Emotional: The preview clip shows St Michael's worker Jo Lorenz breaking down in tears as she sees the result for the first time, while the children scramble to explore the adventure playground +8 Emotional: The preview clip shows St Michael's worker Jo Lorenz breaking down in tears as she sees the result for the first time, while the children scramble to explore the adventure playground DIY SOS: The Big Build is back! Volunteers came together to transform a patch of scrubland (pictured) into a camping and outdoor activity centre for St Michael's Youth Project, which provides activities and support to children across Hull +8 DIY SOS: The Big Build is back! Volunteers came together to transform a patch of scrubland (pictured) into a camping and outdoor activity centre for St Michael's Youth Project, which provides activities and support to children across Hull Bigger IS better! The new outdoors centre, complete with a sprawling playground, pictured, woodland cycle track and timber-clad kitchen block, will give the organisation, known as St Mike's, the space it needs to offer overnight camping and adventure trips to children who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford one. It was completed in just eight days +8 Bigger IS better! The new outdoors centre, complete with a sprawling playground, pictured, woodland cycle track and timber-clad kitchen block, will give the organisation, known as St Mike's, the space it needs to offer overnight camping and adventure trips to children who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford one. It was completed in just eight days Guest presenter: Rhod Gilbert fronts the Children's In Need special, which airs tonight at 9pm on BB1 +8 Guest presenter: Rhod Gilbert fronts the Children's In Need special, which airs tonight at 9pm on BB1 Founded over 27 years ago, St Michael's, known as St Mike's, is open 11 hours a day, five days a week to children and young people in Orcharc Park and North Hull, offering arts and crafts, dance classes, and sports clubs, as well as outdoor pursuits. It also offers hot meals to the children, providing an essential service to those in food poverty. 'A lot of the parents work two or three jobs just to get by, but it's still not enough,' charity worker Rachel explains. 'Kids come home from school and they don't see parents. The only people they see after school is us. It is awful to think you have to work two or three jobs just to get by, and not spend enough time with your kids. You're in a catch-22. You just can't win.' RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Woman who's more than 6ft tall reveals people don't believe... EXCLUSIVE: Princess Charlene may NOT move back to the... What it was REALLY like working for Playboy in the '60s:... SHARE THIS ARTICLE Share To help bring in more children, youth worker Matt Rogers set up a weekly cycle clinic, encouraging children from the local community to come and learn how to repair their bikes. It is sometimes the first contact children have with the centre and can lead to a lasting relationship. His dream is to offer holidays and adventure breaks to children, away from the inner-city headquarters. 'The value of being outdoors is massive,' says Matt. 'Kids get to be themselves. They get to be away from all the peer pressure, away from the pressure of normal life and just exploring, playing with sticks, just being themselves. A view from the stop: This new bird watching tower was constructed from reclaimed oak and forms part of the adventure playground. It will give thousands of children the opportunity to escape the city and experience the countryside +8 A view from the stop: This new bird watching tower was constructed from reclaimed oak and forms part of the adventure playground. It will give thousands of children the opportunity to escape the city and experience the countryside Triumphant: Rhod Gilbert celebrates with St Mike's workers Matt Rogers and Jo Lorenz, and the children, after the build +8 Triumphant: Rhod Gilbert celebrates with St Mike's workers Matt Rogers and Jo Lorenz, and the children, after the build 'From the youth worker point of view, we get to have conversations with them we wouldn't have anywhere else but probably more importantly, they have conversations with each other they wouldn't have had before. 'We get groups of kids who wouldn't have hung out together at home because peer pressure says they wouldn't. They're just mixing and matching, which is great to see.' One boy, named Leland, tells Rhod: 'I love the wildlife. It's so quiet, so calm, it's great.' The group use a patch of scrubland some 20 minutes outside of Hull that was gifted to St Mike's in 2019. Matt and a team of volunteers spent three years stripping back vegetation but the lack of sewage, electricity or shelter made longer stays impossible. That changed with the help of DIY SOS: The Big Build. In the course of eight days the team constructed a stylish kitchen and toilet block, a woodland cycle track and adventure playground. Life changing: St Mike's workers Matt Rogers and Jo Lorenz, at the front, with some of the children who will benefit +8 Life changing: St Mike's workers Matt Rogers and Jo Lorenz, at the front, with some of the children who will benefit Community spirit: The fortunes of St Mike's changed with the help of DIY SOS: The Big Build volunteers, pictured. In the course of eight days the team constructed a stylish kitchen and toilet block, a cycle track and adventure playground +8 Community spirit: The fortunes of St Mike's changed with the help of DIY SOS: The Big Build volunteers, pictured. In the course of eight days the team constructed a stylish kitchen and toilet block, a cycle track and adventure playground The entire centre, which also includes a large storage facility and separate seating area, is powered by solar energy, making it self-reliant, too. St Mike's worker Jo Lorenz breaks down in tears when she is shown the centre, saying: 'This goes beyond what we could have even dreamed of because we wouldn't have even known where to start.' Matt adds: 'Water and a flushing toilet was our dream... This is just amazing.' Presenter Rhod fights back his own tears as Matt and Jo explain just how much the new site will mean to the children of St Mike's. 'It's going to make those kids feel wanted, rather than getting moved on,' Jo says. 'This is their place.' DIY: SOS The Big Build, Children In Need special, airs tonight at 9pm on BBC1

