celebrations Turn Fatal As 5 Die In Firecracker Accidents

ABP News  

Five people were killed and others were severely injured after firecrackers were set off during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Germany. Similar attacks occurred in Berlin, police spokesperson Florian Nath said that an officer was severely injured after being “presumably hit by an illegal firework,” and had to undergo surgery in a hospital. Además de las explosiones, el sonido típico …

Police officers stand guard in the streets after fireworks for the New Year's celebrations in Berlin, Germany
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2 weeks ago

Police officers stand guard in the streets after fireworks for the New Year's celebrations in Berlin, Germany

India Today  

BERLIN: The German government on Wednesday condemned a series of incidents on New Year’s Eve in which police officers and firefighters were attacked and injured, mostly with fireworks. In Berlin, 30 police officers and one firefighter were injured in confrontations or attacks during New Year’s Eve, leading to 400 arrests, city officials said. Explosions of very strong, illegal fireworks in …

German government condemns New Year’s Eve violence after hundreds of arrests
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

German government condemns New Year’s Eve violence after hundreds of arrests

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German government on Wednesday condemned a series of incidents on New Year’s Eve in which police officers and firefighters were attacked and injured, mostly with fireworks. In Berlin, 30 police officers and one firefighter were injured in confrontations or attacks during New Year’s Eve, leading to 400 arrests, city officials said. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said: …

London defies weather with spectacular fireworks display to ring in 2025
2 weeks, 1 day ago

London defies weather with spectacular fireworks display to ring in 2025

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The weather forced outdoor celebrations in Edinburgh and other places across the UK to …

Happy New year: London welcomes 2025 with dazzling fireworks despite bad weather warnings
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Happy New year: London welcomes 2025 with dazzling fireworks despite bad weather warnings

Live Mint  

Happy New Year: London kicked off the New Year with an unforgettable celebration as the city welcomed 2025 amid weather conditions. Fireworks explode over Big Ben and the London Eye to mark the New Year's celebrations, in London, Britain, January 1, 2025. Fireworks explode over the London Eye Ferris wheel as Britons across the country welcome the New Year, in …

Over 200 arrested on New Year’s “full of destruction and violence,” says police chief
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Over 200 arrested on New Year’s “full of destruction and violence,” says police chief

NL Times  

A chaotic and violent New Year’s Eve across the Netherlands led to the arrest of more than 200 people, as rioting, attacks on police officers, arson, and fireworks-related accidents marred the evening. Police officials described the night as “full of destruction and violence,” with significant incidents occurring in cities across the country. Police Chief Janny Knol condemned the events, noting …

Germany New Year: Five killed and emergency workers injured as firework chaos mars celebrations
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Germany New Year: Five killed and emergency workers injured as firework chaos mars celebrations

CNN  

Berlin CNN — Five people have been killed and dozens of emergency workers were injured as a spate of incidents involving fireworks marred New Year’s Eve celebrations in Germany. In a statement on X, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser praised the work of the emergency services, adding that the “deployment of strong police forces from the federal states and the …

Dazzling New Year’s Eve fireworks come with a terrible environmental price
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Dazzling New Year’s Eve fireworks come with a terrible environmental price

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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Fireworks – seen here over Britain’s London Eye to celebrate the new year on Tuesday …

London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks event to go ahead amid weather concerns
2 weeks, 1 day ago

London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks event to go ahead amid weather concerns

The Independent  

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London fireworks 2024: Is the event cancelled due to strong winds and rain?
2 weeks, 1 day ago

London fireworks 2024: Is the event cancelled due to strong winds and rain?

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Watch live: New Zealand rings in 2025 with spectacular New Year’s Eve fireworks
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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Watch live: New Zealand rings in 2025 with spectacular New Year’s Eve fireworks

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Police again preparing for possibility of violent incidents during New Year's Eve
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Police again preparing for possibility of violent incidents during New Year's Eve

NL Times  

The police are again making preparations in the last week of the year for a number of serious incidents expected to happen at the turn of the New Year. Officers have not developed any tips or intelligence to indicate something will definitely happen in a specific location, emphasized Corry van Breda, who runs national violence approaches at the police. Nearly …

Police: youths dominate firework-related incidents
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Police: youths dominate firework-related incidents

NL Times  

Young people under 25 years old were involved in 70 percent of firework-related incidents in the Netherlands in 2023, according to police data. Tolga Koklu, a police official responsible for firework enforcement, expressed concern about the reckless behavior of young individuals handling fireworks. Perpetrators are often unaware of the serious consequences of their actions.” The ease with which young people …

