02/05/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.overtake the north-east club. Don't forget to watch this week's

:00:00. > :00:00.Kickabout for we spoke to Conor McNamara.

:00:07. > :00:08.Good morning this Bank Holiday Monday,

:00:09. > :00:12.Here's just two of today's top stories coming up:

:00:13. > :00:15.What world record have these rockers broken?

:00:16. > :00:32.Why the country of Kenya is going to extreme lengths to stop poaching.

:00:33. > :00:34.But first, Leicester City's hopes of celebrating their first ever

:00:35. > :00:37.English Premier League title have been put on hold this weekend,

:00:38. > :00:39.thanks to a one-all draw with Manchester United

:00:40. > :00:45.But Leicester could win the trophy if title rivals Tottenham lose

:00:46. > :00:49.or draw against Chelsea tonight at Stamford Bridge.

:00:50. > :00:52.Martin went to that Man United-Leicester match on Sunday

:00:53. > :00:59.This was a massive weekend for Leicester City fans.

:01:00. > :01:02.They were coming here to play Manchester United at Old Trafford,

:01:03. > :01:04.and a win would have seen the club win its first

:01:05. > :01:11.It ended in a 1-1 draw, so let's find out what the fans

:01:12. > :01:15.When Manchester United scored, I was like, "we are all done for."

:01:16. > :01:20.And then a couple of minutes later, Leicester City scored.

:01:21. > :01:22.I kind of did a couple of fist bumps.

:01:23. > :01:26.When Leicester scored it was very loud.

:01:27. > :01:31.At the start of the second half, it was great, because Leicester

:01:32. > :01:33.opened up and they did lots and lots of shots,

:01:34. > :01:36.and that was way more better than the first half.

:01:37. > :01:38.I feel good about the draw because it is Man Utd

:01:39. > :01:45.It is a good result cos we still have two matches to go to get it.

:01:46. > :01:47.I think Leicester is definitely going to win the league.

:01:48. > :01:50.We're definitely going to win the trophy.

:01:51. > :01:55.And in cycling, France's Thomas Voeckler claimed victory in the Tour

:01:56. > :01:58.de Yorkshire after winning the third and final stage at Scarborough.

:01:59. > :02:02.Around 2 million people are thought to have come out to support the race

:02:03. > :02:05.These striking pictures show more than 100 tonnes of elephant tusks

:02:06. > :02:08.that have been set on fire in the east African

:02:09. > :02:16.A big meeting's been taking place there to talk about

:02:17. > :02:22.are illegally hunted for their ivory every year.

:02:23. > :02:24.Kenya wants to show it's doing something about it,

:02:25. > :02:27.although some people think it could make the problem worse.

:02:28. > :02:29.The BBC's Anne Soy sent this report for Newsround.

:02:30. > :02:31.The big fire behind me is ivory burning.

:02:32. > :02:37.Every elephant has two tusks, but there are people

:02:38. > :02:40.who like to kill them just so that they can get these tusks

:02:41. > :02:43.and transport them all the way to Asia where they are very valuable

:02:44. > :02:45.because they are used to make statues and jewellery.

:02:46. > :02:48.But then, Kenya are trying to tell the world that it is not

:02:49. > :02:53.It is more important to keep them alive because then people can come

:02:54. > :02:57.into the country and go to the parks and see them.

:02:58. > :03:00.So they have come to burn this ivory so that they can tell the poachers

:03:01. > :03:06.that we are very serious, we are coming after you and we will

:03:07. > :03:10.arrest you if you continue killing the elephants.

:03:11. > :03:15.They think that if nothing is done to stop the poachers,

:03:16. > :03:21.in about ten years there will not be any elephants left in Africa,

:03:22. > :03:29.and so it is very important for them to stop the poachers.

:03:30. > :03:32.Well, it's not only elephants that are hunted by poachers.

:03:33. > :03:35.Rhino are being pushed to the brink of extinction too.

:03:36. > :03:37.We've made a special film about the situation in South Africa.

:03:38. > :03:41.Here's your first look at Defending the Rhino.

:03:42. > :03:44.South Africa - one of the most spectacular places on the planet.

:03:45. > :03:55.I'm travelling hundreds of miles across the country which is home

:03:56. > :03:57.to some of the world's most magnificent creatures.

:03:58. > :04:04.But these animals are facing a fight, and at the moment,

:04:05. > :04:10.I'll meet the people putting their lives in danger

:04:11. > :04:13.to protect Africa's wildlife, before it's too late.

:04:14. > :04:26.And try and track down two rhino that are lucky to be alive.

:04:27. > :04:30.F1 was the sport of choice for many people over the weekend

:04:31. > :04:32.but for some it's lawnmowers - yep the British lawnmower

:04:33. > :04:35.racing season kicked off with some intense racing.

:04:36. > :04:37.For safety all the blades are removed from the mowers

:04:38. > :04:48.The season runs from May to October and races continue today.

:04:49. > :04:52."Hey Joe", a song by legendary guitarist

:04:53. > :04:54.and singer Jimi Hendrix, was played by 7,356 of them

:04:55. > :04:57.at the same time in Wroclaw Square in the south of the country.

:04:58. > :04:59.That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.