:00:00. > :00:07.Police in Turkey widen their search for a gunman who opened fire
:00:08. > :00:11.at an Istanbul nightclub, killing at least 39 people.
:00:12. > :00:14.Caught on camera - CCTV footage of the moment
:00:15. > :00:16.the gunman launched his attack on partygoers celebrating
:00:17. > :00:23.Moments earlier, revellers were welcoming in 2017,
:00:24. > :00:26.before the celebrations turned to mayhem.
:00:27. > :00:27.15 foreign nationals are among the dead.
:00:28. > :00:33.The Queen misses the New Year's Day church service at Sandringham
:00:34. > :00:36.because of a lingering heavy cold she caught before Christmas.
:00:37. > :00:39.A 12-year-old girl is killed and her 11-year-old cousin seriously
:00:40. > :00:49.Tonight, five men have been arrested.
:00:50. > :00:51.And a spectacular launch for Hull as it begins its year
:00:52. > :01:12.Good evening, and welcome to BBC News.
:01:13. > :01:15.Police in Turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire
:01:16. > :01:17.at a nightclub packed with New Year revellers, killing
:01:18. > :01:23.Another 69 people were wounded - four of them critically -
:01:24. > :01:26.in what Istanbul's governor described as a terrorist attack.
:01:27. > :01:29.Officials say some 15 foreign nationals were killed
:01:30. > :01:31.in the shooting, at one of the city's most
:01:32. > :01:36.The attack marks a bloody end to a year which saw Ankara
:01:37. > :01:39.and Istanbul targeted by several attacks carried out by the so-called
:01:40. > :01:41.Islamic State group and, separately, Kurdish rebels.
:01:42. > :01:54.one of Istanbul's top nightclubs, Reina, counting down to 2017.
:01:55. > :02:03.They expected a night of joy, a fresh start - not this.
:02:04. > :02:05.Less than two hours into the New Year,
:02:06. > :02:11.bullets ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian.
:02:12. > :02:13.Another camera showed people cowering as the attacker struck,
:02:14. > :02:20.Inside, his killing spree continued - Turks and foreigners murdered,
:02:21. > :02:25.others jumping into the freezing Bosporus to escape.
:02:26. > :02:28.Dozens more were injured, some critically.
:02:29. > :02:39.my husband suddenly told me to get on the floor.
:02:40. > :02:42.A man ran inside, two or three people started firing,
:02:43. > :02:51.until special forces took us out of there.
:02:52. > :02:53.They shot randomly, there were bodies lying on the floor.
:02:54. > :02:55.Today, the scene was heavily guarded -
:02:56. > :02:57.too late for the victims of last night's security breach.
:02:58. > :02:59.There's still no word of who was behind it.
:03:00. > :03:04.to what was one of Turkey's most renowned nightclubs,
:03:05. > :03:07.which has become a scene of mass murder.
:03:08. > :03:10.Turkey is now worryingly accustomed to these attacks,
:03:11. > :03:13.and, as perhaps the most turbulent year in its modern history ends,
:03:14. > :03:18.another begins, yet again marked by terror.
:03:19. > :03:20.At the mortuary, they counted up the bodies.
:03:21. > :03:28.Mohammad Razzaq from Iraq told us one of his friends was killed
:03:29. > :03:32."We'd come here on holiday," he said.
:03:33. > :03:36."Now we are taking our friend's body home."
:03:37. > :03:38.Visiting the wounded, the Prime Minister sounded defiant,
:03:39. > :03:41.but after more than 20 attacks in the past year,
:03:42. > :03:45.killing almost 400, many will see his words as empty.
:03:46. > :03:49.TRANSLATION: Terror cannot intimidate us.
:03:50. > :03:55.We will continue to fight against it.
:03:56. > :03:57.Our biggest insurance is to see our people standing in
:03:58. > :04:01.solidarity and supporting our resolve.
:04:02. > :04:05.Turkey now faces huge security threats.
:04:06. > :04:11.Kurdish militants have bombed soldiers and police
:04:12. > :04:13.in a worsening insurgency, recently targeting a football
:04:14. > :04:16.And, as Turkish forces became more embroiled
:04:17. > :04:18.in Syria, so-called Islamic State have hit back, attacking Istanbul
:04:19. > :04:24.Since Turkey launched a ground offensive against
:04:25. > :04:27.IS and Kurdish militias in Syria, it's more vulnerable than ever.
:04:28. > :04:33.And so, a scene that's becoming almost routine here.
:04:34. > :04:40.Today they bid farewell to Ayhan Arik - a brother, husband, father.
