18/10/2011 Newsround

Hi there, Newsround fans. Ore and Sonali here with all the goings on

from around the world. Coming up on the show tonight, we check out the

ultimate high-wire experience. And how you'll be able to wander

around Hogwarts for yourself. Nel has had a sneak preview of the new

Potter behind-the-scenes tour for the public.

First, though, ears, noses, tongues, eyebrows, people can get pretty

much any part of their bodies pierced, and it's something that a

lot of kids want to do too. But is it something your mums and dads

should have to agree to? Well, at the moment, only under-16s in

Scotland have to get their parents' permission for a piercing. But now

Wales is looking into whether it For some, it's a style thing. For

others, it's part of their culture. But soon it might be harder to get

It's easy to walk into a high- street shop like a jeweller's or a

pharmacy like this to get something pierced. While some places might

have their own rules about needing your parents' permission, at the

moment there's no actual law in Wales, England and Northern Ireland

which says how old you have to be to get a piercing. But in Scotland,

anyone under 16 has to have their parents' permission to get any part

of their body pierced. And now Wales is looking at whether it

needs to introduce a similar rule, because it's worried about stats

claiming a quarter of people with piercings experience problems like

infections. Do you think kids should get permission from their

parents? Well, yes, after 13 you shouldn't get permission, because,

like, you are grown-up and you know what your responsibilities are.

think 16, from then, when you do not need to ask permission, because

then you are like an adult. might be against your religion or

stuff that you are not allowed to do in your house. I think parents

should definitely know before you do it. You can do whatever you want.

The Welsh government is going to ask kids, parents and businesses

whether they think age restrictions on piercings should be brought in.

No word yet whether England and Northern Ireland will do the same.

Well, all day, we've been asking you what you think about this

online. Cai from South Wales reckons kids should have their

parents' permission to get a piercing to stop them making a

mistake and regretting it. But Alice wrote in from Leicester to

say getting a body piercing is a child's decision. And Hope from

Birmingham reckons once you're ten, you're old enough to decide whether

you should get your ears pierced. Thanks for those, do let us know

what you think on the Newsround Now, we're used to seeing

politicians arguing about stuff, but last night they were in

agreement about one thing, that information about one of the worst

sporting disasters in British history should be made public.

22 years ago, 96 Liverpool football fans died in a crush at the

Sheffield Wednesday stadium. Not all the details of the

investigation into what happened were revealed. Yesterday, after

listening to the families of those who died, politicians agreed to

release all the documents so people Next, to the other side of the

world, where after months of heavy rain, thousands of people in

Thailand are struggling for their lives. The country has been hit by

the worst flooding in 50 years, and more rain is expected tomorrow. Now

the race is on to protect the capital city, Bangkok.

More than one million sandbags have been stacked up to keep rising

waters out. The flooding started back in July during the monsoon

season, where rain falls heavily over a short period of time. It

happens every year. But this time it was made a lot worse by a

And the rain is still coming down. Some areas in the north are already

under two metres of water. Towns and cities have ground to a halt,

with factories forced to shut down as the waters rise. More than 300

people have died. Now charities are warning that hundreds of thousands

of children desperately need help. Earlier I spoke to Brian, who's in

Thailand with the charity Save The Children. One boy I talked to

mention that he had been in the app evacuation centre for one week. He

is not sure what happened to his home. He is not sure when he can go

home. Other children I talked to are worried about if they will be

able to go to school again. For Thailand in general, with a lot of

the factories being flooded, the lot of land being flooded, we are

looking at a long time to rebuild and many people have lost their

jobs. The flood waters haven't started going down yet, and more

rain is forecast tomorrow, so for the people of Thailand, times could

be set to get even harder. Today is the 100th anniversary

since chewing gum went on sale in the UK. But gum is actually a lot

older than that, the sticky stuff dates back centuries to the ancient

Greeks who used to chew resin from trees.

Now, over the years, Newsround has always made sure it gives you all

the behind-the-scenes gossip from the Potter films. Now the makers of

the massive movies are opening up their studios so you can see the

magic for real yourselves. Nel has been to check out what the new

public studio tour will be showing I grew up watching the Harry Potter

films, and now I'm here on the actual sets where they were filmed,

so why don't you come with me and Of course, the Great Hall doesn't

look quite the same as it does in the film, because all the candles

are created with special computer graphics, so you'll just have to

imagine that bit. And these are the house tables from the Great Hall,

but what you might not know is that the actors were encouraged to carve

graffiti into them. The attention to detail is just amazing. To make

this look like gold, they dipped it in actual gold. And it wasn't just

the set I got to snoop around. I also got to quiz some of the Potter

stars about their memories of working and living in Hogwarts.

Tell me about the secrets of this place, one place that someone

should visit when they come. Well, there's so much to say, so much

that we have not even seen yeah. I have not even been in this office

before, I was not welcome previously. It is nice to be cheeky

enough to come and check it out for myself. Every set has got amazing

memories. It has been such a long time, we have grown up here, it has

been a second home almost. I think it is great that the fans get an

opportunity to experience that. What an amazing day, there's just

so much to see, including the sorting hat, and when the sets open

next year, you muggles will be able to experience the Harry Potter

world for yourselves. And finally, to a job for the very

brave! When a high-voltage power line in China needed repairing,

someone had to go up and fix it. And this guy, a specialist

electrician, climbed the pylon to That's all we've got time for right