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Snow, ice and fireworks in first days of new year

Pamela TickellNorth East and Cumbria
News imageJodie McGirr Two swans have their heads pushed together in a way that makes heart shape. The steps down to the river they are standing in is dusted with snow. The white arches of the infinity bridge are in the background.Jodie McGirr
The cold warmed the heart of wildlife near the infinity bridge in Stockton-on-Tees

Bright firework colours, white flakes of snow and crisp frost have ushered in 2026.

Those with a keen eye for a perfect scene have turned their cameras to the north-east of England and Cumbria, capturing New Years' celebrations and icy moments.

Here are some of our favourites.

News imagePA A dog is jumping up at its walker on a coastal path as snow falls heavily. The ground is blanketed in snow, as is a palm tree in someone's front garden.PA
The sprinkling of snow in Cullercoats, North Tyneside, was not enough to prevent the necessary dog walk
News imageBBC Weather Watchers/Windermere Houlie A frozen puddle on gravel. The ice has formed in uneven, but ever widening concentric circles. Some of the lines are whiter than the surrounding ice, some darker.BBC Weather Watchers/Windermere Houlie
A puddle froze in a mesmerising pattern at Hagg End near Windermere, Cumbria
News imageBBC Weather Watchers/Dan Seaham Harbour Lad Tall white, foamy ocean waves are about to crash over a pier with a black and white lighthouse at the end of it. The waves are almost twice as high as the lighthouse.BBC Weather Watchers/Dan Seaham Harbour Lad
The winter waves were ferocious in Seaham
News imageMartin Price Grand orange and blue fireworks are illuminated against the night sky. To the left is the Baltic - a tall red-bricked former flour mill and now contemporary art gallery - and on the right is the arched Millennium Bridge, lit up in purple and pink.Martin Price
Fireworks heralded 2026 on the Gateshead quayside
News imageJonathan Atkinson Photography Bright orange embers dot the night sky as a crowd of people, in silhouette, look up. Some are taking pictures on their smartphones. Jonathan Atkinson Photography
Hundreds gathered for the traditional New Year's Eve Tar Bar'l ceremony in Allendale, Northumberland
News imageStephen Oliver The rocky mountain top is dusted with white snow. A group of people standing on a rock at the summit can just be made out through the fog. They are viewed from a position lower down, with frosty rocks closer in view to the left. The route up to the summit is strewn with stones and rocks, in shades of grey and white from the light dusting of ice and snow.Stephen Oliver
Snow dusted the route up Scafell Pike
News imageAround two dozen ducks are standing on a frozen pond as snow falls. Beyond the water are frost-covered trees, one evergreen fir and the rest with bare branches.
These ducks were caught in the freezing weather in Sunderland
News imageBBC Weather Watchers/Sarah n Essie The distinctive crooked hill in the distance behind grassy fields. The clouds have taken on a light purple colour against the blue sky. BBC Weather Watchers/Sarah n Essie
The skies were shades of purple and blue above Roseberry Topping

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