23/06/2016 Newsround

Hey, guys.

Martin here with all of Thursday morning's big stories.

Coming up:

The mission to save one of the world's

largest frog species.

And the Iceland football commentator who's just a little bit happy.

COMMENTATOR SCREAMS IN JOY.

First, to a big story, in more ways than one.

The world's tallest and longest tunnel slide is opening

in London tomorrow.

It's been built on the Orbit sculpture at the park

where the London 2012 Olympics took place and Ayshah's one

of the first to have a go on it.

Since the Games finished, the site has been transformed and has hosted

lots of other sporting events.

But what could this huge sculpture be turned into?

A giant slide, of course.

We were first asked about it two years ago.

They said, is it possible to have a slide?

The answer is of course yes, we want to have a slide.

How did you go about doing it?

We had to track it out.

We went down some other big slides and any had to

work out how to go the right speed.

If you add in corners, as you are pushed out into the

corner that helps you go down a bit and so the corners are not just

for fun, they help control the speed on the way down.

There's only one thing for it.

I'm going to have to slide down.

But not for fun because I am a serious news journalist

so I'm going to be getting you all the facts you need

to know while I'm sliding down.

It goes round 12 times and is taller than the Statue of Liberty.

I'm going 15 miles an hour right now but

it feels so much faster.

And I can't remember any of the other facts

because I'm going way too fast!

Wait, it is 111 beads.

The things I do for Newsround.

OK, time for a quick round-up of some other

top stories this morning.

Some of you may have had your schools turned

into polling stations today.

It's because of the massive vote for adults on whether the UK

should stay in, or leave, a club of countries called

the European Union.

Voting ends at 10pm and we'll bring you the result

tomorrow on Newsround.

A plan to save one of the world's most endangered frogs has started

in the north of England.

Wild mountain chicken frogs have almost been wiped out by disease

but conservationists have created a climate-controlled home

in a shipping container at Chester Zoo and matched up pairs

of the frogs in the hope that they'll breed.

And an unseen map of Lord of the Rings' Middle Earth has been

discovered after it fell out of some of creator JRR Tolkien's archives.

It has handwritten notes from Tolkien himself

marking where he thought additional animals, settlements

and rivers would be.

The map is going on display in Oxford for one day.

Well, the group stages are finally over and there

Of course, the best thing about it is that all three home

nations competing in France have qualified for the last 16.

So, before we get stuck in to the knockout stages,

here's Naz with a look back at Wales, England

and Northern Ireland's journey so far.

Bale for Wales.

In!

Wales kick-started their Euro campaign in style with none other

than Gareth Bale getting their first goal of the competition

against Slovakia.

Despite conceding, Robson-Kanu was the saviour and three points

on the board for the Welsh.

We should have known!

Newsround's match-predicting cockerel Pierre already did.

England, on the other hand, were frustrated by Russia at

the Stade Velodrome in Marseille in their opening match.

Despite going ahead thanks to Eric Dier in the 73rd minute,

late in stoppage time, Russia struck back with this.

Once again, another opening match in a major tournament

without a win for Hodgson's side.

It wasn't the best of starts for Northern Ireland either

with their first match in the European Championship finals

ending in defeat as Poland got a 1-0 win in Nice.

But in the second match in Lyon,

their performance was quite the opposite.

Two goals versus the Ukraine and their first-ever win in a Euro

finals was complete.

England and Wales' second match was a game on

the grandest of scales and what a start it was for Wales

and that man again.

At the break it was 1-0 but in the second half goals from

Vardy and Sturridge snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

Did Pierre get that one right?

Of course he did.

England and Wales' final group games kicked off at the same time.

England faced Slovakia while Wales took on Russia.

It was Wales who impressed.

Three goals versus Russia and it was top spot in

the group if England couldn't get a winner.

And sure enough, despite several chances, England

were left frustrated.

0-0 on the night, second place for the Three Lions.

Northern Ireland travelled to Paris for their final group match

against world champions Germany.

Surely not, Pierre?

Pierre says no and he was right.

Mario Gomez scored the game's only goal but, despite the loss,

Northern Ireland still advanced to the last 16 as one of

the best third place finishes.

Bring on the knockout stages.

Well, I'm pretty happy they've all made it through but definitely

not as happy as this commentator for Iceland.

COMMENTATOR SCREAMS IN JOY.

He erupted with joy after Iceland scored a last-minute winner

against Austria to get past the group stage.

That's all from me.

Newsround's back on TV this afternoon with Hayley.