And the police are urging people to be vigilant. Depite four terror attacks this year, there will be fewer officers on duty in london at the new years eve fireworks but Scotland Yard says the numbers are proportionate and reflect the threat level, which remains at severe. In some parts of the uk celebrations for the new year are already well underway, not least in edinburgh. Last night, the citys hogmanay festival opened with a torchlight procession through its historic streets. More than 17,000 torchbearers took part in the event, including 30 vikings who had travelled down from shetland for the celebrations. The security minister ben wallace has said the government should consider taxing internet firms, unless they are more willing to co operate in tackling the threat of terrorism in the uk. In an interview in the sunday times, mr wallace said technology fims that refused the Security Services access to encrypted messages were turning the internet into an anarchic, violent space. ani adding we should stop pretending that because they sit adding we should stop pretending that because they sit on beanbags in t shirts they are not ruthless profiteers. Google and facebook are yet to respond to the remarks. Two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in iran as Anti Government protests spread throughout the country, reaching the capital, tehran. The wave of unrest which began last week, is the most serious since the authorities suppressed months of protests in 2009. Demonstrators have been heard shouting slogans in support of the shah and the iranian royal family for the First Time Since the Islamic Revolution a0 years ago. That is a must on bbc one. We will be on the bbc news channel until nine oclock. Anne marie tasker and kofi smiles look back at the highlights of hull 2017 and find out what impact this year long festival of arts and culture has had on the city. Hello and welcome to hull, britains city of culture as we review 12 months of cracking events. Thats right, its been an absolutely phenomenal year. We have so much to look back on. Across four seasons, hull took art out of galleries and theatres and into the streets. 365 days of events changed the way the city has been seen by the rest of the world. The year has gone by so quick, i cannot believe its almost over, and i hope these guys get to stay. This is the latest installation for 2017 called where do we go from here. That was amazing. That was how we started this season, made in hull. 2017 really did start with a bang. With 3. 5 tonnes of fireworks. And made in hull, a spectacular light show telling the story of the city and its people. What do you think to this unbelievable display . I thought it was amazing. Absolutely fabulous. Ive got family in canada and theyre watching it live now. Im from london and i think if this was in london. I cant explain, the reaction you get is absolutely fantastic. Its amazing. Fantastic, i thought it was really very moving, very emotional. I am from brazil and i spent two new years in copacabana and its the same quality here. Its amazing. I am so proud of hull. Its absolutely amazing. At the centrepiece of a season called made in hull, something that was. A huge wind turbine blade, handmade at the citys siemens factory. An incredible 75 metres long, and to put that into some perspective, i am about six foot so i would fit along this 41 times. Thats a lot of kofi. Getting it in was a big job. 50 lamp posts, traffic lights and barriers were taken down for its four hourjourney from factory to city centre. And it drew in the crowds one in five people who came to see it were from outside hull and east yorkshire. Caroline quentin and mark addy starred in the World Premiere of the hypocrite. Ive spent the last two days running round inside a Cardboard Box which represents a commode, for reasons too complicated to go into. The play was by Award Winning hull born writer richard bean and told the story of hulls role in the start of the english civil war. Shutting the citys gate on the king. Who will make the first advance . Im really looking forward to the people of hull seeing this play. Theres so much great stuff in it. Some of the jokes, they are so deeply entrenched in the culture here, they are going to love it. The show had the theatres biggest cast, biggest set and spectacular special effects, and it won a new audience, one third of them who had never been to this theatre before. February brought another World Premiere. 