KIA ORA. IT'S MIDDAY ` A REDUCED ROLE FOR OUR MILITARY AT GALLIPOLI COMMEMORATIONS. HOW A LUGGAGE MIX-UP MEANS THEY'VE ARRIVED WITHOUT THEIR GEAR ` SO HOW WILL THEY TAKE PART IN THE CEREMONY? CHAOTIC SCENES ON A FRENCH BEACH AS HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS SWARM A TINY BOAT ` HOW THEIR ATTEMPTS TO REACH A BETTER LIFE TURNED DEADLY. NEW DETAILS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S MISSION TO HIDE NEGATIVE STORIES DURING HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ` WHAT'S BEEN ADMITTED AT HIS HUSH MONEY TRIAL. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND BRIGIT KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE MAY HAVE TO PLAY A REDUCED ROLE IN ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATIONS AT GALLIPOLI THIS YEAR AFTER SOME OF THE CONTINGENT'S LUGGAGE DIDN'T ARRIVE IN TURKIYE IN TIME. ABBEY WAKEFIELD'S BEEN ACROSS THIS STORY AND JOINS US LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. ABBEY, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? THE 40 STRONG-TEAM FLEW TO TURKEY BUT MASSIVE FLOODING CAUSED DISRUPTIONS. THE LUGGAGE WAS LOST AND INSIDE WHERE ALL OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS AND DRESS UNIFORMS WHICH ARE SENSUAL FOR THE DAWN SERVICE. DRESS UNIFORMS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE DAWN SERVICE. JOHN MCLEOD SAID THEY TRY TO SOURCE INSTRUMENTS LOCALLY BUT IT WAS EERIE DIFFICULT, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO RETRIEVE SOME OF THE LUGGAGE BUT INSIDE WAS ONE INSTRUMENT AND SOME DRESS UNIFORMS. ONE OF THE CONTINGENTS VOCALIST WILL BE SINGING THE ADD THEM WITHOUT A ONE OF THE CONTINGENTS VOCALIST WILL BE SINGING THE ANTHEM WITHOUT A COMPLIMENT A DECISION IS EXPECTED TODAY AT THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON.BUT JOHN MCLEOD SAID IT HAD BEEN AN EMOTIONAL TIME. THE EVICTION OF AN ENTIRE SOUTH CANTERBURY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LABELLED 'APPALLING' BY ONE OF ITS RESIDENTS. AT A PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETING LAST NIGHT, AROUND 50 RESIDENTS VENTED THEIR FRUSTRATION TOWARDS THE SELWYN DISTRICT COUNCIL'S DECISION TO EVICT RESIDENTS BY 2039. MAYOR SAM BROUGHTON TOLD BREAKFAST THE DECISION WAS MADE ON THE BASIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISING SEA LEVELS. IT'S A PRETTY HARD CONVERSATION TO HAVE, AND I TOTALLY GET THE EMOTION, THE THOUGHT, THE BACKGROUND THAT EVERYONE'S GOT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HUTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE LIVED IN FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS. GRAEME YOUNG HAS LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND DOESN'T FEEL RESIDENTS WERE GIVEN ENOUGH TIME FOR CONSULTATION. PEOPLE ARE IN A BAD STATE, THERE ARE` OVER 150 PEOPLE LIVE HERE, 30 CHILDREN, AND TO BE TOLD THAT YOU'VE GOT TO LEAVE AND YOU LOSE ALL THE EQUITY IN YOUR HOUSE, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THEY WANT US TO PAY FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE HOUSES ` IT IS DISGUSTING. AN UPDATE FROM THE SELWYN DISTRICT COUNCIL IS NEXT EXPECTED IN EARLY AUGUST. THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE AND BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK HAVE ENGAGED IN A WAR OF WORDS. THEY'RE FEUDING OVER CENSORSHIP AFTER GRAPHIC FOOTAGE OF A STABBING SPREAD ON MUSK'S SOCIAL PLATFORM 'X'. