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VIDEO SHOWS: COMPETITORS PLAYING CONKERS AT WORLD CONKER CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ENGLAND / INTERVIEWS WITH ORGANISER AND WINNERS OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FINALS / WINNERS BEING CROWNED AND GETTING THEIR TROPHIES.  SENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: SOUTHWICK, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 12, 2025) (HUTC – No archive. No resales.) 1. CONKERS BEING HIT 2. MAN DRESSED IN HAT PLAYING CONKERS AND SMASHING OTHER PLAYER'S CONKER AND CELEBRATING 3. MAN HITTING CONKER AND LOSING AGAINST OTHER PLAYING WEARING BOBBLE HAT / PLAYING IN BOBBLE HAT CELEBRATING  4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ORGANISER OF THE WORLD CONKER CHAMPIONSHIPS, ST JOHN BURKETT, SAYING:    "Well, very exciting. Obviously a lot of interest after last year's story and we've never been sold out so early. So perhaps four weeks early. And usually we've got a few places to say to sell on the day, but absolutely none today." 5. ANNOUNCEMENT SAYING POCKETS WILL BE SEARCHED FOR STEEL CONKERS 6. SIGN READING (English) "STEEL CONKER DETECTOR" 7. TWO PLAYERS HAVING THEIR POCKETS SEARCHED WITH METAL DETECTOR  8. MAN IN MOTORCYCLE HELMET PLAYING CONKERS 9. CLOSE-UP OF CONKER BEING HIT 10. MAN IN WIG WITH CROSS AROUND HIS NECK PLAYING CONKERS WITH MAN IN A HOODIE 11. MAN WEARING SKELETON MASK PLAYING CONKERS 12. CLOSE-UP OF A CONKER SMASHING ANOTHER AND A HANDSHAKE 13. PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURES 14. REFEREE WEARING HATS SPEAKING TO PLAYERS 15. WOMEN'S FINAL WINNER, MARGARET BLAKE (BROWN JACKET) WINNING AGAINST PLAYER IN BEE COSTUME 16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WOMEN'S FINAL WINNER, MARGARET BLAKE SAYING:     "Oh my god. I can't believe it. Like I said, I only came here to do the coconut shire… Never thought that I would get this far. It's like crazy.  17. SPECTATORS WATCHING, MAN FILMING 18. MEN'S FINAL WINNER MATT CROSS WINNING MOMENT AGAINST MAN IN HAT AND BLUE VEST.  19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEN'S FINAL WINNER, MATT CROSS, SAYING:   "Technique was just to give it everything you know. You're not going to win by tickling them. You've got to give it, some welly. The bruises on the hand have really shown that. So yeah really really happy." 20. WINNERS BEING CROWNED  STORY:   The world's top conker players battled it out on Sunday (October 14) for the title of King and Queen of the World Conker Championships in the English village of Southwick.  More than 250 competitors from across the UK gathered for the competition, which attracted attention last year after a rogue “metal conker” scandal briefly rocked the event.   This year saw the tournament introduce airport security style checks with metal detectors to prevent any metal conkers from entering the competition.  Matt Cross a civil servant from Kettering was crowned this year’s men’s champion. Speaking after his win, Cross said his technique was to “give it everything”. “You’ve got to give it some welly, the bruises on the hand have really shown that," he added.    The women’s winner was Margaret Blake from Corby, wo said she couldn’t believe she had won. “Never thought I would get this far. It’s like crazy,” she said. This year’s tournament, celebrated its 60th anniversary since the first official contest in 1965. (Production: Natasha Montague)

