FIREWORKS lit up the sky above Tyneside on Saturday to mark the end of a children's show at the MetroCentre.
Hundreds of children and parents attended the party for Millie, an alien whose spaceship landed at the mall in 1999.
Since then, the MetroCentre's regular characters, the Metro-Gnomes, have been helping Millie build a rocket to send her back to the planet of Amicus.
The rocket took off on Saturday after being displayed in the centre's Town Square.
Following lift-off, the skies were illuminated by the free fireworks display.
Motorists on the A1(M) were treated to a spectacular view of the display as a shower of colours silhouetted the Angel of the North.
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