10/07/2014 Newsround

Hello, you're live with Newsround this Thursday morning. I'm Leah,

with some of this on the way. The giant underground trampoline in

Wales. And find out who's joining Germany

in the World Cup final - Argentina or the Netherlands?

But first this morning, lots of you won't be going to school today

because your teachers are joining over a million council workers,

It's the biggest protest over pay that the current Government has ever

faced and will affect services across England,

Firefighters, hospital staff, government workers

They are all supposed to be at work today, but many of them won't be.

That's because more than 1 million of these

A strike is when a group of workers agrees to stop working

They do this when they want to protest against something they

They think that by stopping work, politicians will listen more

Teachers think they are having to work too hard and do too many things

The support staff, classroom assistants,

dinner ladies, caretakers, they are going on strike because

People in the UK have had the right to

The first big strike was held in 1926, when nearly all of the UK came

to a standstill over a row about coal miners' working conditions.

Since then, people have gone on strike over things like pay,

working conditions, equal treatment for men and women, and job losses.

But after a series of big protests by miners in the 1980s,

the government introduced new rules that made it harder to strike.

Back to today, and the government say they can't afford to pay what

We can only do what we can afford to do as a country.

The only people who are going to be injured or hurt by these strikes

are those who have got nothing to do with the dispute whatsoever.

For you, it may come as a day off school.

But for teachers, other workers and the government, the row is expected

Next, a big disappointment for the Netherlands, but a huge celebration

for Argentina, who made it through to the World Cup final last night

after a gruelling match that was goalless after extra time. Here's

BBC Sport's Olly Foster with a recap of the match.

and local welcome to Rio de Janeiro. After 62 matches over the

last four weeks all over Brazil, we are just three days away from the

final and we know who is going to be playing after a crazy couple of

semifinals. We had that amazing result with Germany beating Brazil

7-1. And almost completely the opposite, no goals last night

between Argentina and the Netherlands, even though they had

some of the worlds best strikers playing. Arjen Robben, Robin van

Persie and Lionel Messi. They couldn't even get a goal in extra

time so they had to take penalty kicks. Argentina didn't miss any of

those, as the Dutch had two saved by Romero. He is Argentina's hero who

has taken them to the World Cup final, where they face the Germans

in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. final, where they face the Germans

Now to what could be the best thing ever. This is an underground

trampoline. It was made out of an old mine in Wales to create a giant

underground play area. BBC Wales reporter Tomos Morgan was lucky

enough to have a go - take a look. During the 1900s, these slate mines

were the beating heart of the town. Hardhats aside, this isn't a mine

any more, but a giant playroom. Twice the size of St Paul's

Cathedral, with a kilometre of ropes to hold everyone up, this

is the largest, possibly the only, I feel like a kid again.

a sell-out attraction. I need to get a bit fitter!

The atmosphere's fantastic. It's a game of snakes and ladders

between the three levels, It took four months to clear

the cave to make this funhouse. Local sports clubs have already

booked in their fitness sessions. And after an hour's bouncing around,

it's easy to see why. After a while, even lying

down seems to be a challenge. That is all from me. We are back in

half an hour.