24/01/2012 Newsround

Good afternoon, friends. You are tuned into the right place at the

right time. This is Newsround. Ore and Leah here with everything you

need to know tonight on the way. Will there be an Oscar for Uggie?

And spiders have been spinning something a little complicated. All

that to come, but first to the spectacular splashes of colour in

last night's sky. They're known as the Northern Lights, and for the

first time in ten years, they were seen in parts of northern England.

Powerful rays can interfere with navigation systems, NASA space

crews and o sky systems. Splashes of green, Roads and streaks of

yellows, the earth's atmosphere coming to life. People travel

thousands of miles to catch a glimpse, the closer to the south or

North Pole you are, the better the view and now the latest storm that

causes the Northern Lights is so intense it's pushing the light show

further south. It was spotted in Northern Ireland, northern England.

This is all natural. How it happens is a bit like a science fiction

movie script. Here is the science bit. The sun shoots out a solar

blob like a bag of electrical jelly. It's charged and heading to earth

at about one million miles per hour. When it clashes with the earth's

magnetic shield, it pushes harmless currents that are floating above

earth deeper into the atmosphere around the north and South Pole

which makes the air glow like a flour res sent tube. Loads of

people were out to spot the rare light show -- flur es sent.

I saw this green constant light with an occasional white flicker

and it was quite strange because I wasn't too sure what it was at

first, then I figured out that it was the Northern Lights. Lots of

people are hoping for a repeat and if you weren't lucky enough to spot

anything in the sky, here's the good news - weather experts predict

more solar activity tonight. It's been ten days since the Costa

Concordia struck rocks off the coast of Italy. Rescuers are still

searching for people on board but today they started to remove two

million litres of fuel from the ship. It's a complicated operation

so Nel's been look at how they do it. When the Costa Concordia ran

aground, the main concern was rescuing people. But soon,

attention turned to the 1.9 million litres of oil still on board. If

the oil leaks out, it will have a massive impact on sea life and

plants. Ebs perts are still searching for people on the ship

but say the time's come for the oil to be removed -- experts. A barrier

has been put around the Costa Concordia to soak up any spills,

but how is the rest safely removed? A hole will be drilled into the

valves. They're closed like taps to stop oil getting out. After the

oil's heated, a pipeline is attached to pump it out, but they

need the weather to stay calm to avoid the ship moving.

At this stage, we don't see a big risk in oil spill, but if the

weather deteriorates, nobody can tell what the vessel will do.

Removing oil could take up to four weeks and experts will be keeping a

close eye on the Costa Concordia hoping she doesn't slip off the

rocks and sink all together. Thank you very much. Leah, did you

do cookery at school? Absolutely. The best thing was eating all the

stuff I made. Indeedy. I think we are on the same wavelength there.

Hungry people! Kids at one school in Manchester have been giving

their food away instead of feeding themselves!

This is Manchester Communication Academy. Today is cooking day. I

can already smell it. As well as polishing up their much-needed

skills in the kitchen, there's a bit more to this class. The kids

are making enough food to feed an army. They're not taking their food

home tonight, but to the local homeless shelter. This chicken

casserole is going to help feed the homeless people who otherwise

wouldn't have any food tonight. Chicken casserole tonight followed

by lemon drizzle cakes, made by the kids at this school. After the hard

work, they are ready to deliver. The Mustard Tree is a charity and

there are lots like these around all the cities. Volunteers run

these places and give up their time for free. The food certainly seems

to be going down a treat. How does this food help? It's been a great

help to me. Sometimes cooking for 30-70 people all the time is quite

hectic basically. The homeless people are very good food critics,

so if they didn't like it, they would tell you and I am not joking,

they are very, very graitful for the food -- grateful for the food.

How did the kids feel about helping out? I think it's superb and we

should do it every week. Other schools should do it as well.

been good because they can see what we do at school and it's been our

last lesson and we get the opportunity to come here to see how

happy the people are. The homeless are people too and we can't just

stuff our faces while they are starving. Tonight, these lot have

fed some of the homeless people in Manchester. But there are thousands

of people who don't have a home of their own all across the country

and they're not quite as lucky. These guys want their idea to

spread across all schools but it's certainly gone down well!

Thank you, Hayley. Now, film fans listen up, there's a month to go

until the biggest night of the year, the Oscars. A few hours ago, we

found out who is up for awards. Here is a run-down. This may look

like an awards ceremony. Actually, they are announcing the nominations.

This is the Oscars and for film stars and fanss, who is up for what

is big news. What does he do? a wind-up figure, like a music box.

Leading the way this year is Hugo, the 3D adventure is up for 11

awards overall, including best film. Another favourite to win big is The

Artist, the silent black-and-white film is in the running for ten

awards, but thousands of people joined an online campaign to get

the dog a Best Actor nomination, but no such luck.

War-horse is also in the running for best film but no nomination for

its four-legged star Joey either. Looks like we'll have to wait

another year before an animal wins an Oscar. I have done battle every

single day of my life... Meryl Streep and George Clooney with

favourites for Best Actress and actor. And it could be a fight

between puss in bots and kung fu panda for best animation -- Puss in

Boots and Kung Fu Panda. It's big! Here is something even

bigger. Would you wear something made by spiders? I wasn't sure

until I saw this. Very good. It's the largest piece of cloth in the