brazil's maya gabeira has set a new world record for the largest ever wave surfed by a female.e, or 68ft for those of you of an imperial disposition, in portugal back injanuary this year, but the record was only officially announced on monday. the achievement was declared at a special ceremony overlooking the waves at nazare in portugal where the record was set, with an adjudicator from guinness world records presenting her with the official certificate. gabeira's record is notably impressive after she nearly drowned while surfing the big waves at nazare back in 2013 after being knocked unconscious while competing. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me marc edwards and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. after a rather chilly start to october, it will feel a bit warmer for many of us in the day ahead. there's an area of milder, warmer air that's been moving into the uk between these two weather fronts. but the weather fronts close by mean that there's a good deal of cloud around to begin tuesday, and for some of

and finally, brazil's maya gabeira has set a new world record for the largest ever wave surfed by a femaleonquered this giant 20.72 metre wave in portugal back in january this year, but the record was only officially announced on monday when it was all ratified. that is amazing. what guts it takes to do that. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the business journalist john crowley, and the head of news at huffpost uk, jess brammar. let's take a look at some of tomorrow's front pages. the guardian leads on calls for tory mps to unite around the prime minister ahead of borisjohnson‘s speech at the conservative party conference, seen by some as laying the groundwork for a possible leadership challenge. it's a similar story on the front of the i — which goes with the headline "moment of truth for boris". the times leads on brexit, with reports that theresa may is preparing to keep the uk in the customs union until a solution to the problem of the irish border is found

brazil's maya gabeira has set a world record for the biggest wave surfed by a woman. metres high. this was back injanuary but the record has only just been ratified. matt hampson's life changed instantly and unimaginably when he injured himself playing rugby with england s under 21s. he was paralysed. but his foundation has helped create a place where young people with catastrophic sporting injuries can reshape their lives. 0ur sports correspondentjoe wilson was at today's opening. here ina here in a windswept field is the get busy living centre. it has all been planned by matt hankin and his charity. it has taken over £1 million of fundraising to get here. and a lot of work. you can see from the outside that it is split over two levels. the ground floor has been used for a party today, but it will be for young people with serious injuries and their families to come and socialise, to eat, drink and live. the top floor is for the ha rd and live. the top floor is for the hard physical work, visit with state—of—the—art gym equipment. i guess it is about tackling those tw

on january 18th, brazilian surfer maya gabeira caught the break she was waiting for. on monday, the world's surf league and the guinness book of world records called it. that ride broke the record for the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman. 65 feet call, more than six stories, and gabeira nailed it. what makes it more incredible, where she was five years ago. this same spot, sucked under and lost in the white water. she described the moment to outside tv. >> i was going down a really big wave and i lost control. i was unconscious because of the hit and the impact. >> reporter: she broke her ankle and struggled to get to the surface. unconscious, it took two minutes of cpr to revive her. >> i wasn't really born to do what i do, but i chose my path and i was focused enough and lucky enough to be able to chase my dreams and make it a reality. >> reporter: now she has a world record to go along with all that resilience. stephanie gosk, nbc news. >> what an incredible achievement. >>> that's "nightly news" for this tuesday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc towing tro

on january 18th, brazilian surfer maya gabeira caught the break she was waiting for.he world surf league and the guinness book of records called it. that ride broke the record for the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman. 65 feet tall, more than six stories, and gabeira nailed it. what makes the moment even more incredible is where she was five years ago. this same spot, sucked under and lost in the whitewater. she described the moment to outside tv. >> i was going down a really big , of the amount of speed. it put me on the borderer line of unconsciousness because of the tim the surface. unconscious, it took two minutes of cpr on the beach to revive her. >> i chose my path, and i was focused enough and lucky enough to be able to chase my dreams and make it a reality. >> reporter: now she has a world record to go along with all that resilience. stephanie gosk, nbc news. >> the mental toughness it takes to overcome that because in a sport like that, even an ounce of timidity, that means bad news. >> talk about never giving up. amazing story. >>> well, celebrating birthd

