In pictures: UK sees in 2014 with a bangPublished1 January 2014Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, People across the UK have bid farewell to 2013, and welcomed in the start of a new year. As Big Ben chimed midnight, London skies were lit up with a spectacular fireworks display.Image caption, Partygoers queued for hours to be among the quarter of a million or so expected to gather in London to see in 2014.Image caption, Crowds lined the Embankment and Waterloo Bridge, and boats jostled for a prime viewing spot.Image caption, The dazzling display had the London Eye as a focal point.Image caption, In what was being billed as a world first, crowds enjoyed a "multi-sensory" experience with peach-flavoured snow and edible banana confetti.Image caption, In Edinburgh, thousands of people spilled out into the city centre to count down the last moments of 2013Image caption, At midnight, fireworks were set off over Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill.Image caption, The city's Hogmanay celebrations, which run over three days, will continue throughout New Year's DayImage caption, As revellers ambled home to sleep off the big night, a huge clean-up operation got under way.