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN JOINS US NOW FROM SYDNEY. AZIZ, HOW HAS THE ROW BETWEEN THE TWO REACHED THIS POINT? WELL, IT ALL STARTED WHEN AUSTRALIA'S E-SAFETY COMMISSIONER ISSUED A 24-HOUR TAKEDOWN NOTICE OF THIS GRAPHIC VIDEO SHOWING AN IMAM AND MANY OF HIS WORSHIPPERS GETTING STABBED. X HAS REPEATEDLY REFUSED THE TAKEDOWN NOTICES META AND YOU-TUBE AND GOOGLE ALL TOOK IT DOWN. THIS IS AN ACT OF TERRORISM, ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS CAR JUST IN THE COUNTRY SO WHEN ELON MUSK REFUSED TO TAKE IT DOWN, HE CHALLENGED THE POWER OF THE COMMISSIONER AS WELL AS THE JURISDICTION OF AUSTRALIAN LAW ON HIS PLATFORM AND THAT FORCED PARLIAMENT WAS ESSENTIALLY UNITE AGAINST MUSK ` MEDICAL THAN A NARCISSISTIC COWBOY AND IT FORCED THE PM TO SAY THIS: WE'LL DO WHAT'S NECESSARY TO TAKE ON THIS ARROGANT BILLIONAIRE WHO THINKS HE IS ABOVE THE LAW, BUT ALSO ABOVE COMMON DECENCY, AND THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE WOULD GO TO COURT FOR THE RIGHT TO PUT UP VIOLENT CONTENT ON A PLATFORM SHOWS HOW OUT OF TOUCH MR MUSK IS. AZIZ, HOW HAS ELON MUSK RESPONDED? THE BOSS RESPONDED THE BEST WAY HE KNEW HOW ` WITH A MEME - CALLING OUT THE PRIME MINISTER FOR CENSORSHIP. THAT FORCED THE PARLIAMENT TO ENACT AN INJUNCTION AGAINST X THAT COULD BE A PENALTY OF $900,000 A DAY. X HAS DECIDED TO COMPLY, BUT THEY WILL CHALLENGE THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WITH LEGAL ACTION, AND ALT ANTHONY ALBANESE SAID HE IS FIVE PEOPLE INCLUDING A CHILD HAVE DIED WHILST TRYING TO CROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL FROM FRANCE TO THE UK. FRENCH AUTHORITIES SAY THE BOAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY OVERLOADED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING WAS THERE. WE HEAD TO A BEACH SOUTH OF CALAIS, A POPULAR LAUNCH SITE FOR SMALL BOATS, AND WE SIT FOR HOURS IN THE MOONLIGHT AND WAIT. WHISPERS: IS THERE SOMEBODY WALKING THERE? I CAN HEAR SOMEBODY WALKING NEARBY THERE. TWO SHADOWS, ALMOST CERTAINLY SMUGGLERS COME TO CHECK WE'RE NOT POLICE. HELLO? ABOVE US, A POLICE PLANE CIRCLES. WE'VE ARRANGED FOR A BBC CAMERAMAN TO BE ON BOARD. THE CREWS SPOT TWO GROUPS OF MIGRANTS ON THEIR THERMAL-IMAGING CAMERA. THEY'RE IN THE SAND DUNES AND MOVING TOWARDS EACH OTHER. ON THE BEACH, A FRENCH FOOT PATROL QUICKLY ARRIVES. SURELY, THE MIGRANTS WILL GIVE UP NOW. BUT THEY DON'T. SUDDENLY, THE BEACH ERUPTS IN SHOUTING. OK, WE ARE RUNNING WITH THE POLICE AS THEY TRY TO INTERCEPT A GROUP OF... LOOKS LIKE 60 OR 70 MIGRANTS. AND