Live updates from Hull's year as UK City of Culture
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BBC Radio Humberside
People are creating self-portraits as the first in a series of weekly challenges launches in Hull.
Here are the efforts of our Breakfast show and it's true, Carl Wheatley's head really is that big!
BBC Radio Humberside
Have a listen to this!
Our James Piekos enlists the help of a dog walker in Bridlington for the first weekly City of Culture creative challenge, external.
Challenge Hull wants you to create 'A Picture of You' and think about how it makes you feel.
Art by some of the most prominent great masters, including Michelangelo, Matisse and Rembrandt, are on show in Hull as it embarks on its year as the latest UK City of Culture.
Image source, Trustees of the British MuseumLines of Thought is a free exhibition of 70 line drawings spanning more than 500 years from the British Museum's prestigious collection.
Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer, Degas, Rubens, Monet, Cézanne and Bridget Riley are also featured.
It runs until 28 February.
Prof Glenn Burgess, acting vice-chancellor of the University of Hull where the exhibition is held, said it could be "the single greatest gathering of artistic talent ever seen in Hull".
How do you get a 110-tonne whale into a room?
If you head to Hull's Maritime Museum you'll find out the answer.
But if you can't wait, here's a sneaky peak:
Made in Hull, a massive fireworks display - but what now?
There are plenty more of things happening for City of Culture.
Our face of Hull 2017 Kofi Smiles has a rundown of what you can enjoy this week:
Image source, PAYes, it may have already started.
Yes, thousands of people have already been.
So, do you really want to be the person who hasn't seen it?
Made in Hull is running all week - and is a spectacular light and audio show that highlights our city's history but brings it bang up-to-date!
Watch our guide to what's on where below:
Drawings by some of the great masters, including Michelangelo, Matisse and Rembrandt, go on display in Hull.
Read MoreAbout 60,000 people came out in Hull to watch fireworks and a light show to mark the start of its UK Capital of Culture year.
Read MoreGet up close and personal with a 110-tonne whale! Bowhead is open now until 19th March 2017.
Hull starts the year as it means to go on - with a fireworks display bigger than London's!
A spectacular display of fireworks and video projections launches Hull's year as UK City of Culture.
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Tom Airey
Reporter, BBC News Online
We have heard several people saying they were "proud of their city" tonight, and it's difficult to argue with that.
Only 364 more days of this for the city to look forward to!
You can find more details on upcoming Hull 2017 events here., external
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Image source, PAHull is the second city to be given UK City Culture status, following Derry-Londonderry in 2013.
The city came on top in a shortlist including Dundee, Leicester and Swansea Bay.
The New Year's Day events have launched a programme which includes an array of work and artists - there's more information on what the year has in store here. , external
Image source, Hull 2017Here's a quick snippet of the In With A Bang display.
A crowd of 25,000 saw it from Hull Marina, but I'm sure many others from miles around probably enjoyed it too!
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It was billed as a fireworks display to better London's New Year's Eve event, and it certainly didn't disappoint.
Due to start at 20:17, it actually got going five minutes (or is that years) late at 20:22, but I'm sure no-one cares.
The Housemartins track 'Happy Hour' soundtracked some of the display, and that probably sums it up.
Sarah Sanderson has tweeted this view from the other side of the Humber, looks to have been a good view for North Lincolnshire too!
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In With A Bang, a spectacular fireworks display to mark the start of Hull's year as City of Culture, begins at the city's Marina.
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More than 3,000 people have applied to become volunteers to help make Hull's year as UK City of Culture a success.
Organisers said 1,000 volunteers had been trained and they hoped to recruit a total of 4,000 throughout the year.
Volunteers will help greet visitors and assist during events, including the Turner Prize and a concert by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott.
