06/02/2014 Newsround

Good afternoon, I'm Jenny, with all the news that's worth knowing this

Thursday. Coming up: The Winter Olympics have well and truly landed.

And, find out why this guy is ape-ing around in a gorilla suit!

This is Newsround! First, to what could mean more money

for PE lessons at your school. Last year, the Prime Minister promised

that all primary schools in England would get around ?9,000 each to

spend on sport every year until 2016. But today, David Cameron said

that schools will now keep on getting that money every year until

2020. One of the biggest teaching unions, the NUT, is welcoming the

extra money, but says given that many primary schools don't have

dedicated PE teachers this doesn't add up to a great deal.

Love it or hate it, there's no running away from PE at school - and

it could be getting a boost. The idea is that by pumping more money

into your school sports, the more active you'll become, and the legacy

of 2012's Olympic and Paralympic Games can continue. Some of the

extra money was announced last year but today, the Prime Minister said

that if his party wins the next election, he'll keep the cash coming

until 2020. Meaning primary schools in England will share an extra ?150

million per year - around ?9,000 each to spend on sport. Primary

schools can spend the money however they want - on new equipment, more

after-school clubs. This school in Manchester has spent some of the

money on this coach. We're not just buying equipment with this. We're

going to train teachers up using people to come in and make them

better equipped to deliver better lessons for the children. So how do

these guys want the money to be spent? On football nets. My

favourite sport is Neville, and I would really like netball court,

because most of the courts are for football. I wanted to be spent at

some cricket stuff, because the plastic hats are not very good, and

the balls. The opposition Labour Party says it's a good idea but say

the government shouldn't have removed the requirement for primary

school children to do two hours of sport a week, which the last Labour

government introduced. And the NUT union has welcomed the extra money,

but says given that many primary schools don't have dedicated PE

teachers, this doesn't add up to a great deal.

The 22nd Winter Games doesn't officially get underway until

tomorrow's opening ceremony, but as you can see, a few events have

already started. British athletes have competed in the snowboard

slopestyle and later tonight, the ladies' moguls skiing event takes

place along with the group figure skating. BBC Sport's Andy Swiss sent

us this report from Russia. Welcome to the Olympic Park in

Sochi. We are down here in the south of Russia. The opening ceremony is

not until tomorrow night in the stadium behind me, but we have

already had the first sporting action in the freestyle

snowboarding. Breathtaking stuff, and what a performance by Jamie

Nicholls from Britain, who is safely through to the final on Saturday.

All snow events up in the mountains about 30 miles away. Down here in

the park, we have indoor events will stop there have been some concerns

the venues would not be ready in time, but they are, and the official

opening is tomorrow night. Thank you. A weather update for you,

and a number of severe warnings remain in force across the South and

West of England this afternoon. The Met Office warn there will be heavy

showers, with more than an inch and a half of rain in some parts.

Hundreds of people in the south west of England are still without power

after heavy storms this week. Now to a scientific development that

sounds like it's straight out of a sci-fi movie. This man has become

the first person to use a bionic hand that can actually feel things.

The electronic device has been fitted to a man from Denmark, who

lost his hand in an accident. It's the first replacement hand in the

world that can tell how hard or big objects are by touch.

Now, have you ever wondered what the best way to get an escaped gorilla

back in its cage would be? Well, here's your answer.

Staff at a zoo in Tokyo used a man dressed as a gorilla to stage this

emergency drill. Members of the local police and Fire Service got

involved to help round up the gorilla, before using nets to get it

back in its cage - it's as simple as that!

And if that's not enough animal antics for you, we have much more,

including news of these Kenyan elephants, over on the Newsround

website. You can also find out all about this huge new species of

jellyfish, measuring over a metre long, that's washed up on a beach in

Australia. There's also loads more about the

Winter Olympics on the website as well, including the five Winter

Olympic sports you can't afford to miss. That's all from me. Have a

lovely afternoon. I'm back at 6:50. See you soon. Bye!