16/07/2012 Newsround

Hello and welcome to Newsround. I'm Hayley and I'm all on my own so

I've been working twice as hard to bring you a packed show. Here's

what's coming up. Counting the country - the results

of last year's Census are in. Do you need to splash cash on

expensive days out to have fun? You've been telling us what you

think. There are just 11 days left until

the opening of the Olympic Games in London. 10,000 athletes from every

corner of the world will be competing for the chance to win

gold. Today athletes started arriving with all their equipment

at Heathrow Airport and the Olympic Village which will be the home for

most of them has opened its doors for competitors to start checking

Years of preparation, hours of intensive training and miles of

travelling. It's the beginning of a challenge of a lifetime for

athletes arriving at Heathrow airport for the Olympics. Thousands

of competitors will be coming to London, each bringing hopes of

Olympic glory and some of them have some pretty unusual luggage too.

Airport staff have been warned to expect things like canoes, kayaks

and bows as each athlete brings the kit they need to take part. The

sailing team from USA were one of the first to arrive. It is my first

Olympic Games and it is a dream come true. I have been working at

this since I was seven years of age. The Olympic Village will house

around 16,000 people at its busiest time. 45,000 meals a day will be

prepared for all those hungry athletes. Organisers have had to

come up with one million pieces of sports equipment including 600

basketballs, 356 pairs of Boxing gloves and 2,700 footballs. The

Olympic Park is a huge area the size of 357 football pitches. Over

the next month about 11 million people will turn up to watch the

world's top athletes compete. After seven years of work, it is finally

BBC sports reporter, Katie Gornall, is lucky enough to be at the

Olympic Park. What has been happening today? It is quiet here

today. You get the sense that will change, of course, in 11 days time.

But there is a lot of the park that is sectioned off. It is not ready

just yet. There are areas that are a construction site and you see

people walking around with yellow vests and hard hats, but the big

news is that the athletes have been arriving to the village here, not

all of them had a smooth ride. We have heard reports of some of the

bus drivers transporting the athletes getting lost on their way

here from Heathrow Airport! One of the US team said on Twitter, he

said his bus had been lost for four hours. The athletes on board were

hungry and tired and he said it didn't make a good first impression

on him. Hopefully, that will change when he arrives here.

Thank you very much, Katie. Let's hope things change.

Now, can you think back to 27th March last year? Can't remember

what you were doing? Don't worry, neither can I! But chances are your

parents would have been filling in a Census form, along with millions

of other people. The Census is a massive survey which asks lots of

questions about the people living your house. It has taken a year to

go through the 26 million forms that were filled in and today they

have revealed the results. The big news is that the population of

England and Wales has shot up by a whopping 3.7 million over the last

ten years. It's the largest growth in numbers since records began and

brings the total number of people living here to 56 million. That

compares to just 9.4 million when the Census was first carried out

more than 200 years ago in 1801. The reason for the big rise is

partly down to people from other countries coming to live here.

These figures are just for England and Wales, the results for Scotland

and Northern Ireland will come out later, but they should help the

Government work out how much they need to spend on things like

It's the newest country in the world but South Sudan is facing big

problems. Thousands of people have had to leave their homes because of

fierce fighting on the countries border. The charity Save the

Children say that 2,000 kids a day are arriving at refugee camps, but

because of their location they can't get enough help to them.

Ricky has been finding out more. These were the celebrations last

year when South Sudan became independent from Sudan. Two big

wars had left the country as one of the poorest in the world. People in

the south hoped splitting up from the north would give them a chance

of a better future. At the time Leah spoke to Annette whose family

fled Sudan and moved to London because of the fighting, but a year

later, the situation in some areas hasn't got better, it's got worse.

My hope is that everyone is safe. A bad harvest this year means 2.4

million people, a quarter of the country's population, won't have

enough food. Forces in Sudan have been clashing with troops from

South Sudan over who controls resources, like oil, along the

border between the two countries. Around 150,000 people had to leave

thavr homes because of the violence. Save the Children said 2,000

children are arriving at refugee camps along the border every day.

Over half the people living in the camps are children, many of them

have been separated from their families, and had to walk for miles

to get here. It is difficult to tell what is

going to happen. The rainy season has started and heavy rains are

swelling the rivers so it is difficult for people to travel.

There maybe further influxz in the future so we need to stay prepared

for that. The United Nations is calling for

more aid so they can help people in need.

Now most of you will be breaking up for the summer this week if you're

not on holiday already. But the charity Family Action is warning

that this year more of you may be sitting at home instead of doing

exciting activities or days out. It says more families are struggling

with money and need to spend less. We asked you for your tips on

having fun on a budget and loads of Finally to get you in the mood for

the start of the Olympics the Newsround team have been tracking

down some of the country's top Olympians to ask them what it is

like to compete in the biggest sporting event on the planet. Today

it's the turn of Olympic silver and gold medallist sprinter, Darren

Campbell. I'm Darren Campbell and I competed in the 1996 Olympic Games,

the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games. In the 100 meters,

the 200 meters and the four by 100 meter relay.

In 2000, I remember the build-up to the 100 meters. I remember actually

arriving at the stadium and starting to warm up. It dawned on

me what I was about to take part in and it was the actual 100 meter

Olympic final. I started to think about the 110,000 people in the

stadium, all the billions and billions of people watching at home.

One of the most surreal feelings I've ever felt. In the final, I

came sixth. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, in the 200 meters I was

lucky enough to win silver. In the 2004 Olympic Games, as part of the

four by 100 meter relay team, I won Olympic gold. Every time I see the

three other guys who I won the gold with, it is like we were right back

in the stadium celebrating. It is a strange thing, but in life, it is