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At the top because all about those three teams, Liverpool, Manchester | :00:00. | 3:59:59 | |
City and Chelsea, but Chelsea could go top if they win and Liverpool | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
lose. It's Friday the 18th April. I'm | :00:00. | :00:14. | |
Ayshah kicking off your weekend with some of this on the way. | :00:15. | :00:19. | |
We investigate the rise of super-sized rodents in some of our | :00:20. | :00:21. | |
towns and cities. Plus... | :00:22. | :00:27. | |
But first, a new planet has been discovered that scientists say it's | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
the most Earth-like one ever found. It's Called Kepler 186 F and was | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
discovered by US space agency NASA. They're excited because it's only | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
just bigger than Earth and has the potential to hold water, meaning | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
there is an area on the surface where scientists say life could | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
survive. This planet Kepler 186 F orbits a | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
star which is cooler and dimmer than the sun. So while we may have found | :00:52. | :00:58. | |
a planet that is the same size as Earth and receives a similar amount | :00:59. | :01:00. | |
of energy to what earth receives it orbits a very different star, so | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
perhaps instead of an earth twin we have discovered an earth cousin. | :01:04. | :01:12. | |
Super-size rats have been munching on takeaways and our rubbish and now | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
there are reports the oversized rodents are being seen more often in | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
our towns and cities. It's thought that wet weather has forced the | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
furry creatures into urban areas where they've been feasting on all | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
our scraps, and according to recent reports from one Southampton rat | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
catcher, how we get rid of our waste is allowing rats to get even bigger. | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
Nel's on the case. Rummaging in bins and eating fast | :01:33. | :01:34. | |
food. There are reports these scavengers are on the increase in | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
number and in size. There are an estimated 10.5 million rats in the | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
UK and it is the job of pest controllers like Sean, to catch | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
them. The last few months, they are getting better -- bigger. Where we | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
are going now is a private duty spot where there is a growing problem of | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
rats. Why are they getting bigger? It could be more people living in | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
our cities, the way we manage our waste and the wet winter and floods. | :02:11. | :02:17. | |
How have they affected it? The storm drains filled with water so the rats | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
have to get out of there and go somewhere else. We have not had | :02:25. | :02:26. | |
floods for a while but they have moved into this city is a bit | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
further, they will not go back if they have loads of food. Are the | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
rats getting bigger? Will they continue to grow? What makes an | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
animal change shape depends on what is around it. If there is a lot of | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
food to eat, there can be rats that can grow to be much bigger than they | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
are now, perhaps the size of a sheep or a cow. They have not evolved to | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
become bigger, they have not changed from rats a few hundred years ago or | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
even thousands of years ago. There have not been enough time for that, | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
they are simply well fed rats. Rat catchers are calling on the | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
government to allow the use of stronger poisons, but until then it | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
looks like they are in for a busy summer. | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
In other news, American President, Barack Obama, says he hopes a new | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
deal to try and calm the tensions in Ukraine will be put into action - | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
but he's not convinced. It follows a big meeting between key figures from | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
the US, the EU, Russia and Ukraine yesterday. They agreed that armed | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
groups supporting more Russian control should put down their | :03:35. | :03:36. | |
weapons and stop taking over buildings in the east of the | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
country. It follows days of clashes between those groups and the | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
Ukrainian army but Obama says it's up to Russia to stop interfering. So | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
how are things on the streets this morning? | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
Eastern Ukraine World up this morning wondering what this | :03:54. | :03:54. | |
agreement will mean underground. We have spent some time with protesters | :03:55. | :04:02. | |
yesterday and they feel very determined to carry on. So many | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
people were telling us they want this part of Ukraine to follow in | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
Crimea's footsteps. And you can find out what happened in Crimea and the | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
rest of what's been going on in Ukraine by checking out our special | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
guide on the Newsround website. And William and Kate have been | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
getting into the Easter spirit down under as they visited the Sydney | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
Royal Easter Show. The Royal couple were greeted by huge crowds and | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
admired the local fruit and veg before and watching a farmer sheer a | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
sheep in remarkable speed. Not something I'd be able to do. | :04:37. | :04:45. | |
We are back in half an hour 's and we will find out why one Briton's | :04:46. | :04:56. | |
best is out of Wimbledon. Head over to the website to see us out and | :04:57. | :04:58. | |
about with | :04:59. | :04:59. |