Welcome to 2013: Shameful scenes of booze-fuelled New Year's chaos in cities across Britain

Images from Swansea, Newcastle, Birmingham and Liverpool reveal antics

A drunken girl in Swansea seen dragging an uprooted plant along street

A man in Newcastle bleeding from mouth and a girl slumped against shop

A man passed out in Birmingham and being helped by a friend

A man lying bleeding after a fight before being taken away by ambulance

West Midlands emergency services received five 999 calls every minute

For those that didn't go out last night you can comfort yourself in the knowledge that you saved a fortune and didn't end up like this.

Pictures from last night show that our drinking culture continues to get out of hand whenever there is an opportunity to let our hair down.

From Swansea to Newcastle, Birmingham to Liverpool, partygoers can be seen looking drunk and dishevelled as they spilled out of bars, clubs and parties and onto the streets

Swansea

Ride home? A couple frolicking in a lane near Wind Street, the main pub and club district of Swansea, in south Wales early this morning

Take a pew: Couple take the weight off of their feet after a hard night at the bar

I never go out without my plant: A woman under the influence of alcohol dragging an uprooted plant through Swansea The pair plough on past Subway, heads down, on a mission with that uprooted bush

Jealous lads? The woman keeps hold of her uprooted plant as she makes her way through the bar and club district of Swansea

A woman raises her hands to sing Happy New Year in Swansea last night

Two women collapse onto the pavement

In Swansea a drunken girl could be seen dragging an uprooted plant through the streets as a couple locked into a passionate embrace.

A more sober affair, meanwhile, was taking place along the Thames, as fireworks display kick-started Britain's New Year celebrations last night.

About 250,000 people lined the banks of the Thames to witness the incredible display of pyrotechnics and lights. Up and down the country, millions of people packed into towns and cities to celebrate 2013 following the astonishing success of 2012. Revellers came out in force to celebrate the New Year in Newcastle, where one girl dressed in a body hugging mini-dress fell into the window of a takeaway before collapsing, legs splayed, onto the pavement.

The young woman, in high heels and red dress was helped away by a police officer in the city's notorious Bigg Market. As the clock struck midnight a young man clutched his bleeding face before also seeking the help of officers. Elsewhere, a reveller was attended to by paramedics before being stretchered

into an ambulance and driven away.

Newcastle You naughty girl: Police lead off a Newcastle reveller who looks a little worse for wear

Overcooked it in Newcastle city centre last night

Taking a breather: One reveller takes five during the festivities last night The excitement has got a bit too much for this partygoer as she sits up against a shop window

Police were called to a number of incidents involving drunk people across the city



One reveller leaves the party early by Ambulance

Drunken revellers caused emergency service's phone lines to go into meltdown with a record five 999 calls every minute in the West Midlands.



The Ambulance Service were out in force across Birmingham as partygoers swamped the streets on the busiest night of the year.

Between 8pm and midnight the service received a staggering 638 calls - a 15 per cent increase from the previous year.

Between 1am and 4am the service received 1,291 emergency calls - an increase of nine per cent.

In Birmingham alone, ambulance crews responded to a total of 623 calls after boozy celebrations spilled over into violence.

Reveller, John Parsons, 36, added:

'A lot of people had obviously overdone it, there were people throwing up everywhere even before the fireworks to celebrate the new year.

'I couldn't believe how many girls were struggling to walk in their high heels, a lot had taken them off and where trying not to stand on the vomit.

Birmingham

'You hold my shoes, I'll hold my drink': Party people on Broad Street in Birmingham

Chloe Rowan,19, Alyson Steeley, 20, and Samantha Harris, 22, celebrate and welcome the New Year 2013 on Broad Street in Birmingham City Centre