28/08/2014 Newsround

Good morning, I'm Jenny, live with your Newsround update.

The boy who's getting thousands of postcards from all over the world.

Two paws are better than four. This is Newsround.

First up, children in England aren't as satisfied with their lives as

But they're very happy with their groups of friends, their family,

The welfare of 16,000 kids was examined by the Children's Society

in 11 countries including Brazil, Romania and South Africa.

We asked Lily Caprani to tell us more.

We have been studying children's well-being,

and when we talk about that, we mean asking thousands of children

what it is about their lives that makes them good lives or not.

Whether or not they have good hopes for the future or what kind

of things make them feel bad about their lives.

It is surprising that England is a country where we have quite good

money and houses and schools and health but what we have found when

we asked children what they feel, is that they don't do well compared to

other countries even though some of those countries are a lot poorer.

Sometimes children in poorer countries are happier.

When we find out what that is about, we discover it is friendships,

There are other things that matter to children

One of the real problems is that they worry about how they look.

Especially if they think people are judging them or are going to bully

English children generally say they are happiest when they have good,

loving, supportive relationships, and that includes Mum and Dad,

brothers, sisters and friends at school.

On the website you've told us what makes you happy.

Wayne Rooney's the favourite to be named as the new England Captain,

Rooney has 95 caps and has recently been appointed

Next, the seven-year-old who's very popular around the globe.

Josh, who's got leukemia, has received over 2,000 postcards from

Ricky went to meet him to find out more.

Over the summer, the seven-year-old has received almost 2,000 postcards

This is from America, this is from Japan, this is from Australia.

Earlier this year, Josh was diagnosed with leukaemia,

The medicine has made him quite tired.

Since March, he has not been able to attend

school but he was given homework for the holidays and asked to write

about his summer break and send a postcard from wherever he went.

But his cancer treatment meant the family had to cancel their holiday.

With the thought of having to spend the rest of

the summer at home or at hospital, Josh's parents came up with a plan.

We came up with the suggestion from a friend who is a blogger

and on Tuesday morning, 30 postcards came through

Everyday, between 50 and 100 postcards are delivered and they are

New Zealand, China, Greenland, Afghanistan.

It has kept us all busy because we have all been involved

with the postcards, putting them on the map and everything else.

We have really, really enjoyed ourselves.

The project has kept the whole family busy,

Now, this dog in California is a record-breaker.

Jiff, a Pomeranian, is the fastest on two legs and runs ten metres

on his back legs in six and a half seconds and walks five metres on his

He can ride a skateboard and is an internet hit.

He gets lots of attention when he walks up and

He gets lots of attention when he independent and has a lot of

incredible talents but sometimes he just likes a good run in the park.