08/03/2014 Newsround


08/03/2014

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It's Saturday morning, Ricky here with your morning portion of

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Newsround. Coming up... A winning start for Team GB as

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Paralympic Games begin in Sochi. And could giant walls stop

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tornadoes? This is Newsround. First up - Great Britain has got off to a

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medal-winning start on the first day of the Winter Paralympics, Jade

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Etherington winning a silver medal in the visually impaired downhill.

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Becoming the first British woman ever to win a Paralympic skiing

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medal. The Games itself opened last night in spectacular fashion - there

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was music, dance, special effects and fireworks. And it was down to

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15-year-old visually impaired skier Millie Knight to carry the flag and

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lead Team GB. Walking out her it was the best moment in my life. How

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nervous were you? And however before I wasn't nervous but before we

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walked on and I was so nervous. Next, girls are taking over the

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airwaves on Radio 1 today for International Women's Day, an annual

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celebration of women's achievements. Radio 1 has lined up 39 hours of its

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most popular lady DJs, like Jameela Jamil, for the takeover. The first

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Women's Day was in 1911 when over a million people attended a rally for

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the right to vote and to equal pay. Next up - if you're playing sport

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this weekend you might experience a bit of this. SHOUTING. Well, parents

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watching youth matches today and tomorrow in Lancashire are being

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told not to shout on the sidelines. Lancashire Football Association's

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Silent Weekend aims to change attitudes and behaviour during

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sports involving you guys. Sometimes the loud support can put too much

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pressure on young kids. The idea was put to the test at an Under-9s game

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in Horwich - this is what a few of the children thought. I think we

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played better when they are not shouting. It is hard to think. It

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was better because we did not have everybody shouting. How does it make

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you feel when they shout? If they showed good things we feel

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encouraged. We want to know how you think when Europeans shout. -- when

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Europeans shout. Sticking with footy and the FA cup quarterfinals start

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today, at lunchtime, with Arsenal hosting

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Finally, a scientist in America wants to build three "Great Walls"

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across Tornado Alley to stop the giant twisters causing damage when

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they hit. The walls would be 300m high and a staggering 100 miles long

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and would soften winds before tornadoes formed. However critics

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say building the walls

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