0:00:05 > 0:00:06Hi, I'm Ricky.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Coming up on Newsround...
0:00:08 > 0:00:14The guys taking advantage of flooding in Paris.
0:00:14 > 0:00:21And the kangaroo and the pillowcase.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Some big supermarkets in the UK are promising to do more to help cut
0:00:29 > 0:00:33the amount of plastic we use and throw away, but they haven't
0:00:33 > 0:00:34met these two yet!
0:00:34 > 0:00:39They're determined to make sure food stores change their ways.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Hi, I'm Amy.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42And I'm Ella.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And we're here today on a bit of a mission.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Every year, UK supermarkets use a million tonnes of plastic.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51And all that plastic is seriously harming our planet.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53We want them to make a change.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Iceland is one of the big UK supermarkets.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00They say they want to cut the amount of plastic that they use.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02So we've come to grill one of their bosses to see
0:01:02 > 0:01:04if they are doing enough.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06We know that wasting plastic is really bad,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09so why do you use so much of it in your shops?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Because that's what we've been used to for the last 30 years,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14we've been using plastics all the time.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16It's not right, now, but it's just something that we used,
0:01:16 > 0:01:20moving away from traditional materials like paper and board.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23See, the reason we are so passionate about this is because plastic,
0:01:23 > 0:01:28when it's thrown away, is really harmful to the planet.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30It doesn't rot like paper or food.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33So we end up with mountains of the stuff.
0:01:33 > 0:01:40Animals get trapped in it, it is eaten by fish in our seas.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43And if it's the sort of plastic that can't be recycled,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45it means making more and more of it.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Supermarkets are making some changes, though, like trying to make
0:01:47 > 0:01:49more packaging recyclable.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Iceland say that in five years, all of its own products
0:01:51 > 0:01:53will be plastic free.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Five years is quite a long time.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Now, by that point we'll be around 17 and 19 years old.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00So why aren't you doing it now?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Why is it taking this long?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Because the materials are just not available.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05We'd love to do it now.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08So if we go in and say "Right, we're changing direction and we're
0:02:08 > 0:02:10going to another material" and that's more expensive,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13we don't think the consumer is going to pay for that.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16If it's only your products that are going to become plastic free,
0:02:16 > 0:02:17what about everything else?
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Are your shops still going to be completely full of plastic?
0:02:21 > 0:02:23We're trying to get rid of all plastic.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26We're going to push the other brands that you see around the store,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28we're going to push everybody to do it.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Plastic has been a problem for years, so why is the change only
0:02:32 > 0:02:33starting to happen now?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Blue Planet came along, we all watched it and we were
0:02:36 > 0:02:37shattered, weren't we?
0:02:37 > 0:02:38We're killing sea turtles, we're killing seals.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Yes, we were on it.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42We were already looking at things, we were already changing things,
0:02:42 > 0:02:46but when Blue Planet came on, I think everyone was aware than that
0:02:46 > 0:02:48we've got a problem.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Thank you very much.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Well, it was great to hear what Ian had to say,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55and to hear about all the changes that Iceland are making.
0:02:55 > 0:03:01It just seems to lack that sense of important urgency.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Yeah, Ian said some good stuff but I just can't
0:03:03 > 0:03:06imagine a place like this being completely plastic free.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08So there's still a lot of steps that Iceland and other
0:03:08 > 0:03:10supermarkets need to take.
0:03:10 > 0:03:16I just wish it could happen sooner.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21It's a hundred years since a massive change in the law
0:03:21 > 0:03:23meant some women were allowed to vote in this country
0:03:23 > 0:03:24for the very first time.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30And that was made possible by a few superheroes...
0:03:39 > 0:03:42These are two superheroes with two very different superpowers, both
0:03:42 > 0:03:45battling a grave injustice.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47The story starts way back in 1897...
0:03:47 > 0:03:48I say!
0:03:48 > 0:03:52..when the only people allowed to vote for their MPs in the UK were
0:03:52 > 0:03:57rich men and no women at all.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Marvellous Millicent was angry about it.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04She set up a league of heroes known as the suffragists.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06They campaigned for women to get the votes and
0:04:06 > 0:04:07tried to get support from
0:04:07 > 0:04:10men in Parliament.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12But for Amazing Emmeline, this wasn't enough.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15She started a different group of heroes called the suffragettes in
0:04:15 > 0:04:181903.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22They felt that they had to go much further to bring about change.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24They chained themselves to railings, set buildings
0:04:24 > 0:04:27on fire and attacked a
0:04:27 > 0:04:32policeman.
0:04:32 > 0:04:33-- attacked policeman.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Not everyone liked the suffragettes because of their
0:04:35 > 0:04:36tactics.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40But they definitely made an impact.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45And then in 1914, a great darkness fell upon the planet and World War I
0:04:45 > 0:04:49broke out. That meant that women took the place of men in lots of
0:04:49 > 0:04:53really important jobs, while the men fought on the battlefield. And
0:04:53 > 0:04:57because women made a huge difference to winning the war, it became
0:04:57 > 0:05:03impossible to keep ignoring Tim Anstee give them the votes. So in
0:05:03 > 0:05:081918, the rules were changed. All adult men were allowed to votes, and
0:05:08 > 0:05:16for the first time, some women. It would be
0:05:16 > 0:05:18would be another ten years before all women could vote, but I was
0:05:18 > 0:05:20superheroes played a huge part in creating a future where men and
0:05:20 > 0:05:23women could have an equal vote.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Earlier in the week, we told you about France's heaviest
0:05:25 > 0:05:28rainfall in 50 years which flooded parts of Paris, with some
0:05:28 > 0:05:30places still underwater.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34But while the floods have been a bit of a nightmare for some -
0:05:34 > 0:05:36these wakeboarders took the chance to practice in the streets just
0:05:36 > 0:05:41outside their house in the capital.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43This little kangaroo is taking his very first hops.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Bradley has been taking the internet by storm.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48The cute little guy is an orphan, so he's being looked
0:05:48 > 0:05:50after at the Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs, Australia.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53When he gets tired he jumps into a pillowcase that's standing
0:05:53 > 0:05:57in for his mum's pouch.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00That's all from us.