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Saturday, 1 January, 2000, 03:28 GMT
In pictures: UK sees in the new millennium
The UK is celebrating the dawn of the third millennium. BBC News Online captures some of the night's best images.

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The UK's last sunset of the second millennium, over the Scilly Isles

Revellers in Northumberland
Carrying blazing barrels of tar is a New Year tradition among revellers in Allendale, Northumberland

Celebrations in Coventry
Greg Popp, from Florida, US, celebrates with Urszula Tomaszewski in Broadgate, Coventry

Prince Edward and his wife
The Earl and Countess of Wessex enjoy the fireworks outside Guildford Cathedral in Surrey

Motherwell couple
Dave Cornelius and his bride Amanda Barr, from Motherwell, Scotland, who wed at midnight

Non-sectarian crowd in Belfast
Protestants and Catholics celebrate side by side outside Belfast City Hall

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