6000 pipes, written by britains most popular living composer, sir karljenkins. Theres a starman waiting in the sky. Weeks later the orchestra made way for one of david bowies old bandmates, the spiderfrom mars, woody woodmansey. The last surviving member of the band from hull performed the rise and fall of ziggy stardust album live and in full for the first time ever. It is somewhere that bowie wanted to play himself. He knew we were from here. So to come back now, to hull the city of culture is amazing. Made in hull also celebrated pioneering women of the city of culture. From the worlds first woman conductor to the first womens world boxing champion barbara buttrick. I think all this talk about girls not boxing is old fashioned. Girls arent the delicate flowers they used to be and anyhow my boyfriend doesnt mind. Arts original bad girl from her Performance Art collective and one of hulls most famous daughters, maureen lipman, on inspiring the next generation. If theres one kid out there watching, who thinks, god, if that white haired woman with spectacles can be on telly, so can i. And even if you are not famous and from hull you could pretend to be, as photography show hollywood icons let people take on the favourite film roles. And there were other ways to get involved, people choosing coloured filters for their flats as part of this community project, called i wish to communicate with you. I think is brilliant, it makes you feel good that you are part of the city of culture. By march nine out of ten people in hull had been to a city of culture event and with 60 Community Projects in 2017, many were even taking part. That was one of the Community Projects put together by people from hull for people from hull. Really a great way to get everyone involved. The woman who masterminded it is sharon darley. Sharon, before 2017 some people might have thought art is not for me, is just for the cultural elite. Has this project changed that . Yes in what ways, what have you seen . The whole year has changed that, the project we were involved with definitely helped oil the wheels. What changes have you seen, just explain to people who dont know hull, the problems in the estate where you started that work. Lots of the usual inner city challenges, lack of employment, lack of prospects. Lack of aspiration sometimes. Although i like to say that i work with a really creative, innovative, funny community. Do you think 2017 has drawn that out . I think so, and it doesnt take a lot. How can you keep these things going, for the people who might not have the time or the money to go to theatre or the art gallery . Im going to say the l word, legacy. This year is a beautiful launch pad. It is now up to us to keep it going and going and make it, if it is around for a long time, the more chance youve got of seeing stuff. Sharon, thank you so much. And there were so many more Community Events stretching into season two called roots and routes. My favourite was seeing katy perry at big weekend, she was for me one of the highlights of season two. cheering and applause . Season two looked to hulls place in the world. And you dont get much more global than katy perry. Dozens of stellar pop acts came to Burton Constable near hull for radio 1s big weekend. In a festival environmentjust outside of hull is crazy. It is so cool. To have this on your doorstep. We keep running into people we know. It is like all the city in a big place. Just from the crowd you can always tell what type of energy is out there, and it sounds like people really appreciate the music, it seems like a real freedom here. Music should be somewhere where people can come together no matter what background you are from. We need music to connect and i dont think that should ever be something people are afraid to come together for. We saw stormzy earlier. Are you a grime fan . Im interested in the grime scene, and hes one of the best. I saw little mi earlier, they are trained, they are in the dressing room next to mine and theirvocalwarm ups were quite impressive. I dont think i can nail that. Im going to stay at the french level, below that. But that was not the only festival in town. North atlantic flux celebrated hulls historic ties to scandinavia and was created by the musician john grant. Hull is a place that has been on my radarfor some time, several of the artists i admire have connections to hull. I think you will see what hull has to offer and also things from the north atlantic, it is quite scandinavian. Another event with sound at its heart, height of the reeds was a sonicjourney across the iconic humber bridge. The swans bend their necks backwards to see god. They know the magnetism of the blue space. Listening through headphones, they are hearing a piece of work which combines poetry with sounds of the bridge as it creaks and sways in the wind. 0pera norths chorus and orchestra married with sound recordings of the bridge itself. Look up and a hull schoolgirl who guided the audience. It will be weird hearing myself, but it will be pretty cool. Australian company circa brought circus, dance and sound to a hull graveyard. A horse, horse, my kingdom for a horse and more world class theatre with matt fraser in shakespeares richard iii. Im a deformed actor playing a deformed characterfor the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first but exciting that i get to do it. Thousands came to see the weeping window poppies on tour from the tower of london. And revealed in more ways than one, more than 3000 people from around the world who took part in sea of hull. In april they saw the final artwork by Spencer Tunick unveiled in the gallery. Im about there. You have only one life, just live it. I dont care if anyone sees me or not. Ive got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire. Big