01/03/2018 Newsround

Hi, I'm Martin and

this is Newsround.

And first, the UK continues to be

battered by freezing

temperatures and heavy snow.

Today, a new red weather

warning has been issued

in parts of south Wales,

Devon and Somerset.

Heavy snow has arrived in the area.

A red warning is the most serious

the Met Office can issue,

and means that the weather is likely

to cause damage.

Next, to Florida in the US,

where kids have returned to school

after a serious gun attack that

happened there two weeks ago.

The BBC's Paul Blake went to meet

one of the students going back

to lessons for the first time.

Hey, Newsround.

I'm here outside a school in Florida

in the United States.

And it's a big day

for students here.

Their first day back in class

since a gun attack two weeks

ago that shocked people

here and around the world.

17 people were killed and many

others were injured.

I caught up with 16-year-old Lyliah

Skinner to ask her how she felt

about going back to school.

It feels really weird,

because I feel like I fell out

of the habit of going

to school everyday.

I'm still a little nervous.

I think eventually it

will be normal again,

but not the same normal

it was before the shooting.

It will probably be a new type

of normal, because those 17 people

aren't going to be there.

As the students filed into class

today, they were hoping

to return to a normal life.

Many people came to greet

them and offer support.

Throughout the school day,

police stood guard outside

the school so that all the students

and teachers would feel safe.

After class, Lyliah met up with some

of her friends and told me how

she felt about her first day

back on campus.

It was really good to

be back in my school.

It was great to see everyone.

People that we didn't even talk to,

we talked to them, and we let each

other know that we have each other's

back, we support each other.

My friends and I, we hang out

and we paint, and we laugh and make

jokes to make each other feel better

so we can all heal properly.

We are very optimistic

about the future.

We are going to make

sure everyone is OK,

and we're going to find ways that

work for us and we're

going to just move on.

Next, around the world people have

been celebrating reading and writing

today for World Book Day.

And loads of you will have been

dressing up for school

and taking part in activities.

Well, if all the focus on books has

made you think you might

like to be a writer,

here are some top tips from some

big-name authors to help

you create your very

own bestseller.

Let your imagination carry

you where ever it wants to go

and don't stop yourself.

Pick something that

really happened to you.

Something exciting or scary,

and then add loads of stuff in so it

gets really weird and wonderful.

You might think, I can't write

about hyenas because I've

never met a hyena.

But you can imagine

what a hyena is like.

The most important thing is to have

as much fun as you can.

Don't think that there's any

such thing as a right

story and a wrong story.

The only thing there

is, is your story.

Always have a pencil with you.

An ear is a good place to store

a pencil, like this.

And so then, you can always draw.

Write and read a lot,

as much as you can.

Because the more you do it,

the better you get,

and the more you read,

the more you see what other people

do and how they do it.

And read as much as you can

and try to absorb all your favourite

books and authors and implement that

into your own writing.

As Philip Larkin the poet said,

you write the book that you yourself

would most like to read,

but nobody has bothered

to write for you.

And so whatever you love most,

that's what you will write down,

and it will be a really good book.

Everybody's different.

You've got to find your own way.

But for me, what's most important

is seeing the book as a sort of map.

And the most important point

on a map is the end.

So I'm writing a novel

at the moment, and I've already

written the last chapter before

I wrote the first.

That's my most important tip.

Head online to find out

what happened when we gave those top

authors the ultimate

Newsround story challenge.

Also online, you've been voting

for the worst ever book baddy.

I can now reveal

that the winner is...

It could only be!

Voldemort!

LIGHTNING CRASH.

Yes - 44% of you voted

for the baddie known

as "He Who Must Not Be Named".

He's a scary one!

Begone dark wizard!

I couldn't resist dressing up with

the rest of you for World Book Day.

I'll leave you with these

pictures of just some

of your brilliant costumes.

Have a great evening, guys!

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