01/05/2013 Newsround

It's Wednesday 1st May. I'm Ricky, and here's what we've got for you

this afternoon. I'm Shanaze Reid, join me later to hear why sport's so

important. And the rare Fal son chicks who hatched on the ledge of a

building. First to Afghanistan and a war that

started before many of you were born, and which is still going on

now. Three British soldiers and nine Afghans were killed, and six others

wounded, when their vehicle was hit by a bomb yesterday in the dangerous

area of Helmand. Their families have been told. Prime Minister David

Cameron said this morning that it's important that British troops

continue to help rebuild the country. We have paid a very high

price for the work we are doing in Afghanistan. It is important work,

because it is vital that country doesn't again become a haven for

terrorists, terrorists that can threaten us here in the UK, but

today our thoughts should be with the families and friends of those

that have suffer suffered. Britain has been at war in

Afghanistan since 2001, and in the years since then, a total of 444

British servicemen and women have lost their lives. British troops are

set to leave the country by the end of 2014, but as the BBC's defence

correspondent Jonathan Beale told us earlier, while some places like the

capital city, Kabul, are getting safer, it's not the same story in

other areas like Helmand province. There are parts of Afghanistan

though that are like the Wild West, where you have to be with soldiers

if you want to be safe. The big question of course is what will

happen when British, American soldiers leave the country? Will the

gapes be able to look after -- will the Afghans will able to look after

themselves. We'll have a full report on this

story in our later bulletin at 6.50pm, but in the meantime if you

want to read more on how the war began and why British troops are

there, head to the Newsround website.

Next, have your parents ever stopped you from going on the internet

because they think you're online too much? If they have, you're not

alone. A new survey by the website, Netmums, suggests that three

quarters of parents have given their kids limits on the amount of time

they spend looking at computer or tablet screens. It also found that,

on average, children spend two hours a day online - that's twice as long

as parents think they do! Loads of you have been in touch to

After last year's summer of sport, how many of you are still at it? A

new scheme called the Sported Academy wants more kids from tough

backgrounds to take up sports, and to stick with them. We sent Martin

to to find out how Olympic BMX legend Shanaze Reade's trying to

help young people to turn their lives around, using sport. We are

almost nine months on from the London Olympics, how many of you

guys have visited a place like this? Part of the Olympic legacy is to

make sure kids from all backgrounds are able to get into sports. That's

why BMX star Shanaze Reid is launching the Sported Academy.

used to be really shy and didn't have much confidence. I've had

problems before. Personally I think sport changed my life around.

relate to the people on the programme. I came from a

disadvantaged background. We didn't have a lot of money but I wanted to

be top of the sport. Enough being done to get individuals involved in

sport? Definitely. The legacy is starting to show. Some facilities

are taking a bit of stick and not being supported in the right way.

That's always going to happen. 2012 wasn't like the year I want wanted

regardless of the result, getting on the train, going to that Games was

something so special you would never forget as a British athlete. My

sport is about the Olympics but it is also about many other things.

There's the World Cups, the World Championships. I'm looking forward

to being as successful as I can be in every bike race that I enter.

OK last up, cute alert. Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched

on the ledge of a building belonging to Nottingham Trent University.

Experts had been worried about the effect the cold weather might have

on the eggs. Peregrine falcons are a rare species, but these parent birds

have been laying eggs on the same ledge for the last six years, and