23/11/2012 Newsround

It's Friday! Yes!

It's just after 5:00pm! Yes!

That must mean it's Newsround?! Yes! Here's what's coming up:

The UK braces itself for more flooding.

Ricky gets a bit too close to a dinosaur. And keep watching to find

out about danger in the manger Roads cut off, homes evacuated and

travel chaos. The heavy rain and high winds are

once again causing big trouble across many parts of the UK.

More than 70 flood warnings are in force. And over the weekend things

are expected to get a lot worse as I've been finding out.

The grim pictures that sum up the last 24 hours for many people

across parts of the UK Bostock this street in north Wales, also flooded

the emergency services had a hard time getting to where they needed

to be. It was not just the rain. We were nearly blown away whilst at

filming in North Wales yesterday. Things got worse as it got later

and in Birmingham the wind was so powerful it blew off the roof of

this mosque. No one was hers. In the south-west, hundreds of people

were left without power and railways are closed. Why did the

floods happen? We had droughts earlier in the year because the

water table, which is where the natural level of the water level is

beneath the ground was very low. Since then we had the wettest

summer in 100 years. That raised the water level up. When we had

rain, the rain filters into the ground and continues to make the

water table rise. Over the last few days we have had lots of water in

the ground, so any you rain coming in were just flow out to the low-

lying areas and caused flooding. The rain has just started a game.

It has been a nice day up until now so people have had the chance to

clean up the mess. But they will have to prepare for what is to come.

There are just over 70 flood warnings for England and Wales and

things are expected to go was over the weekend as the wet weather

starts again in the south-west and Wales before moving over to cover

nearly the whole of the country by Sunday. It is not time to put away

the sandbags for many just yet. They bring you your Christmas and

birthday cards but our postmen and women were attacked 3,000 times in

the last year by dogs. At the moment it's hard for them to

do anything about it because technically they're on private

property. But now Royal Mail wants the government to change the law so

owners of dangerous dogs can be taken to court more easily.

I've been out on the rounds with postman, Thom, in Greater

Manchester to find out about his experience with a dog. Just

delivering a post on a normal date. As I put my hand through the

letterbox, the dog grabbed the letters and took my hand with it. A

couple of holes in my hand and bleeding. I am more cautious when

delivering. You're thinking about the dogs in houses and stuck. A lot

can be done, simple as putting a sign on the door saying, beware of

the dock. Now I bet you thought Mexico was

just called Mexico right? Well, you're wrong! The country's

official title is the United States of Mexico, just like it's neighbour,

America. That could be about to change. The Mexican president

doesn't want to be like the USA any more and wants his country's name

to change to just Mexico, as it's known the world over. He's trying

to get the plan passed through parliament.

Christmas is definitely getting closer, the lights are up, the ads

are starting and the first big Christmas film hits cinemas today.

Nativity 2 stars David Tennant and was mainly filmed without a script.

Take a look. It has got a bit of a X Factor.

will go through to boot camp. splash of drama. And a lot of silly

stuff. This is a British film all about Christmas. It follows Mr

poppy and his class of unruly kids to Wales as they try to win a

singing competition. But this time they have a new teacher, an actor

who has played a travelling Time Lord before. Even he admits it was

chaos. The film is improvised which means we do not have a script. Use

the you know who is going to say what and when. I spent a day in a

school to see how real teachers do it to pick up any tips. Making a

movie without a script is unusual. And most of the cast had only done

a bit of acting on school nativity plays. What was it like to act

along the kids who had not done much acting before. What are the

use as a grown-up former, they respond. It we can watch little

people and then how they respond in the moment, the world would be

happier. It was great fun because they are so spontaneous. You have

no idea what they will say or do. Most of the kids were in the first

film and have returned. This ten- year-old Ben was seven in the first

movie and his career has kicked off ever since. This is him

entertaining kids in hospital in Between his acting, stand up comedy.

You have met Tom Cruise? I bumped into him. For Ben and his cast of

kissed, this will be an extra special Christmas. And knows, they

might be back for more sequels in the future.

And you can also check out my review of the film over on our

website. Ever wondered what it's like to be

up close and personal with a real- life dinosaur? Yes!

Well prepare yourself for what I reckon is the next best thing. A

live show with puppets called Walking With Dinosaurs is coming to

London next month, and Ricky's been It is pretty rare we have dinosaurs

at media city UK. Tell us about this creature? He is very realistic.

This is a baby T Rex. He is a lot smaller than he would have been. He

would have been seven metres tall and 30 metres long. His mother is

in the show as well. -- 30 metres. You do start believing in dinosaurs.

I am a scientist and I know from fossils they are real, but when you

see them like this you believe they were alike. It is fantastic.

cannot eat the microphone! Wide you think we are still fascinated by

them? I think because they are amazing creatures. They are

stunning. Many of them are huge. Some are small but the range up to

huge creatures. It is amazing to know so much about life beyond 65

million years ago. Banks are coming on a programme. You are the oldest

Was he all right? Next, it's not where most of us

would choose to live but a couple in China are staying put in their

house even though it's smack, bang in the middle of a motorway!

They're the only people left in their neighbourhood after it was

knocked down to build the road. They say the authorities aren't

offering them enough money for their house, so builders have

turned it into a roundabout. Finally, listen up One Direction

fans because the boys have made history once again! Yes, One

Direction have become the first ever British band to have their

first two albums go straight to the top of the American Billboard

Charts! Their second album, Take Me Home, sold more than half a million