03/08/2014 Newsround

I'm Jenny, live with your Newsround update.

As scientists discover fist-bumping is healthier than a handshake,

And the cafe that visitors are flocking to see.

Thousands of athletes and officials, from 71 nations and territories,

have spent the past twelve days bringing

Tonight it will all come to an end, with what will undoubtedly be

a show stopping closing ceremony in Glasgow.

The exact details are still a secret, but, whatever happens,

it will have to go some way to beat the drama of last night.

The Lightning Bolt came back to Britain to help grab gold

for Jamaica, and set a new record, in a thrilling 4 by 100m relay

final, before celebrating in style with a thrilled Hampden crowd.

He said his victory lap took him quite a while, here's why!

People wanted to take selfies. Normally it's just autographs. Now

everyone wants an autohgraph so it is taking forever.

But perhaps the performance of the night on the track came

The 40-year-old, mum of two, fought all the way to the finish

And diving sensation, Tom Daley, held

on to his ten metre platform title, with this amazing performance.

It?s a third commonwealth gold for the 20-year-old, after he took

But despite his win, Daley says, he could have done better.

And England's Nicola Adams made history by beating

Northern Ireland's Michaela Walsh, becoming the first ever female

I want to say thank you to everyone who turned up.

With it all coming to an end tonight,

we want to know what your favourite Commonwealth moment has been.

Head on over to the Newsround website to let us know,

and I'll read some of them out in the next bulletin.

This year, August 4th marks 100 years

All this week, Ricky's been bringing you stories from the frontline, the

In his latest film, he's been finding out

about some unusual recruits doing their bit for the war effort.

Around the world, millions of men were recruited to

As they travelled to the battlefields of Europe,

women at home took on their jobs in factories,

The British army deployed more than one million horses and mules

during the conflict, their hard work shouldn't be underestimated.

Many of them were used to move around artillery, general supplies,

Dogs played crucial roles in the First World War.

In fact, they came to be just as dependable as soldiers.

Many were used to deliver vital messages, find wounded soldiers

Some even helped to sniff out enemy spies.

Pigeons were also used as messengers.

They flew long distances quickly, delivering military orders to

And one of the most bizarre creatures who came to help

the soldiers, in the sometimes very dark trenches, were glow worms.

They'd collect them in jars in their thousands,

and then at night, when they'd glow, they were able to study maps

At night, their glow is visible, even from as far away as 20 yards.

Away from the frontline, even zoo animals were put to work.

The government wanted to show everyone was helping out.

This elephant, from Sheffield Zoo, was used to pull heavy loads,

instead of the British horses that were on the battlefields of Europe.

Millions of animals were relied upon by both

But like the men sent to fight, the price they paid was high.

8 million horses alone had died by the end of the war.

But the efforts of animals in WW1 were never forgotten.

A caf? in Tokyo has got bird fans flocking to enjoy a cup of tea

The Owl caf? has 30 owls, for visitors to touch,

It's kept dark to protect the owls' eyes.

The owners take the birds home every night, to stop them getting

the neighbours all a flutter with their night time hoots.

And finally, you may remember last week, we told

you that scientists had revealed banging fists as a greeting, is more

Well, all week you've been sending in your fist bumping videos.

I'm going to leave you with an epic montage of some of the best ones,