:04:41. > :04:42.After driving tourists to the nightclub,
:04:43. > :04:49.They grieved for him and for a country they once called safe,
:04:50. > :04:53.as they're left to wonder - what has happened to Turkey?
:04:54. > :05:00.The Queen missed the annual New Year's Day church service
:05:01. > :05:03.in Sandringham this morning, because of a lingering heavy cold.
:05:04. > :05:05.She was also absent from the Christmas Day service
:05:06. > :05:07.at her Norfolk estate because she was unwell.
:05:08. > :05:11.Buckingham Palace says the Queen has been up and about in recent days,
:05:12. > :05:12.but is still recuperating, as our royal correspondent,
:05:13. > :05:20.For a second time during the holiday season, the Royals headed to church.
:05:21. > :05:23.For a second time, the Queen was a notable absentee.
:05:24. > :05:26.Her 95-year-old husband, who's also been ill,
:05:27. > :05:30.did attend and was described by one observer as "chipper".
:05:31. > :05:32.Protected from rain and walking alongside her husband, Anne,
:05:33. > :05:35.a princess in purple, told someone in the crowd her mother
:05:36. > :05:41.During these security-conscious times, the Windsors over Christmas
:05:42. > :05:44.are an attraction for the dedicated, who, despite the weather, gather
:05:45. > :05:50.Once again, the 90-year-old monarch wasn't on display.
:05:51. > :05:52.A little bit disappointed, because the Queen wasn't there,
:05:53. > :05:56.but that is understandable at 90 years of age.
:05:57. > :05:59.She's in the best place, yes, and I wish her
:06:00. > :06:05.Obviously, if she's not well, then you don't want to see her come
:06:06. > :06:07.out in this weather, do you, you know?
:06:08. > :06:10.At Christmas, our attention is drawn to the birth of a baby
:06:11. > :06:15.The Queen, who recorded her Christmas Day message early
:06:16. > :06:18.in December, will not have taken the decision to miss church lightly
:06:19. > :06:21.- the Supreme Governor of the Church of England has
:06:22. > :06:26.But in her tenth decade, and on the advice of her doctor,
:06:27. > :06:29.the monarch is exercising caution in the face of a heavy cold she's
:06:30. > :06:36.The Queen has been laid low and left feeling pretty miserable at the end
:06:37. > :06:39.of yet another significant year in her long reign.
:06:40. > :06:41.As well as celebrating her landmark birthday, she's started
:06:42. > :06:47.to acknowledge her advancing age and reduce her workload.
:06:48. > :06:49.Just last month, the Queen severed her links to 25
:06:50. > :06:52.organisations she'd been patron of for decades.
:06:53. > :06:55.Palace officials insist the Queen is up and about and she hasn't been
:06:56. > :07:00.As head of state, she continues to deal with the government
:07:01. > :07:04.The Queen is clearly doing all she can to get rid
:07:05. > :07:06.of a lingering cold, rather than make it worse.
:07:07. > :07:10.Peter Hunt, BBC News, Buckingham Palace.
:07:11. > :07:13.Five men have been arrested in Oldham after two girls
:07:14. > :07:16.from the same family were killed in an apparent hit-and-run,
:07:17. > :07:19.leaving one dead and the other fighting for her life in hospital.
:07:20. > :07:21.12-year-old Helina Kotlarova was killed when crossing the road
:07:22. > :07:25.Eye-witnesses said the girls were holding hands at the time.
:07:26. > :07:35.Today's family gathering should have been a celebration.
:07:36. > :07:41.The flowers laid here are for 12-year-old Helina Kotlarova,
:07:42. > :07:45.killed in an apparent hit-and-run crash last night, a crash that also
:07:46. > :07:50.left her 11-year-old cousin critically ill.
:07:51. > :07:57.The girls had crossed it to buy some crisps from the local shop.
:07:58. > :08:00.They were with a bigger group, more cousins and sisters,
:08:01. > :08:01.but they'd already made the return journey.
:08:02. > :08:06.The two girls held hands and stepped into the road.
:08:07. > :08:10.She was on the floor, she had blood all over her face,
:08:11. > :08:12.and I was touching her, I was trying to see if she's
:08:13. > :08:16.going to breathe or something, but she couldn't breathe or nothing.
:08:17. > :08:19.And I've seen her face, this face was all, you know, bleeding and...
:08:20. > :08:34.This evening, Greater Manchester Police confirmed they'd arrested
:08:35. > :08:36.five men on suspicion of dangerous driving.
:08:37. > :08:37.All remain in custody for questioning.
:08:38. > :08:39.For the family, no news will soften the grief.