weekend was a highlight of season two, the perfect warm up for a season of festivals in the city of culture. We are now halfway through the year and it is clear that hull is getting pretty good at putting on unexpected, innovative and Exciting Events like this installation, and that that is changing perceptions of the city. It was not that long ago when hull was voted britains crappest town, but if you look in the papers today you will see that is no longer the case. And with a summer packed full of events to come things got better and better. One, two, three what are you thinking . Summer was a season of festivals. More than 100 local bands at the humber street sesh. We are sitting on an amazing wealth of talent in this region and i think it is about time the rest of the country was aware of it. The tenth annual freedom festival, with a lecture from former un secretary general kofi annan. Art and culture is very much part of life. It brings people together. They may not understand what the artist is saying, but they stop and look at it and question something within themselves. The citys first ever childrens literature festival, the big malarkey. They all live at number 41 fairfield road, and their next door neighbour is mr nigel mcnumpty, who is a grizzly bear. And hull was even on show at the Worlds Largest arts festival, the edinburgh fringe. We are here representing hull, which is the uk city of culture this year. The proms came here outside london for the first time in more than 80 years. And hull hosted the first ever uk pride parade, marking 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. Were bust to bust. Yes, bust to bust, yeah, after all these years. Cheering and applause. As part of lgbt 50, radio 2 to brought the i feel love concert to town. Today, i feel really reflective and i feel i kind of stand on the shoulders of great people who have done you know, like, marc almonds here. I mean, thatsjust like, hes an amazing artist an amazing advocate for lgbt people. Alison moyer, amazing. So its just why would i not say no to be in the company of those people . Hello from hull, the 2017 city of culture. Hull took over the airwaves again in september with contains strong language, a festival celebrating poetry and spoken word. What is exciting is to see the hull acts and the hull language taking its place on this global stage. Here, domes and statues. Spires and cranes cluster. You mentioned before about Philip Larkin and andrew marvell. Yeah. Reading both of them today, who is hulls best . 0h. Do you know, i never compare i never compare lovers, i never compare poets. I mean, i never compare music. Itsjust different. Im glad we dont have oscars for poets i mean, its ridiculous enough for actors. Then there was the weird and wonderful bill bailey invented tales about strange items in his cabinet of curiosities at hulls maritime museum. Do you think you are the first comedian to have curated a Museum Exhibition . I dont know. Im gonna say yes. It certainly seems like new ground, doesnt it . Ive decided in the spirit of this exhibition, yes, i, bill bailey, bill of bailey, am the first comedian to curate an exhibition of this kind anywhere in the world. And an immersive experience like no other, from high tech shopping, being captured by the police of 1980 south korea, in a performance called one day maybe. If i dont make it out, tell my mum, dad, sisters, brothers that you cant touch my stuff. Oh, what . Did you see that . He knows im watching and one of the seasons highlights, a special gala performance by the world famous royal ballet. Its principalsjoined a handful of top ballet dancers who had all taken their first lessons at Skelton Hooper school of dance in hull. So many wanted tickets, 5,000 people watched on screens in a nearby park. The gala showing off the great dancers who started theirjourney to the top in the city of culture. Applause. Well, you may have noticed in there some of the army of 2,500 turquoise coated volunteers who are working for city of culture. And joining us is this is special, we have three generations of volunteers, leanne, sheila, and karen. Now, how many hours of volunteering have you put in this year between you . Weve put injust under 1,300 hours of volunteering. 1,300 . Between the three of you . Between the three of us. Incredible. And what have been your highlights . Mine was one day maybe, which i absolutely adored. It was a long shift but certainly worth the effort. One of mine was the gay parade. I really enjoyed that. Gay pride . Yeah. I was lucky enough to be in flood. I was on one of the floating platforms. 