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Hi, Leah here. Stick with Newsround to hear all about the latest rocket	:00:00.	:00:09.
launch to the International Space Station. And keep watching to see	:00:10.	:00:12.
more of these amazing sand sculptures that have popped up on	:00:13.	:00:14.
the South West coast of England. But first a big rescue operation is	:00:15.	:00:23.
underway on Mount Everest after an avalanche struck yesterday. Thirteen	:00:24.	:00:29.
local guides known as sherpas were killed and three are still missing.	:00:30.	:00:34.
The sherpas job is very dangerous but without them hundreds of people	:00:35.	:00:37.
wouldn't be able to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain.	:00:38.	:00:41.
Everest. One of the toughest challenges for any human being. It's	:00:42.	:00:49.
also one of the most dangerous. And making it to the top wouldn't be	:00:50.	:00:52.
possible without help from sherpas, local people who are highly skilled	:00:53.	:00:57.
climbers. They know the mountain and its terrain very well and act as	:00:58.	:01:02.
guides to ensure climbers' safety. They carry kit, cook food and travel	:01:03.	:01:07.
ahead to prepare routes. Climbing the mountain can be very dangerous	:01:08.	:01:10.
because of narrow cracks and unstable rocks. There's also the	:01:11.	:01:16.
lack of oxygen the higher you go. On Friday morning, a team of sherpas	:01:17.	:01:20.
went ahead of a group of mountaineers to check out the safest	:01:21.	:01:24.
way up the mountain and to fix ropes for the climbers. But an avalanche	:01:25.	:01:27.
struck just above Everest base camp, an area where people prepare before	:01:28.	:01:33.
heading to the summit. 13 sherpas lost their lives and three guides	:01:34.	:01:36.
are still missing, making it the deadliest accident on the world's	:01:37.	:01:41.
highest mountain. Each year, more and more people are climbing Everest	:01:42.	:01:44.
and there's concern that more trips are putting the lives of sherpas at	:01:45.	:01:46.
greater risk each time. And if you're upset by anything you	:01:47.	:01:53.
see on the news there's help and advice over on the Newsround	:01:54.	:02:00.
website. A private company in the United States has launched its	:02:01.	:02:03.
latest supply mission to the International Space Station. Space	:02:04.	:02:14.
X's Falcon-Nine rocket took off from Florida last night. The capsule is	:02:15.	:02:18.
carrying just over two tonnes of food, equipment and science	:02:19.	:02:22.
experiments. It's the third re-supply mission the firm has	:02:23.	:02:25.
launched as part of a multi-million pound deal with NASA and is expected	:02:26.	:02:28.
to dock with the space station tomorrow. Ronnie O'Sullivan has got	:02:29.	:02:34.
off to an impressive start in snooker's world championship in	:02:35.	:02:37.
Sheffield. He hit a break of 124 during his game against Robin Hull	:02:38.	:02:43.
which he currently leads. But he's not the only one whose handy with	:02:44.	:02:47.
his cue because for the last year, snookers world governing body has	:02:48.	:02:50.
been taking a new version of the sport into schools. It's called	:02:51.	:02:54.
functional snooker and the aim is to use the game to improve basic maths	:02:55.	:02:59.
skills. The BBC's Mike Bushell gave it a go.	:03:00.	:03:08.
Maths lessons. For many of us, they leave us scratching our heads.	:03:09.	:03:13.
Imagine if that lesson contains sport. A new form of snooker. For	:03:14.	:03:22.
10,000 students over the last year, cues have replaced books. Functional	:03:23.	:03:29.
snooker started a year ago as part of a project run by snooker's	:03:30.	:03:35.
governing body. Steve Davis has been sent in to demonstrate. We ramped up	:03:36.	:03:42.
the maths. It can be changed to the level of abilities. Each ball has a	:03:43.	:03:52.
number. The colours have multiplication, subtraction,	:03:53.	:03:53.
addition and minus symbols on them. You lose six points if you pot the	:03:54.	:04:14.
pink. That takes six points off your score. This drive into schools will	:04:15.	:04:18.
hopefully spread the sport with young players as well. It is a lot	:04:19.	:04:27.
of fun. It has helped me with my maths skills. I believe my potting	:04:28.	:04:38.
got worse. My punishment was to be an assistant for a trick shot.	:04:39.	:04:47.
Formula One news now and if you don't want to know who qualified in	:04:48.	:04:52.
pole position for tomorrow's Chinese Grand Prix, turn down your TV and	:04:53.	:04:57.
look away now! Britain's Lewis Hamilton has taken pole for the	:04:58.	:05:01.
third time in four races after a very wet qualifying session in	:05:02.	:05:03.
Shanghai. Hamilton was more than half a second faster than Red Bull's	:05:04.	:05:07.
Daniel Ricciardo who managed second, ahead of team mate and reigning	:05:08.	:05:10.
world champ Sebastian Vettel who qualified third. Full highlights of	:05:11.	:05:15.
qualifying are over on BBC One right now! Now if you're heading to the	:05:16.	:05:22.
beach this weekend here's a challenge for you. Could you create	:05:23.	:05:25.
a sand masterpiece like this? About 5,000 tonnes of beach sand was used	:05:26.	:05:28.
for these creations at the Weston-super-Mare sand sculpture	:05:29.	:05:31.
festival. This year's sculptures have a Once Upon a Time theme and	:05:32.	:05:36.
include works from The Hobbit. The sand show is due to run until	:05:37.	:05:42.
October. Finally, from egg hunting to visiting family and friends loads	:05:43.	:05:45.
of you have been telling us on the website what you're up to over the	:05:46.	:05:48.
Easter weekend. Roisin is taking part in a fun run and a charity cake	:05:49.	:05:53.
sale with all her friends. And Bethan is going to be eating lots	:05:54.	:05:56.
and lots of chocolate and play in the sun. Thank you for all your	:05:57.	:06:01.
comments guys. Enjoy the rest of your afternoon whatever your doing	:06:02.	:06:02.

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