In depth report - 1Radio closure celebrations

From the night of December 31st through to the early hours of January 1st the world saw celebrations take place in every capital city in the world celebrating Tim Longhurst's decision to close 1Radio.

We can now provide an in depth report into these celebrations and the mayhem this caused across the world and the UK.

From Swansea to Manchester, Birmingham to London, and Liverpool to Newcastle, partygoers were drunk and dishevelled as they spilled out of bars, clubs and parties and onto the streets in celebration of the closure of the world's worst Internet radio station.

Police respond to a group of rowdy people in Birmingham, West Midlands who were arguing over which 1Radio DJ was the worst

Throughout the country the celebrations continued into the early hours of January 1st with some people throwing house parties. It was also reported to be one of the busiest nights in over 50 years for the UK's emergency services.

In Hartlepool, County Durham, a teenager was arrested after stabbing a 1Radio fan who was playing old recordings from the station at high volume.

Police were called to an address at 10.20pm and a 31-year-old man wearing a 1Radio T-shirt was taken to hospital with serious injuries and later pronounced dead.

A 17-year-old was arrested, however after carrying out inquiries in the area Cleveland Police ultimately decided to release the arrested teenager without charge.

A Cleveland Police spokesman said: "The 17 year old teenager stabbed a 1Radio fan, so we are prepared to look the other way in this case. I mean the guy was playing out 1Radio recordings, so I can understand why people would want to kill him."

Meanwhile on the other side of the country in Kent the fire service had to call off planned industrial action because crowds were gathering in towns across the county and building statues of Tim Longhurst out of wood and straw, and setting them on fire while they danced around the flames to the song Celebrate by Kool & The Gang.

A spokesman for Kent Fire & Rescue said: "Our guys had planned to go on strike on the 31st December and 1st January over cuts to our pay. However when midnight hit and celebrations began we were told by the commissioner that if we worked that night we would get triple pay and double pension. We called off the strike straight away."

"We had to attend an uncountable amount of incidents across the county from Sevenoaks right down to Ramsgate because people were burning home made statues of Tim Longhurst and setting them alight. Normally we would discourage people from doing this, but these were statues of Tim Longhurst, so it was completely acceptable.

"In truth we were quite upset about having to put the statues out, everyone was so happy at the sight of Longhurst up in flames, but unfortunately public protection is our priority."

In Central London crowds gathered in the city as fireworks went off at midnight as the station closed and people smashed radio sets up in celebration meaning council workers had to be called out to clean up the refuse after celebrations ended at around 4am.

Throughout the country clashes took place between 1Radio fans (which consists of about 2 or 3 people) and 1Radio haters (the rest of the population) as fights went on requiring police and ambulance attendance.