:00:07. > :00:08.Police in Istanbul launch a manhunt for a gunman
:00:09. > :00:11.who opened fire at a nightclub, killing at least 39 people.
:00:12. > :00:14.Caught on camera - CCTV footage of the moment
:00:15. > :00:15.the gunman launched his attack on partygoers
:00:16. > :00:22.Moments earlier, revellers were welcoming in 2017,
:00:23. > :00:25.before the celebrations turned to mayhem.
:00:26. > :00:27.At least 15 foreign nationals are among the dead.
:00:28. > :00:35.Also tonight, the Queen misses the New Year's Day church service
:00:36. > :00:37.at Sandringham, because of a lingering heavy cold
:00:38. > :00:42.Two cousins, aged 11 and 12, were holding hands crossing the road
:00:43. > :00:48.when they were knocked down in a fatal hit-and-run crash.
:00:49. > :01:12.helps Arsenal to victory at the Emirates
:01:13. > :01:14.Good evening, and welcome to BBC News.
:01:15. > :01:17.Police in Turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire
:01:18. > :01:19.at a nightclub packed with New Year revellers,
:01:20. > :01:24.Another 69 people were wounded, four of them critically,
:01:25. > :01:28.in what Istanbul's governor described as a "terrorist attack".
:01:29. > :01:31.A police manhunt is under way after the attacker left his gun
:01:32. > :01:35.before taking advantage of the chaos and escaping the scene.
:01:36. > :01:39.The shooting marks a bloody end to a year which has seen Ankara
:01:40. > :01:42.and Istanbul targeted by several attacks carried out
:01:43. > :01:45.by the so-called Islamic State group and, separately, Kurdish rebels.
:01:46. > :01:56.one of Istanbul's top nightclubs, Reina, counting down to 2017.
:01:57. > :02:06.They expected a night of joy, a fresh start - not this.
:02:07. > :02:08.Less than two hours into the New Year,
:02:09. > :02:18.bullets ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian.
:02:19. > :02:23.Inside, his killing spree continued, Turks and foreigners murdered,
:02:24. > :02:24.others jumping into the freezing Bosporus to escape.
:02:25. > :02:26.Dozens more were injured, some critically.
:02:27. > :02:35.my husband suddenly told me to get on the floor.
:02:36. > :02:38.A man ran inside, two or three people started firing,
:02:39. > :02:44.until special forces took us out of there.
:02:45. > :02:48.They shot randomly, there were bodies lying on the floor.
:02:49. > :02:50.Today, the scene was heavily guarded.
:02:51. > :02:54.Too late for the victims of last night's security breach.
:02:55. > :02:56.There's still no word of who was behind it.
:02:57. > :03:01.to what was one of Turkey's most renowned nightclubs,
:03:02. > :03:04.which has become a scene of mass murder.
:03:05. > :03:07.Turkey is now worryingly accustomed to these attacks,
:03:08. > :03:10.and as perhaps the most turbulent year in its modern history ends,
:03:11. > :03:16.another begins, yet again marked by terror.
:03:17. > :03:18.At the mortuary, they counted up the bodies.
:03:19. > :03:26.Muhammad from Iraq told us one of his friends was killed
:03:27. > :03:30."We'd come here on holiday," he said.
:03:31. > :03:33."Now we are taking our friend's body home."
:03:34. > :03:37.Visiting the wounded, the Prime Minister sounded defiant,
:03:38. > :03:41.but after more than 20 attacks in the past year,
:03:42. > :03:43.killing almost 400, many will see his words as empty.
:03:44. > :03:47.TRANSLATION: Terror cannot intimidate us.
:03:48. > :03:51.We will continue to fight against it.
:03:52. > :03:53.Our biggest insurance is to see our people
:03:54. > :03:59.standing in solidarity and supporting our resolve.
:04:00. > :04:02.And so a scene that's becoming almost routine here.
:04:03. > :04:11.Today, they bid farewell to Ayhan Arik - a brother, husband, father.
:04:12. > :04:13.After driving tourists to the nightclub,
:04:14. > :04:21.They grieved for him and for a country they once called safe,
:04:22. > :04:24.as they're left to wonder - what has happened to Turkey?