Attacks using firework bombs will "far exceed 1,000 this year"
2 months ago

Attacks using firework bombs will "far exceed 1,000 this year"

Dutch News  

The number of firework attacks on homes and business premises will probably far exceed 1000 this year, police estimate. The police had always worked on the assumption that most of the attacks could be linked criminal gangs but research has since found that over half are the result of “domestic conflicts between non-criminal citizens, often over relationships,” the report said. …

Shocking moment police duck for cover as teenagers launch fireworks
2 months, 1 week ago

Shocking moment police duck for cover as teenagers launch fireworks

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Remember, remember? Maybe it’s time we forgot about Guy Fawkes
2 months, 1 week ago

Remember, remember? Maybe it’s time we forgot about Guy Fawkes

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New Year's Fireworks caused at least €8 million in damages in first estimate
1 year ago

New Year's Fireworks caused at least €8 million in damages in first estimate

NL Times  

Private individuals suffered at least 8 million euros in damages caused by fireworks during the recent New Year's period, the Dutch Association of Insurers said on Tuesday. The initial estimate put together by the association was down 20 percent compared to the first estimate of 10 million euros that was calculated last year. From New Year's Eve 2018 into New …

New Year's Eve Sweeps Across The Globe, But Wars Cast A Shadow On 2024
1 year ago

New Year's Eve Sweeps Across The Globe, But Wars Cast A Shadow On 2024

Huff Post  

Fireworks light-up the sky over the London Eye in central London to celebrate the New Year on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. via Associated Press Revelers counted down to midnight on New Year's Eve across the globe Sunday as fireworks and festive lights offered a hopeful start to 2024 for some, even as the world's ongoing conflicts subdued celebrations and raised …

New Year’s Eve sweeps across the globe, but wars cast a shadow on 2024
1 year ago

New Year’s Eve sweeps across the globe, but wars cast a shadow on 2024

Associated Press  

New Year’s Day arrived to cheers from thousands in New York’s Times Square where a sparkling crystal ball descended to start 2024 with hope for some, even as the world’s ongoing conflicts subdued celebrations and raised security concerns across the globe. “It’s going very well so far,” said Jacob Eriksson of Salt Lake City, Utah, with the earliest assessment of …

Number of fireworks victims back to pre-Covid levels
2 years ago

Number of fireworks victims back to pre-Covid levels

NL Times  

During the turn of the new year this past weekend, plastic surgeons were needed to treat roughly the same number of fireworks victims with serious injuries as in the years before the coronavirus pandemic. "Just like in previous years," illegal fireworks were the biggest culprit, the NVPC concluded on the basis of a survey among plastic surgeons in the country. …

Philadelphia shooting: Crowds flee from 4 July fireworks after two police officers shot
2 years, 6 months ago

Philadelphia shooting: Crowds flee from 4 July fireworks after two police officers shot

The Independent  

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Massive New Year's party broken up in A'dam; Cops pelted with fireworks throughout NL
3 years ago

Massive New Year's party broken up in A'dam; Cops pelted with fireworks throughout NL

NL Times  

The Amsterdam police broke up a massive New Year's party on Dam Square. People threw fireworks at police officers and other first responders in Amsterdam and many other places in the Netherlands, NOS reports. In the Drenthe town of Bovensmilde, the riot police carried out multiple charges after people threw police officers with fireworks and stones. The Friesland police deployed …

Four officers injured as ‘hundreds of youths’ throw fireworks in London violence
3 years, 2 months ago

Four officers injured as ‘hundreds of youths’ throw fireworks in London violence

The Independent  

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Fireworks launched at people like rockets on London street
3 years, 2 months ago

Fireworks launched at people like rockets on London street

The Independent  

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AP PHOTOS: Then-and-now images show New Year's Eve contrast
4 years ago

AP PHOTOS: Then-and-now images show New Year's Eve contrast

The Independent  

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Firework ban widely ignored, but police report fewer incidents during New Year festivities
4 years ago

Firework ban widely ignored, but police report fewer incidents during New Year festivities

Dutch News  

Although the firework ban was widely ignored, and dozens of cars were set on fire, police and the emergency services were called out some 30% fewer times than during ‘normal’ New Year celebrations, officials say. ‘That is a real contrast to last year’s horror night when we had 18 eye injuries within two and a half hours.’ Utrecht’s main teaching …

