IT'S MIDDAY. ANOTHER RAM RAID ` THIS TIME IN CHRISTCHURCH ` AS A GUN STORE IN THE CITY IS HIT. ARE FIREARMS NOW IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS? PLUS ` THE RACISM ROW ROCKING THE ROYAL FAMILY. PROMISES OF NEW REVELATIONS. WHEN THE STAKES WERE THIS HIGH, DOESN'T IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO HEAR OUR STORY FROM US? THE FIRST LOOK AT HARRY AND MEGHAN'S NETFLIX SERIES. AND THE SURPRISES KEEP COMING AT THE WORLD CUP. DESPAIR FOR BELGIUM AND GERMANY AS TWO OF THE TOURNAMENT'S BIGGEST TEAMS ARE BOTH SENT PACKING FROM QATAR. CAPTIONS BY KATE HARRIS AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2022 POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION IN CHRISTCHURCH AFTER TWO BUSINESSES WERE BURGLED LAST NIGHT ` ONE OF THEM A RAM RAID AT A GUN STORE. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE FIRST INCIDENT AT GUN CITY AROUND 2AM. IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST WEAPON FRANCHISES IN NEW ZEALAND. AMMUNITION WAS SEEN ALL OVER THE FLOOR OF THE STORE, THOUGH THERE'S NO WORD IF ANY WEAPONS WERE TAKEN. POLICE WERE THEN CALLED TO A SECOND INCIDENT AT THE PALMS MALL A FEW HOURS LATER. POLICE SAY AT THIS STAGE IT'S UNCLEAR IF THESE EVENTS ARE LINKED. A REVIEW OF VAPING PRODUCTS HAS LED TO 340 OF THEM BEING WITHDRAWN FROM SALE. THE VAPING REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOUND THEY COULD CONTAIN PROHIBITED INGREDIENTS OR TOO MUCH NICOTINE. THE AUTHORITY IS STILL WORKING WITH MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF ANOTHER 1800 VAPING PRODUCTS TO SEE IF THEY CAN STILL BE LEGALLY SOLD. IT'S GIVEN THE INDUSTRY UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE PRODUCTS. THE POLITICAL DEBATE SURROUNDING THE THREE WATERS LEGISLATION IS DROWNING OUT THE URGENT NEED FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER. THAT'S THE VIEW OF ONE SCIENTIST. THE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL LABOUR-LED BILL PASSED THROUGH PARLIAMENT LAST WEEK, MOVING WATER OWNERSHIP INTO GOVERNMENT'S HANDS. BUT DOCTOR TIM CHAMBERS SAYS THE DEBATE AROUND THE REFORMS HAS FOCUSED ON ANTI CO-GOVERNANCE ARGUMENTS AND THE LOSS OF LOCAL CONTROL. RATHER THAN THE HOLES IN OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. THE CURRENT WATER SYSTEM FOR THREE WATERS ` THAT'S STORM, WASTE, AND DRINKING WATER ` IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH. AND WE KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR, OVER 30,000 PEOPLE GET SICK FROM THEIR DRINKING WATER, AND AROUND HALF A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE TO BOIL THEIR WATER TO BOIL OUT AND KILL BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION. AND THOSE ARE REALLY STARK ISSUES. LABOUR IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING SOME ASPECTS OF THE RECENTLY PASSED LAW IN PARLIAMENT. A ROYAL TOUR OF THE U.S. BY THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES IS BEING COMPLETELY OVERSHADOWED BY TWO OTHER ROYAL STORIES. NGOZI FULANI, THE CHARITY BOSS AT THE CENTRE OF THE BUCKINGHAM PALACE RACISM ROW, IS CALLING FOR IT TO BE BETTER ADDRESSED BY THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD. IT COMES AS NETFLIX TEASES A NEW REVEALING SERIES ABOUT THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX. NGOZI FULANI SPOKE WITH THE BBC'S SARAH CAMPBELL. I'M VERY CLEAR, RIGHT. NO MATTER HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT IS FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO ACCEPT, I'M VERY CLEAR THAT