:04:25. > :04:40.Whitwell, Mark Joyce me from the scene, a huge manhunt under way
:04:41. > :04:45.tonight. -- mark dumber Mark joins me. Tonight the leader of the PKK,
:04:46. > :04:49.the Kurdish militant group, said they were not involved, adding that
:04:50. > :04:57.they would never target innocent civilians. As for so-called Islamic
:04:58. > :05:01.State, a pro-IS group has urged attacks on celebrations and clubs,
:05:02. > :05:04.and in recent weeks the leader of the Islamic State group has urged
:05:05. > :05:10.his group to attack Turkey. It has become ever more vulnerable as it
:05:11. > :05:15.becomes involved in the war against Syria, launching a ground operation
:05:16. > :05:19.against is armed last year. President Erdogan said this was part
:05:20. > :05:23.of a deadly game aimed at destabilising Turkey and creating
:05:24. > :05:27.chaos in the country. He vowed to end terrorism, and yet he says this,
:05:28. > :05:31.and each time the attacks continue to build, which is why many there
:05:32. > :05:33.that this you could be even worse than last. Mark Lowen, thank you
:05:34. > :05:35.very much. The Queen missed the annual
:05:36. > :05:37.New Year's Day church service in Sandringham this morning,
:05:38. > :05:39.because of a lingering heavy cold. She was also absent
:05:40. > :05:42.from the Christmas Day service at her Norfolk estate
:05:43. > :05:44.because she was unwell. Buckingham Palace says the Queen
:05:45. > :05:47.has been up and about in recent days as our royal correspondent
:05:48. > :05:51.Peter Hunt reports. For a second time during the holiday
:05:52. > :05:54.season, the Royals headed to church. For a second time, the Queen
:05:55. > :06:00.was a notable absentee. Her 95-year-old husband,
:06:01. > :06:03.who's also been ill, did attend and was described by one
:06:04. > :06:06.observer as "chipper". Protected from rain and walking
:06:07. > :06:08.alongside her husband, Anne, a princess in purple,
:06:09. > :06:10.told someone in the crowd During these security-conscious
:06:11. > :06:16.times, the Windsors over Christmas who, despite the weather, gather
:06:17. > :06:22.outside the Sandringham church. Once again, the 90-year-old
:06:23. > :06:25.monarch wasn't on display. A little bit disappointed,
:06:26. > :06:29.because the Queen wasn't there, but that is understandable
:06:30. > :06:33.at 90 years of age. and I wish her all the best
:06:34. > :06:38.for 2017. Obviously, if she's not well,
:06:39. > :06:40.then you don't want to see her come out in this weather,
:06:41. > :06:43.do you, you know? At Christmas, our attention
:06:44. > :06:46.is drawn to the birth of a baby The Queen, who recorded her
:06:47. > :06:50.Christmas Day message early in December, will not have taken
:06:51. > :06:54.the decision to miss church lightly - the Supreme Governor
:06:55. > :06:56.of the Church of England But in her tenth decade,
:06:57. > :07:01.and on the advice of her doctor, in the face of a heavy cold
:07:02. > :07:08.she's had for nearly two weeks. The Queen has been laid low
:07:09. > :07:11.and left feeling pretty miserable at the end of yet another
:07:12. > :07:15.significant year in her long reign. As well as celebrating her landmark
:07:16. > :07:18.birthday, she's started to acknowledge her advancing age
:07:19. > :07:22.and reduce her workload. Just last month,
:07:23. > :07:24.the Queen severed her links to 25 organisations
:07:25. > :07:27.she'd been patron of for decades. Palace officials insist
:07:28. > :07:30.the Queen is up and about and she hasn't been to hospital
:07:31. > :07:32.or had tests. to deal with the government
:07:33. > :07:37.documents she receives. The Queen is clearly
:07:38. > :07:39.doing all she can to get rid of a lingering cold,
:07:40. > :07:42.rather than make it worse. Peter Hunt, BBC News,
:07:43. > :07:45.Buckingham Palace. Police in Oldham are hunting
:07:46. > :07:47.for a hit-and-run driver who knocked down two girls
:07:48. > :07:50.from the same family, leaving one dead and the other
