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New Year’s Day

Here's where you can find the latest on New Year's Day, traditions, things to do in London and beyond, shop opening hours and more. New Year's Day is a bank holiday which always falls on the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar - January 1.

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Manager of Swiss bar where 40 died in sparkler inferno 'known for pimping and kidnap'

Channel: World World January 4, 2026 By Barney Davis
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Hundreds gather in Birmingham for New Year's fireworks display that didn't exist

Channel: UK UK January 1, 2026 By Josh Layton
Play Video Fireworks light up the sky over the London Eye in central London during the New Year celebrations. London Eye lit up as blue.

BBC viewers ‘obsessed’ with homage to pop culture phenomenon in New Year’s Eve fireworks

Channel: TV TV January 1, 2026 By Charlotte Minter
Young woman feeling unwell and experiencing weakness, nausea, and headache symptoms, resting on a sofa with eyes closed and hand on forehead, due to illness or toxicosis

The ideal breakfast to help cure your New Year hangover, according to a nutritionist

Channel: Health Health January 1, 2026 By Kristina Beanland
London New Year's Fireworks Display

35 Happy New Year messages, quotes and wishes to start 2026

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle January 1, 2026 By Elizabeth Atkin
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Feeling horny? January 1 is officially the most popular day for sex across the world

Channel: Sex Sex January 1, 2026 By Charlie Sawyer
Three people - Tom Hiddleston, Camila Morrone and Diego Calva - dance in a close embrace, all three together, in a scene from season 2 of the BBC thriller The Night Manager. Tom is in a white shirt and brown trousers, Camila is in a blue dress and Diego is in a brown shirt and black trousers.

New Year's Day has the best TV – including epic Stranger Things finale

Channel: TV TV January 1, 2026 By Sabrina Barr
A beautiful young woman sweeps confetti from the floor with a wooden mop after a party.

The reason washing and cleaning on New Year’s Day is considered bad luck

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle January 1, 2026 By Elizabeth Atkin
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Adam Peaty 'thanks Jesus' as he leads celebrities marking New Year's celebrations

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz January 1, 2026 By Rebecca Cook
Fireworks light up the sky over Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben, and the London Eye in central London during the New Year celebrations.

How to watch London fireworks on TV for New Year 2026

Channel: TV TV December 31, 2025 By Pierra Willix
Two Asian woman getting party with wine and watch a firework displaying on the night sky.

19 weird New Year's Eve traditions from around the world

Channel: Horoscopes Horoscopes December 31, 2025 By Elizabeth Atkin
A Barclays Plc bank branch in London, UK, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Barclays will release their third-quarter earnings results on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Photographer: Jaimi Joy/Bloomberg via Getty Images

New Year's Eve 2025 opening times for banks, pharmacies and cafes

Channel: UK UK December 31, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

'Arctic freeze' to add a chill to New Year's Eve celebrations after temperatures hit -8°C

Channel: UK UK December 31, 2025 By Brooke Davies
A general view of an old fashioned style Post Office sign on the High Street on July 22, 2025 in Burford, United Kingdom.

Post Office opening times for New Year's Eve 2025

Channel: UK UK December 31, 2025 By Daisy Outram
A customer using contactless payment at self-checkout in a supermarket

UK supermarket opening times for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

Channel: UK UK December 31, 2025 By Daisy Outram
LIVERTON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 20: Motorists make their way through a snow covered landscape in the area around Liverton in Redcar and Cleveland on November 20, 2025 in Liverton, United Kingdom. The Met Office have issued amber and yellow weather warnings for snow and ice across the UK. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Snow warnings with New Year 'Arctic freeze' sending temperatures to -8C

Channel: UK UK December 31, 2025 By Jen Mills
LIVERTON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 20: Motorists make their way through a snow covered landscape in the area around Liverton in Redcar and Cleveland on November 20, 2025 in Liverton, United Kingdom. The Met Office have issued amber and yellow weather warnings for snow and ice across the UK. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Snow and ice warnings for New Year with polar vortex 'straight from North Pole'

Channel: UK UK December 30, 2025 By Jen Mills

The science behind Boxing Day and New Year dips which keep people coming back

Channel: UK UK December 26, 2025 By Katie Boyden
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Traitors fans left ‘screaming’ after BBC shares cryptic red cloak teaser

Channel: TV TV December 30, 2025 By Emily Bashforth
A customer pushes a shopping trolley outside an Asda Supermarkets Ltd. supermarket in Hoddesdon, UK, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. UK grocery price inflation edged up in October as British shoppers flocked to supermarkets in the busiest month since the pandemic. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Are shops open on Christmas Day?

Channel: UK UK December 26, 2025 By Sam Courtney-Guy