this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: cctv footage shows the momenta gunman launched an attack on a nightclub in istanbul, killing 39 people. moments earlier, partygoers were welcoming in 2017. a manhunt is on the way for the attacker. here, mourners lay flowers for a 12—year—old girl who was killed by a hit—and—run driver in oldham. her 11—year—old cousin remains in a critical condition. the royal family attends a new year's day church service in sandringham, but without the queen, who still has a heavy cold. also in the next hour: hull officially becomes the uk's city of culture. thousands of people watch the opening installation ahead of a giant fireworks display. we'll bring you that live in about 15 minutes. # let's dance # let's dance # put on your red shoes... #. and coming up in half an hour, we celebrate the lives

of those who left us this year, including david bowie, in review 2016: we remember part two. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at a nightclub packed with new year revellers, killing at least 39 people. funerals have been held for some of the victims. another 69 people were wounded, four of them critically, in what the istanbul governor described as a "terrorist attack". the attacker left his gun before escaping. the shooting marks a bloody end to a year which saw ankara and istanbul targeted by attacks carried out by the so—called islamic state group and, separately, kurdish rebels. mark lowen reports from istanbul. the mood was of celebration, one of istanbul's top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017.

five, four, three, two... they expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start — not this. less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, bullets ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. inside, his killing spree continued — turks and foreigners murdered, others jumping into the freezing bosporus to escape. dozens more were injured, some critically. the gunman is still at large. witnesses spoke of the horror. translation: i had my back turned, my husband suddenly told me to get on the floor. a man ran inside, two or three people started firing, then there was this fog. i fainted at that moment until special forces took us out of there. they shot randomly, there were bodies lying on the floor. today, the scene was heavily guarded. too late for the victims of last night's security breach. there's still no word of who was behind it.

well, this is as close as we can get to what was one of turkey's most renowned nightclubs, which has become a scene of mass murder. turkey is now worryingly accustomed to these attacks, and as perhaps the most turbulent year in its modern history ends, another begins, yet again marked by terror. at the mortuary, they counted up the bodies. those waiting feared the worst. some already knew it. muhammad from iraq told us one of his friends was killed and two others injured. "we came here on holiday," he said. "now we are taking our friend's body home." visiting the wounded, the prime minister sounded defiant, but after more than 20 attacks in the past year, killing almost 400, many will see his words as empty. translation: terror cannot intimidate us. we will intimidate

terror. we will continue to fight against it. our biggest insurance is to seek our people standing in solidarity and supporting our resolve. and so a scene that's becoming almost routine here. today they bid farewell to ayhan arik — a brother, husband, father. after driving tourists to the nightclub, he was gunned down outside. they grieved for him, and for a country they once called safe, as they're left to wonder — what has happened to turkey? mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. we can now speak andrew finkel, who has been a foreign correspondent in istanbul for over 20 years. hejoins me on webcam from the belgian capital, brussels. thank you forjoining us, andrew. before this attack last night and this nightclub, how conscious had you and other people being of the security situation in the city? we

we re very security situation in the city? we were very aware that there was a terrorist threat. there have been warnings. the foreign embassies and consulates in turkey have been on high alert. well prior to this, even by american consulate in istanbul had sent home the dependence of its consulate staff. they were anticipating an attack against an american target. of course, we were a lwa ys american target. of course, we were always a little bit nervous and jumpy. but of course life goes on, we never really expected an attack of this magnitude right in the heart of this magnitude right in the heart of the city. but how much of a target is istanbul, as opposed to other parts of turkey? well, istanbul is turkey's largest city, it is its most prosperous city, a city where foreigners come and visit. a city where if you are a terrorist and want to make maximum impact, you attack istanbul, that's where you get, that were foreigners are. that's where the press is. it's clearly a n are. that's where the press is. it's clearly an obvious place to do so.

but of course, it's a huge city, a city of more than 15 million people, a city that is bigger than most countries. you know, the actuarial odds of being involved in a terrorist attack, even if there is one, are still quite slight. that makes it very difficult obviously to protect a ny makes it very difficult obviously to protect any potential location that could be a target. 2016 was such a terrible year for terrorist attacks in turkey. so many people would have been glad to see the back of the year. but what does this mean as people approach the new year? well, it means that we haven't seen the end of these attacks. indeed, we might have anticipated that they we re might have anticipated that they were going to occurjust before this terrible incident, turkey and russia and iran had signed a deal over syria, they had made some sort of pa ct of syria, they had made some sort of pact of a ceasefire. 0f syria, they had made some sort of pact of a ceasefire. of course, this was very much at isis's expense, the expense of the islamic state. having, as it were, turned a blind

eye in previous years towards the activities of islamic state, of not really being as aggressive as they might have been, suddenly turkey and the islamic state has become full—fledged enemies. so there is anticipation not just that this insta nt anticipation not just that this instant has occurred, but there may be future incidents of its kind. as far as the turkish electorate is concerned, what expectation do they have in terms of being kept safe from the politicians and the authorities? you have to know that turkey, the entire country is already under a form of emergency rule. there was an attempted coup lastjuly, and ever since that time, the government has really been ruling by decree, it's been ruling inafairly ruling by decree, it's been ruling in a fairly authoritarian way. this week we have seen journalists arrested, friends, people whom we know couldn't possibly be involved in any terrorist incidents have been

detained. you know, there is a fairly oppressive atmosphere in turkey at the moment, and people are being, you know, looking behind their backs, looking at their phones, seeing which of their friends are being taken in and not being taken in. so it's hard to imagine the government having any more powers to combat terrorism than it already enjoys. so i think people will begin to be concerned that really perhaps the government has lost control of the situation. but the people who are meant to be guarding may not be trusted, they may be arresting the wrong people is to bite andrew, thank you for talking to us. andrew finkel, correspondent based in turkey. police in 0ldham are hunting for a hit—and—run driver who knocked down two girls from the same family, leaving one dead and the other fighting for her life in hospital. 12—year—old helina kotlarova was killed when crossing the road with her 11—year—old cousin. eye—witnesses said the girls were holding hands at the time. from 0ldham, danni hewson reports.

today's family gathering should have been a celebration. instead, it was about sharing grief. the flowers laid here for 12—year—old helina kotlarova, killed in an apparent hit—and—run crash last night, a crash that also left her 11—year—old cousin critically ill. it is an incredibly busy road. the girls had crossed it to buy some crisps from the local shop. they were with a bigger group, more cousins and sisters, but they'd already made the return journey. the two girls held hands and stepped into the road. when we ran there, she was on the floor, she had blood all over herface, and i was touching her, i was trying to see if she's going to breathe or something, but she couldn't breathe or nothing. and i've seen herface, this face was all, you know, bleeding and... there was nothing...to do. throughout the day, investigations have been ongoing. greater manchester police confirmed

they were searching for the driver of a black vw golf that had failed to stop. so far, there have been no update on their progress. for the family, no news will soften the grief. it's just hard to believe that she's gone, because she was too young you know, she still had, like, life. tonight, tributes continue to be laid at the scene — a reminder of one life cut tragically short, and prayers for another girl critically ill. danni hewson, bbc news, 0ldham. the queen missed the annual new year's day church service in sandringham this morning because of a lingering heavy cold. she was also absent from the christmas day service at her norfolk estate because she was unwell. buckingham palace says the queen has been up and about in recent days, but is still recuperating. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc round—up

from the bbc sport centre. a little earlier than usual because we are awaiting the fireworks in hull. he is chris. hello. we had some fireworks of our own. "a lucky strike" says giroud but a very early contender for goal of the year. and three points for arsenal as they go third in the premier league. the gunners beat crystal palace 2—0. tim hague was watching. what a way to welcome in the new year. wet and wild at the emirates, but arsenal supporters would soon have something to remember 2017 buy from the man who should have put them ahead against crystal palace, 0livier giroud somehow missing the before giving us something so special. we had already seen a scorpion kickjust six days ago, but this was from another world. audacious from all angles. the goal of the year, you could say, yet agree viewing for the opposition manager. sam alla rdyce's