:07:51. > :07:53.fighting for her life in hospital. was killed when crossing the road
:07:54. > :07:59.with her 11-year-old cousin. Eyewitnesses said the girls
:08:00. > :08:01.were holding hands at the time. Today's family gathering
:08:02. > :08:09.should have been a celebration. The flowers laid here
:08:10. > :08:16.for 12-year-old Helina Kotlarova, killed in an apparent
:08:17. > :08:20.hit-and-run crash last night, a crash that also left her
:08:21. > :08:25.11-year-old cousin critically ill. The girls had crossed it to buy
:08:26. > :08:31.some crisps from the local shop. They were with a bigger group,
:08:32. > :08:34.more cousins and sisters, but they'd already
:08:35. > :08:36.made the return journey. The two girls held hands
:08:37. > :08:41.and stepped into the road. She was on the floor,
:08:42. > :08:45.she had blood all over her face, and I was touching her,
:08:46. > :08:47.I was trying to see if she's going to breathe or something,
:08:48. > :08:50.but she couldn't breathe or nothing. And I've seen her face, this face
:08:51. > :08:54.was all, you know, bleeding and... Throughout the day,
:08:55. > :09:03.investigations have been ongoing. Greater Manchester Police confirmed
:09:04. > :09:06.they were searching for the driver of a black VW Golf
:09:07. > :09:11.that had failed to stop. So far, there have been no
:09:12. > :09:14.updates on their progress. For the family,
:09:15. > :09:16.no news will soften the grief. It's just hard to believe
:09:17. > :09:18.that she's gone, because she was too young
:09:19. > :09:23.and still have, like, life. Tonight, tributes continue
:09:24. > :09:26.to be laid at the scene - a reminder of one life
:09:27. > :09:29.cut tragically short and prayers for another
:09:30. > :09:32.girl critically ill. There have been delays in attending
:09:33. > :09:39.to emergency ambulance calls across London after the service's
:09:40. > :09:43.computer system crashed on one of the busiest nights
:09:44. > :09:45.of the year. Staff in the London ambulance
:09:46. > :09:48.control room had to log calls using pen and paper
:09:49. > :09:50.for nearly five hours overnight. New Year's Eve, hundreds
:09:51. > :09:58.of thousands of people pour onto the streets
:09:59. > :10:01.of the capital, creating the busiest night of the
:10:02. > :10:04.for the London Ambulance Service. Its control room keeps watch
:10:05. > :10:09.over more than 600 square miles and seven million people, using
:10:10. > :10:14.a sophisticated computer system. But just after midnight,
:10:15. > :10:19.that system failed. The computer crash meant
:10:20. > :10:23.that all call details Call handlers couldn't see
:10:24. > :10:28.where the ambulances were. They had to use radios
:10:29. > :10:31.to contact paramedics. We do deal with the most
:10:32. > :10:36.critically ill and seriously patients first, and we continued
:10:37. > :10:39.to do that last night. Obviously, I'd like to
:10:40. > :10:41.apologise to any patients who did have a slightly extended
:10:42. > :10:43.waiting time while we were dealing
:10:44. > :10:50.with the system on paper. The London Ambulance Service says,
:10:51. > :10:53.because it has no computer record, it doesn't know exactly how many
:10:54. > :10:56.calls it dealt with last night. These were some of the incidents
:10:57. > :10:59.they attended, when there is huge pressure on
:11:00. > :11:10.the system, when, for example, there was a major disaster
:11:11. > :11:12.or a terrorist attack, we're going to be
:11:13. > :11:14.in really serious trouble, the London Ambulance Service
:11:15. > :11:18.has got to make sure that this system
:11:19. > :11:21.doesn't collapse again. are trained to dispatch ambulances
:11:22. > :11:26.using a pen and paper. Extra staff had already
:11:27. > :11:27.been drafted in But the failure of their
:11:28. > :11:31.multi-million pound computer system is now the subject of
:11:32. > :11:36.an urgent investigation. The system was restored
:11:37. > :11:39.by 5:30 this morning but it may be a while
:11:40. > :11:43.before we know how many patients didn't get
