this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has welcomed the unanimous vote by the un security council to impose tough new sanctions against north korea. he said the move showed the world's desire for peace, not war. under the new sanctions oil imports to north korea will be severely limited. a man's been arrested in the us for allegedly plotting an attack in san francisco over christmas. everitt aaron jameson, a former marine, is said to have revealed his plans to an undercover agent whom he believed to be from the islamic state group. two former south american football officials have been convicted by a us court of taking millions of dollars in bribes. paraguay‘sjuan angel napout and jose maria marin of brazil are likely to be jailed for at least ten years for taking bribes to grant broadcasting contracts. now on bbc news, 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,

britain's city of culture as we review 12 months of cracking events. that's right, it's 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 it's almost over, and i hope these guys get to stay.

this is the latest installation for 2017 called where do we go from here. these robot arms brought out of retirement to do some dancing here in the city of culture. and it sort of mirrors the start of the year back injanuary when the whole of the city centre was filled with lights and sounds. that was amazing. that was how we started this evening, that was how we started this season, made in hull. crowd: eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. 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. i've got family in canada and they're watching it live now. i'm from london and i think if this was in london... i can't explain, the reaction you get is absolutely fantastic. it's amazing. fantastic, i thought it was really very moving, very emotional. i am from brazil and i spent two new years in copacabana and it's the same quality here. it's amazing. i am so proud of hull. it's absolutely amazing. i think it will launch a really positive year. at the centrepiece of a season called made in hull, something that was. a huge wind turbine blade, handmade and the city's 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. that's 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. i've 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 hull's role in the start of the english civil war. shutting the city's gate on the king. who will make the first advance? i'm really looking forward to the people of hull

seeing this play. there's 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. upon your conscience! the show had the theatre's 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 britain's most popular living composer, sir karljenkins. # there is a star man waiting in the sky... # there is a star man waiting in the sky...# weeks later the orchestra made way for one of david bowie's old bandmates, the spider from 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 world's first woman conductor to the first women's world boxing champion barbara buttrick. i think all this talk about girls not boxing is old—fashioned. girls aren't the delicate flowers they used to be and anyhow my boyfriend doesn't mind. art's original bad girl from her performance art collective and one of hull's most famous daughters, maureen lipman, on inspiring the next generation. if there's 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 don't 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 doesn't 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? i'm 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 you've 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). let's go, whole! —— hull! season two looked to hull's place in the world. and you don't get much more global than katy perry. dozens of stellar pop acts came to burton constable near hull

for radio 1's 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. it's great. 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 don't think that should ever be something people are afraid to come together for. we saw stormzy earlier. are you a grime fan? i'm interested in the grime scene, and he's one of the best.

i saw little mi earlier, they are trained, they are the dressing room next to mine and theirvocalwarm—ups were quite impressive. i don't think i can nail that. i'm going to stay at the french level, below that. but that was not the only festival in town. north atlantic flux celebrated hull's 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 swan extend their necks backwards to see god. then the magnetism of the blue space. listening through headphones they are hearing a piece of work which combines poetry with the sound of the bridges and sways in the wind. 0pera north's 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 richard iii by shakespeare. i'm 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 unveiled in the gallery. i'm about there. you have only one life, just live it. i don't care if anyone sees me or not. # i've got the eye of the tiger # 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 britain's 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. # what are you thinking? summer was a season of festivals. more than 100 local bands at the humber street set. we are sitting on an amazing wealth

of talent in this region and it is about time that the rest of the country was aware of that. the tenth annual freedom festival with a lecture from former united nations 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 that they will stop and look at it and question something within themselves. the city's first ever children's literature festival, the big malarkey. they all live at number 41 fairfield rd and their next—door neighbour is nigel mcnulty, a grizzly bear. and hull was even on show at the world's largest arts festival, the edinburgh fringe. we are representing hull, 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. bust to bust. yes, bust to bust. after all these years. as part of lgbt 50, radio 2 to brought the i feel love to town. today i feel reflective and i feel i stand on the shoulders of great people who have done, one artist is amazing, an amazing advocate for lg bt people. alison moyer, amazing. why would i not say no to being in the company of these people. hull took over the airwaves again in september with contained strong language, a festival celebrating poetry and spoken word.