NOW THINGS TURN VIOLENT. FIREWORKS THROWN AT THE POLICE. (SHOUTING) SEVERAL YOUNG MEN PULLING OUT CRUDE WEAPONS. YOU CAN SEE THE SMUGGLERS HERE. SOME OF THEM HAVE STICKS. THEY'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE MIGRANTS AS THEY HEAD TOWARDS THE SEA, TO STOP THE POLICE FROM STOPPING THEM. AND IT WORKS. A FEW STRAGGLERS ARE LEFT BEHIND, BUT THE BOAT IS ALLOWED TO MOVE OUT TOWARDS OPEN WATER. LOOK AT THE CHILD ON SOMEONE'S SHOULDERS, ON THE RIGHT. COULD THE FRENCH POLICE HAVE DONE MORE TO STOP THIS? WE ASK ONE OFFICER. 'WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO IN THE WATER,' HE REPLIES. 'AND DID YOU NOTICE THEY HAD STICKS? AND THERE WERE CHILDREN TOO, 'SO WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL.' THE BOAT IS WILDLY OVERLOADED. ON THE RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER CHILD BEING LED OUT IN AN ORANGE LIFEJACKET. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SQUEEZE ON BOARD. SOMEWHERE IN THE SCRUM, A 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S LAST MOMENTS. VOICE IN DISTANCE: HELP! IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE CRYING FOR HELP. RESCUE BOATS DO ARRIVE A LITTLE LATER. THE FIVE DEAD ARE TAKEN AWAY. BUT THEN SOMETHING REMARKABLE HAPPENS. 58 PEOPLE, MORE THAN HALF THE BOAT'S ORIGINAL PASSENGERS, REMAIN ON BOARD, REFUSING OFFERS OF RESCUE. INSTEAD, THEY START THEIR MOTOR AND MANAGE TO GET OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE CHANNEL, WHERE THEY'RE PICKED UP BY THIS BRITISH VESSEL, AND BROUGHT TO THE COUNTRY THEY WERE READY TO TAKE SUCH RISKS TO REACH. A REMINDER OF HOW HARD IT IS TO DETER SOME PEOPLE, AND HOW COMPLICATED IT CAN BE FOR THE POLICE TO INTERVENE. TO UKRAINE, WHERE A RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE EAST GATHERS PACE AHEAD OF THE ARRIVAL OF MORE WESTERN WEAPONS. THE UK ANNOUNCING ITS BIGGEST MILITARY AID BOOST EARLIER AS THE U.S. MEGA-PACKAGE CLEARS ITS FINAL HURDLE IN THE SENATE. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON REPORTS. ANOTHER DAY OF FIGHTING, AND ANOTHER WIN FOR RUSSIA, CLAIMING IT'S SEIZED CONTROL OF ANOTHER VILLAGE IN EASTERN UKRAINE. VLADIMIR PUTIN'S ARMY IS ADVANCING, AND UKRAINE IS STRUGGLING TO HOLD THEM BACK WITH A DWINDLING SUPPLY OF WEAPONS, AMMO AND TROOPS. BUT HELP IS ON THE WAY. WE WILL SEND UKRAINE AN ADDITIONAL �500M, HITTING �3B OF SUPPORT THIS YEAR, AND WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH THE LARGEST EVER PACKAGE OF UK MILITARY EQUIPMENT. IT'S AN EXPENSIVE COMMITMENT FROM THE UK, WHICH, LIKE MANY OTHER NATO COUNTRIES, IS BATTLING THE COST OF LIVING AND OTHER ECONOMIC TROUBLES. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE LIVING IN A MORE DANGEROUS TIME THAN ANY POINT SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR. IF WE DON'T DETER RUSSIA IN UKRAINE, ALL WE'RE GOING TO DO IS EMBOLDEN PUTIN TO GO EVEN FURTHER AND INDEED EMBOLDEN OTHER ADVERSARIES AROUND THE WORLD. THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN RUN AWAY FROM THAT COST. WE HAVE TO PAY. NOT LEAST BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOST EXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE IS TO ALLOW PUTIN TO WIN IN UKRAINE. IT'S FAR FROM THE ONLY BOOST FOR UKRAINE AHEAD OF AN EXPECTED MAJOR OFFENSIVE PUSH BY RUSSIA. A $100B MILITARY AID PACKAGE PASSING ITS FINAL HURDLE IN THE U.S. SENATE. THE SENATE SENDS A UNIFIED MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. AMERICA WILL ALWAYS DEFEND DEMOCRACY IN ITS HOUR OF NEED. THE U.S. PRESIDENT SAYING HE'LL SIGN IT THROUGH IMMEDIATELY. ALREADY ON PLANES TO UKRAINE, BALLISTIC MISSILES CALLED 'ATACMS', CAPABLE OF FLYING 300KM ` A SIGNIFICANT BOOST TO UKRAINE'S ARMOURY. BUT UKRAINE NEEDS MEN AS WELL AS MISSILES ` RANKS ARE LOW AND TIRED, CITIZENS INCREASINGLY RELUCTANT TO SIGN UP. TODAY LAUNCHING A CHARM OFFENSIVE RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN ALLOWING CANDIDATES TO CHOOSE ROLES SUITING THEIR SKILLS, AND HOW LONG THEY'LL SERVE. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) NATIONS FORM THEMSELVES IN FIRE. NOW THERE'S FIRE, AND THE NATION IS FORMING. UKRAINE IS GEARING UP FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS GRINDING WAR ` BUT SO IS RUSSIA. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, LONDON. A FORMER NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER HAS ADMITTED BURYING STORIES WHICH COULD HAVE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. THAT HAS BEEN HEARD ON THE FIRST FULL DAY OF EVIDENCE AT MR TRUMP'S HISTORIC CRIMINAL TRIAL OVER WHETHER HE FALSIFIED BUSINESS DOCUMENTS TO HIDE HUSH MONEY PAID TO AN ADULT FILM ACTRESS. HERE'S THE ABC'S REENA ROY. DAVID PECKER, A LONGTIME FRIEND OF TRUMP AND THE FORMER PUBLISHER OF THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER, BACK ON THE STAND ` TESTIFYING THAT HE WAS THE EYES AND EARS OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF THE 2016 ELECTION. PECKER TESTIFYING THAT HE TOLD TRUMP AND COHEN: OF COURSE, WHAT DAVID PECKER IS SAYING ON THE STAND WAS SOMETHING DONALD TRUMP NEVER WANTED ANYBODY TO KNOW, THAT ANY TIME A DAMAGING STORY CAME TO HIS ATTENTION VIA OTHER SOURCES, OR FROM DONALD TRUMP OR MICHAEL COHEN, HE WAS IN AGREEMENT THAT HE WOULD CATCH THOSE STORIES, KILL THEM, PAY THE PERSON OFF AND MAKE IT GO AWAY. TRUMP SHAKING HIS HEAD IN COURT AS PECKER TESTIFIED ABOUT A FALSE STORY FROM A TRUMP TOWER DOORMAN IN 2015, CLAIMING TRUMP FATHERED AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD WITH A MAID AT THE BUILDING. PECKER TESTIFYING THAT HE ULTIMATELY BOUGHT THE STORY FOR $30,000, EVEN THOUGH MICHAEL COHEN WAS ADAMANT IT WASN'T TRUE. PROSECUTORS SAY PECKER TOLD TRUMP THAT ADULT FILM ACTRESS STORMY DANIELS HAD A STORY THAT COULD TURN INTO A SEX SCANDAL. AT TRUMP'S DIRECTION, PROSECUTORS SAY HIS FIXER, MICHAEL COHEN, WIRED DANIELS $130,000. AND THEN, TO HIDE THE TRUE NATURE OF THE PAYMENT, TRUMP ALLEGEDLY DECIDED COHEN'S REIMBURSEMENTS SHOULD BE