:00:08. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to Hull, where the city is preparing
:00:11. > :00:14.to celebrate becoming the UK City of Culture.
:00:15. > :00:17.In just over an hour, there will be a huge fireworks
:00:18. > :00:18.display from the middle of the Humber.
:00:19. > :00:24.Already parts of the city have been turned into a light show,
:00:25. > :00:30.as Hull begins its year in the spotlight.
:00:31. > :00:34.A look back at a century of Hull's history opened its reign
:00:35. > :00:37.as UK City of Culture - light and sound recreating
:00:38. > :00:44.moments like the Blitz, the annual Hull Fair
:00:45. > :00:48.and Hull City's Premier League promotion.
:00:49. > :00:50.I's read all the negative stuff in the papers
:00:51. > :00:52.and people's comments, but tonight, yeah, brilliant.
:00:53. > :00:54.If it goes on as good as this, it'll be
:00:55. > :00:58.I liked the bit where it said "We are Hull" and there were all
:00:59. > :01:03.In some ways, I want to keep it secret, but in other
:01:04. > :01:06.ways it's great to celebrate Hull and this is a great night.
:01:07. > :01:08.From Hull's history to its future, with the first baby born
:01:09. > :01:16.Little Lincoln's footprint will join ones taken from every baby born
:01:17. > :01:19.during City of Culture year to make a huge picture like this.
:01:20. > :01:21.It's amazing to have the first baby born
:01:22. > :01:23.It's lovely to see the baby's footprints.
:01:24. > :01:26.They will be able to look back on it when they are
:01:27. > :01:37.Kicking off tonight's party is a DJ used to a smaller crowd.
:01:38. > :01:41.Linda Levantiz is the landlady at Hull's Bonny Boat pub,
:01:42. > :01:45.but tonight, she will use her two iPods to entertain 25,000 people
:01:46. > :01:51.I'm not a DJ, I just play music in the pub and, hopefully,
:01:52. > :01:57.If I can see who is in the crowd I can play for them.
:01:58. > :02:00.If not, I'll just play what they can sing along to,
:02:01. > :02:05.Getting ready for that main event, two barges full of fireworks heading
:02:06. > :02:26.With 15,000 on board, 2017 really will come in with a bang.
:02:27. > :02:33.of here on the banks of the Humber waiting for the show to start.
:02:34. > :02:40.I am with one of the team he has been preparing for the year of
:02:41. > :02:46.events, Sam Hunt. How pleased are you at how things have started? It
:02:47. > :02:51.is fantastic, isn't it? I have never seen the time so busy. The made in
:02:52. > :02:55.the whole event we have, it means people can come and go on any day of
:02:56. > :02:59.the week that they want. That is the week that they want. That is
:03:00. > :03:05.just the start. It is absolutely packed in there. What will this do
:03:06. > :03:09.for all, what promises can you make of what Hull would look like at the
:03:10. > :03:13.end of the EU? I will not make any promises, but this idea if you look
:03:14. > :03:18.behind us we have a wind turbine factory just about to start
:03:19. > :03:23.exporting. We have 25,000 people coming to enjoy the fireworks
:03:24. > :03:27.display, tens of thousands -- tends about these people just in the
:03:28. > :03:33.centre using the bars and restaurants. Hull is on the up. How
:03:34. > :03:37.excited are you at to three years of planning that it is finally here? I
:03:38. > :03:43.am excited about that, but this is just the first thing on the first
:03:44. > :03:47.date, we have another 364 of these things to go through. This is
:03:48. > :03:51.absolutely just the beginning. It is just over an hour until the
:03:52. > :03:58.fireworks. If you look over my shoulder and you can see some of the
:03:59. > :03:59.25,000 people who were lucky enough to get tickets for this evening's
:04:00. > :04:00.show. Thousands of people are expected
:04:01. > :04:03.here on the banks of the Humber tonight for the fireworks,
:04:04. > :04:10.which start in just over an hour. Many of the 25,000 ticket holders
:04:11. > :04:13.are already here and have been picking the best to watch the show
:04:14. > :04:17.from. It is a great opportunity for the people who were born in the city
:04:18. > :04:23.to celebrate the city that they were born into. How do you feel about
:04:24. > :04:27.tonight, Tony? Intensely proud. Hull has had its critics over the years
:04:28. > :04:31.but when you see the that have been made around the time, it is totally
:04:32. > :04:37.wonderful. You have come much further, come to revisit the city do
:04:38. > :04:42.were born in. That's right, indeed. What did you make of the changes to
:04:43. > :04:46.hold? Totally amazed. I think the pavements in all of the artworks are
:04:47. > :04:50.absolutely beautiful and I am looking forward to all of the
:04:51. > :04:55.exciting things that will be happening. Excited for the
:04:56. > :04:59.fireworks, extremely excited! It certainly has an atmosphere of New
:05:00. > :05:01.Year's Eve ball over again and people here are expecting to see a
:05:02. > :05:03.spectacular show. With the weather,
:05:04. > :05:07.here's Aisling Creevey. Hello, there, and a
:05:08. > :05:09.very happy New Year. If you are down on the banks
:05:10. > :05:12.of the Humber this evening to see the fireworks,
:05:13. > :05:14.it's cold and there are As we head through this evening,
:05:15. > :05:19.they will increasingly become A very cold night in store
:05:20. > :05:22.with temperatures widely falling to freezing or below,
:05:23. > :05:25.with the risk of some icy stretches A very cold day in store on Monday,
:05:26. > :05:29.with highs of just three Celsius. It will stay cold and frosty
:05:30. > :05:32.for the rest of the week. That's it from Hull,
:05:33. > :05:35.as it prepares to celebrate becoming You can see all the fireworks
:05:36. > :05:41.on our Facebook page. We'll be live streaming the whole
:05:42. > :05:44.thing from just after 8.00pm. We will have all the highlights
:05:45. > :05:47.on Look North tonight at 10.50pm. Until then, have a very
:05:48. > :06:13.good evening. Good evening. Well, to Bake Off
:06:14. > :06:18.2017, the weather has been fairly mixed, wet and cloudy in the South,
:06:19. > :06:21.colder but clearer further north. This was taken in County Down
:06:22. > :06:26.earlier in the day, plenty of sunshine there, but with clear skies
:06:27. > :06:32.by day, a cold nights tonight. That will fill the south across the
:06:33. > :06:35.country, the cloud and rain clearing through the early hours of Monday
:06:36. > :06:40.morning across that area. This is how it is looking first thing, cold
:06:41. > :06:42.and frosty, colder than this in the countryside, still some wintry
:06:43. > :06:47.showers for northern Scotland into the north-east of England, so a
:06:48. > :06:52.chance of icy stretches first thing on untreated surfaces. Through the
:06:53. > :06:57.day, Monday is looking quite decent, mostly dry with wintry sunshine and
:06:58. > :07:00.light winds, still breezy towards the north and north-east with a few
:07:01. > :07:05.showers falling asleep damp snow over high ground. Temperatures
:07:06. > :07:07.generally 3-6d, dry and bright weather on