I EXPERIENCED RACISM IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT I SHOULD HAVE FELT SAFE IN, AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. NGOZI FULANI WAS INVITED, ALONG WITH 300 OTHER GUESTS, TO A RECEPTION AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE HIGHLIGHTING THE ISSUE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. HERE SHE IS SEEN BEING WARMLY GREETED BY THE QUEEN CONSORT. BUT EARLIER, SHE SAYS SHE'D RECEIVED A VERY DIFFERENT WELCOME FROM A SENIOR PALACE AIDE, LADY SUSAN HUSSEY. WHEN THE LADY FIRST APPROACHED ME, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS SHE DID WAS TO TAKE MY LOCKS AND MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY. NO CONVERSATION, AT FIRST. AND THEN SHE SAYS, I JUST WANT TO SEE YOUR NAME BADGE. MS FULANI, BORN IN BRITAIN, THEN SAYS SHE WAS REPEATEDLY AND AGGRESSIVELY QUESTIONED. I'M FROM HERE. I WAS BORN HERE. 'YEAH, BUT WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM?' I'M REALLY FROM HERE. 'YEAH, BUT, OKAY. 'SO I CAN SEE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A CHALLENGE,' SHE SAID. 'WHAT'S YOUR NATIONALITY?' AND I SAID THAT I WAS BORN HERE. I'M BRITISH. I WAS THINKING THAT WOULD BE THE END OF IT. NO. LADY SUSAN HUSSEY, SEEN HERE IN BLUE, WAS A LADY-IN-WAITING TO QUEEN ELIZABETH FOR SIX DECADES. YESTERDAY, SHE RESIGNED FROM HER HONORARY ROLE WITHIN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD AND OFFERED HER PROFOUND APOLOGIES FOR THE HURT CAUSED. LADY HUSSEY IS ALSO PRINCE WILLIAM'S GODMOTHER. TODAY, THE ROYAL COUPLE'S VISIT TO THE U.S. CITY OF BOSTON CONTINUED. THE HEADLINES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT HIS EARTHSHOT PRIZE, THE AWARD HE FOUNDED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS. BUT INSTEAD, ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM HAVE HAD ONCE AGAIN TO BE ADDRESSED. AND TODAY, THE PROMISE OF MORE ROYAL REVELATIONS. NO ONE SEES WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. NETFLIX RELEASED THE FIRST LOOK AT ITS SIX-PART SERIES STARRING THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX, WHICH WILL, ACCORDING TO THE STREAMING GIANT... WHEN THE STAKES ARE THIS HIGH, DOESN'T IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO HEAR OUR STORY FROM US? ...LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES WHICH FORCED THEM TO STEP BACK AS SENIOR ROYALS. CHINA HAS BEGUN EASING MORE COVID RESTRICTIONS AFTER ALMOST A WEEK OF WIDESPREAD PROTESTS. LOCKDOWNS HAVE BEEN LIFTED FOR A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS IN SHANGHAI AND GUANGZHOU. THAT'S DESPITE THE CITIES SEEING RISING COVID INFECTIONS IN RECENT WEEKS, WHICH SIGNALS AN ABRUPT SHIFT IN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S STRICT ZERO-COVID POLICY. IT'S BEEN REVEALED HOW FIVE LIONS ESCAPED SYDNEY'S TARONGA ZOO LAST MONTH, AND JUST HOW SIMPLE IT WAS. CHANNEL NINE'S CHRIS O'KEEFE EXPLAINS. 6.20 ON THE MORNING OF TARONGA ZOO'S GREAT ESCAPE. FOUR CUBS, SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE ZOO'S SECURITY CAMERAS, BURROWING UNDERNEATH WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LION PROOF FENCE. SCRATCHING AND PAWING BEFORE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, POPPING UP ON THE OTHER SIDE. MUM MAYA DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, BUT DAD ATO MANAGED TO SQUEEZE HIS BIG FRAME UNDER THE MESH FENCE, MEETING BACK UP WITH THE CUBS. THIS FOOTAGE HAS BEEN RELEASED BY TARONGA ZOO AFTER A NINE NEWS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION INVESTIGATION. THE PRIDE DID SEEM CONFUSED, MILLING AROUND THEIR ESCAPE HATCH, NOT VENTURING TOO FAR. ANOTHER ANGLE WITH THE HARBOUR IN THE DISTANCE SHOWS ALL FIVE LIONS WANDERING ALONG THE FENCE LINE AS THE ZOO'S HANDLERS APPEARED FRANTIC, FACED WITH A MASS BREAKOUT BY THE KINGS OF THE JUNGLE. THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TRYING TO PREVENT THE LIONS FROM TAKING OFF. ONE CUB, MALIKA, TRANQUILLISED RIGHT NEXT TO SOME PUBLIC BENCHES. AN HOUR AND 10 MINUTES AFTER FIRST SLIDING UNDER THE FENCE, THEY APPEAR KEEN TO GET BACK HOME. CUB LAZUKO WAS THE FIRST TO RETURN INTO THE ENCLOSURE, FOLLOWED BY TWO OTHERS, WHILE DAD ATO WAS ENCOURAGED BACK IN BY THE ZOOKEEPERS. THE CCTV SHOWS THE FENCING CLEARLY FAILED, BUT EXACTLY HOW THE ZOO WILL STOP IT HAPPENING AGAIN IS STILL BEING WORKED ON. AND THAT MEANS THE LIONS WILL NOT BE BACK IN THEIR MAIN EXHIBIT UNTIL CHRISTMAS, WITH EXPERTS BEING FLOWN IN FROM OVERSEAS TO FIX THE FENCE. WHILE SYDNEY STOPPED FOR THE GREAT LION ESCAPE OF 2022, THE REALITY WAS FAR LESS EXTRAORDINARY FOR A CURIOUS BUNCH OF ANIMALS JUST GOING ON A MORNING MEANDER. A NUMBER OF LETTER BOMBS HAVE TARGETED EMBASSIES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN SPAIN, INCLUDING PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SANCHEZ. EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE SENT TO THE DEFENCE MINISTRY THIS WEEK WHILE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE UKRAINIAN EMBASSY RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES WHEN ONE EXPLODED. ANOTHER WAS ALSO SENT TO THE U.S. EMBASSY. NO ONE HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR SENDING THE LETTERS, BUT IT'S THOUGHT THE BOMBS COULD BE LINKED TO SPAIN'S ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE. SPEAKING FROM THE UKRAINIAN CITY OF ODESA, THE SPANISH DEFENCE MINISTER DOUBLED DOWN ON THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT. LET ONE THING BE PERFECTLY CLEAR. NONE OF THESE PACKAGES WILL CHANGE THE CLEAR AND FIRM SUPPORT NATO COUNTRIES HAVE THE UKRAINE. AND PRESIDENTS JOE BIDEN AND EMMANUEL MACRON HAVE PUT ON A UNITED FRONT FOR UKRAINE AT A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THE LEADER'S RELATIONSHIP TOOK A HIT LAST YEAR AFTER AUSTRALIA DITCHED A NUCLEAR SUBMARINE DEAL WITH FRANCE TO SIGN ONE WITH THE U.S., BUT WITH THE WAR IN UKRAINE DEMANDING SOLIDARITY, THE RIFT APPEARS TO BE LARGELY BEHIND THEM. OUR TWO NATIONS ARE MADE OF VALUES AND HISTORY. AND WHAT IS AT STAKE IN UKRAINE IS NOT JUST VERY FAR FROM HERE, IN A SMALL COUNTRY SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE, BUT IT'S ABOUT OUR VALUES. PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDED THAT HE HAS NO PLANS TO CONTACT RUSSIAN LEADER VLADIMIR PUTIN, BUT WOULD BE PREPARED TO TALK WITH HIM ABOUT ENDING THE CONFLICT. LAVA FROM THE MAUNA LOA VOLCANO IS SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS A KEY HIGHWAY IN HAWAI'I. THE LARGEST ACTIVE VOLCANO IN THE WORLD BEGAN ERUPTING EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 40 YEARS. THE ABC'S MOLA LENGHI HAS THE LATEST. THIS MORNING, A RACE TO IMPACT AS LAVA FLOWING FROM HAWAI'I'S ERUPTING MAUNA LOA VOLCANO HEADS TOWARDS THE DANIEL K. INOUYE HIGHWAY ON HAWAI'I'S BIG ISLAND ` ONE OF THE STATE'S MAIN ARTERIES OF TRANSPORTATION. THE LAVA ONLY A FEW MILES AWAY, TRAVELLING AT A SPEED OF NEARLY ONE MILE PER HOUR. AND AS THE FLOW REACHES FLATTER LAND, IT COULD SLOW DOWN, BUT A BREACH COULD STILL COME AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. THE