01 January 2018

Monday, New Year's Day

2018-01-01

Events

 * The traditional New Year's Parade in London was brought to an abrupt halt when a horse pulling a carriage collapsed and suddenly fell to the ground. A witness had been stressed by the crowd and had reared up its legs, which then got caught in a harness and caused the fall.
 * In his New Year message to the nation, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has warned the United States his country’s nuclear forces are now “completed”, adding that the nuclear launch button was always within easy reach.

TV

 * BBC One 9.00 pm McMafia (S1 E1/8). After a tragic event, Russian exile Alex Godman is drawn into the murky world of global crime as he tries to protect his family from their dark past. New series.