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VIDEO SHOWS: COMPETITORS PLAYING CONKERS AT WORLD CONKER CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ENGLAND / INTERVIEWS WITH ORGANISER AND WINNERS OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FINALS / WINNERS BEING CROWNED AND GETTING THEIR TROPHIES.  SENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: SOUTHWICK, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 12, 2025) (HUTC – No archive. No resales.) 1. CONKERS BEING HIT 2. MAN DRESSED IN HAT PLAYING CONKERS AND SMASHING OTHER PLAYER'S CONKER AND CELEBRATING 3. MAN HITTING CONKER AND LOSING AGAINST OTHER PLAYING WEARING BOBBLE HAT / PLAYER IN BOBBLE HAT CELEBRATING  4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ORGANISER OF THE WORLD CONKER CHAMPIONSHIPS, ST JOHN BURKETT, SAYING:    "Well, very exciting. Obviously a lot of interest after last year's story and we've never been sold out so early. So perhaps four weeks early. And usually we've got a few places to say to sell on the day, but absolutely none today." 5. MAN ANNOUNCING COMPETITORS' POCKETS WILL BE SEARCHED FOR STEEL CONKERS 6. SIGN READING (English) "STEEL CONKER DETECTOR" 7. TWO PLAYERS HAVING THEIR POCKETS SEARCHED WITH METAL DETECTOR  8. MAN IN MOTORCYCLE HELMET PLAYING CONKERS 9. CLOSE-UP OF CONKER BEING HIT 10. MAN IN WIG WITH CROSS AROUND HIS NECK PLAYING CONKERS WITH MAN IN A HOODIE 11. MAN WEARING SKELETON MASK PLAYING CONKERS 12. CLOSE-UP OF A CONKER SMASHING ANOTHER AND A HANDSHAKE 13. PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURES 14. REFEREE WEARING HATS SPEAKING TO PLAYERS 15. WOMEN'S FINAL WINNER, MARGARET BLAKE (BROWN JACKET) WINNING AGAINST PLAYER IN BEE COSTUME AND CELEBRATING 16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WOMEN'S FINAL WINNER, MARGARET BLAKE SAYING:     "Oh my god. I can't believe it. Like I said, I only came here to do the coconut shire… Never thought that I would get this far. It's like crazy.  17. SPECTATORS WATCHING, MAN FILMING 18. MEN'S FINAL WINNER MATT CROSS WINNING MOMENT AGAINST MAN IN HAT AND BLUE VEST.  19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEN'S FINAL WINNER, MATT CROSS, SAYING:   "Technique was just to give it everything you know. You're not going to win by tickling them. You've got to give it, some welly. The bruises on the hand have really shown that. So yeah really really happy." 20. WINNERS BEING CROWNED  STORY:   The world's top conker players battled it out on Sunday (October 14) for the title of King and Queen of the World Conker Championships in the English village of Southwick.  More than 250 competitors from across the UK gathered for the competition, which attracted attention last year after a rogue “metal conker” scandal briefly rocked the event.   This year saw the tournament introduce airport security style checks with metal detectors to prevent any metal conkers from entering the competition.  Matt Cross a civil servant from Kettering was crowned this year’s men’s champion. Speaking after his win, Cross said his technique was to “give it everything”. “You’ve got to give it some welly, the bruises on the hand have really shown that," he added.    The women’s winner was Margaret Blake from Corby, wo said she couldn’t believe she had won. “Never thought I would get this far. It’s like crazy,” she said. This year’s tournament, celebrated its 60th anniversary since the first official contest in 1965. (Production: Natasha Montague)

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VIDEO SHOWS: SECURITY TIGHT IN UDINE AHEAD OF ITALY-ISRAEL MATCH FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIER  RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT  SHOWS: UDINE, ITALY (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. VIEW OF HOTEL FRIULI , HOSTING THE ISRAELI TEAM 2. FENCE IN FRONT OF HOTEL ENTRANCE 3. VARIOUS OF FENCES / POLICE / MILITARY STAFF AND VEHICLES IN FRONT OF HOTEL 4. VARIOUS OF CARABINIERI POLICEMEN STANDING  5. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) UDINE RESIDENT, PAOLO (SURNAME UNKNOWN) SAYING: ''It's a match, and they could have chosen not to play it. They could have decided to play it somewhere else, or not play it at all. It probably wasn't the right thing to do.'' 6. VARIOUS OF POLICE CHECKS IN STREET 7. EXTERIORS OF FRIULI (BLUENERGY) STADIUM 8. VARIOUS OF BOARD ON BUILDING READING (English): 'STOP BOMBING GAZA' 9.  VARIOUS OF SECURITY MEASURES OUTSIDE STADIUM  STORY: Security was tightened outside Udine's Bluenergy Stadium on Monday (October 13), a day before the World Cup qualifier between Italy and Israel. The city of Udine has put extraordinary security measures in place ahead of Italy's upcoming World Cup soccer qualifier with Israel, as a pro-Palestinian march will go ahead on the day of the game, even after Israel and Hamas agreed on a peace deal. Italian police and army personnel also stationed themselves near the Friuli Hotel, where the Israeli team is staying.  ''They could have chosen not to play it. They could have decided to play it somewhere else, or not play it at all'', Udine resident, Paolo, said.  March organizer Committee for Palestine-Udine expects over 10,000 people to attend on Tuesday, hours before the game kicks off at the Stadio Friuli. (Production: Cristiano Corvino, Roberto MIgnucci, Oriana Boselli) 