brazil's maya gabeira has set a new world record for the largest ever wave surfed by a female.the record was only officially announced on monday. the achievement was declared at a special ceremony overlooking the waves at nazare where the record was set, with an adjudicator from guinness world records presenting her with the official certificate. that is phenomenal, isn't it? i don't know how she had the nerve to don't know how she had the nerve to do that. is all the sport for now. october got off to a rather chilly start, but something milder and warmerfor many start, but something milder and warmer for many of us over the next couple of days, initially on tuesday between these weather fronts, you can see the warm colours have started to move in. weird because two weather fronts are close by and it has to be set a fair amount of cloud to begin the day stretching from northern ireland into england and wales with some patchy rain and drizzle to begin tuesday. the best of the sunshine from north—east england and into scotland. which will see the lion's share of the sunshine in t

maya gabeira of brazil has set a new world record for the largest ever wave surfed by a woman. to the rise in gang—related knife crime in london and other cities. this graph shows statistics published in the crime survey for england and wales — it shows that cocaine use among people from wealthier homes in england and wales is at its highest in nearly a decade. you can see this on the screen, how much you consume in that income bracket compared to lower incomes. joining us now in the studio is mark dempster, a former drug addict, now harley street drugs councillor, max daley, investigativejournalist and global drugs editor at vice uk, and from liverpool is dr suzi gage, who is a drugs and mental health researcher and lecturer at liverpool university. welcome, all of you. 0k, welcome, all of you. ok, this link, max, between middle—class cocaine users and violent crime on the streets of london, how do you regard it? yeah, the idea that if you can... if middle—class cocaine slaughters all stop snorting cocaine, the idea that will have any sort of impact whatsoever on the street ki

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surfer maya gabeira of brazil set a new world record.this 68-foot wave off the coast of portugal. it earned her the guinness world record title for the largest wave surfed unlimited by a woman. she was honored with a special ceremony yesterday. ( robin ) and just because the shoe fits... doesn't mean you can afford it. especially if it's this pair of 17-million-dollar heels... the "passion diamond" shoe is thought to be the most expensive shoe in the world. it's made of gold, leather, silk...and features 236 diamonds. the shoes are on display at a hotel in dubai. the prototype is a women's size five and a half -- but custom-made shoes will be available once they're paid for. ( robin ) coming up in the next hour of teh kron 4 morning news... we continue to track the rain in the bay area. taking a live look at strom tracker 4 radar. john shrable will have an update coming up at hour. transit center will be closed longer than expected. ( james ) developing now. the body of a missing east bay teen is found and now her ex-boyfriend is behind

mesmerizing video of maya gabeira flying through the ginormous wave from trough to crest was capturedly terrifying. there are jet ski is nearby. the amount of water... i suppose you can get away with it on the jet ski. thank you very much. the time is 6:40. as adults we're never usually far from our smartphones and tablets, but new research suggests that children under five are increasingly glued to them too. a report by research group childwise shows they're spending nearly three hours a day on connected devices. jackie marsh, professor of education at the university of sheffield is here to tell us more. tell us what the figures are showing. the report is not from the university of sheffield. the correlates well with research we have undertaken over the past ten yea rs. we have undertaken over the past ten years. we did a survey of 2000 pa rents of years. we did a survey of 2000 parents of under fives and found that the top at four under fives was youtube. as the report states also. three out of four children under five, the report states, has access toa five, the report states, has

and it has been confirmed that maya gabeira of brazil has set a new world record for the largest evered the giant 20.72—metre wave in portugal back injanuary, but the record has only now been made official. just in the middle of your screen now. you can barely see her. just terrifying. you would have to have nerves of steel to do that. that is portugal. i am disappointed you have not mentioned it in the heights of double—decker buses. not mentioned it in the heights of double-decker buses. sorry, iwill compare it to the size of wales, or something like that. back to our top story — the continuing search and rescue operation for survivors of the indonesian tsunami. the bbc‘s rebecca henschke is in palu for us this morning. rebecca, what's the latest? we know there are so many difficulties. where i am now is a makeshift camp which has been set up in the town hall, near local government officers. people who have been able to make it here, they have all lost their homes either in the earthquake was swept away in the tsunami. here, they are getting now some basic supplies. two meals a day