BIG OPERATION THAT WE'RE FACING IS THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THAT ARE FLOCKING TO THE ERUPTION SITE TO VIEW THIS CURRENT MAUNA LOA ERUPTION. IT'S CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. MAUNA LOA IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST ACTIVE VOLCANO. THIS, ITS FIRST ERUPTION IN 38 YEARS, SHOOTING FIERY, BRIGHT ORANGE LAVA UP MORE THAN 100 FEET INTO THE AIR IN SOME PLACES. AUTHORITIES PREDICTING IT COULD LAST UP TO TWO WEEKS AND STRESS THIS IS A DYNAMIC AND CONSTANTLY CHANGING EVENT. AND WHILE THOSE AUTHORITIES ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE THREAT TO NEARBY COMMUNITIES, THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF VOG ` VOLCANIC SMOG ` ON AIR QUALITY. GEOLOGISTS SAY THIS VOLCANO ERUPTION IS SPEWING THE EQUIVALENT OF 10 DUMP TRUCKS EVERY SECOND AND THAT IN SOME PLACES THE LAVA STREAMS ` THOSE BRIGHT ORANGE STREAKS YOU SEE BEHIND ME THERE ` ARE YARDS DEEP. OFFICIALS ARE DISCUSSING POTENTIAL PLANS TO DIVERT THE LAVA IF THE RISK BECOMES TOO GREAT. BUT THEY ADMIT FOR THAT TO WORK, IT WOULD BE A LONG SHOT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE PROMISE TO A GRANDMOTHER FULFILLED. THE SAMOAN SAILING VA'A FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING. THAT'S ABOUT TO HIT THE WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME. PLUS ` ALL THE AGONY AND ECSTASY FROM THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP IN QATAR AS THE ROUND OF 15 TAKES SHAPE. (LIGHT STRUMMING) (STRUMMING RETURNED IN DISTANCE) (STRUMMING RESUMES) (BOTH STRUMMING IN HARMONY) (TAPPING, WHISTLING) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC STOPS) THE WORLD'S LARGEST PASSENGER AIRCRAFT HAS JUST TOUCHED DOWN AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT. THE EMIRATES A380 HAS LANDED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE FEBRUARY 2020. IT MARKS ANOTHER MILESTONE IN NEW ZEALAND RETURNING TO NORMALITY IN IT'S FIRST SUMMER WITH BORDERS FULLY REOPENED. AFTER FIVE LONG YEARS, ONE MAN'S PROMISE TO HIS GRANDMOTHER HAS BEEN FULFILLED IN THE FORM OF A RARE SAMOAN SAILING VA'A. BUILT IN HIS BACKYARD, THE LABOUR OF LOVE WILL FINALLY LAUNCH FROM PORIRUA HARBOUR TOMORROW. JESSICA SWAN WENT TO HAVE A LOOK BEFORE IT HITS THE SEAS. TAKE YOUR WEIGHT. (GRUNTS) IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR THIS VA'A TO SET SAIL. JUST LINE US UP THERE NICELY. THE FINAL TOUCHES ARE BEING COMPLETED... THESE WERE A GIFT FROM A FRIEND OF MINE. ...AFTER DECADES IN THE MAKING. IT'S A PROMISE I MADE TO MY LATE GRANDMA BACK IN 2003 ` THAT I WOULD BUILD A CANOE TO HELP FUNDRAISE FOR THE TOKELAU BIBLE TRANSLATION. THAT'S ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO. GRANDMA HAS LONG GONE, BUT HERE I AM, NEARLY 20 YEARS LATER, AND I'VE BUILT THIS CANOE. IT'S TAKEN HOURS AND HOURS. BUT I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE LIBRARY, AND IT'S ALL PART OF THE DNA. THE REST OF THE TIME IS SPENT IN HERE, IN JOHN'S BACKYARD. YEAH, ALL THE TOOLS ARE AT THE BACK THERE. JOHN SAYS THE PROCESS HAS COME AT A BIG COST, BUT IT'S WORTH IT, AS WHAT STARTED AS KEEPING A PROMISE... THANKS, BRO. ...HAS TURNED INTO UNITING A COMMUNITY. IT'S BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, YOU KNOW. THIS IS ABOUT FAMILY. THIS IS ABOUT OUR TAMARIKI. THIS IS ABOUT OUR CULTURE COMING ALIVE. AND AS A SAILOR AND CARPENTER, JOHN HAS EMBEDDED THE STORYTELLING IN THE CANOE ITSELF. THAT CONSTELLATION IS MATARIKI. SO, IN 2018, I