New Year’s Eve fireworks: Here’s where the sky is lighting up for 2020
4 years ago

New Year’s Eve fireworks: Here’s where the sky is lighting up for 2020

CNN  

CNN — New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world will look very different this year as cities take precautions against the spread of Covid-19. But residents can tune in to a virtual countdown party headlined by DJ Steve Aoki, billed as “the biggest virtual NYE dance party on the West Coast.” Dubai, United Arab Emirates New Year's fireworks celebrations are …

Heavy police presence for New Year, as fireworks ban may spark trouble
4 years, 1 month ago

Heavy police presence for New Year, as fireworks ban may spark trouble

Dutch News  

Almost twice as many police officers will be on duty during the New Year festivities than in a normal year and some have had leave cancelled to ensure there is enough manpower on the streets, broadcaster NOS said on Friday. Although the number of police on duty will vary from place to place, in Amsterdam the number of officers will …

New Year fireworks fine will hit €100, and that means a criminal record
4 years, 2 months ago

New Year fireworks fine will hit €100, and that means a criminal record

Dutch News  

People who set off fireworks during the New Year festivities face a fine of at least €100, and that means an automatic criminal record, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus said on Friday. The government has decided to ban all fireworks but children’s sparklers during this year’s New Year celebrations, in order to reduce pressure on the emergency services. That is why …

Ministers set to back New Year firework ban, sources tell NOS
4 years, 2 months ago

Ministers set to back New Year firework ban, sources tell NOS

Dutch News  

Ministers back a complete fireworks ban for the coming New Year celebrations, sources in The Hague have told broadcaster NOS. Ministers are also discussing how to deal with the financial fall-out and do not want to go public with the ban until this has been finalised, NOS said. Dutch consumers spend some €70m on fireworks during the celebrations, buying them …

Firefighters pelted with fireworks and rocks on Bonfire Night in ‘abhorrent’ UK-wide attacks, fire chiefs say
4 years, 2 months ago

Firefighters pelted with fireworks and rocks on Bonfire Night in ‘abhorrent’ UK-wide attacks, fire chiefs say

The Independent  

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Bonfire Night descends into violence across UK despite lockdown
4 years, 2 months ago

Bonfire Night descends into violence across UK despite lockdown

Daily Mail  

Youths have gathered for Bonfire Night and firework displays despite the second coronavirus lockdown cancelling traditional big public events. Bonfire Night celebrations are pictured underway in Liverpool despite gatherings being banned under the new Covid lockdown Yobs pelted police and firefighters with bottles after an illegal rave was broken up early in the night in Greenock, Scotland Four people tend …

Column: Hearing more pre-Fourth fireworks than usual? You’re not imagining it
4 years, 6 months ago

Column: Hearing more pre-Fourth fireworks than usual? You’re not imagining it

LA Times  

The explosions begin before dark and extend deep into the night. “In the Silverlake/Los Feliz/Echo Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles, illegal fireworks are constantly going off, and our veterans and animals suffer for months on end because of it,” said the petition. “I think it’s a lot of people who have been pent-up and need to blow off steam,” one …

Firefighters filmed setting off fireworks in New York City, where illegal pyrotechnic complaints surged 8000 per cent
4 years, 6 months ago

Firefighters filmed setting off fireworks in New York City, where illegal pyrotechnic complaints surged 8000 per cent

The Independent  

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More violent incidents at New Year, but fewer people are arrested
5 years ago

More violent incidents at New Year, but fewer people are arrested

Dutch News  

Dutch police registered over 9,300 incidents of arson, vandalism and attacks on emergency service workers during the New Year festivities, according to official figures published on Friday. During the 2014/15 New Year festivities there were 12,000 incidents and some 640 people were taken into custody. Police chief Erik Akerboom last week renewed his calls for a ban on larger consumer …

More violent incidents at New Year, but fewer people are arrested
5 years ago

More violent incidents at New Year, but fewer people are arrested

Dutch News  

Dutch police registered over 9,300 incidents of arson, vandalism and attacks on emergency service workers during the New Year festivities, according to official figures published on Friday. During the 2014/15 New Year festivities there were 12,000 incidents and some 640 people were taken into custody. Police chief Erik Akerboom last week renewed his calls for a ban on larger consumer …