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 1 OF THE  2025 REBELLE RALLY RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: MAMMOTH, CALIFORNIA, USA (OCTOBER 12, 2025) (ICARUS SPORTS – No restrictions) 1. DRONE SHOT OF REBELLE RALLY TECH INSPECTION SITE 2. VEHICLES ENTER UNDER REBELLE RALLY SIGN 3. TECH INSPECTION UNDERWAY FISH LAKE, NEVADA, USA (OCTOBER 12, 2025)(ICARUS SPORTS – No restrictions) 4. DRONE SHOT OF VEHICLES TRAVERSING COURSE 5. TEAM 118 COURSE TRAVERSE 6. DRONE SHOT OF BASECAMP 1 7. TEAM 173 PLOTTING AT BASECAMP 1 8. TEAM 114 COURSE HEADING 9. DRONE SHOT OF TEAM 205 10. TEAM 123 COURSE TRAVERSE 11. TEAM 122 COURSE TRAVERSE 12. TEAM 167 COURSE TRAVERSE 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TEAM 129 RETURNING CHAMPION, TERALIN PETERED, SAYING "It's been really fun to watch the competition grow, it's been fun to see everybody improve, Emily [Miller, Founder and Director] make the game harder, Chrissy add new twists and rules. It's kinda fun, it's become like its own sporting almost, one of a kind here in the U.S, the biggest, the longest I guess, day eight this year, eight days of competition so they keep just stepping it up, stepping it up, and it'll be fun to see what they do this time." 14. TEAM 122 HIGH FIVE STORY: Three-time 4×4 champions Teralin Petereit and Nena Barlow (Team 129) collected an impressive 98 percent of available points on Day 1 of the Rebelle Rally on Sunday (October 12).  The first day of the event spanned 214km (133 miles) through Nevada, where teams skirted the south end of a large dry lake bed, then climbed the Weepah Hills west of Tonopah.  The Rebelle Rally is an endurance competition designed to test precision driving and navigation. The format is innovative and unique with competitors using maps, compass, road books and strategy to complete the event. The use of GPS and other electronic devices is strictly prohibited.  The Rally will continue through until the end of the week (Saturday 18). (Production: Lucy Thomson)

