the achievement was declared at a special ceremony overlooking the waves at nazare in portugal whereorld 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 us it'll be rather damp, particularly from northern ireland into parts of england and wales. this is how it looks for early risers. from north—east england into scotland, though, there'll be some sunshine around to start the day, but there'll be a few showers running through northern scotland on through t

this is at the infamous nazare break in portugal, the wave was over 20 metres high.tt 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 two elements of recovery from life—changing injury. it is all the brainchild of matt h

. >> reporter: off the coast of nazare portugal, the ocean converges on an underwater canyon 1,000 feethere sea swells turn into monster waves and surfers come to break records. on january 18th, brazilian surfer maya gabeira caught the break she was waiting for. on monday, the 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 tak

the achievement was declared at a special ceremony overlooking the waves at nazare where the record wasphenomenal, 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 the day ahead. and where we start with cloud, it should brighten up a little bit, but further south into north—west england and the west midlands, a chance of seeing patchy rain even at this stage of the day at four p.m.. and it will be blustery here, the winds ar

>> on this vote, the nazar 48, the nomination of brett kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. >> with that, it is finally official. judge brett kavanaugh is justice brett kavanaugh. in the last few moments we have received the official photos showing the newest justice being sworn in with two different oaths. one administered by john roberts and the other by a mentor, anthony kennedy who he now replaces on the high court. you can see the strain this process has put on the justice in his family. confirmation came today after narrow senate vote and a more contentious battle. there is some celebration tonight. republican lindsey graham declaring i am not tired old winning. president trump telling reporters that kavanaugh is an outstanding person who will be on the high court for many years to come. his second nominee securing just barely enough votes for approval. republicans believe this has fired up their conservative base ahead of the midterms. he will be taking the stage in a little bit. we should get a glimpse of the pr

>> on this vote, the nazar 48, the nomination of brett kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice court of the united states is confirmed. >> with that, it is finally official. judge brett kavanaugh is justice brt

crest was captured by the world surf league videographers at their competition earlier this year in nazare 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 access to a tablet, smartphone, or a computer. are you surprised by that? iam not comput