 This is the moment a bear casually strolled into a 7-Eleven store and inadvertently triggered the hand sanitizing machine - as the shop assistant screamed at the animal to 'get out'.

Rachelle Ducusin was working at the convenience store in Olympic Valley, California, near Lake Tahoe, on November 13 when the animal opened the shop door and wandered in.

As the bear ignores Ms Ducusin's increasingly frantic shouts, it accidentally activates the hand sanitizer machine which dispenses a glob of the liquid onto its head.The bear casually walks into the 7-Eleven store in Olympic Valley, California, near Lake Tahoe, on November 13

The bear casually walks into the 7-Eleven store in Olympic Valley, California, near Lake Tahoe, on November 13

The animal stands on its two feet and begins to peruse the shop as the store's assistant screams

The animal stands on its two feet and begins to peruse the shop as the store's assistant screams

The bear continues to peruse the store and peers inside the freezer as the shop assistant shouts: 'Oh my goodness. Hey! Stop!'

The animal, which has a yellow tag in its right ear, stands on its back legs and continues to lean on the freezer as the store assistant continues to yell at the creature to 'get out'. 

It then looks towards the shop's screaming employee while propped near the door. 

Ms Ducusin said the bear had charged at her twice outside the shop as she tried to get it away from the garbage cans.

She called 911 before the animal entered the store and the bear fled when the emergency services shot at it with rubber bullets. 

Following the scenes, viewers took to social media to share their thoughts.

One user wrote: 'At least he sanitized. Twice.' 

The remains propped by the door and leans on the freezer as the store assistant continues to scream

The remains propped by the door and leans on the freezer as the store assistant continues to scream

The animal peers inside the ice cream freezer before losing interest and looking at the store assistant

The animal peers inside the ice cream freezer before losing interest and looking at the store assistant

Another person added: 'He just needs his bare necessities.'

Another viewer commented: 'The bear literally came in politely, held the door and sanitized. What more do you want?' 

Meanwhile another person joked: 'That's why I don't go to 7 Eleven late at night, that's when the trouble makers are there.' 

In the past few decades California's black bear population has grown and there are now believed to be between 30,000 and 40,000 living in the state. 

Around 40 per cent of California's black bears live in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Olympic Valley is located.

The area has been badly affected in recent years by wildfires which have destroyed the habitat for much of the area's wildlife. 

Viewers took to social media to share their thoughts on the scenes, with one user saying: 'At least he sanitized'

Viewers took to social media to share their thoughts on the scenes, with one user saying: 'At least he sanitized'

The fires have also forced human inhabitants to evacuate, giving the bears free range in some communities.

In September, residents in Lake Tahoe said that bear activity was at an historic high since residents fled the resort town and surrounding areas in the face of wildfire Caldor.

Pictures and footage captured black bears boldly walking along streets, rifling through trashcans for food and even climbing up trees to raid them for apples. 

This month Laurel-Rose Von Hoffmann-Curzi, 66, said she was 'incredibly lucky' to be alive after she was attacked by a black bear in Tahoe Vista and left with dozens of stitches. 

Ms Hoffmann-Curzi, said the beast lunged at her after she went into the kitchen to investigate loud noises and discovered the unwelcome visitor riffling through her freezer. 

Bears that frequently enter areas where humans live will occasionally be tagged by park rangers with a yellow tag.

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