05/04/2016 Newsround

Hi, I'm Ricky, bringing you all the news on this

Coming up in the next few minutes on Newsround...

We meet Toby, who's sent almost 800 letters to people

And the baby bear rescued from the roadside in Poland.

First, more than a million migrants and refugees have come to Europe

Now a new plan to deal with the huge numbers of people asking for help

has begun, though it's already causing problems.

Migrants and refugees arriving in Europe, just some of the many

Already this year over 150,000 people, lots of them children,

Many make the dangerous journey to escape war and poverty

in countries like Syria, Iraq and parts of Africa.

One of the first places they usually get to is Lesbos,

European governments have found it difficult to cope with the huge

numbers of those needing help and they've spent a long time

Well, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford is in Greece, where many migrants

arrived trying to get into Europe, and now some are leaving by boat

as part of a new plan to deal with the migrant crisis -

I am in the harbour here on Lesbos and that white passenger ferry over

there, the small one that's marked Turyol,

is one of the ones that was used to carry dozens of people today

It is just a couple of hours' boat ride across the sea.

The people taken back had all crossed to Greece in recent

weeks, but so many migrants have been heading to Europe that the EU

decided it needs new rules to cope with that.

It thinks that many of these people could be quite safe

staying in Turkey and so according to the new rules anybody who can't

prove that they need to stay here in Europe faces being deported.

protesting against that and the most upset about it of all are of course

They're now living in a detention camp here on Lesbos and the ones

I've been talking to say they are very worried

But if their request to stay here in Europe on the island

is rejected then they, too, could soon

be on ferries like that one there and heading back to Turkey

and we could see even more serious protests.

And if you want to know more about the migrant and refugee crisis

then we have loads more information over on the Newsround website.

Next, it's a good day for philatelists -

that's stamp collectors to you and me.

A new set of stamps will be available today to celebrate

the genius of the writer William Shakespeare.

The ten stamps show quotes from Shakespeare's writing and have

been released to commemorate 400 years since the writer died.

Next, an American army dog called Lucca is being awarded

The brave dog is getting the highest award possible

from the PDSA animal charity, to recognise the work she carried

Lucca led over 400 patrols while in the army and on her final

mission she lost her leg after stepping on an

She recovered well, though, and is being flown over to the UK

Next to the eight-year-old boy who's spent the last three years writing

Toby started sending letters to countries thousands of miles away

and never expecting to get any replies.

Almost 800 letters later, this is his story.

Hi, my name's Toby and I'm eight years old.

I like space, fossils and film-making.

Three years ago I asked my mum to help me with a special project.

I read a book called The Letters From New Zealand

and I wanted to speak to people around the world to find out

I started writing letters to places like the South Pole and got

Just before my sixth birthday I got a response back from the South Pole

and I even got a "happy birthday, Toby" banner.

I have written nearly 800 letters and it

has been really good handwriting practice.

And the most exciting thing happened.

All the letters have been turned into this book!

People send me fridge magnets, pop-up books

But they also include what their lives are like

and what school is like, so I do love all my responses.

This just shows that you can make friends all over the world.

Thank you, Toby. All of those blue Peter badges, amazing!

A fossil has been found in Herefordshire containing

a 430-million-year-old sea creature that apparently dragged its babies

Nicknamed Kite Runner, this 1cm creature is not directly

related to any other type of animal alive today.

Next, two of the Queen's homes are going to be getting a makeover.

?37 million will be spent on doing up Windsor Castle

and the Palace of Holyrood house in Edinburgh.

The money has come from people paying to visit royal residences

Finally, it's time for something really cute.

This baby bear was rescued after being found wandering

on his own near a roadside in Poland.

Rangers took the two-month-old cub to a vet's, where

It's hoped that he'll be released back into the wild

Newsround's back this afternoon at 4.20.