:00:13. > :00:17.Good evening and welcome to Look North.
:00:18. > :00:19.A huge fireworks display has marked the beginning of Hull's year
:00:20. > :00:25.25,000 watched on from the banks of the Humber.
:00:26. > :00:27.Earlier parts of the city were turned into a giant light show.
:00:28. > :00:30.Our culture correspondent, Anne-Marie Tasker, has this report.
:00:31. > :00:33.It took 500 hours to plan but just 12 minutes to perform, the firework
:00:34. > :00:38.show that City of Culture promised would be bigger than London's on New
:00:39. > :00:49.25,000 people packed in to see Hull start its year in the spotlight.
:00:50. > :00:52.It is like being in a completely different city, a foreign city.
:00:53. > :00:59.Everybody is in really great spirits.
:01:00. > :01:05.We have come all the way from South Africa to see the fireworks.
:01:06. > :01:08.It is such an amazing place and the fireworks are spectacular.
:01:09. > :01:16.It was amazing, all the music that went with it, I am so
:01:17. > :01:19.happy about it, so happy for Hull, I hope it is
:01:20. > :01:22.After more than three years of planning City of Culture
:01:23. > :01:24.is finally here and with 15,000 fireworks
:01:25. > :01:26.exploding above the Humber it really is starting with a bang.
:01:27. > :01:32.When you are in my game you love the planning
:01:33. > :01:34.bit but you love the moment when the show starts.
:01:35. > :01:36.The team here have worked really hard and the City
:01:37. > :01:38.Council have planned so hard and got this
:01:39. > :01:40.stage ready for us so it is
:01:41. > :01:45.always great to take up the curtain and open.
:01:46. > :01:55.And this was the curtain raiser, the week-long opening event made in
:01:56. > :01:58.Hull. A look back at a century of the city's history, light and sound
:01:59. > :02:05.recreating moments like the Blitz, Hull Fair and Hull City's
:02:06. > :02:13.Premier League promotion. there is negative stuff in the
:02:14. > :02:18.papers but if it goes on like this it will be fantastic. In some ways I
:02:19. > :02:20.want to keep it secret bid in other ways it is great to celebrate Hull
:02:21. > :02:22.and this is a great night. And from Hull's
:02:23. > :02:24.history to its future, with the first baby born
:02:25. > :02:26.in the city in 2017. Little Lincoln's footprint will join
:02:27. > :02:29.ones taken from every baby born during City of Culture year,
:02:30. > :02:44.to make a huge picture like this. It is amazing to have the first baby
:02:45. > :02:47.born in Hull 2017. It is lovely to see the babies' footprints, they
:02:48. > :02:53.will be able to look back on it when they are older. Three and a half
:02:54. > :02:59.tonnes of fireworks helped City of Culture get off to an explosive
:03:00. > :03:09.start. The organisers promised 364 more unforgettable days.
:03:10. > :03:10.There is more coverage of the fireworks display on our Facebook
:03:11. > :03:11.page. Humberside Police say they had one
:03:12. > :03:14.of their busiest shifts last night, after an evening of what they've
:03:15. > :03:16.described as "alcohol-fuelled Officers in Hull claim that at one
:03:17. > :03:20.point over New Year's Eve they were dealing with one call
:03:21. > :03:23.every 47 seconds, after a number The Queen missed the New Year's Day
:03:24. > :03:30.church service at Sandringham Other senior royals -
:03:31. > :03:34.including the Duke of Edinburgh - The Queen was forced
:03:35. > :03:37.to delay her journey from Buckingham Palace
:03:38. > :03:39.to their Norfolk estate In today's football,
:03:40. > :03:47.Lincoln City went back to the top of the National League after scoring
:03:48. > :03:50.twice late on in a 3-1 And North Ferriby United
:03:51. > :03:54.are off the bottom - And with the weather,
:03:55. > :04:02.here's Aisling Creevey. Hello there, and a very
:04:03. > :04:04.happy New Year. Over the next couple of hours
:04:05. > :04:07.we continue to see those showers Just one or two as we head
:04:08. > :04:12.through the overnight but it's certainly turning very cold as those
:04:13. > :04:15.skies start to clear, and we will see lows tonight
:04:16. > :04:17.of around one Celsius, but certainly much colder than this
:04:18. > :04:20.away from the towns. The risk of ice first
:04:21. > :04:22.thing in the morning. There's a good deal
:04:23. > :04:28.of sunshine around tomorrow. We hang onto those showers
:04:29. > :04:33.mainly close to the coast, so for most of us it is a dry
:04:34. > :04:37.but a very cold day in the store, Over the next couple
:04:38. > :04:40.of days temperatures We see a lot more cloud around
:04:41. > :04:54.as we head into Tuesday, -- again by the end of the week.
:04:55. > :04:59.We will be back tomorrow lunchtime at a quarter past one. If you have
:05:00. > :05:05.any pictures of the fireworks you can put them on our Facebook page.
:05:06. > :05:15.For many, New Year's Day was a shocker with all of that rain
:05:16. > :05:20.around. Tomorrow will be sunny, but it is getting colder. This is rain
:05:21. > :05:24.clearing from the south-east. These specks of white as snow mixed in
:05:25. > :05:26.with showers across parts of northern England, particularly
:05:27. > :05:32.across Scotland, low levels here. I say that they hazard in northern and
:05:33. > :05:36.eastern areas. I would not rule out slippery areas almost anywhere by
:05:37. > :05:41.the morning, by which time temperatures will be close to or
:05:42. > :05:44.below freezing in many places. A bright and sunny start, but still
:05:45. > :05:48.wintry showers, sliding down the North Sea coast. Some snow down at
:05:49. > :05:52.quite low levels to the north of Scotland. Here, the snow will turn
:05:53. > :05:57.to rain. Something milder creeping in off the Atlantic as it clouds
:05:58. > :06:02.over. Further south, despite that sunshine, it will feel cold. 3-5 is
:06:03. > :06:06.the best I can offer you, briefly, through the afternoon. Then
:06:07. > :06:07.temperatures fall away like a stone. Through the