:08:40. > :08:42.It's just hard to believe that she's gone, because she was too
:08:43. > :08:46.young and she still have, like, life still.
:08:47. > :08:49.Tonight, tributes continue to be laid at the scene -
:08:50. > :08:51.a reminder of one life cut tragically short and prayers
:08:52. > :09:02.Syrian activists say government forces have again bombarded
:09:03. > :09:05.a rebel-held area north-west of the capital, Damascus.
:09:06. > :09:07.Opposition groups warned yesterday that they would abandon
:09:08. > :09:09.the ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey three days ago
:09:10. > :09:19.There have been delays in attending to emergency ambulance calls
:09:20. > :09:22.across London after the service's computer system crashed on one
:09:23. > :09:26.Staff in the London Ambulance control room had to log calls
:09:27. > :09:28.using pen and paper for nearly five hours overnight.
:09:29. > :09:39.New Year's Eve, hundreds of thousands of people pour
:09:40. > :09:42.onto the streets of the capital, creating the busiest
:09:43. > :09:46.night of the year for the London Ambulance Service.
:09:47. > :09:48.Its control room keeps watch over more than 600 square miles
:09:49. > :09:50.and 7 million people, using a sophisticated
:09:51. > :10:00.But, just after midnight, that system failed.
:10:01. > :10:02.The computer crash meant that all call details
:10:03. > :10:06.Call handlers couldn't see where the ambulances were.
:10:07. > :10:09.They had to use radios to contact paramedics.
:10:10. > :10:16.We do deal with the most critically ill and seriously ill patients
:10:17. > :10:19.first, and we continued to do that last night.
:10:20. > :10:22.Obviously, I'd like to apologise to any patients who did
:10:23. > :10:24.have a slightly extended waiting time while we were dealing
:10:25. > :10:30.The London Ambulance Service says because it has no computer record,
:10:31. > :10:34.it doesn't know exactly how many calls it dealt with last night.
:10:35. > :10:37.These were some of the incidents they attended, but there
:10:38. > :10:44.If the system fails at a time when there is huge pressure
:10:45. > :10:46.on the system, when, for example, there was a major
:10:47. > :10:49.disaster or a terrorist attack, we're going to be in really serious
:10:50. > :10:52.trouble, so we've really got to make sure, the London Ambulance Service
:10:53. > :10:54.has got to make sure, that this system
:10:55. > :10:59.Emergency call handlers here are trained to dispatch
:11:00. > :11:06.Extra staff had already been drafted in for the New Year celebrations.
:11:07. > :11:10.But the failure of their multi-million pound computer system
:11:11. > :11:13.on the busiest night of the year is now the subject of
:11:14. > :11:19.The system was restored by 5:30 this morning and is now working normally,
:11:20. > :11:23.but it may be a while before we know how many patients didn't get
:11:24. > :11:25.care when they needed it because ambulances couldn't get
:11:26. > :11:34.The Government's announced that the new 12-sided ?1 coin
:11:35. > :11:39.It replaces the current round coin which will cease to be
:11:40. > :11:43.It's being changed to protect it from counterfeiters.
:11:44. > :11:45.New designs have also been unveiled for the ?2 coin
:11:46. > :11:52.A yellow weather warning - meaning be aware -
:11:53. > :11:54.has been issued for Scotland, Northern Ireland, the north
:11:55. > :11:59.The Met Office are warning of a cold snap that will bring ice
:12:00. > :12:02.to roads and pavements, with difficult driving conditions.
:12:03. > :12:04.Large parts of the UK are expected to wake up
:12:05. > :12:10.With all the sport, here's Ollie Foster
:12:11. > :12:14.There were two matches in the Premier League,
:12:15. > :12:17.highlights of all the weekend's games are on Match of the Day 2
:12:18. > :12:20.straight after the news but, if you want to know today's results
:12:21. > :12:27.Olivier Giroud scored a wonder goal to help Arsenal beat Crystal Palace
:12:28. > :12:32.The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger called it a work of art.
:12:33. > :12:35.The French striker's flying backheel was the first in a 2-0 win that sees
:12:36. > :12:38.them moves up to third in the table.
:12:39. > :12:41.Tottenham are a point behind Arsenal in fourth after beating Watford
:12:42. > :12:45.Harry Kane and Dele Alli scored two goals each.
:12:46. > :12:52.They face leaders Chelsea in their next match on Wednesday.
:12:53. > :12:54.In rugby union's Aviva Premiership, Champions Saracens are one point
:12:55. > :12:56.behind the leaders Wasps after they beat Leicester
:12:57. > :13:00.Sarrie's Owen Farrell scored all their points.
