04/03/2016 Newsround

Hello, Newsrounders, Jenny here, with all the top stories online

and on TV.

There is loads on the way, so let's get started.

First up, if you've got your heart set

on building a snowman this weekend, then keep watching.

Snow's been falling all day in parts of northern England,

Scotland and Wales, but will it stick around

for the next 24 hours?

Here's Ricky.

Getting to school this morning wasn't easy for a lot

of you in parts of the UK.

It was a headache for loads of parents too.

Lancashire and Yorkshire were the worst

affected areas with up to five centimetres of snow

falling overnight.

More than 50 schools were closed in Greater Manchester,

28 in West Yorkshire and eight in Leeds.

What have you been doing this morning?

Sledging, having a snowball fight, playing.

Better than school? Yes.

But further south, nope, not a single snowflake.

We are in Leicester where it's not snowing.

But it is sunny.

Hello, we are in Bedford and it's sunny.

We've not had any snow.

I wish there was snow so we could build a snowman.

It feels like summer.

The weather has been very cold.

But bright and sunny.

Well, look at how different it is here in the north-west of England.

I'm just on the outskirts of Manchester city centre.

This green is covered in snow.

It's completely white and it's still coming down

pretty thick and fast, but what I want to know is will this

last over the weekend?

Well, Ricky, we saw loads of snow falling this morning

over the Peak District, the Pennines, up into

the Lake District, giving us these wonderful scenes.

Plenty of opportunity to make some snowmen

and I know some of you had a snow day today.

There was be snow around on Saturday to be enjoyed over

the Peak District, Pennines and parts of

the Lake District but there will be a few wintry showers,

some snow showers in many eastern areas.

I suspect in eastern areas, not enough

snow to make snowmen ot have snowball fights.

On Sunday, a dry day, no fresh snow.

But there will still be some snow over the top of the hills.

So, let's enjoy it while it lasts.

These are some of your fantastic snaps

that you have sent into the Newsround website

throughout the day.

Next to the three-day football match for Sport Relief.

Teams have been playing five a side, day and night, since 9.15am

yesterday to raise money.

Martin's been to meet some girls getting involved.

Have you been practising for this?

Have you been doing stuff in the build-up?

What's been going on?

You must be the coach, you've got that look about you.

We go in every week and run a football course with them

so they play football every week in the schools.

So I've brought them down today as part of the project

and so they get involved in sport relief.

Do all of you play football normally?

No.

Oh, so tell me about it.

You've already been out on the pitch.

A few of your friends are out there playing.

How do you think you performed when you got on the pitch?

Quite well.

Any of you score any goals?

No!

I better let you go and get a cup of tea.

Thank you for talking to me.

High five. Cheers.

Next to the girl in Australia sharing her house with,

wait for it, 20 wombats.

Yes, really.

Take a look.

Furry, cuddly and super cute, but these orphaned baby wombats

in Australia need a bit of help.

Luckily, that's exactly what they're getting here.

My name is Emily Small and my mum and I run a wombat orphanage.

People know us as the crazy wombats ladies.

Wombats can sometimes run into trouble

especially around roads.

Emily's orphanage is a little sanctuary for the ones that need

some time to recover.

At the moment, we have these two in.

This is Hamlet and Lola.

I have had them for about two months.

Although they are adorable, they can also be a bit of a handful.

I will wake up and immediately check on them.

They will be in their little bed and they will have always peed

or worse.

I will make their milk, get their bottles ready, feed them.

They take an exceptional amount of care

and devotion and when they are ready and old enough, and we think it's

time, we will open the gates and they are released

out right here.

They will go out and be big wombats out on their own.

They bring so much rewards and they give so much love.

They are absolutely beautiful creatures.

That's all from the team this Friday, but Newsround is back,

right here, tomorrow morning.

Head online for loads more, including our brand new

quiz of the week.

Bye!