:00:10. > :00:14.The man in charge of Hull's year as City of Culture
:00:15. > :00:17.says it's been more successful than he could have imagined.
:00:18. > :00:20.Today is the end of the first season of events,
:00:21. > :00:22.and businesses ranging from breweries and restaurants,
:00:23. > :00:25.to theatres and galleries say they've seen record-breaking
:00:26. > :00:31.increases in visitors, and a change in perceptions of "brand Hull".
:00:32. > :00:36.Our culture correspondent, Anne-Marie Tasker, reports.
:00:37. > :00:37.The events that opened City of Culture
:00:38. > :00:41.were the UK's most visited attraction that week.
:00:42. > :00:46.And since then, people have kept coming.
:00:47. > :00:48.The Mercure and Ibis hotels say they've had 52% more bookings
:00:49. > :00:54.Hull trains says it saw a 15% increase in journeys
:00:55. > :00:56.to the city in January and February.
:00:57. > :01:00.And 83% of Hull residents surveyed said they'd visited
:01:01. > :01:06.the city centre in the evening compared to 43% a year ago.
:01:07. > :01:08.I was as confident as you could be based on your experience
:01:09. > :01:14.But you would be in egomaniac if you thought that the reaction
:01:15. > :01:20.And that's helped this brewery in Hull
:01:21. > :01:27.Although it's delighted that City of Culture's put Hull on the map,
:01:28. > :01:32.it feels small businesses could be more included.
:01:33. > :01:35.There's still some niggles with regard to small businesses
:01:36. > :01:37.getting involved with City of Culture.
:01:38. > :01:43.some things are not necessarily happening at the right time.
:01:44. > :01:45.What differences have you seen to "brand Hull"
:01:46. > :01:49.I think Hull is now up there with Made In Yorkshire.
:01:50. > :01:52.So Yorkshire would be the thing you would put first and foremost,
:01:53. > :01:55.but now it is equally on the same platform.
:01:56. > :01:58.And artistic events like the Blade, and the unveiling
:01:59. > :02:01.of the Lorenzetti painting have drawn crowds.
:02:02. > :02:05.Museums and galleries have had almost six times as many visitors
:02:06. > :02:12.Though, of course, the Ferens was closed then.
:02:13. > :02:16.the gallery's had more visitors than in the whole of 2014.
:02:17. > :02:19.And the twice-yearly Heads Up Festival
:02:20. > :02:24.says ticket sales went up by around 40% this year.
:02:25. > :02:32.Tomorrow, season two begins - with events like the musical journey
:02:33. > :02:35.across the Humber Bridge and an art show inspired by a urinal.
:02:36. > :02:39.The question is, will the next three months
:02:40. > :02:46.prove as much of a record breaker as the first three of 2017?
:02:47. > :02:49.Police have urged caravan parks and guest house owners
:02:50. > :02:52.to be vigilant as a missing woman and her two sons
:02:53. > :02:55.may have checked in under a different name.
:02:56. > :02:57.Officers believe Dylan and Louis were taken
:02:58. > :03:00.by their 42-year-old mother, Samantha Baldwin,
:03:01. > :03:04.from Nottingham on Monday and are treating it as an abduction.
:03:05. > :03:09.said Miss Baldwin poses a risk to the children.
:03:10. > :03:13.The family have links to Lincolnshire.
:03:14. > :03:14.Operations at Boston Pilgrim Hospital were cancelled
:03:15. > :03:19.It was caused by a faulty fridge on the ninth floor.
:03:20. > :03:22.Several wards were evacuated and nine staff members were treated
:03:23. > :03:30.Managers say operations will go ahead on Monday as planned.
:03:31. > :03:33.Plans for a ?20 million development in Grimsby town centre
:03:34. > :03:38.It will be built as an extension to Freshney Place shopping centre.
:03:39. > :03:40.It includes a new cinema and restaurant complex
:03:41. > :03:44.and is expected to create hundreds of jobs.
:03:45. > :03:49.but the Skegness lifeboat crew is now fully operational
:03:50. > :03:54.and their new boat will be officially named at midday tomorrow.
:03:55. > :03:56.The vessel arrived in the resort in January
:03:57. > :04:01.thanks to a huge legacy donation from Joel and April Grunnill,
:04:02. > :04:06.Phillip Norton has been out with the crew.
