29/09/2014 Newsround

Fighting to stop more floods in Somerset.

First to Hong Kong where hundreds of teenagers and young students have

They want more freedoms and want to change the way

the government is run and decide themselves who is in charge, not be

The Chinese government is very strict

There are more freedoms in Hong Kong, but some of the seven million

people there want more freedom to speak out, use the internet however

they want and chose who's in charge of their government.

But that's made some people angry as they want to make their own choices.

So protestors are causing problems for the authorities

and telling people around the world about their frustrations.

What the protesters want is a free and fair vote to elect a leader. The

government says all the candidates and fair vote to elect a leader. The

visions and the danger is and fair vote to elect a leader. The

protests continue, the situation could

The demonstrators were overwhelmingly young

Chinese TV and radio aren't reporting

We will not go home. If we lose the demonstrators away,

We will not go home. If we lose chance to fight for ourselves, the

China's warned other countries not to support them.

But the UK says everyone has a right to protest.

Remember the heavy flooding in Somerset that caused lots

of families to move out of their homes and ruined their belongings?

BBC's Clinton Rodgers watched the work start.

As you can see, the bulldozers have moved in and the work has begun.

Work to prevent a repeat of this. The worst flooding in living memory.

Thousands of acres of land on the Somerset Levels was underwater and

dozens of homes were flooded. Communities were cut off for weeks

on end. It caused a lot of anger and questions about how it was allowed

to happen and what could we do to stop it happening again? Government

came up with ?10 million and told organisations here, come up with a

plan. So they did. A 20 year flood prevention plan and this is part of

it. They are widening drainage tunnels that lead from land and into

the river. The idea that if you widen them, water will run quicker.

They are clearing out the rivers of mud that has built up over many

years. Put a lot of these things together, people say, and that will

prevent the worst of the flooding. People who live and work here hope

that they are right. A pilot's successfully taken a

specially designed hot air balloon Ivan Trifonov dropped slowly

down through He then steered it

down 200 metres then back up again. Earlier we told you

about a new world record for running a marathon - two hours,

two mins and 57 seconds.Well, She's covered almost 1500 miles.

a well earned rest after running 53 She's now waiting to be told if

she's made it into the record books. It is weird. It is strange. I can

put my finger on. It was great meeting people. I cant believe I am

finished. I cant believe it. It is absolutely amazing. I cannot say

amazing many more times! I loved it. How many people would like to train

as a Jedi warrior? If you live in Southeast Asia, you can do it. You

can learn about the force and learn how to use a light sabre!

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