19/02/2014 Newsround


19/02/2014

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 19/02/2014. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Hi, I'm Martin with your morning Newsround. On today's show, hold

:00:00.:00:10.

onto your breakfast, cos we've got some seriously creepy crawlies, as a

:00:11.:00:13.

TV doctor infests himself with a bunch of parasites.

:00:14.:00:17.

And pictures of a super-rare baby giraffe, thought to be the first of

:00:18.:00:21.

its kind born in the UK. This is Newsround.

:00:22.:00:28.

First, we're going to Ukraine in eastern Europe, where violent

:00:29.:00:31.

clashes have been going on overnight in the capital Kiev between police

:00:32.:00:37.

and anti-government protesters. Riot police have been firing explosives,

:00:38.:00:40.

trying to evict people from the main protest camp, which has been in

:00:41.:00:43.

place since unrest began nearly three months ago. But protesters

:00:44.:00:47.

have been fighting back against the police - at least 25 people have

:00:48.:00:50.

died in this latest violence. The crisis started over whether Ukraine

:00:51.:00:54.

should have closer ties with the European Union or with Russia.

:00:55.:01:01.

Now, remember last summer, the hottest for many years? No, seems

:01:02.:01:05.

ages ago to me too. But new research out today suggests that last year's

:01:06.:01:08.

good weather was good news for Britain's farmland butterflies. The

:01:09.:01:10.

Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey recorded almost double the number of

:01:11.:01:16.

insects compared with 2012. The report says that sunny weather

:01:17.:01:19.

provided perfect breeding conditions for butterflies.

:01:20.:01:26.

Well, today is one of the biggest dates in the calendar for British

:01:27.:01:29.

music, the BRIT Awards. Loads of big stars from the world of pop will be

:01:30.:01:33.

at London O2's Arena, hoping to bag a Brit. The likes of Ellie Goulding,

:01:34.:01:37.

Jessie J, Rudimental and Lorde are just some of those battling it out.

:01:38.:01:42.

And this afternoon, our very own Ayshah will be down live on the red

:01:43.:01:48.

carpet bringing you all the latest. Next, if you've not had your

:01:49.:01:51.

breakfast this morning then I suggest you look away now, because

:01:52.:01:54.

we're about to ramp up the yuk factor! This is Dr Michael Mosley, a

:01:55.:01:59.

man prepared to put his body through almost anything, all in the name of

:02:00.:02:05.

science. In a new BBC documentary, he infests himself with a bunch of

:02:06.:02:08.

gruesome parasites to see how they affect the human body. Jenny has

:02:09.:02:17.

this one. Bloodsucking leeches, stomach

:02:18.:02:22.

turning tapeworms and infectious head lice. Not the sort of thing you

:02:23.:02:26.

would choose to have wriggling around your body if you could help

:02:27.:02:34.

it. Unless you are this Doctor! I had to go with various different

:02:35.:02:37.

parasites. I started off with tapeworm. It was a little bit

:02:38.:02:44.

disgusting, I have to say. They were like jelly babies but not very

:02:45.:02:49.

sweet. Then I swallowed this camera with a glass of water. It sends

:02:50.:02:54.

pictures to a transmitter and from there to a screen. So you can

:02:55.:03:03.

actually see your stomach live. That is it! That is the tapeworm. You can

:03:04.:03:12.

see it. God, that is horrible. Next up, leeches. I basically attached

:03:13.:03:19.

back to my arm and it started to suck. It was actually quite pleasant

:03:20.:03:24.

and it grew about eight times the size it was. It drank quite a lot of

:03:25.:03:31.

blood and then it dropped off. My daughter took my leach and

:03:32.:03:38.

unfortunately it is cake after a few months and was eaten by the cat.

:03:39.:03:45.

Doctor Michael says he is doing this to help scientists at Salford

:03:46.:03:49.

University in their research into parasites and the diseases they

:03:50.:03:52.

spread. So, after that, what did they learn? The message for me is

:03:53.:03:59.

parasites are genius and fascinating. And a little bit

:04:00.:04:02.

disgusting. It was a bad night for Manchester

:04:03.:04:06.

City in the Champions League as they lost 2-0 at home to Barcelona. City

:04:07.:04:09.

had Martin Demichelis sent off for this foul on Lionel Messi.

:04:10.:04:12.

Argentina's genius converted the penalty for Barca's first goal. Dani

:04:13.:04:15.

Alves then picked up the Spanish side's second to give them a

:04:16.:04:18.

valuable lead going into the second-leg. Tonight, Arsenal play

:04:19.:04:23.

Bayern Munich. Winter sports now, and it's a big

:04:24.:04:27.

day in the curling, and an even bigger day for Team GB, with both

:04:28.:04:30.

the men and woman's sides playing for a place in the final. Eve

:04:31.:04:34.

Muirhead and co go up against Canada at 10am, whilst the men's side take

:04:35.:04:38.

on Sweden at three o'clock this afternoon.

:04:39.:04:43.

Last up - to a very rare birth at a zoo in Cumbria in the north west of

:04:44.:04:47.

England... It's thought this is the first West African Giraffe to be

:04:48.:04:51.

born in the UK. It is one of the rarest animals on the planet, with

:04:52.:04:56.

only a few in captivity, and just a few hundred in the wild.

:04:57.:05:00.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS