<Tr> <Th> Inaugurated </Th> <Td> 2000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Attendance </Th> <Td> 107,000 (2015--16) </Td> </Tr> <P> New Year's Eve in London, a New Year's Eve firework display, is celebrated along the Victoria Embankment and South Bank areas of the River Thames where the London Eye and Big Ben are situated . The countdown is accompanied by the chimes of Big Ben, and a digital countdown timer projected onto the Shell Centre, until 2017 . The fireworks are launched off the London Eye at midnight . A company, Titanium Fireworks are responsible for the pyrotechnics . </P> <P> The first major New Year's Eve fireworks display in London was planned in December 1999 to celebrate the year 2000 . It was estimated by the BBC that about 3 million people turned up around the Thames to watch the fireworks display . A "river of fire" was planned to accompany the fireworks display, but failed to make an impact . A fireworks display was planned during 2000 to celebrate 2001, but was cancelled in November due to a dispute between then - Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and the London Underground . Similar disputes also occurred, causing displays to be cancelled for both the 2001--02 and 2002--03 celebrations, although approximately 80,000 revellers gathered around Trafalgar Square to celebrate the New Year . </P>

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