agree viewing for the opposition manager. sam allardyce's second game in charge dampened disappointing, a bit like his fashion sense. it would only get worse. dos— zero down extra alex iwobi. —— 2—0 down. they offered more threat in the last minutes than they had in the previous half—hour, but no hope of recovering this much. arsenal cruised to victory, moving back up to third on a wet, wild and wonderful day for him. i think ithinki i think i needed a good help the school this goal. —— a good help to score. i was a bit lucky. school this goal. —— a good help to score. iwas a bit lucky. but school this goal. —— a good help to score. i was a bit lucky. but it was the only thing i could do, you know. the ball was behind me and i tried to hit it from the backheel. and obviously... earlier, tottenham had claimed third spot, albeit temporarily it seems, after thrashing watford 4—1 at vicarage road. harry kane and dele alli scored two each to move them above manchester city on goal

difference. i think we played one of the best first halves i think so far. and for that, the effort was fantastic. we come from a very busy period, christmas and new year, always you play a lot of games. it's fantastic to see the team fresh and competitive like we showed today. the leicester centre manu tuilagi limped out of their premiership match against saracens with a right knee problem just a day after being named in england's six nations' training squad. the sarries won the game 16—12. 0wen farrell getting all the points for saracens. elsewhere, it's eight defeats in a row for sale, as they were beaten by bottom side bristol. gloucester can't win either, another narrow defeat for them. harlequins' poor away form continued in a 24—17 defeat at struggling worcester — their 12th loss in 13 away games. there were also two

games in the pro12. 0spreys are up to second after a 10—0 victory at newport gwent dragons. justin tiperic scored the only try of the game. scarlets beat cardiff blues 15—10 in the day's other south wales derby at parc y scarlets. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. hull has started its year as the uk city of culture. £32 million has been spent on a year—long programme of cultural events, comprising at least one a day. eight city—centre buildings are being turned into giant screens which will be used to retell the city's history. and in just a few minutes, a spectacular fireworks display will get underway — at exactly 17 minutes past eight. colin paterson is in hull, and will tell us why. why is that time so crucial, colin? because hull, the city of culture in

2017, they have gone for 817 the night. the expectation really building. it is going to last 12 minutes, the firework display, all toa minutes, the firework display, all to a hull soundtrack. every song you hear is a band or act with a hull connection. have you come down to watch them? hull is a great city. i'm sure today is going to be the night that hull is going to look great for everybody outside of the city as well. we are told that the fireworks are going to be bigger than the ones used in london. how exciting is that? that would be great, it would put hull in the picture, great. a lot of hull bands are going to get played as the soundtrack. the housemartins. are you afan? soundtrack. the housemartins. are you a fan? i am actually. the beautiful south as well. it's great for hull, it's great, it's the place to be, come here! where your seats? we'll let you go and get ready. the expectations and anticipation is our building here. iwill expectations and anticipation is our building here. i will have to do

some commentary over certain sections of the display where we don't have the rights to actually play the music. but i'm expecting a lot of very familiar songs to be played, along with some rather more random ones by some hull indie bands, who are maybe going to have a moment in the limelight that they wouldn't necessarily get. some amazing facts about the fireworks display, it has taken six pyrotechnics technicians are whole week to put this together. i visited the barges yesterday, the two barges out here in the humbug from which the fireworks are going to be fired. they are going to be bigger than the ones in london. it is because the river humber is so much wider, they are able to use fireworks with a bigger explosion. there is a screen here. they are showing a promo for the rest of it. we are expecting a countdown to golders green. we are hoping it does start —— to go on the screen. we are hoping it starts at

exactly 2017. it doesn't look like it is going to at the moment, though. we've hit 2017. and the countdown has not started, as they we re countdown has not started, as they were promised. i will keep telling you about what is going to go on. we have five giant led screens which are going to be showing images of hull to the audience. 25,000 people. they had to apply the tickets. and all of the tickets went within a few minutes. a lot of complaints that people couldn't get them. one of my collea g u es people couldn't get them. one of my colleagues has been to look, there are thousands of people on the perimeter fence looking are thousands of people on the perimeterfence looking in here to the arena down in hull he believe that they have got the next best view to the people who have the tickets. it's the same company, titanium, that from the firework display in london yesterday. they have done that for mr decade. days like these are real pros. the very same man who pressed the button to start the london fireworks last night has come up to hull to do it and control the display this year. we have one of the volunteers.