INLAID THAT TO CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY IN 2017, WHEN WE NAILED THE FIRST BOARD OF THE WAKA IN THE MIDDLE THERE. AND WHAT ABOUT THESE SYMBOLS UP HERE ON THE MAST? THEY ARE STARS. THEY ARE ALL ABOUT THE STARS. AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF REFERENCE ABOUT STARS. NOT ONLY IS IT ABOUT NAVIGATION BUT ALSO IT REMINDS US OF OUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOURNEYED ON. A CLEAR THEME THAT IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE. SOME OF THE HARDEST MOMENTS IS THE ONES WE HAVE LOST ALONG THE WAY, INCLUDING MY DAD ` WE LOST HIM ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. AND HE WAS VERY, VERY MUCH A BIG PART OF THIS PROJECT ` INCLUDING THE REVEREND PEREMA LEASI. HE WAS VERY MUCH A PART OF THIS. NOW, AFTER ALL THIS COST AND COMMITMENT, THE END IS IN SIGHT. I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW OVERWHELMED I AM TO SEE IT FINISHED AND TO HAVE IT FINALLY LAUNCH. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST MYSELF. SO THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO ME. IT MEANS A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT MEANS A LOT TO MY FAMILY. IT MEANS A LOT TO THE TOKELAU BIBLE TRANSLATION WORK. SO IT MEANS A LOT IN SO MANY WAYS. A TIME OF CELEBRATION... (CHUCKLES) ...AS SOON THESE WATERS WILL HOST A PART OF HISTORY. # TE ATUA... TO SPORT, AND THE WORLD CUP IN QATAR HAS GIVEN FANS ANOTHER DAY OF EXCITING FOOTBALL. GERMANY AND BELGIUM BOWING OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT, WITH JAPAN AND CROATIA MOVING ON TO THE FINAL 16. LACHIE MCLEOD HAS THE DAY'S PLAY. BUT THAT IS THAT! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THE SURPRISES KEPT COMING AT THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. JOY FOR SOME. DESPAIR FOR OTHERS. GERMANY AND BELGIUM ` TWO OF THE TOURNAMENT'S BIG NAMES ` BOTH FAILING TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE GROUP STAGE. BELGIUM ` THIRD IN RUSSIA IN 2018 ` ARE OUT. BELGIUM NEEDED A WIN TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF REACHING THE KNOCK OUT ROUNDS. A 0-0 DRAW WITH CROATIA ENDING THE WORLD'S SECOND RANKED TEAM'S TOURNAMENT. HAZARD. THORGAN HAZARD PUTS IT ACROSS! LUKAKU! OH, IT'S TAKEN BY COVIC ON THE LINE. INSTEAD, MOROCCO CLAIMED TOP SPOT IN GROUP F, AHEAD OF CROATIA ` THROUGH TO THE FINALS FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME. EN-NESYRI CHARGING THROUGH. BEING CHASED BUT THEY CAN'T STOP HIM. AND CANADA CAN'T STOP MOROCCO AT THE MOMENT. HISTORY MADE IN GERMANY'S CLASH WITH COSTA RICA ` AN ALL-FEMALE OFFICIATING CREW TAKING CONTROL AT A MEN'S WORLD CUP GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE GERMANS, HISTORY ALSO REPEATED. LOST IN A POTENTIAL THREAT HERE. AND HE'S IN THERE! AND IN IT GOES. DESPITE THE 4-2 VICTORY, GERMANY OUT IN THE GROUP STAGE FOR THE SECOND TOURNAMENT IN A ROW. A WIN FOR SPAIN OVER JAPAN COULD'VE PUT GERMANY THROUGH. IN GOES MORATA! BUT JAPAN HAD OTHER IDEAS. OH! IT'S IN! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THE 2-1 RESULT SENDING JAPAN TO THE TOP OF THE GROUP AND GERMANY HOME. ANOTHER MORNING OF MADNESS IN QATAR. LACHIE MCLEOD, 1 NEWS. THE BREAKERS HAVE SOLIDIFIED THEIR PLACE AT THE TOP OF THE AUSTRALIAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE, THUMPING THE SOUTH EAST MELBOURNE PHOENIX IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT FOR THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN. A STRONG THREE POINT SHOWING POWERED THE BREAKERS TO THE VICTORY SHOOTING 56% FROM BEHIND THE ARC. IMPORT BARRY BROWN JUNIOR LEADING THE WAY WITH 31 POINTS. BARRY BROWN, WHO DECIDES TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR THIS TIME. OH! UNDERNEATH THE BROEKHOFF DEFENCE. PRETTY FROM BARRY BROWN. LOOKED LIKE A FLOATER. HE CHANGES INTO A LAY-UP, SHOWING OFF THE ATHLETICISM ONCE AGAIN. THE 1`10 TO 84TH VICTORY GIVES THE BREAKERS AN 11 WIN, THREE LOSS RECORD FOR THE SEASON. THEY'RE BACK IN ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST THE PERTH WILDCATS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS ` THE FORMER ENGLISH RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER SHOWING KIDS WITH DISABILITIES THAT ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE. THE CBEEBIES BEDTIME STORY IS A STAPLE OF THE BBC'S CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING IN THE U.K., FEATURING FAMOUS FACES READING STORIES FOR KIDS AT THE END OF THE DAY. TO CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, THE STORY WILL BE READ BY A FORMER RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER WHO SUFFERS FROM MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE. AS THE BBC'S GRAHAM SACHELL EXPLAINS, HE'S INSPIRING OTHERS. JACKSON! ROB BURROW WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE CBEEBIES STUDIO. HE'S HERE TO RECORD A BEDTIME STORY, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS DAUGHTER MAYA. DAD, REMEMBER, BIG SMILE. FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE. ACTION! (ENCHANTING THEME MUSIC) CBEEBIES BEDTIME STORY. ROB THROUGH COMPUTER: HELLO, I'M ROB. I CAN'T USE MY VOICE IN THE WAY THAT MAYBE YOU CAN, WHICH IS WHY I USE THIS COMPUTER TO TALK FOR ME. IT'S CALLED AN EYEGAZE. I USE MY EYES TO GAZE OR LOOK AT THE WORDS, AND IT SPEAKS FOR ME. IT'S LIKE MAGIC. WATCHING AT HOME IN SUNDERLAND, LUCY AND HER MUM, JO. LUCY HAS CEREBRAL PALSY AND ALSO USES A COMPUTER TO HELP HER COMMUNICATE. I USED TO PLAY RUGBY AS MY JOB, BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT MADE MY WORLD GO UPSIDE DOWN. BUT I WAS BRAVE AND DIDN'T GIVE UP. ROB IS READING A BOOK CALLED 'TILDA TRIES AGAIN'. IT TELLS THE STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL WHOSE WORLD UNEXPECTEDLY TURNS UPSIDE DOWN. TILDA SEES A LADYBIRD STUCK ON ITS BACK. READS: 'THEN THE LADYBIRD TRIED AGAIN... (TWINKLY MUSIC) '...AND AGAIN...' (TWINKLY MUSIC) '...AND AGAIN...' (TWINKLY MUSIC) '...UNTIL AT LAST, IT FLEW FREE. 'TILDA THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. THE LADYBIRD HADN'T GIVEN UP, SO NEITHER WOULD SHE. LUCY USED HER DEVICE TO TELL US WHAT SHE THOUGHT. LUCY THROUGH COMPUTER: I FEEL HAPPY. I FEEL HAPPY ROB'S EYEGAZE IS READING CEBEEBIES BEDTIME STORY. LUCY'S GROWN UP WATCHING THE BEDTIME STORY AND NEVER UNTIL NOW HAS SHE SEEN HERSELF REPRESENTED IN THAT WAY. IT HELPS TO GENERATE AWARENESS. I THINK IT HELPS TO GENERATE A REAL UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN AND THE REAL BENEFIT THAT THAT IS BRINGING FOR DISABLED PEOPLE. READS: 'WASN'T TILDA BRAVE? 'EVEN THOUGH AT TIMES THINGS FELT A LITTLE TOPSY-TURVY 'AND SHE WANTED TO GIVE UP, SHE DIDN'T. SHE JUST KEPT ON TRYING. 'NIGHTY-NIGHT.' (ENCHANTING MUSIC) TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (JAZZY MUSIC) THAT'S IT FOR MIDDAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US AND HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY KATE HARRIS AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. 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