:13:01. > :13:03.The Tigers defeat was compounded by another injury for Manu Tuilagi.
:13:04. > :13:05.He has been ruled out of England's Six Nations training camp.
:13:06. > :13:16.Here's our sports correspondent Katie Gornall.
:13:17. > :13:21.How many premiership teams would like to listen in on this? Saracens
:13:22. > :13:26.are the envy of many, a team that has conquered all, both at home and
:13:27. > :13:30.in Europe. But Welford Road is Lester's fortress. Watching was
:13:31. > :13:34.Eddie Jones, and, with the Six Nations looming, much of his
:13:35. > :13:40.attention was focused on Tuilagi. But the injury prone centre made
:13:41. > :13:46.little more than a cameo, another come back cut short. In a first half
:13:47. > :13:49.dominated by the boot, they traded penalties, with Owen Williams
:13:50. > :13:53.putting Leicester level, 6-6 at the break. Neither side really looked
:13:54. > :13:57.like scoring a try, but maybe that was part of Owen Farrell's plan to
:13:58. > :14:02.spring a surprise. With one tin of his foot, the stage was clear. It
:14:03. > :14:07.was a dominant performance from the fly-half, who would go on to score
:14:08. > :14:13.all of Saracens' wants. Better news for the boss. The Tigers will try to
:14:14. > :14:15.claw their way back, but Saracens's defence held firm for a rare win at
:14:16. > :14:16.home. It was derby day in Wales
:14:17. > :14:18.with the four regions playing Ospreys are back up to second
:14:19. > :14:22.after beating Newport Gwent Dragons Scarlets are fourth after a hard
:14:23. > :14:26.fought victory at home They scored two brilliant tries
:14:27. > :14:30.at a very chilly Parc y Scarlets. Stef Evans and Scott Williams both
:14:31. > :14:33.went over as they won 15-10 to complete the double over
:14:34. > :14:38.Blues this season. The reigning Champion Gary Anderson
:14:39. > :14:41.is through to the final of the PDC World Darts Championship
:14:42. > :14:43.at Alexandra Palace. The Flying Scotsman, who is still
:14:44. > :14:46.on for a hat-trick of titles, beat Peter Snakebite Wright
:14:47. > :14:48.in the first of He'll play the World Number
:14:49. > :14:54.One Michael van Gerwen A huge fireworks display has
:14:55. > :15:03.launched Hull's year Thousands gathered on the city's
:15:04. > :15:08.waterfront for the display - which organisers claim was bigger
:15:09. > :15:10.than London's New Year's Eve show. Hull hopes to attract more
:15:11. > :15:12.than 1 million extra visitors Our arts correspondent
:15:13. > :15:18.Colin Paterson was watching Hull, celebrating its year as City
:15:19. > :15:27.of Culture with fireworks bigger To a soundtrack of the city's most
:15:28. > :15:35.famous musical exports. This is Made In Hull,
:15:36. > :15:47.an audiovisual spectacular across the city centre,
:15:48. > :15:49.showing Hull's most famous buildings It was the first event
:15:50. > :15:52.in a year-long ?32 million It was brilliant, outstanding,
:15:53. > :16:03.amazing, wonderful. Honestly, you put some money
:16:04. > :16:08.into that, makes London look Come on, this is Hull, this is Hull,
:16:09. > :16:13.turn a little city like Hull, Sydney, a big massive city,
:16:14. > :16:19.come on, come to Hull, come to Hull. And it's been a special night
:16:20. > :16:25.for one Hull landlady. Every weekend, Linda plays singalong
:16:26. > :16:27.classics to a pub packed One of the 2012
:16:28. > :16:37.organisers spotted her. Tonight, she DJed
:16:38. > :16:39.to a crowd of 25,000. Everybody's freezing so it takes
:16:40. > :16:45.a while to warm up, but a couple I've had amazing fun, just watching
:16:46. > :16:52.the crowd, they're amazing. The party has well
:16:53. > :17:01.and truly started. The trick for Hull is going to be
:17:02. > :17:05.to keep it going all year. Hull's aim is for a million extra
:17:06. > :17:07.people to visit in 2017. A city at the end of the road could
:17:08. > :17:12.become a destination of choice. Colin Paterson, BBC News,
:17:13. > :17:20.Hull, City of Culture. You can see more on all of today's
:17:21. > :17:23.stories on the BBC News Channel. That's all from me, stay
:17:24. > :17:26.with us on BBC One - it's time for the news
:17:27. > :17:27.where you are.