we were told it is going to start at 2017, what's going on? the countdown is happening any minute, i think. you promised the view was on the news tunnel that when it does, this is going to be... immense. we'll wait and see. how has your day been? it's been good, engaging with the audience. what does it mean to you that hull is city of culture 2017? it's something we have been waiting for for a long time, i think. and i volunteered because i wanted to get involved in the whole thing. why? why is it important? because i think hull has a lot to say. it has a lot going on and i think it's nice that people get to know about it. people have a certain perception of hull. that's right. how much could this year go about changing that?” that's right. how much could this year go about changing that? i think the people come here to hull, it will change the perception. there is

a lot going on here. i think people will get to know that. it has changed my perception of hull's prime —— timekeeping, i can tell you! now a full minute late! any minute now. we have hit 2019. we have gone into a full extra year!m is all linked in with the fireworks, the video. we are expecting a countdown and then a famous backing band are going to be starting. i'm not sure which one it is. a lot of david bowie's backing band, the spiders from mars, did come from whole. —— from hull. thank you very much. colin you are doing an admirablejob, much. colin you are doing an admirable job, i've been much. colin you are doing an admirablejob, i've been in your position, i know what it's like! they've got a whole year to fill, we don't mind if there are minute or two late! we have been banging on

and on about 2017, and they let me down! we know, we are all on the same side, supposedly. what's it going to be in for the city of hull? people might have a perception of hull, or they might have no idea what the city is like. derry was the city of culture last year. if we can learn what they went through, what might it mean for the profile of huu? might it mean for the profile of hull? the organisers i have spoken to have gone on about how they do wa nt to to have gone on about how they do want to change perceptions. gary was the first ever uk city of culture. that was back in 2013 —— derry. the uk government created this award because of the success that the european capital of culture had the glasgow and liverpool. i was living in glasgow back in 1990 when it was the european capital of culture. it really did help change perceptions of that city. that year, they brought in pavarotti to perform in glasgow. they went the bighearted is. what they are trying to do in hull this year is make it home—grown, bring back people who are sons and daughters of hull to

come and perform, the likes of richard bean, he will be performing, he has written a new plate which will be performed. we are now getting a countdown on the screens that says 2016 05. i think we have 50 seconds to go. they often linger time on the screens, i can tell you that! we are now one 2021 and i have an exact what! hull, you are not fooling me with your time! —— i have an exact watch. to sum up what i was saying, the hope is that it will do for hull what it did for glasgow and liverpool when they were the capital of culture for europe. and both those cities have really undergone regeneration, places where the arts have thrived. that is a belief of what could happen here. on the screens they have a dramatic pink clock, lying about the time! then it will burst into a countdown. and finally we should hear ten, nine,

eight. bacca let's hear the crowd. five, four, two, three, one... he moved to hull when he was 11 in the mid—80s, teamed up with andy cox and david steel to form the fine young cannibals. we are here a band called the acrylics, it was his band before he joined the called the acrylics, it was his band before hejoined the fine called the acrylics, it was his band before he joined the fine young cannibals, this is one of the tracks. listening to this song, at the end of... that was the housemartins and happy hour. they split in 1988 and made a pa ct hour. they split in 1988 and made a pact that they would never, ever reform. paul heaton will be coming back to hull as part of the year of cultural celebrations. he is playing the kc stadium with jackie abbott from the beautiful south. this is the sound of king maker and the song really scrape the sky which made the

charts in 1982. they were an indie trio in the early 1990s. radiohead we re trio in the early 1990s. radiohead were once the support act on the war. they got 30 albums before splitting up. —— won the war. we have heard bands like everything but the girl.