15/02/2013 Newsround


15/02/2013

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Hi, everyone! Joe here with your Friday afternoon Newsround. Stay

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where you are for this. The meteor that crashed to Earth. And

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First up, a meteor was seen crashing to earth this morning.

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It's reported that more than 900 people in central Russia have been

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injured by debris falling from buildings and as the meteor blazed

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a trail through the lower atmosphere. It's incredibly rare

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for something like this to happen, but this time the event has been

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caught on camera. We're used to seeing sights like

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this in movies. But this is central Russia this morning. Brightly

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burning rocks seen crashing to earth. Even if they couldn't see

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the rocks, people on their way to work or school couldn't miss the

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light show. It's not clear whether this was the moment the meteroid

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exploded in mid-air or a fragment hit the ground. But shockwaves were

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powerful enough to blow out windows and shake buildings. The falling

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debris injured hundreds of people who were treated for small cuts and

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bruises. The largest meteor fragment landed in a lake in the

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sparsely populated Chelyabinsk region of central Russia. It's more

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than 900 miles east of Moscow. Experts say smaller meteorite

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strikes happen five to ten times a year, and quite often the space

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rocks burn up entirely before they hit the earth. Large impacts such

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as this one are much rarer, roughly one every five years. I was

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standing by the window in my kitchen and waiting for my kettle

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to boil. And I saw a flash of light, and my first thought was somebody

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was setting off fireworks. For many Russians, like Anna, it was a

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morning they'll never forget, a scene from the big screen, even

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more spectacular in real life. Traces of horsemeat have been found

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in cottage pie served in 47 schools in Lancashire. All the pies have

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been withdrawn from the school kitchens and head teachers have

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been informed. Scientists say any horsemeat that children may have

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eaten would be in very small quantities. It comes as the Food

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Standards Agency has revealed the results of tests on 2,500 products,

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with 29 testing positive for Oscar Pistorius, the most famous

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Paralympic athlete of all time, has appeared in court in South Africa

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today and formally charged with murder, a charge he denies. It

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comes after the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his

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home in Pretoria in South Africa yesterday morning, which sent

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shockwaves around the country and the rest of the world. Ricky's been

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looking at what has happened to one of sport's biggest icons.

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Pistorius wins! Oscar Pistorius, the blade runner. After having both

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legs amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old, he went on to

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become one of the best known Paralympians on the planet. Gold

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again for Oscar Pistorius! Last summer in London, he made history

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when, after years of fighting for the chance to compete against able-

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bodied athletes, he became the first double-amputee athlete to run

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at the Olympic Games. He became a national hero in his home country

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of South Africa, celebrated for uniting disabled and able-bodied

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sports. All this means the news of his arrest on Thursday after the

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tragic death of his girlfriend has stunned many people across the

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world. All over South Africa, posters of the athlete are being

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taken down, as people try to understand what's happened. Today,

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Pistorius cried in court as the charge of murder was read out, a

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charge which he has said he disputes in the strongest possible

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terms. But the runner will now be kept in police custody until

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another hearing on Tuesday. Even though he's been charged, we won't

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know whether he's guilty or innocent for some months yet.

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Whatever happens next, the world's view of one of its most celebrated

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sporting icons has been changed forever.

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Remember, if you're upset by anything you see on Newsround, head

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to the website, where you can find loads of advice.

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Next, almost one in five reptiles are struggling to survive,

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according to a new report by London Zoo. Freshwater turtles are one of

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the creatures most at risk. Experts think dramatic changes in climate

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might be behind the drop in numbers. Campaigners say urgent action is

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needed to stop some reptiles from disappearing altogether.

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A British backpacker missing for three days in the Australian

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outback has been found. 18-year-old Sam Woodhead from London had not

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been seen since going out for a run. With the bush home to lots of

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venomous snakes, people were very worried, but he was found by a

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rescue helicopter safe and well, if a little sunburnt.

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Finally, an asteroid the size of an Olympic swimming pool will whistle

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