:11:44. > :11:46.care when they needed it because ambulances
:11:47. > :11:49.couldn't get there in time. that the new 12-sided ?1 coin
:11:50. > :11:58.will come into circulation in March. which will cease to be legal tender
:11:59. > :12:02.in October. It's being changed
:12:03. > :12:06.to protect it from counterfeiters. New designs have also been unveiled
:12:07. > :12:12.for the ?2 coin and the 50p piece. In the first Premier League
:12:13. > :12:14.action of the New Year, helped Arsenal beat Crystal Palace
:12:15. > :12:18.at the Emirates. Their North London rivals Tottenham,
:12:19. > :12:20.meanwhile, to move into the top four
:12:21. > :12:25.for the first time since October. In nature, yellow and black
:12:26. > :12:31.is meant to signal danger, but it turns out Tottenham
:12:32. > :12:33.had little to fear Kieran Trippier isn't Spurs'
:12:34. > :12:37.first choice at right back, but here's one way to
:12:38. > :12:41.catch the boss's eye. The pass was perfect
:12:42. > :12:46.and Harry Kane did the rest. Six minutes later, this double
:12:47. > :12:48.act had their encore. Christmas may have been
:12:49. > :12:53.and gone, but the home side Dele Alli capitalised to move
:12:54. > :12:58.the match away from Watford. Half-time offered them
:12:59. > :13:00.a little respite. Barely two minutes into the second
:13:01. > :13:03.half and Tottenham struck again. Watford offered nothing
:13:04. > :13:11.until the final seconds, when Younes Kaboul provided
:13:12. > :13:13.the only blemish for Spurs. Like many on New Year's Day, Watford
:13:14. > :13:17.appeared a little worse for wear. It was cold and damp
:13:18. > :13:19.at the Emirates Stadium, but those Arsenal fans who had
:13:20. > :13:22.braved the weather were in for Olivier Giroud had been
:13:23. > :13:27.largely a bit-part player for Arsenal this season,
:13:28. > :13:29.but he started 2017 There was a sting in the tail
:13:30. > :13:35.for Palace, the match was only 18 minutes old and already Giroud
:13:36. > :13:38.had stolen the show. Christian Benteke tried with power,
:13:39. > :13:42.but lacked precision. Soon, Arsenal would apply
:13:43. > :13:47.the pressure again. Palace's resistance
:13:48. > :13:49.was fading, and Alex Iwobi
:13:50. > :13:51.seized the opportunity. The win lifts Arsenal
:13:52. > :13:53.into the top three. The hopes of chasing down
:13:54. > :13:55.Chelsea have been boosted, but this match will be remembered
:13:56. > :13:59.for one thing only. is launching Hull's year
:14:00. > :14:06.as UK City of Culture. are gathering at the city's
:14:07. > :14:11.waterfront for the display, will be bigger than
:14:12. > :14:14.London's New Year's Eve show. They hope to attract more
:14:15. > :14:16.than one million extra visitors Our arts correspondent
:14:17. > :14:29.Colin Paterson is in Hull for us. Colin.
:14:30. > :14:33.Hello, yes, the year-long cultural programming Hull started this
:14:34. > :14:37.afternoon, as soon as it got dark, because it relied on the city's most
:14:38. > :14:43.famous buildings being lit up, as you can see, and right in the city
:14:44. > :14:48.centre, and once the buildings were used as giant cinema screens, they
:14:49. > :14:53.told the story of Hull's is very. Down here at the edge of the Humber,
:14:54. > :14:58.people are lining up along the edge, trying to get the best view of this
:14:59. > :15:01.fireworks display which, appropriately enough, starts at
:15:02. > :15:07.exactly 2017. We have been promised 15,000 fireworks, all set to a
:15:08. > :15:18.soundtrack of some of Hull's most famous musical exports. The people I
:15:19. > :15:21.have spoken to tonight say they hope this year will change people's
:15:22. > :15:26.perceptions about Hull, they want people who have never been to Hull
:15:27. > :15:30.to come here. The party has well and truly started. Can Hull keep it
:15:31. > :15:32.going all year? There's more throughout the evening
:15:33. > :15:35.on the BBC News Channel, we are back with the
:15:36. > :15:37.late news at 10:35.