RECORDED AS LEGAL SERVICES. PECKER ALSO ALLEGEDLY PROMISING TO PUBLISH POSITIVE STORIES ABOUT MR TRUMP AND PUBLISH NEGATIVE STORIES ABOUT HIS OPPONENTS. PECKER SAYS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, HIS MAGAZINES NEVER CAUGHT AND KILLED ANY STORIES FOR TRUMP. TRUMP HAS DENIED ANY SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH DANIELS AND HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. TRUMP SLAMMING THE CASE OUTSIDE OF COURT. WE HAVE A GAG ORDER, WHICH TO ME IS TOTALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL. I'M NOT ALLOWED TO TALK, BUT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT ME. AND THAT GAG ORDER TRUMP IS TALKING ABOUT ` PROSECUTORS HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF VIOLATING IT. THE JUDGE HELD A CONTEMPT HEARING ON TUESDAY MORNING THAT GOT HEATED, ULTIMATELY SAYING HE WOULD NOT RULE FROM THE BENCH. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE 9-YEAR-OLD FROM ENGLAND WHO'S BECOME AN ONLINE SENSATION BECAUSE OF AN UNUSUAL SKILL. PLUS ` WHO'S HEADING TO PARIS? OUR CANOE SPRINT TEAM'S PICKED, WITH SOME VERY FAMILIAR FACES IN THE MIX. NEW ZEALAND'S TAKING ITS STRONGEST EVER WOMEN'S CANOE SPRINT TEAM TO PARIS, SPEARHEADED BY DAME LISA CARRINGTON. SIX ATHLETES HAVE BEEN NAMED, INCLUDING THE WORLD CHAMPION K4 OF CARRINGTON, ALICIA HOSKIN, OLIVIA BRETT AND TARA VAUGHAN. AIMEE FISHER AND LUCY MATAHAERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NAMED. CARRINGTON'S PARENTS PAT AND GLYNIS AT THE NAMING FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT MAKES IT, UM... MORE OF AN EVENT, AND I GUESS IT HELPS ME JUST KIND OF TAKE A MINUTE AND... AND BE GRATEFUL AND REMIND MYSELF THAT THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL THING. THE TEAM LEAVES ON SATURDAY. THE HURRICANES WON'T LET A MAJOR INJURY TO HOOKER ASAFO AUMUA HALT THEIR IMPRESSIVE UNBEATEN SEASON IN THE SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC COMPETITION. AUMUA, SEEN HERE WEARING JERSEY 16, HAS BEEN RULED OUT FOR UP TO TWO MONTHS AFTER SUFFERING AN ISOLATED MCL TEAR IN HIS LEFT KNEE. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE PREFER THEM NOT TO BE INJURED, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND IT'S PART OF THE GAME, YOU KNOW. AND WE'RE A SQUAD; WE'RE NOT ONE MAN, SO THE OTHER HOOKERS NEED TO STEP UP, BUT SO DO THE REST OF THE TEAM, TO TAKE OVER SOME OF THE AREAS HE'S BEEN REALLY LEADING IN. THE HURRICANES HOOKER WAS ON THE FIELD FOR JUST 10 MINUTES BEFORE BEING HELPED OFF, AND IS EXPECTED TO MISS THE REMAINDER OF THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX ARE REMAINING POSITIVE AHEAD OF THEIR FINAL REGULAR SEASON MATCH IN THE A-LEAGUE. THE PHOENIX CURRENTLY SIT AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SECURE THE MINOR PREMIERSHIP TITLE ` NOW NEEDING A FEW RESULTS TO GO THEIR WAY TO DO SO. STILL ALL TO PLAY FOR IN THE WEEKEND, AND WE JUST NEED TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND WIN, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH US, AND OBVIOUSLY FROM THERE, WE'VE GOT A BIT OF AN EXTENDED PERIOD TO SEE WHO WE COME UP AGAINST IN FINALS. BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN CONTROL, WE JUST NEED A WIN ON THIS WEEKEND, AND THEN JUST GO FROM THERE. THE PHOENIX NEED TO WIN AGAINST MACARTHUR THIS SATURDAY, AND HAVE THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS LOSE THEIR MATCH TO SECURE THE MINOR PREMIERSHIP. MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER ERIK TEN HAG HAS SLAMMED EXTERNAL CRITICISM AFTER THEIR PENALTY SHOOTOUT WIN OVER CHAMPIONSHIP SIDE CONVENTRY. AFTER THEIR PENALTY SHOOTOUT WIN OVER CHAMPIONSHIP SIDE COVENTRY. UNITED BLEW A 3-0 LEAD AND WERE LUCKY TO COME AWAY WITH A WIN. A KNIFE-EDGE OFFSIDE CALL LED TO A COVENTRY GOAL BEING DISALLOWED, THE GRITTY WIN SECURING UNITED A FA CUP FINALS SPOT. YOU MADE IT OFF, AND ONE WAS MADE TO QUESTION IS IT EMBARRASSING? NO. THE REACTIONS FROM YOU ARE EMBARRASSING. WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? WHY? IT IS. THE COMMENTS. FOOTBALL IS ABOUT RESULTS, AND WE MADE IT TO THE FINAL, AND WE DESERVED IT, NOT ONLY BY THIS GAME, BUT ALSO THE OTHER GAMES. UNITED WILL PLAY MANCHESTER CITY IN THE CUP FINAL. A BOY (9) FROM THE UK HAS WON THE JUNIOR CATEGORY AT THE EUROPEAN GULL SCREECHING CHAMPIONSHIPS. YES, THAT'S APPARENTLY A THING. HERE'S THE BBC'S DANNY SAVAGE. THREE, TWO, ONE. (IMITATES SEAGULL CRY) (CHEERING) HE'S A CHAMPION SEAGULL IMPERSONATOR AS AN INTRIGUED CROWD OF BELGIAN SEAGULL ENTHUSIASTS WATCH ON FROM OUTSIDE, THE JUDGES GIVE COOPER (9) NEARLY TOP MARKS... WHICH SAW HIM WIN THE JUNIOR CATEGORY IN THE EUROPEAN GULL-SCREECHING COMPETITION. (IMITATES SEAGULL CRY) HE'S NOW A SEASIDE SENSATION, DOING THE MEDIA ROUNDS ABOUT HIS ORNITHOLOGICAL STATUS ON TV AND RADIO. HOW SPECIAL DOES IT FEEL TO BE A GOLD MEDAL WINNER FOR THE UK? IT FEELS AMAZING, AND IT REMINDS ME OF THE OLYMPICS AND NOW I'M LIKE, 'YAY, I BROUGHT BACK GOLD FOR ENGLAND!' COULD YOU DO THE SEAGULL FOR US LIVE HERE ON RADIO 2? YEAH. (IMITATES SEAGULL CRY) WHEN HE FIRST DEVELOPED THIS TALENT, WHAT DID YOU THINK? 'OH, GREAT (!) ANOTHER NOISE.' (LAUGHS) HE'S NOT THE QUIETEST CHILD, SO IT STARTED OFF AS A BIT OF ANOTHER ANNOYING SOUND FROM COOPER, AND WE KEPT ENCOURAGING HIM TO STOP. AND THEN ONCE WE HEARD ABOUT THE COMPETITION, IT WAS ENCOURAGING HIM TO PRACTISE ` MUCH TO THE NEIGHBOURS' ANNOYANCE. SORRY, NEIGHBOURS. (ALL IMITATE SEAGULLS SCREECHING) THERE IS A SERIOUS POINT TO THE COMPETITION ` TO PUT SEAGULLS IN A MORE POSITIVE LIGHT. THEY CAN BE SEEN AS ANNOYING SCAVENGERS... COOPER WALLACE FROM CHESTERFIELD! ...BUT WE ALL LIKE TO SEE A GOLD MEDAL-WINNING BRIT. (IMITATES SEAGULL CRY) ADD TO THE LIST THE BOY FROM LANDLOCKED CHESTERFIELD, WHO CAN PERFECTLY MIMIC A SEABIRD. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (DUA LIPA'S 'TRAINING SEASON') THANKS FOR JOINING US. FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND BRIGIT KELLY.