And thousands of extra police. The city of hull becomes the uks second City Of Culture, were there live to see how organisers plan to transform it. It all starts right here at 4pm this afternoon and this evening there will be a Firework Display with biggerfireworks than will be a Firework Display with bigger fireworks than the ones last night in london. Meanwhile, they are getting ready to sing, dance, shake and much our way into 2017 with the massive london new years day parade. In sport, premier League Leaders chelsea beat stoke. The blues have now equalled arsenals record of 13 consecutive wins in a single season. And matt has the weather. 2017 opened up cold and sunny to the northern half of the uk, cloudy, wet and increasingly cold further south. 0n the details coming up in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. At least 39 people have been killed, and many more injured, in an attack on a nightclub in the turkish city of istanbul. At least a dozen of the victims are k
And thousands of extra police. The city of hull becomes the uks second City Of Culture, were there live to see how organisers plan to transform it. It all starts right here at 4pm this afternoon and this evening there will be a Firework Display with biggerfireworks than will be a Firework Display with bigger fireworks than the ones last night in london. Meanwhile, they are getting ready to sing, dance, shake and much our way into 2017 with the massive london new years day parade. In sport, premier League Leaders chelsea beat stoke. The blues have now equalled arsenals record of 13 consecutive wins in a single season. And matt has the weather. 2017 opened up cold and sunny to the northern half of the uk, cloudy, wet and increasingly cold further south. 0n the details coming up in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. At least 39 people have been killed, and many more injured, in an attack on a nightclub in the turkish city of istanbul. At least a dozen of the victims are k
And thousands of extra police. The city of hull becomes the uks second City Of Culture, were there live to see how organisers plan to transform it. It all starts right here at 4pm this afternoon and this evening there will be a Firework Display with biggerfireworks than will be a Firework Display with bigger fireworks than the ones last night in london. Meanwhile, they are getting ready to sing, dance, shake and much our way into 2017 with the massive london new years day parade. In sport, premier League Leaders chelsea beat stoke. The blues have now equalled arsenals record of 13 consecutive wins in a single season. And matt has the weather. 2017 opened up cold and sunny to the northern half of the uk, cloudy, wet and increasingly cold further south. 0n the details coming up in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. At least 39 people have been killed, and many more injured, in an attack on a nightclub in the turkish city of istanbul. At least a dozen of the victims are k
Reporting that the Islamic State who claimed responsibility for the killings has pledged a campaign of terror. Theresa may overhauling the Honours System also makes the papers front page. And finally, the mirror leads on the latest claims over George Michaels death. We will start with the ongoing hunt for the gunman who struck the Istanbul Nightclub last night. We we re Istanbul Nightclub last night. We were reporting it around this time, two oclock in the morning local time, last night. Smiling killer, it says. Shot victims one by one as they partied with friends. Hundreds and hundreds of people were in this particular nightclub. A massively popular place in istanbul and well known across turkey. Popular place in istanbul and well known across turkey. Very cosmopolitan as well. It was deliberately targeted. He was prepared all right. He was in some psychological state. The express, on one of its inside pages, say this man is now believed to have been a turkmen, possibly from chechnya
Welcome to bbc news. The government has moved fast to appoint a new ambassador to the European Union after the Surprise Resignation of britains top diplomat in brussels yesterday. Sir tim barrow a former ambassador to Russia Will Begin work next week on the complex brexit negotiations ahead. His appointment comes after sir ivan rogers stood down suddenly and then accused the government of muddled thinking over brexit. His Departure Led to accusations that hed lost the trust of the prime minister. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Until today said tim barrow was one of the most senior officials at the Foreign Office, always on hand to advise his boss. Tonight hes our new ambassador to the European Union with the awesome task of getting the brexit preparations back on track. His former boss said he was the right man for the job. Hes an absolutely classic, tough civil servant. Very experienced. Knows the eu very well and will go in there and do a good job. I think he wil