London New Year’s Eve: Fireworks set to go ahead, says mayor

Earlier, the person responsible for London’s New Year firework display, Darryl Fleming, of Titanium Fireworks, told BBC London he was confident he and his team of experts had prepared for all eventualities.

He said the wind was “in the right direction, and if we need to curtail parts of the show, we can do that, we have all those plans in place”.

“We are looking forward to delivering a full show.”

He said his team had already decided to alter the angle of the fireworks “slightly into the wind, so we can increase that safety distance”.

Mr Fleming added: “From a broadcast point of view nobody is really going to see the difference and everybody will still enjoy the show, but we know we will be delivering it as safely as possible.”