Fireworks injured 168 people's eyes over New Year's
5 years ago

Fireworks injured 168 people's eyes over New Year's

NL Times  

A total of 168 people injured one or both their eyes with fireworks this New Year's, around 30 more than the previous New Year's, according to the Dutch ophthalmic society NOG. 13 people blinded an eye, and five completely lost an eye, NOS reports The number of patients with eye damaged caused by fireworks has been increasing since 2017, according …

People across the globe celebrate New Year's Eve 2019
5 years ago

People across the globe celebrate New Year's Eve 2019

Daily Mail  

Billions of people around the world are celebrating the start of a new year and a new decade after the clock struck midnight across the globe. In London, the familiar ring of Big Ben ushered in 2020 amid what Mayor Sadiq Khan promised would be the 'best fireworks the city has ever seen' to ring in the new decade Fireworks …

Unrest in Hague neighborhoods as New Year's approaches; 19 arrested
5 years ago

Unrest in Hague neighborhoods as New Year's approaches; 19 arrested

NL Times  

Multiple neighborhoods in The Hague were restless on Monday night, the night before New Year's Eve. The police arrested a total of 19 people, on suspicion of throwing fireworks and arson, among other things, NOS reports. A total of six people were arrested for rioting in the neighborhood after it was announced that there would be no New Year's bonfires …

Cops hospitalized in fireworks blast as day of protests draws to a close
5 years ago

Cops hospitalized in fireworks blast as day of protests draws to a close

NL Times  

The police in Amersfoort arrested three protesters on Wednesday for throwing fireworks at motorcycle police officers. The suspects were involved with the construction workers' protests, the Utrecht police said on Twitter. "Based on the external characteristics, such as banners, we could tell that it concerned people who were involved in the demonstration", a police spokesperson told RTV Utrecht. The protests …

Leeds fireworks: Riot police in running battle with groups of youths on city street
5 years, 2 months ago

Leeds fireworks: Riot police in running battle with groups of youths on city street

The Independent  

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Police officers surrounded and attacked with fireworks in Manchester
5 years, 4 months ago

Police officers surrounded and attacked with fireworks in Manchester

The Independent  

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Dutch police chief renews calls for partial New Year firework ban
5 years, 7 months ago

Dutch police chief renews calls for partial New Year firework ban

Dutch News  

Dutch police chief Erik Akerboom, doctors’ organisations, the mayors of the four big Dutch cities plus other campaign groups have joined forces to call on the government to bring in a partial ban on consumer fireworks during the New Year festivities. ‘Many of the problems can be eradicated by only allowing decorative fireworks, plus organised displays,’ he said. Some 400 …

Dutch police chief renews calls for partial New Year firework ban
5 years, 7 months ago

Dutch police chief renews calls for partial New Year firework ban

Dutch News  

Dutch police chief Erik Akerboom, doctors’ organisations, the mayors of the four big Dutch cities plus other campaign groups have joined forces to call on the government to bring in a partial ban on consumer fireworks during the New Year festivities. ‘Many of the problems can be eradicated by only allowing decorative fireworks, plus organised displays,’ he said. Some 400 …

Fewer people treated for firework injuries, arrests also down
6 years ago

Fewer people treated for firework injuries, arrests also down

Dutch News  

Almost 400 people were treated in hospital accident and emergency departments for firework injuries during the New Year festivities, a drop of 9% on 2017, according to hospital figures. Nevertheless, the emergency services were called out 3,150 times during last Monday night’s New Year celebrations, a rise of almost 50% on 2017. Last November mayor Femke Halsema said she planned …

Fewer people treated for firework injuries, arrests also down
6 years ago

Fewer people treated for firework injuries, arrests also down

Dutch News  

Almost 400 people were treated in hospital accident and emergency departments for firework injuries during the New Year festivities, a drop of 9% on 2017, according to hospital figures. Nevertheless, the emergency services were called out 3,150 times during last Monday night’s New Year celebrations, a rise of almost 50% on 2017. Last November mayor Femke Halsema said she planned …

Attacks on cops doubled this New Year's
6 years ago

Attacks on cops doubled this New Year's

NL Times  

Official figures released by police in the Netherlands showed that officers were assaulted 59 times during New Year's Eve and New Year's Day earlier this week. "Apparently, a group thinks it's normal to misbehave, and lob fireworks at police officers and aid workers," Deputy Police Chief Henk van Essen said in a statement. This year's arrest sheets included 61 people …

New Year’s Eve 2018: watch firework displays from around the world
6 years ago

New Year’s Eve 2018: watch firework displays from around the world

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A series of spectacular celebrations …

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