:00:11. > :00:13.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:14. > :00:15.The team behind Hull's year as UK City of Culture say it's
:00:16. > :00:18.going to welcome "more visitors than ever" - after 60,000
:00:19. > :00:20.people came into the city centre on its first day.
:00:21. > :00:23.As well as those watching the light and sound spectacular,
:00:24. > :00:25.organisers estimate tens of thousands also watched the huge
:00:26. > :00:27.fireworks show from along both banks of the Humber.
:00:28. > :00:37.Here's our culture correspondent, Anne-Marie Tasker.
:00:38. > :00:40.Hull's reign as UK City of Culture came in with a bang,
:00:41. > :00:42.as 15,000 fireworks exploded across the city's sky.
:00:43. > :00:45.25,000 people packed in, to see a show organisers promised
:00:46. > :00:54.would be bigger than London's on New Year's Eve.
:00:55. > :01:02.It was good to hear the Housemartins.
:01:03. > :01:06.I can't wait to see all the other events and I will certainly be
:01:07. > :01:08.going to a lot of them, great for the city.
:01:09. > :01:11.A lot of work must have gone into that and it is very impressive
:01:12. > :01:16.and good to see something so spectacular in Hull.
:01:17. > :01:17.But before the fireworks, another spectacle had
:01:18. > :01:24.For a week, Made in Hull will look back at a century
:01:25. > :01:28.of the city's history - the blitz, the dozens
:01:29. > :01:30.of trawlermen lost at sea and happier times like
:01:31. > :01:35.Hull City's Premier League promotion.
:01:36. > :01:38.There are lots of people and apparently there will be 8000
:01:39. > :01:41.people coming and going in the next couple of days and
:01:42. > :01:49.I can't wait to hear and see how the audience respond.
:01:50. > :02:01.Elsewhere, crowds experienced what it would be like to walk out
:02:02. > :02:03.onto the pitch at the Kcom stadium - experienced installations -
:02:04. > :02:11.and watched other films on some of the city's iconic buildings.
:02:12. > :02:13.When Hull won the City of Culture title three years ago,
:02:14. > :02:17.the City Council said it would bring an extra ?60 million into the city.
:02:18. > :02:20.Organisers hope an extra million visitors will come during 2017 -
:02:21. > :02:32.this opening event's got them off to a good start.
:02:33. > :02:35.The reaction has been hugely positive and it'll welcome more
:02:36. > :02:38.visitors than ever and it will change the city for the better
:02:39. > :02:46.as we look towards what we want the city to be in the future.
:02:47. > :02:49.Three and a half tonnes of fireworks got city of culture off
:02:50. > :02:51.to an explosive start - one organisers hope to maintain
:02:52. > :03:05.The East Midlands Ambulance Service which covers
:03:06. > :03:06.Lincolnshire says it's experienced its busiest
:03:07. > :03:11.Staff had to cut meal breaks last night to help cope with what's been
:03:12. > :03:12.described as an exceptional number of calls.
:03:13. > :03:14.EMAS says it received around 50% more 999 calls
:03:15. > :03:18.In the Lincolnshire derby at Gainsborough Trinity yesterday
:03:19. > :03:20.an injured Boston United player waited for two hours in the first
:03:21. > :03:23.aid room before being taken by car to hospital because no
:03:24. > :03:33.For him to be just laid in a room for two hours in his football kit
:03:34. > :03:35.with his ankle like that with no painkillers or anything,
:03:36. > :03:38.that could have had serious implications on his future,
:03:39. > :03:44.not just his footballing career but his normal life.
:03:45. > :03:47.We actually have more staff on than we normally would have.
:03:48. > :03:51.Over the last few days we have been receiving an unprecedented demand
:03:52. > :04:00.for the service and we have actually been receiving a 999
:04:01. > :04:04.Icy conditions have been blamed for more than 30 accidents
:04:05. > :04:07.This incident at Burton Waters was among dozens across the county,
:04:08. > :04:09.with incidents from Market Deeping to the Wolds.
:04:10. > :04:12.It's believed a downpour AFTER the roads had been gritted
:04:13. > :04:18.One of Lincolnshire's biggest planned new housing developments
:04:19. > :04:20.is to get "garden village" status from the government.
:04:21. > :04:23.OOV? The site to the south west of Grantham known
:04:24. > :04:25.as Spitalgate Heath will see almost 4,000 new homes built
:04:26. > :04:27.as well as schools, offices and a retail developments.
:04:28. > :04:30.Government money will go towards developing the new community,
:04:31. > :04:49.I think the town can grow and get a bit larger and attract
:04:50. > :04:51.new shops to the town centres and that is all good.
:04:52. > :04:54.It is probably going to get congested and affect everyone coming
:04:55. > :04:58.If you are building new villages are not prevailing amenities
:04:59. > :05:03.In today's football, Hull City were beaten 3-1
:05:04. > :05:05.by West Bromwich Albion despite taking the lead
:05:06. > :05:09.Robert Snodgrass put the Tigers ahead, before West Brom scored
:05:10. > :05:14.Scunthorpe United led until the 84th minute when Peterborough equalised.
:05:15. > :05:16.But Grimsby Town had a happier afternoon winning
:05:17. > :05:34.As time to check out the weather forecast. It will stay dry or mate
:05:35. > :05:41.with long, clear period so take care on the roads. Rudely it is down to
:05:42. > :05:46.-1. Tuesday looks a fine day and it will be moored in the way of clouds
:05:47. > :05:50.but never the less looking bright. Further spells of sunshine and quite
:05:51. > :05:55.a windy day so feeling chilly with the top temperature of around seven
:05:56. > :05:57.Celsius. Sunny Wednesday, broke Thursday with the risk of rain, that
:05:58. > :06:10.is the forecast. Good evening. It's been a dry and
:06:11. > :06:14.bright day across most parts of the country today. Despite the chilly
:06:15. > :06:24.feel to the weather, there has been some sunshine. Clear skies as the
:06:25. > :06:28.sun set in east Essex. With those clear skies around, temperatures are
:06:29. > :06:29.plummeting, particularly across southern parts. Here we