it's exciting to see the hull act and language taking its place on this global stage. here, domes and statues spire, cranes... you mentioned philip larkin and andrew marvell today, reading them of today, who is hull's best. i never compare, i never compare poets all others, i never compare music, it's just different. i'm glad we don't have oscars for poets, it's ridiculous enough practice! then the weird and wonderful, bill bailey invented tales about strange items in his cabinet of curiosities at the maritime museum. are you the first comedian to have curated a museum exhibition? i don't know, i'll see us. it certainly seems like new ground. in the spirit of this exhibition, 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 and captured by the police of 1980, south korea, in a performance called one day maybe. if i don't make it out tel my mum, dad, and brothers that you can't touch my stuff. did you see that, they are watching! one of the season's 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, 5000 people watched on screens in a nearby park. the gala showing of the great

dancers who started theirjourney to the top in the city of culture. well, you may have noticed in there somewhere, some of the army of 2500 turquoise—coated volunteers who are working of 2500 turquoise—coated volunteers who are working for city of culture. and joining us, this is special, we have three generations of volunteers, leanne, sheila, and cabin. how many hours of volunteering have you done between you this year? 1300 hours of volunteering. between the three of us. incredible. what are the highlights? mine was one day maybe. i absolutely adored it. it was a long shift but worth the effort. one of mine was the gay parade, i really enjoyed that. pride.

i was lucky enough to be in flood. i was on iwas ona i was on a floating platform. we will be seeing some of that later in the programme. and you will stick at it next year as well? yes. and longer to come. we have really enjoyed it, everybody. 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 in me coming. maxine pea ke's play, the last testament of lillian, told the story of four hull women who fought the government for better safety for fishermen and women. the winner of this year's turner prize... this year's turner prize was awarded in hull to the oldest winner in its history, and the first black woman to win the prize.

thank you, panel. first, 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 gallery featuring the short listed artists has drawn huge crowd more than doubled and usually gets in the most second visited turner prize show ever. another treat for lovers of visual art was hull portrait of a city. every shot taken by world renowned photographers martin park and olivia arthur in the city of culture. but the contemporary art was not confined to galleries, it took over the streets of the city 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 one year of events that of the artist out into the city ‘s communities. fantastic, well worth the wait, i want to see it again. it was so good. i didn't know what to expect, i didn't know it would be like that. it was kind of scary when the people came up to you. itjust shows with the amount of people who are here that we all wanted it and long may it continue. art even found its way into hospital. the footprint of every baby born in hull has been taken in 2017 and along with the hand print of the midwife made a huge mural reflecting every new life in the city of culture. it's lovely that he was born in 2017 and the little footprints are a great idea. they will be a gorgeous

little tribute to him and to all the staff as well. on october one, all of hull's cream phone boxes rang and the public took calls from the future. the live experience was part of we made 0urselves over 2017. -- 2097. it rank alongside five short sci—fi films and an interactive app. and a glimpse of a possible future came from one theatre company with a year—long performance called flood. tell me how i can save them, save the world. the dystopic story emerging europe flooded and its citizens as refugees. told online, on tv, and a series of live performances in one of hull's old docks, its ambition reflected that of hull's entire year as city of culture. those were some of the fantastic

moments from season four‘s tell the world. 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. that is the truthful arts. —— answer. i don't think anyone would have that ego. it has been the most extraordinary year in the life of this great city. how would you sum up the changes you've seen in that time? what we have seen is how art is the lifeforce of the city and apart from the many exhibitions and performances you have seen the re—finding of the voice of the city. a re—finding of its pride and the rediscovery of the city by many people not from this city. you will leave soon and hand over the reins to new management, what is the one thing you would like to see carried on? i think it's that ambition. we have done the unexpected, really interesting cultural experiences. i think this city has a great

ambition to be different and if hull can continue to be a city of the extraordinary that will be one of the many legacies from this year. thank you so much martin. that is it for our review of 2017. this year has been incredible. can you believe there has been at least one event every single day? and we have been to most of them! to take a look back, go to our website. bbc.co.uk/hull2017. there's been so much going on, here are some bits we haven't managed to squeeze in. bye— bye. see you. if you haven't heard of fuzzfeed, where the hell have you been? where have you been? if you like your coffee hot, let me be your coffee pot!

i am a loose cannon. hi there. we are going to continue our run of cloudy weather right up to and including christmas day itself, but there will be a few changes going on. high pressure in the south of the uk. we still have south—westerly wind dragging in that mild air. a rain—bearing weather front approaches northern scotland and indeed here as we start of saturday morning it will be turning wet across the northern isles. otherwise, for many of us it is a dry start to the day and a few spots of drizzle around the west coast and hills. a mild start as well. it will be slightly breezy conditions to start the day on saturday. although there will be a little bit of murk over the high ground, it will not be quite as low as the cloud we have seen

in recent days. the wrangle continued overnight coming impulses with rainfall starting to mount through christmas eve and it could cause one or two issues across western areas of scotland, otherwise saturday night will be a mild one with temperatures between nine and 10 celsius for most. that is your weather. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is gavin grey. our top stories: the un security council unanimously backs tough new sanctions against north korea, severely restricting its ability to import oil. today for the tenth time this council stands united against a north korean regime that rejects the pursuit of peace. a man's been charged in the united states with planning a terrorist attack in san francisco over christmas. two former fifa bosses are found guilty by a court in new york of accepting millions

of dollars in bribes. also in the programme: thousands gather at the imperial palace injapan to wish emperor akihito a happy birthday.