05/01/2016 Newsround


05/01/2016

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Good morning, I'm Ayshah, and we've got loads to tell you this

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Find out why it is such a big day for these little guys.

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And the volcano of fire spewing lava high into the sky.

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First up this morning it's the start of a brand new year,

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so lots of places are trying to catch up on those

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We've sent Martin to Chester Zoo where they've got a pretty big task

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Good morning, look where I am, and indoor rainforest over than... Home

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to creatures who like tropical climates at the zoo. I spotted some

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Victoria Crown pigeons. They have flown away, I don't think they like

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me. It is a special day at the zoo. I have some of the staff, what are

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these guys? This is a free mulled jungle nymph, and this one is a

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giant walking stick although it has a more scientific name! There is a

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massive currents going on Chester Zoo and every zoo in the UK, it has

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to hand count every single animal in the zoo. That is not an easy task,

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it will take over 100 staff today. Could you imagine counting all the

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little fish, there are over 12,000 animals here. Catch-up with me at

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just after 8am, I will be speaking to the girl in charge of doing that.

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But back to you for now. To Guatemala in Central America,

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where the Volcano of Fire spewed ash Material flew up

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to 23,000 feet high. The eruption began last week

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but has got worse recently. A year of special celebrations

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begins today to mark the 500th The service which deals with most

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of the post in the UK was originally Now it handles around 16

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billion letters a year. And head over to the Newsround

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website to read our fascinating It's 21 metres long,

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weighs about 96 tonnes and had a top And on Friday, after a ?4.2

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million refurbishment, tests will finally begin on one

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of the world's most famous trains, the Flying Scotsman,

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before it is back in action The famous steam train that once

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ferried passengers from London to Edinburgh and back every day

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will return to the rails today after restoration work has been

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completed to fix the damaged engine. After 10 years and over ?4 million

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spent, it's ready to be tested on the tracks before it's

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finally ready to carry The train has been restored

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for York's National Railway Museum The museum bought the locomotive

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in 2004 thanks to lots of donations. But what they thought was a pretty

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straightforward job hasn't been that easy and the old steam engine has

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needed a complete overhaul. Finished the boiler, we've

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reunited... There were some problems downstairs with a chassis that came

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alight when we started lining things up, but we are in the final run now.

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Flying Scotsman set the standards in luxury travel in the 1920s.

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It broke the record as the first engine to reach 100 miles per hour

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When it was retired from service in the 1960s it was sold,

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and it went on tour in America and Australia.

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Over 50 years since it last steamed its way across the UK,

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it's given a new generation the chance to work on one

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At such a privilege to work on such an historic use of British

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engineering. People keep asking, what have you done today, have you

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been on the Scotsman? They are always asking questions about it.

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the famous train will be repainted in its traditional green before it

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starts carrying passengers and goes on display

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One of the biggest football clubs in the world has got a new manager.

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Zinedine Zidane has been named as the new boss of Real Madrid

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He told journalists he was looking forward to getting started.

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That's all from me, I'll see you back here in half an hour.

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