27/06/2012 Newsround

Hi guys. I'm Hayley, and I'm live just after five looking after

Newsround on my own this afternoon. Here's what's coming up on in the

next nine minutes. One month to go until the start of the Olympics.

Hello from the children of planet Earth. The search for life beyond

our solar system. But first to the big story of the day in Northern

Ireland. This morning, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee tour took her to

Belfast where she shook hands with the country's Deputy First Minister

Martin McGuiness. It might not sound unusual but it was a moment

that some people in Northern Ireland never imagined could happen.

Joe's spent the day in Belfast for us. He sent us this report. Of will

almost used to sites like this, aren't we?

Thousands of people waiting to see the Queen. Today in Northern

Ireland, there's even more to celebrate because this morning the

Queen shook the hand of the Deputy First Minister. Just another

handshake with a politician? This was the moment that she shook hands

with Martin McGuinness. It's the first time they have appeared in

public together and a handshake was a symbol of how things have changed.

For a long time it would not have been thinkable for people in

Northern Ireland. In the 1970s, there was a battle in Northern

Ireland. It was about whether it should remain part of the UK. On

one side, the Irish Republican Army, they were fighting what they called

a war against British rule. On the other, the Unionists want to stay

in the UK and some of them also turned to violence. The IRA carried

it deadly attacks in Britain and Northern Ireland targeting police,

soldiers, politicians and even ordinary people. Lord Mountbatten

has been killed. Lord Mountbatten was killed in 1979 on his boat.

Martin McGuinness was one of the leaders of the violent campaign for

many years. He says he officially left the IRA in 1974 and became

involved with the political party Sinn Fein. Around 3,000 people died

in the unrest but in 1998, a peace deal was agreed called the Good

Friday Agreement. Ladies and gentlemen, you will have heard the

announcement that an agreement has been reached. Martin McGuinness was

a key person in Northern Ireland peacemaking process but the

different sides agreed to share power and he became a Northern

Ireland's second most important politician. The Deputy First

Minister. He believes his country should be united with the rest of

Ireland and today's handshake won't change that but for the Queen, the

Deputy First Minister and the whole country, it's a remarkable symbol

of peace and shows how far northern Ireland has come over the past few

years. I have spent the whole day in Belfast and it has been a

remarkable day for Northern Ireland but what do the people here think?

I went to find out. Years ago, it was really hard. Stories have been

told to me. Now, because of the peace process, it is easier to live.

It's a big deal because it shows communities can come together and a

handshake this morning has brought everyone together. It will bring

back the past and there will be more fighting and there were calls

drama again. The school kids went around for a lot of the troubles

saw a spoke to the BBC reporter Mark Davenport. Only last year,

Martin McGuinness and his party, closely linked to the IRA, who used

to battle against the British Crown forces, would not meet the Queen,

so it's a big deal that now they are holding out the hand of

friendship and will shake her hand, and she will shake his hand a.

been a big day for Northern Ireland and even after the crowds have

moved away, it's hoped today's celebrations will have a big impact

on the future of Northern Ireland. Thanks, Joe, for that report. Some

other news now and the government have announced big plans to shake

up the House of Lords. Like the House of Commons, the House of

Lords debates laws put forward by the government. But unlike the

Commons, the people that work there aren't voted in by ordinary people.

At the moment you can be a Lord if your dad was a Lord or if you're

appointed by the Queen. The government wants to cut the number

of Lords by half, and they want the public to be able to vote on who

gets in. It's causing arguments but many people think things need to be

fairer. People who make the laws of the land should be elected by the

people who have to obey the laws of the land. It's as simple as that,

and I think we should get on with it. I hope people won't tie

themselves up in knots in Westminster and get on with us.

It's something the country expects us to do and we should get on with

Time for a bit of sport. Britain's Heather Watson has stormed her way

into the third round of Wimbledon. She beat Jamie Lee Hampton from the

US easily, becoming the first British woman to go this far in ten

years. And let's just say she was a little bit excited! She'll play

either Agnieszka Radwanska or Elena Vesnina next. Both of which will be

tough to beat. Next up, what lies beyond our solar

system? It's a big question and one that this Voyager space craft may

soon be able to answer. It's been travelling through space for 35

years and is about to become the first man made machine to reach the

edge of the solar system. Nel's been finding out more.

This amazing machine is boldly going where no man made object has

ever gone before. Scientists think it could soon become the first

object to leave our solar system. The unmanned machine is a mega 11

billion miles away. That's eight and a half times the distance from

earth to the sun. The Voyager space crafts first blasted off from the

United States 35 years ago. The space agency NASA is still in

contact with the Voyager every day. But it's so far away, it takes 16

hours for the craft's data to be sent back to earth. It's another 10

years before we start losing the power. This is an incredibly long

journey but even more importantly, it keeps discovering new things.

The space craft has about the same amount of power as a light bulb,

and less memory than a normal mobile phone. But that hasn't

stopped it discovering amazing things. Thanks to the Voyager, we

now know that 1,000 mile an hour winds rage on the surface of

Neptune. And that Saturn's rings are bright and multi-coloured. When

the craft was first sent up the team hoped that it would encounter

alien life. The sides of the voyager are covered in gold plates

with descriptions of what earth life is like. And inside it is a

record player, all the rage in the 1970s, which plays greetings in

loads of languages from children across the world. Hello from the

children of planet Earth. So where next for the space craft? Once it

leaves the solar system it will eventually reach another star. But

that won't be for another 40,000 years.

Thanks, Nel. Now, one month to go until the biggest sporting event on

the planet arrives in London. The Olympic Rings were unveiled on

Tower Bridge on the River Thames this morning but there's still a

bit of work to do. Work started last week on the Beach Volleyball

Stadium at Horseguards Parade in central London. And the finishing

touches are being added to the Olympic Park itself. But despite

the last minute work, organisers say everything's on track. We've

been asking you what you're looking forward to and lots of you have

Finally, who do you think would win a competition of scissors-paper-