0h, brilliant that was fantastic. We will be seeing some of that later in the programme. And youll be sticking at it next year as well . Yes, definitely. And longer to come, yeah. Yeah, we have really enjoyed it, everybody. Were just like one big family. Thank you so much for coming down. We are getting to the end of our review. Season four is called tell the world. The final season of 2017 and the World Premieres kept coming. Maxine pea kes play, the last testament of lillian bilocca, told the story of four hull women who fought the government for better fisherman safety, and won. The winner of this years turner prize is lubaina himid. This years turner prize was awarded in hull to lubaina himid, the oldest winner in its history and the first black woman to win the prize. Thank you, panel. First of all, to the people who stopped me in the streets of preston and hull to wish me luck, thank you, it worked. The show at the ferens art gallery featuring the four short listed artists has drawn huge crowds more than double the average it usually gets in london and already, the most second visited turner prize show ever. Another treat for visual art lovers was hull, portrait of a city. Every shot taken by world renowned photographers martin parr and Olivia Arthur in the city of culture. There you go. Brilliant. But the contemporary art was not confined to galleries it took over the city streets with huge installations like flow and a hall for hull. And mythical mystical beasts roamed the streets for the land of green ginger unleashed parade the finale of a year of events that of the artistic spectacle out to the citys communities. It was fantastic well worth the wait, and i want to see it again oh, it was so good i didnt know what to expect. I didnt know it would be like that, though. It was kind of scary when the people came up to you. Its what weve needed, its what the citys wanted, and it just shows with the amount of people who are here that we all wanted it, you know . Long may it continue. Art even found its way into hospital. The footprint of every baby born in hull has been taken during 2017, and along with the midwifes hand print, theyve made a huge mural reflecting every new life in the city of culture. Its lovely that he was born in 2017, and the little footprints are a great idea. I think they will be a gorgeous little tribute to him and a lovely tribute to all the staff as well. On october 1, all of hulls cream phone boxes rang and the public took calls from the future. The live experience was part of we made 0urselves over 2097 and ran alongside five short sci fi films and an interactive app. And another glimpse of a possible future came from Theatre Company slung low with a year long performance called flood. Tell me how i can save them, save the world the dystopic story imagined europe flooded and its citizens as refugees. Told online, on tv, and in a series of Live Performances in one of hulls old docks, its ambition reflected that of hulls whole year as city of culture. That was some of the fantastic moments from season fours tell the world. And the man who made 2017 happen is its director, martin green. When you moved to hull three years ago, martin, did you ever imagine that 2017 would be as successful as it has been . Never in a million years is the truthful answer. I dont think anyone would have that kind of ego. It has been the most extraordinary year in the life of this great city. How would you sum up the changes that youve seen over that time . I think what we have seen here again is how art is the life force of a city and quite apart from the many events and exhibitions and performances, what you have seen is a re finding of a citys voice, a re finding of its pride, and the rediscovery of a city by many people who arent from this city as well. Martin will leave soon and hand over the reins to new management. What is the one thing that you would like to see carried on as legacy from this year . I think its that ambition. I think what weve done here this year is the unexpected, you know, really interesting cultural experiences. And i think this city has a great ambition to be different, and if hull can continue to be a city of the extraordinary, then that would be one of the many legacies that will come from this year. Thank you so much, martin. And thats it for our review of 2017. This year has been incredible. Can you believe that theres been at least one event every single day . And we have been to most of them and if you want to take a look back, you can go to our website. Its just bbc. Co. Uk hull2017. And theres been so much going on, here are a few bits that we havent managed to squeeze in. Bye bye. See ya if youve not heard of fuzzfeed, where the hell have you been . All where have you been . If you like your coffee hot, let me be your coffee pot robot i am a loose cannon. Hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson. Storms and rail strikes threaten disruption as the uk prepares to bring in the new year. A 24 hour walk out is underway on south western and Cross Country services causing cancellations and delays. In edinburgh, hogmanay celebrations have already begun. 0rganisers say tonights main event will go ahead as planned despite the strong winds expected to be brought by storm dylan. We have seen wins approach 80 mph across Northern Ireland in the last hour. There is likely to be some travel disruption and amateur. We will have your full forecast. Good morning, its sunday, 31st december. Also this morning two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in iran as Anti Government protests spread across the country
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