CCTV ANPR Operator Jon Harrison pictured with the screens he observes
Fun night: Santas little helpers, (from left) Amy Skinner, Stacey Evans and Laura Harris get in the party mood.
Festive bustle: The heaving crowds and bumper-to-bumper cars in Broad Street, Birmingham.
Reporter Jane Tyler in Broad Street
Groups of revellers begin to queue outside the bars and nightclubs
Situation defused: Police break up a scuffle
Police take swift action to nip any trouble in the bud
the long queue for taxis at the end of the night.
One drinker finds his evening ends in a police cell.
