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Hayley here, with why September's been | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Plus, you tell us what makes your grandparents great. | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
But let's start in America, where doctors have confirmed | :00:13. | :00:24. | |
the first case of the Ebola virus diagnosed on US soil. | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
A man is now being treated at a hospital in Texas having come | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
into the country from the African country of Liberia. | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
Thousands of people have been affected | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
by a big outbreak of the disease in West Africa in recent months. | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
But American health officials say they're extremely confident they can | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
stop the virus spreading any further. | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
Next to the kids doing their best impressions | :00:50. | :00:51. | |
If you're like me, you might enjoy sitting back to | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
But the programme's inspired loads of you to take up ballroom dancing, | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
The sparkly outfits, the snazzy moves and, of course, | :01:02. | :01:09. | |
Strictly Come Dancing has been waltzing its way onto | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
our TV screens since 2004 and it's still as popular as ever. | :01:15. | :01:23. | |
It is one of the few shows that is truly family viewing. There is Judy | :01:24. | :01:42. | |
It is one of the few shows that is Murray, Frankie from The Saturdays, | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
and then the grandparents like it for Len Goodman because he dresses | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
so well! You can all sit down together and enjoy it. | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
I am in the north-west of England in Blackpool, and this is a town known | :01:57. | :01:58. | |
for its ballroom dancing. And halfway through the competition, | :01:59. | :02:00. | |
this is where the Strictly celebrities will be strutting | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
their stuff. So what do these children love | :02:04. | :02:04. | |
about ballroom? I always watched it when I was | :02:05. | :02:16. | |
little and I like ballroom dancing. I like the costumes. I like to get | :02:17. | :02:25. | |
my feet moving. I like dancing with a girl. | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
I'll be honest. I don't know my foxtrot from my cha-cha-cha. Can | :02:30. | :02:31. | |
anybody help me? And I couldn't leave without | :02:32. | :02:33. | |
giving it a go myself. I've spent a couple | :02:34. | :02:35. | |
of hours here and it's really hard In other news, last month was | :02:36. | :02:50. | |
the driest September since records The Met Office, | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
who predict the weather, say there was five times less rain | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
than normal for this time of year. Next, get ready to celebrate your | :02:59. | :03:05. | |
grandparents, great grandparents, or even your great aunt or uncle, | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
because today is the International It's been marked by the | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
United Nations to recognise And you've been telling us just | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
how great your grannies are. I love my grandmother because she | :03:17. | :03:30. | |
tells me funny stories and she is the reason I am here. I love my | :03:31. | :03:38. | |
grandad because he made me laugh by making my teddy talk. I love my | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
grandmother because she always keeps me smiling. They make my favourite | :03:46. | :03:50. | |
food, which is passed, and they give me pocket money. My grandad is fully | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
interesting because he tells me stories and shows me some of his old | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
antiques. I love them because they always tell me about the history of | :04:02. | :04:04. | |
antiques. I love them because they my family. I love my grandma because | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
she gives me lots of pocket money and she is really kind | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
she gives me lots of pocket money and she tells really funny jokes and | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
sometimes they don't even make sense! | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
And you can let us know what makes your grandparents great | :04:20. | :04:21. | |
by heading to the Newsround website now to get involved. | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
Finally, how do you learn a new skill? | :04:25. | :04:26. | |
Well, that's the technique scientist have found being used by a group | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
Researchers noticed one of the chimps in the group making | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
a new type of sponge from moss rather than leaves. | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
The other chimps watched what happened then copied the process. | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
The scientists say this is the first clear evidence of wild | :04:44. | :04:51. | |
Newsround's back right here in about half an hour. | :04:52. | :04:57. |