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latest from Newsround. We've got suspended all of its trips on the | :00:05. | :00:25. | |
River Thames after a fun day out for tourists in London ended in a river | :00:25. | :00:36. | |
River Thames after a fun day out for can travel on land and river, burst | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
underway. Martin has the story. into flames during the trip. A | :00:38. | :00:46. | |
underway. Martin has the story. It might seem like the perfect way | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
to see a city - an adventure tour that takes you to see the sights on | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
land, and then on water, all in that takes you to see the sights on | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
amphibious vehicle. Even the Queen took a trip on one last year. But | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
yesterday, 30 tourists had to be rescued from the River Thames in | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
London after one of the Duck Tour boats caught fire. Emily was on | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
another boat at the time with her family and helped with the rescue. | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
We were told there was an emergency and saw billowing smoke. We helped | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
people get out of the boat, people are able over the side to get them | :01:16. | :01:30. | |
to safety. It was actually quite scary. Fortunately, no-one was | :01:30. | :01:38. | |
seriously injured, but seven people were treated in hospital after | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
breathing in smoke. But the incident has raised fresh concerns over the | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
safety of this type of vehicle. has raised fresh concerns over the | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
similar fleet of vehicles, operated Duckmarine Tours, in Liverpool, | :01:47. | :01:50. | |
similar fleet of vehicles, operated their licences taken away last month | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
after two of them sank in the city's Albert Dock earlier this year. In a | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
statement released today, London Duck Tours said it operates a fully | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
modernised fleet of nine vehicles that have been completely rebuilt | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
and refurbished between 2002 and 2012. According to the company, | :02:04. | :02:13. | |
and refurbished between 2002 and boat is modified to meet safety | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
regulations set by road and river authorities. But they have agreed to | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
keep the boats on dry land for the try to work exactly what went wrong. | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
To the US next, where the countdown is on to prevent the Government | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
there from going into shutdown mode. American politicians have until | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
between the two main political budget to fund the country for | :02:28. | :02:37. | |
between the two main political parties has led to a deadlock. That | :02:37. | :02:37. | |
with museums, services and even parties has led to a deadlock. That | :02:37. | :02:45. | |
famous Statue of Liberty shut down. Tune in from 6:50pm to see my full | :02:45. | :02:54. | |
famous Statue of Liberty shut down. Hundreds of thousands of people | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
famous Statue of Liberty shut down. sending out letters and emails | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
famous Statue of Liberty shut down. next summer's Games. 2.3 million | :03:04. | :03:04. | |
popular event is the track cycling. people applied - apparently the | :03:04. | :03:11. | |
popular event is the track cycling. Well, over on the website we want to | :03:11. | :03:13. | |
know whether you've been lucky enough to get your hands on any | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
Commonwealth Games tickets. If so, get in touch and tell us what you've | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
Astronomers have written to the Scottish Government to ask them | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
Astronomers have written to the put a ban on wind turbines being put | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
up in the UK's only Dark Sky Park. Galloway Forest in southern Scotland | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
has special status as a top place for star-spotting. But experts say | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
this could be spoilt if plans to install wind turbines in the area | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
get the go-ahead. They say lights fitted to the turbines to make them | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
visible to aircraft would spoil fitted to the turbines to make them | :03:39. | :03:46. | |
view of distant stars and planets. Researchers say they've discovered | :03:46. | :03:50. | |
that being old and pink is the key to being a cool flamingo. Scientists | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust have been studying the birds, famous | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
for their bright pink feathers and for standing around on one leg. | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
for their bright pink feathers and found that the oldest and pinkest | :03:59. | :04:00. | |
birds tend to be the leaders of found that the oldest and pinkest | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
flock. The creatures are at risk of extinction and the researchers say | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
knowing more about them can help It seems to be the birds that are | :04:07. | :04:16. | |
older that are potentially more It seems to be the birds that are | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
and have been in that group for longer, they are really important | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
for keeping it all together. They collect everyone together, they | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
start nest-building and egg laying. Once they start, or the other birds | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
do it. And finally, check out these This is the fifth annual Surf City | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
competition in California, where the talented dogs are judged on their | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
board skills. This dog, Louie, was the winner, and happy to shout about | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
it. Although my favourite is this You can find more from the contest | :04:44. | :04:55. | |
That's Newsround out of time for now, but I'm back at 6:50pm. I'll | :04:55. | :05:00. |