10/04/2014 Newsround

It's Thursday. I'm Martin. Coming up on Newsround... The solar powered

plane set to fly around the world. And the priest wowing wedding guests

in Ireland. First up, we're talking Manchester

United. A football team that have been the best in the country for 20

years but not at the moment. They currently sit seventh in the league

and were knocked out of the Champions League last night. They've

got fans all over the world and we know loads of you support them as

well but, if their bad form continues, will we soon be seeing

less Man United shirts in the playground? In the past, the teams

with the most fans were the most successful on the pitch. In the

1970s and 80s Liverpool dominated football and lots of kids supported

them. From the 1990s, it was the turn of Manchester United. Last year

they won a record-breaking 20th league title. This season has not

gone to plan. They sit seventh in the Premier league. Last night there

were knocked out of the champions league. Will Manchester United fans

be changing their shirts to another club? Some of the kids that go to

this school in Wrexham in Wales to not have a local Premier league team

to follow so support Manchester United as well as the local club.

United are still a good team but they are not doing as well as

Liverpool and people might want to go to success. If my friends switch

from Manchester United to another team, I would be very disappointed.

Football fans do not always supported team because they are

successful, some families support a team for generations, regardless of

results. With Liverpool at the top of the league could we be seeing

Gerard Rather than Rooney on the back of shirts.

Laura says, people should stick with Man U because they will get better.

But Sarah won't be sticking with Man U because she doesn't think David

Moyes is the right man. Their mission, to fly around the world in

a plane powered only by the sun. That's the challenge for the pilots

of the solar-powered plane Impulse two. The aircraft is currently in a

hanger in Switzerland before it takes off next year. Ayshah explains

how it works. This plane does not need any fuel, instead it is powered

by 18,000 solar panels on the wings. During the day, the cells store up

energy which is then used to fly during the night. Do you remember

the Walt Disney animation of Dumbo, the elephant that was born with is

that with a big everyone was laughing? These is allowed the

elephant to fly. This aeroplane is the same. With a 72 metre wingspan,

the specialists in aviation were laughing, they thought it would

never fly. Its wings are the same size as a standard jet like the

Boeing 747. And it is also really light for a plane, weighing about

the same as a large car. But it isn't as fast as a normal aircraft

with a top speed of only around 80 miles per hour. The team have

already flown an earlier model across America to test the

technology works. The cockpit is also kitted out for long periods of

time in the air when the plane is crossing oceans and can't land. I

can do some exercise and I can even rest. This makes a big difference.

We have a toilet, which is very important. The team behind this

plane have worked for 12 years developing it and are looking

forward to next year when they attempt to make aviation history.

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow has told Newsround

there's room for improvement in the way Prime Minister's Questions are

done. It comes after loads of you got in touch to say you weren't

impressed with the behaviour of some politicians. Well, yesterday, Ayshah

and two Newsround viewers, Stella and Muhannad, visited Parliament

with some of your comments. When MPs do misbehave, identity get involved

and stop it? I do. I intervene frequently at Prime Minister 's

questions. Every week, you will hear me say, order! There is a lot of

room for improvement in the way we go about this particular session and

I would hope the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition would

be willing to take note and show respect for the views of young

people. And to see Ayshah's full report from Parliament, plus find

out more about the Speaker's job, head to the Newsround website.

Finally, now have a listen to this. This priest in Ireland surprised

wedding guests by bursting into song. He sang a special version of

halleluiah at the service and the video has had over 240,000 views

online. That's all from me, Newsround's back at 6:50pm. See you.