:04:07. > :04:09.Just after 8am on a Sunday morning, and the Joel and April Grunnill
:04:10. > :04:17.is launched off the beach at Skegness.
:04:18. > :04:20.You have your days where it is quite rough, and you think,
:04:21. > :04:24.I'm a construction manager in my day job,
:04:25. > :04:27.so it's a nice change to have something different to do
:04:28. > :04:31.at the weekend and relax and meet new people.
:04:32. > :04:37.The crew have been training hard since taking delivery
:04:38. > :04:41.of the lifeboat in January, and today, they're meeting
:04:42. > :04:43.colleagues from Hunstanton, so they can get used to working
:04:44. > :04:49.with the new vessel, which can be tricky at times.
:04:50. > :04:53.We cover a long distance across the wash.
:04:54. > :04:54.Skegness have got the better capability
:04:55. > :05:00.Often we work in conjunction with Skegness -
:05:01. > :05:04.we can get there quickly, assess the situation with the back-up
:05:05. > :05:08.of Skegness to do the heavy work, the real work.
:05:09. > :05:11.We have been travelling at around 28 knots across the wash
:05:12. > :05:15.Since this boat came here to Skegness in January,
:05:16. > :05:20.to make sure she is fully operational.
:05:21. > :05:22.The lifeboat was largely paid for thanks
:05:23. > :05:26.to a ?1.5 million donation by late crewmember Joel Grunnill
:05:27. > :05:31.for those who worked alongside him on rescues,
:05:32. > :05:41.I am really pleased his name will be on the boat.
:05:42. > :05:48.It is just a pity that he is not still here to see it.
:05:49. > :05:50.After a few hours, we're heading back,
:05:51. > :05:52.and time for one last little trick from this new lifeboat.
:05:53. > :05:58.To save turnaround time, this is how she's brought back ashore.
:05:59. > :06:02.It is pretty much like a controlled crash.
:06:03. > :06:06.The impact is great on everybody inside.
:06:07. > :06:11.It took us by surprise when we first started with this boat.
:06:12. > :06:14.With the emergency boat, we did nothing like that.
:06:15. > :06:16.Tomorrow, the Joel and April Grunnill will be officially named,
:06:17. > :06:27.who have already taken this lifeboat to their hearts.
:06:28. > :06:36.A lot of dry weather to come over the next few days
:06:37. > :06:39.The exception perhaps being tomorrow -
:06:40. > :06:41.we are looking at the risk of a few showers,
:06:42. > :06:43.some of which could be on the heavy side.
:06:44. > :06:46.after perhaps the odd shower this evening,
:06:47. > :06:50.Broken cloud, and a little cooler than it has been
:06:51. > :06:53.Temperatures dropping back into single figures.
:06:54. > :06:56.Tomorrow, there will be some good dry, bright and sunny periods.
:06:57. > :06:59.But there will also be a scattering of showers.
:07:00. > :07:01.With just light winds, these showers could be slow-moving -
:07:02. > :07:04.even the odd heavy, potentially thundery one as well.
:07:05. > :07:06.You will notice they are very well spread out,
:07:07. > :07:08.so lots of dry, bright weather in between.
:07:09. > :07:10.Even though it won't be quite as warm as it has been,
:07:11. > :07:12.it will still feel pleasant in the sunshine.
:07:13. > :07:15.It looks like it will be largely dry and fine for Sunday.
:07:16. > :07:43.Hello. There the weekend is here and Sunday looks like being the better
:07:44. > :07:46.day of the two. We're going to start the weekend, a new month, with
:07:47. > :07:51.sunshine and April showers. Those fade away overnight. Saturday night
:07:52. > :07:54.could be chilly. It points to a fine day on Sunday. This picture was
:07:55. > :07:58.taken by a weather watcher to end the day in Dundee. This one is
:07:59. > :08:02.probably my favourite of the day. This was taken at Yarmouth in the
:08:03. > :08:07.Isle of Wight. Here we could catch showers overnight. Probably going to
:08:08. > :08:11.be dry in Dundee. You can see where the wet weather is, in the
:08:12. > :08:16.south-west and into Wales. That could be heavier eier at times.
:08:17. > :08:21.Clearer skies for Eastern parts of England. Not as warm as last night.
:08:22. > :08:24.Not cold by any means. Tomorrow we start the day with sunshine and
:08:25. > :08:25.showers for Wales and the south-west of England.