:00:00. > :00:00.Good morning, Ricky here with the incredible tale of the schoolboy
:00:07. > :00:12.the high-speed lawnmowers in a race with a difference,
:00:13. > :00:19.and we meet the kids on the search for bumblebees.
:00:20. > :00:28.Let's start then with the amazing story of the nine-year-old who
:00:29. > :00:33.Around 100 kids each year are born without one or both of their ears,
:00:34. > :00:36.but now doctors in London have come up with a new way to help them.
:00:37. > :00:40.It involves making new ears out of other parts of the body,
:00:41. > :00:43.and schoolboy Kieran is one of those who's had the operation.
:00:44. > :00:49.When Kieran was born, his ear canal hadn't formed,
:00:50. > :00:54.Doctors helped him to hear by wiring a hearing aid directly
:00:55. > :01:02.But Kieran really wanted to have two ears.
:01:03. > :01:10.Every time I look at them, I say in my head, "I want ears
:01:11. > :01:19.Then came a letter from Great Ormond Street Hospital
:01:20. > :01:24.in London, which said he was going to get his wish - new ears.
:01:25. > :01:27.I'm going to keep this part, but they're just going to make
:01:28. > :01:40.I might have, like, big elf ears, or elephant ears!
:01:41. > :01:44.Kieran and his parents went to the famous
:01:45. > :01:48.Children's Hospital, where surgeons explained how the operation worked.
:01:49. > :01:52.So, Kieran, we're going to take the gristle from your chest
:01:53. > :01:56.when you're completely asleep, and I'm going to carve a framework
:01:57. > :02:00.in the shape of an ear and place it in a pocket under the skin.
:02:01. > :02:04.Doctors use the shape of Kieran's mother's ears to help create
:02:05. > :02:14.Kieran was soon taken through for his operation, where surgeons went
:02:15. > :02:21.about carefully making and attaching his brand-new ears to his head.
:02:22. > :02:24.Hey, Kieran, look what I've got, I've got a mirror.
:02:25. > :02:28.You can have a really good look at your ears now.
:02:29. > :02:39.Kieran's dad says the surgery and the wait to get Kieran's new
:02:40. > :02:44.He's already a pretty confident chap,
:02:45. > :02:50.he's very cool about his condition, and this will now mean the only
:02:51. > :02:55.thing he has to deal with is his deafness, and that's already readily
:02:56. > :03:07.Now he can just be a normal kid that wants to muck around.
:03:08. > :03:10.Next to the question of whether it's right to stop prisoners
:03:11. > :03:15.The European Court of Human Rights will decide this morning on
:03:16. > :03:18.whether to award compensation to UK prisoners who've complained about
:03:19. > :03:23.They say their rights were breached when they
:03:24. > :03:29.weren't allowed to take part in European elections five years ago.
:03:30. > :03:31.Next to a science experiment on a massive scale,
:03:32. > :03:35.as children from all over the UK are being asked to spot bumblebees.
:03:36. > :03:38.The Big Bumblebee Project aims to explore why bee populations have
:03:39. > :03:46.You're being asked to identify different species and send
:03:47. > :03:50.I caught up with some of the kids taking part
:03:51. > :03:57.in the study and Dr Helen Roy, who told me why bees are so important.
:03:58. > :04:05.We are taking lots of pictures of them, and then put the picture onto
:04:06. > :04:11.the blog and write a message and send it. All of these bees that we
:04:12. > :04:16.are seeing here, and some hopper flies as well, are really important
:04:17. > :04:20.in pollination, carrying the pollen from one flower to another, and that
:04:21. > :04:22.is important to food production and wild flowers, as well.
:04:23. > :04:25.There's more on this on the Newsround website, and you can
:04:26. > :04:28.see my full report with those guys back here at 8.55 this morning.
:04:29. > :04:31.The Girl Guides have unveiled their brand new uniform today, the first
:04:32. > :04:34.The new range means members will have a choice
:04:35. > :04:37.of tops to wear with trousers, skirts, or shorts, as well as
:04:38. > :04:41.Five young fashion designers spent a year talking to Guides before
:04:42. > :04:47.Sport, and some of Team GB's biggest stars are gearing up for the
:04:48. > :04:49.European Athletics Championships which start this morning.
:04:50. > :04:52.Mo Farah will be going for double gold but has been explaining
:04:53. > :04:56.the full reasons why he missed the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
:04:57. > :04:58.The Olympic champion's revealed he was forced to pull out
:04:59. > :05:06.after collapsing during a pre-Games training run.
:05:07. > :05:12.Because it is so much pain from my stomach, and called an ambulance,
:05:13. > :05:16.the ambulance sent with the hospital, and I had to be airlifted
:05:17. > :05:21.to the main hospital, they thought there was something going on with my
:05:22. > :05:26.heart. It was crazy, I was in hospital for four days. It was scary
:05:27. > :05:31.at the time but, for me, I would love to come back and continue the
:05:32. > :05:36.road to the Commonwealth Games which I ended. I didn't want to disappoint
:05:37. > :05:39.by fans, a lot of people bought tickets, but at the same time I
:05:40. > :05:40.wasn't ready, was nowhere near ready.
:05:41. > :05:43.And finally to a sporting event with a difference ?
:05:44. > :05:46.Over 30 teams battled through the night in the 12-hour endurance race
:05:47. > :05:50.It's a bit different from what you might have seen
:05:51. > :05:54.The winning team managed to complete 366 laps of the circuit.
:05:55. > :05:58.Newsround's back right here at 8.55am.