19/10/2012 Newsround


19/10/2012

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$:/STARTFEED. Hello and welcome to the weekend. We have got some

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action-packed news. I well have all the details on the world's fastest

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horse. The boy who slept through a car

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crashing into his bedroom. And Felix Baumgartner's record-

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breaking jump get the Lago First, to the fastest horse on the

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planet, Frankel. He has never been beaten and tomorrow he is looking

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for the 14th and perhaps the final win of his career at Ascot.

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He is the greatest racehorse of all time. What makes him so special?

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He is the world's fastest horse who has won all 13 of his races by an

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average of around 14 metres. That is why in the world of Horseracing

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he has been given the nickname Usain Colt. He is an amazing animal.

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He is the Usain Bolt of horse racing. He is a superstar, he has

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got a great presence and he has got the will to win, what most of the

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great athletes have. He is almost twice as fast as the Jamaican

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sprinter with a top speed of 43 miles an hour. Manchester United

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midfielder Tom Cleverley reckons he is like as the are no Ronaldo, but

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big, strong, tall, imposing and very fast. What is his secret? His

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stride is longer than other racehorses. At seven metres it can

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stretch to the length of a minibus. He can also accelerate like a

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Formula One car and can pull out in front of the rest of the field. He

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needs a lot of fuel, eating 14 times more calories than an adult

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man. But this weekend is expected to be the last time he races. When

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he retires he will be worth around �100 million. What is next for him?

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He could become a racing pundit, launch his own fashion range or

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even settle down to write his autobiography. But it will be an

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emotional day for the sport when the race horse that has been called

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the greatest ever bow was out in front of 30 -- 32,000 people

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tomorrow. I do not think horses can apply,

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but it is that time again, BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

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judging line-up has been announced. Last year when Mark Cavendish won

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there was a row because all the judges were men. This time the

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panel is half the men and half women, including Sir Steve Redgrave,

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Denise Lewis. They will all be

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deciding who gets nominated. good is your memory? A record

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number of people have been taking part in an experiment all about how

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well we remember things. The more than 1000 people were given a short

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list of words to remember. sounds easy, but sometimes your

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brain can play funny tricks on you. There might be a test at the end.

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These children are learning all about the mind and are putting

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their brains to the test as part of a memory experiments. I will read

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out a list of words which I want you to remember and later on I will

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ask you a question. Bed, a wake, rest, snooze, blanket, dream, tired,

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yawn, snorer and drowsy. 1000 people in different locations were

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tested. Scientists are hoping to find out more about memory

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conditions like dementia. The test has been designed by Professor

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Bruce Hood from the University of Bristol. He says memory is not

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always reliable. Memories are not like recordings, but are

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reconstructed from information we feed into it. Did I say the word

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rest? Yes. Dream? Yes. Sleep? No, I did not, but you are not alone if

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you got it wrong. Eight out of 10 people think they heard the words

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sleep. It is because the brain links words into groups. Because

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they are all to do with sleeping the brain tricksy in to thinking

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that you have heard of it. caught me out when he said sleep

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because I thought it was because they are related to that word.

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sounded like it should be there. Even their teacher thought he

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remembered the words sleep, but the older you are either more likely

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you are to get this test wrong. Your class would not mind you being

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forgetful, especially when it comes to homework.

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That was hard. In showbiz a lot of people are

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saying and nine-year-old girl who auditioned for a film in her local

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library could win Hollywood's top award. Quvenzhane Wallis could

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become the youngest ever Oscar winner after getting great reviews

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in the latest movie Beasts of the Southern Wild. You look down at

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yourself and you are small and you really do not think that is true,

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you think you are in a dream. it she does not win, she will have

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a great career, but getting into acting is not easy. Going to top

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drama schools is really expensive, so I went to investigate, including

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meeting an actress who set up recourse is to encourage kids to

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take up the art. These guys are at stage school

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because they want to fulfil their dreams of becoming actors, but

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should classes like this not be available for everybody? Rebecca

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Ferguson shot to fame after winning the X Factor, but it was not easy

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getting there. When I was younger it was really

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expensive and I got a job at 14 and I used that money to go towards

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dancing lessons and singing lessons. I think it is a shame people cannot

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get it a lot cheaper. Charlotte has been an actress for 40 years, but

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now is offering a free school to kids who cannot afford it. Tell me

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about your idea. It is for students on long been -- low income families.

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We believe students from those backgrounds are going to think more

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than twice about taking on a lot of student debt. But at this school

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they have a mix of students. Some pay fees and others get a free

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place. Lots of people say stage school is only for privileged kids

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who can afford to come. Is that the case? No, we have scholarships,

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some are schools, holiday courses, so it is possible to come. If he

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wants to pursue your acting career, then sometimes it takes a leap of

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faith. Even if you do not have the money, places that see you have the

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potential will give you a scholarship. It comes down to

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talent. Yes, as long as you have got the talent and you are

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determined, you will make it. Sometimes we find it hard to get up

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in the morning, but even I would not have slept through this.

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year-old Ben from North X let through a car crashing through his

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bedroom wall. The car sent bricks and rubble flying, but he was not

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hurt and said he only woke up when he heard his mum shouting.

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Felix Baumgartner is having an amazing week. He jumped from the

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edge of space. It is because he has been made out of Lego. His

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incredible jump from 24 miles up has been recreated using Lego. It

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has got the balloon and even a Hamnett camera. That is a thorough

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