01/08/2016

Download Subtitles

Transcript

:00:08. > :00:10.Hi, I'm Leah with the news you need to know this Monday morning.

:00:11. > :00:14.Find out which world record these climbers are trying to break.

:00:15. > :00:24.And the runaway lynx that's returned home.

:00:25. > :00:26.First - children's writer and illustrator Liz Pichon has

:00:27. > :00:29.created a new tapestry to mark 950 years since the Battle of Hastings,

:00:30. > :00:35.one of the most important events in English history.

:00:36. > :00:38.Kids have helped her choose ten big moments to illustrate.

:00:39. > :00:42.BBC reporter Holly Hamilton is with the artwork in the town

:00:43. > :00:58.Imagine having to come up with the top ten events

:00:59. > :01:02.Not easy but the schoolchildren have managed to do it and it's

:01:03. > :01:13.We are here in the Abbey taking a look at this tapestry,

:01:14. > :01:15.which has had a bit of a 21st-century tilt,

:01:16. > :01:27.Queen Victoria's Coronation, looking fabulous. This is the brainchild of

:01:28. > :01:33.a fantastic well-known author, how did you come up with this idea?

:01:34. > :01:37.English Heritage asked me if I would redo a modern version and it was the

:01:38. > :01:43.children came up with the ideas. They picked the moments in history

:01:44. > :01:49.so it was my job to turn it into a kind of Bayeux tapestry but we will

:01:50. > :01:53.have a more modern twist in it. They particularly asked me because they

:01:54. > :02:00.wanted me to do it in a style like the Tom Gates books. Which a lot of

:02:01. > :02:07.children will recognise. Yes because the characters have been hidden

:02:08. > :02:14.throughout there, particularly this season, VE Day marking the end of

:02:15. > :02:16.the Second World War. And there is a special character.

:02:17. > :02:19.It's just four days to go until the Rio Olympic Games kick off

:02:20. > :02:21.in Brazil, but four years ago it was all about

:02:22. > :02:26.That was a great games for Team GB, when we won 65 medals.

:02:27. > :02:27.There were plenty other memorable moments too.

:02:28. > :02:31.It's nearly four years now since the Olympics came to London

:02:32. > :02:38.The big star heading into the Games was Mr Usain Bolt.

:02:39. > :02:41.The pressure was on him to deliver on the track, and he certainly

:02:42. > :02:52.Team GB cyclists were favourites going into the Games and they

:02:53. > :02:59.Sir Bradley Wiggins stormed to victory in the time trial,

:03:00. > :03:02.the team winning another 11 medals including a record sixth gold

:03:03. > :03:11.The swimming pool also saw records broken -

:03:12. > :03:13.American Michael Phelps became the most successful Olympian

:03:14. > :03:22.Team GB's defining moment came on the day now forever

:03:23. > :03:29.Greg Rutherford is the Olympic champion!

:03:30. > :03:35.Jessica Ennis, the best all-round athlete in the world.

:03:36. > :03:42.Mo Farah for Great Britain, it's gold!

:03:43. > :03:47.Others came into the Olympics with a point to prove after narrowly

:03:48. > :03:50.missing out on gold in her three previous Olympics, finally

:03:51. > :03:52.tears of joy for rower Katherine Grainger.

:03:53. > :03:54.At long, long last, Katherine Grainger is

:03:55. > :04:01.Over in tennis, Britain's Andy Murray got revenge on Roger Federer

:04:02. > :04:06.just weeks after losing to him at Wimbledon.

:04:07. > :04:10.London 2012 was a ground-breaking Games for women.

:04:11. > :04:12.Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei sent athletes to the Olympics

:04:13. > :04:17.for the first time ever, and in boxing women were finally

:04:18. > :04:19.allowed to compete in the ring, with Team GB's Nicola Adams

:04:20. > :04:28.Nicola Adams of Great Britain has just made sporting history!

:04:29. > :04:30.And the Brownlee brothers, Alistair and Jonathan, picked up

:04:31. > :04:37.Although not everything went to plan...

:04:38. > :04:44...it was an incredible fortnight of sport and will certainly

:04:45. > :04:55.Now take a look at the human-inspired Olympic rings created

:04:56. > :05:00.by 150 climbers in Brazil's Sao Paulo.

:05:01. > :05:02.With climbing rope and coloured clothes, the group formed

:05:03. > :05:05.the floating human Olympic rings, 98 feet above the ground

:05:06. > :05:11.They're hoping to break the world record for the largest ever

:05:12. > :05:18.And finally a lynx that escaped Dartmoor Zoo three weeks ago has

:05:19. > :05:23.There was a big search operation to find him including a police

:05:24. > :05:24.helicopter, a drone and heat-sensing cameras.

:05:25. > :05:35.Benjamin Mee, the zoo's owner, is delighted the big cat is back.

:05:36. > :05:37.I'm hugely relieved now that Flaviu is back.

:05:38. > :05:42.It has been such an ongoing concern, and I'm very relieved also

:05:43. > :05:47.that he's safe and caused minimal damage on the outside world.

:05:48. > :05:51.Newsround is back on CBBC at 4:20pm with Ayshah.

:05:52. > :05:55.Have a great day, whatever you're up to. Bye.