01/08/2016 Newsround

Good afternoon.

It's Monday and you're live with me.

Keep watching for some of this:

The tower blocks in Blackpool going down.

And the climbers in Brazil staying up for a new world record.

First, the author behind the Tom Gates series, Liz Pichon,

has created an artwork called a tapestry, to mark 950 years

since the Battle of Hastings - one of the most important events

in English history.

Kids have helped her choose the big historic moments on the canvas.

It's meant to be a modern-day version of the famous

Bayeux Tapestry, which tells the story of William the Conqueror

and the Norman invasion of England.

The children came up with all the ideas.

They are the ones that picked all the moments in history,

and so it was my job to try and turn it into kind of

like a sort of Bayeux Tapestry.

But obviously we were going to have a bit more

of a modern twist to it.

They particularly asked me because they wanted me

to do it in a style a bit like the Tom Gates books.

I have actually hidden in a few characters from Tom Gates.

I also like particularly this scene, the V Day scene, which marks

the end of the Second World War.

I thought it would be quite fun because my dad was an RAF pilot.

I've stuck him in - that's him with his little moustache.

It's just four days to go until the Rio Olympic Games kick off

in Brazil, but four years ago it was all about

the London 2012 Olympics.

Team GB won a massive 65 medals and there were loads of other

memorable moments too.

Ricky's been taking a look back.

It's nearly four years now since the Olympics came to London

and what a Games it was.

The big star heading into the Games was Mr Usain Bolt.

The pressure was on him to deliver on the track, and he certainly

rose to the challenge.

He's pulling away!

He's going to win the gold!

9.64.

Team GB cyclists were favourites going into the Games and they

certainly didn't disappoint.

Here comes Wiggins now!

Sir Bradley Wiggins stormed to victory in the time trial,

the team winning another 11 medals, including a record sixth gold

for Sir Chris Hoy.

The swimming pool also saw records broken -

American Michael Phelps became the most successful Olympian

of all time in London.

He finishes right on top.

Team GB's defining moment came on the day now forever

remembered as Super Saturday.

Greg Rutherford is the Olympic champion!

Jessica Ennis, the best all-round athlete in the world.

Mo Farah for Great Britain, it's gold!

Others came into the Olympics with a point to prove.

After narrowly missing out on gold in her three previous Olympics,

finally tears of joy for rower Katherine Grainger.

At long, long last, Katherine Grainger is

the Olympic champion.

Over in tennis, Britain's Andy Murray got revenge on Roger Federer

just weeks after losing to him at Wimbledon.

London 2012 was a ground-breaking Games for women.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei sent athletes to the Olympics

for the first time ever, and in boxing women were finally

allowed to compete in the ring, with Team GB's Nicola Adams

bursting onto the scene.

Nicola Adams of Great Britain has just made sporting history!

And the Brownlee brothers, Alistair and Jonathan, picked up

gold and bronze in the triathlon.

Although not everything went to plan...

Oh, here you go, the first calamity.

..it was an incredible fortnight of sport and will certainly

take some beating.

Over to you, Rio.

This group of 150 climbers in Brazil have been getting

into the Olympic mood, by using rope and coloured clothes

to form the floating Olympic rings off a bridge

in the city of Sao Paulo.

They're hoping to break the world record for the largest

formation of its kind.

And while they were trying to stay up, back in the UK,

these tower blocks in Blackpool are about to go down.

There they go.

They were demolished yesterday in a series

of controlled explosions.

They were first built in the 1960s, but now new homes will be put

in its place by 2018.

And it's been a good weekend for Harry Potter fans

after the Cursed Child script was finally released.

If you've read it, then we want to hear

what you think of the new story.

Film yourself doing a review and go to Newsround online to

find out how to send it in!

That's it for now.

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