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VIDEO SHOWS: COMPETITORS PLAYING CONKERS AT WORLD CONKER CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ENGLAND / INTERVIEWS WITH ORGANISER AND WINNERS OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FINALS / WINNERS BEING CROWNED AND GETTING THEIR TROPHIES.  SENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: SOUTHWICK, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 12, 2025) (HUTC – No archive. No resales.) 1. CONKERS BEING HIT 2. MAN DRESSED IN HAT PLAYING CONKERS AND SMASHING OTHER PLAYER'S CONKER AND CELEBRATING 3. MAN HITTING CONKER AND LOSING AGAINST OTHER PLAYING WEARING BOBBLE HAT / PLAYING IN BOBBLE HAT CELEBRATING  4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ORGANISER OF THE WORLD CONKER CHAMPIONSHIPS, ST JOHN BURKETT, SAYING:    "Well, very exciting. Obviously a lot of interest after last year's story and we've never been sold out so early. So perhaps four weeks early. And usually we've got a few places to say to sell on the day, but absolutely none today." 5. ANNOUNCEMENT SAYING POCKETS WILL BE SEARCHED FOR STEEL CONKERS 6. SIGN READING (English) "STEEL CONKER DETECTOR" 7. TWO PLAYERS HAVING THEIR POCKETS SEARCHED WITH METAL DETECTOR  8. MAN IN MOTORCYCLE HELMET PLAYING CONKERS 9. CLOSE-UP OF CONKER BEING HIT 10. MAN IN WIG WITH CROSS AROUND HIS NECK PLAYING CONKERS WITH MAN IN A HOODIE 11. MAN WEARING SKELETON MASK PLAYING CONKERS 12. CLOSE-UP OF A CONKER SMASHING ANOTHER AND A HANDSHAKE 13. PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURES 14. REFEREE WEARING HATS SPEAKING TO PLAYERS 15. WOMEN'S FINAL WINNER, MARGARET BLAKE (BROWN JACKET) WINNING AGAINST PLAYER IN BEE COSTUME 16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WOMEN'S FINAL WINNER, MARGARET BLAKE SAYING:     "Oh my god. I can't believe it. Like I said, I only came here to do the coconut shire… Never thought that I would get this far. It's like crazy.  17. SPECTATORS WATCHING, MAN FILMING 18. MEN'S FINAL WINNER MATT CROSS WINNING MOMENT AGAINST MAN IN HAT AND BLUE VEST.  19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEN'S FINAL WINNER, MATT CROSS, SAYING:   "Technique was just to give it everything you know. You're not going to win by tickling them. You've got to give it, some welly. The bruises on the hand have really shown that. So yeah really really happy." 20. WINNERS BEING CROWNED  STORY:   The world's top conker players battled it out on Sunday (October 14) for the title of King and Queen of the World Conker Championships in the English village of Southwick.  More than 250 competitors from across the UK gathered for the competition, which attracted attention last year after a rogue “metal conker” scandal briefly rocked the event.   This year saw the tournament introduce airport security style checks with metal detectors to prevent any metal conkers from entering the competition.  Matt Cross a civil servant from Kettering was crowned this year’s men’s champion. Speaking after his win, Cross said his technique was to “give it everything”. “You’ve got to give it some welly, the bruises on the hand have really shown that," he added.    The women’s winner was Margaret Blake from Corby, wo said she couldn’t believe she had won. “Never thought I would get this far. It’s like crazy,” she said. This year’s tournament, celebrated its 60th anniversary since the first official contest in 1965. (Production: Natasha Montague)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 1 OF THE  2025 REBELLE RALLY COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: MAMMOTH, CALIFORNIA, USA (OCTOBER 12, 2025) (ICARUS SPORTS – No restrictions) 1. DRONE SHOT OF REBELLE RALLY TECH INSPECTION SITE 2. VEHICLES ENTER UNDER REBELLE RALLY SIGN 3. TECH INSPECTION UNDERWAY FISH LAKE, NEVADA, USA (OCTOBER 12, 2025)(ICARUS SPORTS – No restrictions) 4. DRONE SHOT OF VEHICLES TRAVERSING COURSE 5. TEAM 118 COURSE TRAVERSE 6. DRONE SHOT OF BASECAMP 1 7. TEAM 173 PLOTTING AT BASECAMP 1 8. TEAM 114 COURSE HEADING 9. DRONE SHOT OF TEAM 205 10. TEAM 123 COURSE TRAVERSE 11. TEAM 122 COURSE TRAVERSE 12. TEAM 167 COURSE TRAVERSE 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TEAM 129 RETURNING CHAMPION, TERALIN PETERED, SAYING "It's been really fun to watch the competition grow, it's been fun to see everybody improve, Emily [Miller, Founder and Director] make the game harder, Chrissy add new twists and rules. It's kinda fun, it's become like its own sporting almost, one of a kind here in the U.S, the biggest, the longest I guess, day eight this year, eight days of competition so they keep just stepping it up, stepping it up, and it'll be fun to see what they do this time." 14. TEAM 122 HIGH FIVE STORY: TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NINGBO OPEN COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: NINGBO, CHINA (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (WTA/DAZN – See restrictions) 1. SOFIA KENIN SERVES / WINS RALLY AGAINST FELLOW AMERICAN MCCARTNEY KESSLER WITH DROP SHOT 2. KESSLER SERVES /  HITS BACKHAND WINNER 3. KESSLER WINS FIRST SET WITH ACE / WALKS TOWARDS BENCH / COACHES APPLAUD 4. KENIN SERVES DURING SECOND SET / LOSES POINT TO KESSLER 5. KESSLER HITS ACE TO WIN SECOND SET AND MATCH 6. PLAYERS WALK TOWARDS NET AND SHAKE HANDS STORY: COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW

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VIDEO SHOWS: SPAIN SQUAD TRAINING FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIER  COMPLETE STORY TO FOLLOW SHOWS: LAS ROZAS, SPAIN (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

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VIDEO SHOWS: SPAIN SQUAD TRAINING FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIER  COMPLETE STORY TO FOLLOW SHOWS: LAS ROZAS, SPAIN (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

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