Hull is UK City of Culture
Hull has won its bid to be UK City of Culture 2017.
Report: Planning begins for Hull City of Culture 2017
The team that secured Hull's City of Culture win have got straight back to work today as they start planning how to turn their bid into reality.
There are now just over three years till the city's cultural calendar takes centre stage across the country - and organisers say around half the funding is in place. They're now busy raising more money and fine tuning the plans. James Webster reports.
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