:00:00. > :00:08.Good afternoon. I'm Leah with your Saturday afternoon Newsround. Don't
:00:09. > :00:12.go anywhere, we've got a packed show coming up. We look ahead to one of
:00:13. > :00:20.the most thrilling sporting events of the year. And the 102-year-old
:00:21. > :00:23.man setting a world record. This is Newsround.
:00:24. > :00:28.First, to Australia where thousands of people have been protesting
:00:29. > :00:31.against a plan to kill sharks on the western coast. It's after seven
:00:32. > :00:37.people died following shark attacks there in the past three years. The
:00:38. > :00:40.Australian government say the cull is necessary to keep people safe,
:00:41. > :00:48.but not everyone agrees that killing the sharks will cut the risk of
:00:49. > :00:56.attacks. They are known for being predators
:00:57. > :00:59.of the ocean, top of the underwater food chain, and neither the first
:01:00. > :01:11.time ministry earlier, are hunted species. Any shark over three metres
:01:12. > :01:18.can be killed. But it hasn't gone down well with everyone. Here in
:01:19. > :01:23.Paris, thousands of protesters were out in defence of the creature. This
:01:24. > :01:31.was another protest on the other side of the country in Melbourne. We
:01:32. > :01:38.need to work with the science that is there to learn to live with these
:01:39. > :01:45.creatures. Without the sharks, there will be no future for humanity,
:01:46. > :01:51.because the balance ecosystem. Fishermen in western Australia are
:01:52. > :01:56.now being paid to catch large sharks using hooks. Campaigners are worried
:01:57. > :02:02.that smaller sharks and dolphins and turtles will be trapped by the
:02:03. > :02:05.hooks. They think it would be better to use satellites to track the
:02:06. > :02:10.sharks in the water. Politicians say they have a responsibility to
:02:11. > :02:16.protect the people of western Australia from shark attacks. For
:02:17. > :02:22.now, the row over the future of these sharks is set to continue.
:02:23. > :02:25.Back here, the rain is still coming down hard in large parts of the UK.
:02:26. > :02:29.We're being warned that high tides and gale force winds could bring
:02:30. > :02:32.more severe flooding. There are five severe flood warnings in place which
:02:33. > :02:35.means a serious risk to people's safety. Members of the military are
:02:36. > :02:39.still on stand-by to help villages like this one in Somerset which has
:02:40. > :02:43.been cut off by the floods. On the Welsh coast, people were preparing
:02:44. > :02:49.for huge tides, but so far, it's not been as bad as they feared. The high
:02:50. > :02:55.winds we are getting now missed the high tides, so there hasn't been the
:02:56. > :03:04.problem there was before. High tide is back at eight oh 2pm. Earlier
:03:05. > :03:08.this week, we went to meet Emily and Gemma. They live in a village in
:03:09. > :03:12.Somerset that's been cut off by the floods - and they've been having to
:03:13. > :03:17.go to school by boat! I am a Malay. I am jammer stop we have been cut
:03:18. > :03:24.off by the flooding. Our village has been cut off from everyone else
:03:25. > :03:29.instead New Year's Eve. We have to get through this water, which wasn't
:03:30. > :03:33.here before Christmas. We don't know when the water will go away, but we
:03:34. > :03:38.hope it soon or else we will having to get the boat. You can see much
:03:39. > :03:41.more from Emily and Gemma on the Newsround website... You can also
:03:42. > :03:45.watch the weirdest videos of the week on Strange, Stranger,
:03:46. > :03:49.Strangest... And if you're a fan of sport, you'll love this - check out
:03:50. > :03:52.our guide to the Six Nations. Because in just half an hour, this
:03:53. > :03:55.year's tournament gets underway. The Six Nations kicks off with Italy and
:03:56. > :03:59.Wales, with the rest to follow across the weekend.. But who will be
:04:00. > :04:16.lifting the famous trophy this year? We asked England and Sale Sharks
:04:17. > :04:21.star Mark Kwetto. England have a great chance of winning, they have
:04:22. > :04:31.been runner-up in the previous two Six Nations. Oh and Farrell, the fly
:04:32. > :04:38.half, his goal-kicking is probably the best in Europe. Wales are team
:04:39. > :04:49.that always get up for the Six Nations. They have a massively
:04:50. > :04:59.strong team. Leigh Halfpenny full-back, Alex Kaspar -- Alex
:05:00. > :05:09.Cuthbert, those are the guys to look out for. Scotland are all was
:05:10. > :05:16.competitive, but generally down the bottom part of the table, but if
:05:17. > :05:21.England lose at the weekend to France, then obviously the second
:05:22. > :05:26.week will be Scotland at Murrayfield and I think the Scots will be really
:05:27. > :05:35.tight in that game. For me, it will be either Ireland or France you win
:05:36. > :05:37.the Six Nations. Last up - to a record breaking cyclist. No, not
:05:38. > :05:40.Bradley Wiggins, not Victoria Pendleton. But someone who could
:05:41. > :05:43.easily be their great granddad. This is 102-year-old Robert Marchand from
:05:44. > :05:46.France, who's beaten his own world record in a race for
:05:47. > :05:50.over-100-year-olds. He notched up nearly 17 miles in an hour to win
:05:51. > :05:53.the race. He did admit though, it started to get a little bit tough
:05:54. > :05:56.towards the end. We think he's a legend! That's all from me,
:05:57. > :06:01.Newsround's back tomorrow morning.