20/02/2013 Newsround

Good afternoon, Newsrounders. I'm Hayley, and I've got loads on the

way for you. We're looking forward to a big night at the BRITs. And

some survivors of that sticky slime First up, the biggest names in

music are heading to London's O2 for tonight's 2013 BRIT Awards.

Adele, One Direction, Emeli Sande, and of course Newsround's Ricky

will be there. But before he hot- footed it down to London, Rick

roped in a friend to try to predict Yes, with the help of our music

insider, DJ Sam, can we predict he will win? We have a couple of

categories here, I want you to pick a winner. Best British male!

think it is going to be pretty tight. It would be a great success

for X factor. But I think Calvet Mumford and Sons, they have been

around a few years, they went to the Grammys a few days ago, and

they famously said, we never thought we would win anything. They

then went on to win and win and win again. But One Direction have taken

over the planet this year. We have to think about the sort of people

who decide these awards, people within the industry, who can stroke

their chin about everything, start to think about artistic merit. If

we were voting, we know who would min, but maybe Mumford and Sons

will win. And you guys have been telling us

who who you think will pick up a Thanks, guys. You can join in that

chat and see who Radio 1 DJs Dan and Phil reckon will win big

tonight on the website. Next, charities have today

published research suggesting one in five children in the UK are

living in poverty. The End Child Poverty campaign has produced a new

map highlighting the areas where children are living below the

poverty line. But what does that actually mean? Joe has been finding

out. The campaign End Child Poverty has

mapped the UK based on estimates of the numbers of children living in

poverty. Central Manchester, parts of East London and Middlesbrough

have come out with the highest proportion of children living below

the poverty line. That means families that earn a lot less money

than the average family and struggle to afford things that

other people take for granted, like clothes, food or good places to

live. Things here in Central Manchester have improved slightly

since last year, but it's still the worst in the country. Nearly half

of kids are still living in poverty, almost 12,000 children. At this

church, they are used to helping poorer families. They have a drop-

in centre and provide food for people who are struggling to make

ends meet. So this is ready to go. We have got a parcel here for a

single person, enough for three meals for three days. A lady came

in whose benefits had been stopped, but it was her daughter's birthday,

so we were able to give her food for three days, but also things

that could help her to make a party for her daughter, because she was

worried about a birthday party. part of Sheffield has fewer than 5%

of children living in poverty, and there are similar figures for parts

of southwest London. Some areas up were than other areas largely

because the people who live in them did not have many qualifications

and find it hard to get good jobs. Sometimes they are taking care of

other people and it is hard to get enough money. The Government says

it is working on new ways to try to help the poorest families, but the

charities behind the campaign are calling for more to be done to help

end child poverty in the UK. 20 seabirds rescued from the south

coast of England after being found covered in a mystery sticky

substance are being released back into the wild today. Earlier this

month almost 300 birds had to be rescued and taken to special clean-

up centres to get rid of the rubber, an oily goo which stopped them