02/05/2016

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:00:00. > :00:09.Good morning this Bank Holiday Monday,

:00:10. > :00:12.you're live with me, Leah.

:00:13. > :00:15.Here's just two of today's top stories coming up: What world record

:00:16. > :00:34.And good lawn mower racing become the nation's favourite sport?

:00:35. > :00:37.More than 100 tonnes of elephant tusks

:00:38. > :00:39.have been set on fire in the east African

:00:40. > :00:42.A big meeting's been taking place there to talk about

:00:43. > :00:45.Thousands of elephants in Africa are illegally hunted

:00:46. > :00:49.Kenya wants to show it's doing something about it,

:00:50. > :00:51.although some people think it could make the problem worse.

:00:52. > :00:53.The BBC's Anne Soy sent this report for Newsround.

:00:54. > :00:55.The big fire behind me is ivory burning.

:00:56. > :01:00.Every elephant has two tusks, but there are people

:01:01. > :01:04.who like to kill them just so that they can get these tusks

:01:05. > :01:07.and transport them all the way to Asia where they are very valuable

:01:08. > :01:11.because they are used to make statues and jewellery.

:01:12. > :01:14.But then, Kenya are trying to tell the world that it is not

:01:15. > :01:20.It is more important to keep them alive because then people can come

:01:21. > :01:23.into the country and go to the parks and see them.

:01:24. > :01:28.So they have come to burn this ivory so that they can tell the poachers

:01:29. > :01:31.that we are very serious, we are coming after you and we will

:01:32. > :01:34.arrest you if you continue killing the elephants.

:01:35. > :01:37.They think that if nothing is done to stop the poachers,

:01:38. > :01:41.in about ten years there will not be any elephants left in Africa,

:01:42. > :01:49.and so it is very important for them to stop the poachers.

:01:50. > :01:53.Well, it's not only elephants that are hunted by poachers.

:01:54. > :01:55.Rhino are being pushed to the brink of extinction too.

:01:56. > :02:00.We've made a special film about the situation in South Africa.

:02:01. > :02:04.Here's your first look at Defending The Rhino.

:02:05. > :02:10.South Africa - one of the most spectacular places on the planet.

:02:11. > :02:14.I'm travelling hundreds of miles across the country which is home

:02:15. > :02:18.to some of the world's most magnificent creatures.

:02:19. > :02:22.But these animals are facing a fight, and at the moment,

:02:23. > :02:30.I'll meet the people putting their lives in danger

:02:31. > :02:33.to protect Africa's wildlife, before it's too late.

:02:34. > :02:46.And try and track down two rhino that are lucky to be alive.

:02:47. > :02:49.Sport now, and Leicester City's hopes of celebrating their first

:02:50. > :02:54.ever English Premier League title have been put on hold this weekend,

:02:55. > :02:56.thanks to a one-all draw with Manchester United

:02:57. > :03:01.Wes Morgan scoring Leicester's equaliser there.

:03:02. > :03:03.They will win the league if Tottenham can't

:03:04. > :03:09.Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri won't be watching the match though -

:03:10. > :03:13.he'll be in Italy visiting his 96-year-old Mum.

:03:14. > :03:17.No, because I'm flying back from Italy.

:03:18. > :03:22.It is a derby, and the derby is very, very tough.

:03:23. > :03:25.I know, I was Chelsea manager and I know for Chelsea the true

:03:26. > :03:35.So that's what the boss thinks, but what about the fans?

:03:36. > :03:38.Martin went to Sunday's match to hear from some very

:03:39. > :03:41.This was a massive weekend for Leicester City fans.

:03:42. > :03:45.They were coming here to play Manchester United at Old Trafford,

:03:46. > :03:47.and a win would have seen the club win its first

:03:48. > :03:54.It ended in a 1-1 draw, so let's find out what the fans

:03:55. > :03:59.When Manchester United scored, I was like, "we are all done for."

:04:00. > :04:04.And then a couple of minutes later, Leicester City scored.

:04:05. > :04:06.I kind of did a couple of fist bumps.

:04:07. > :04:08.When Leicester scored it was very loud.

:04:09. > :04:13.At the start of the second half, it was great, because Leicester

:04:14. > :04:16.opened up and they did lots and lots of shots,

:04:17. > :04:18.and that was way more better than the first half.

:04:19. > :04:21.I feel good about the draw because it is Man Utd

:04:22. > :04:28.It is a good result cos we still have two matches to go to get it.

:04:29. > :04:30.I think Leicester is definitely going to win the league.

:04:31. > :04:34.We're definitely going to win the trophy.

:04:35. > :04:38.And in cycling, France's Thomas Voeckler claimed victory in the Tour

:04:39. > :04:41.de Yorkshire after winning the third and final stage at Scarborough.

:04:42. > :04:44.Around 2 million people are thought to have come out to support the race

:04:45. > :04:55.And forget other sports for a minute, this weekend it's

:04:56. > :04:56.all about the British Lawnmower Championships.

:04:57. > :04:58.The season kicked off with some intense racing.

:04:59. > :05:01.For safety all the blades are removed from the mowers

:05:02. > :05:10.Next, Princess Charlotte is celebrating her

:05:11. > :05:16.To celebrate, four photos of the royal cutie taken by her mum,

:05:17. > :05:18.the Duchess of Cambridge, have been released.

:05:19. > :05:24.The four photographs were all taken at their home in Norfolk last month

:05:25. > :05:30.So we want to know what you're doing with your extra day.

:05:31. > :05:32.Head online to Newsround and send in your photos and videos

:05:33. > :05:36.And last up, one for all you music lovers out there.

:05:37. > :05:38.Thousands of guitarists have set a new Guinness World

:05:39. > :05:44."Hey Joe", a song by legendary guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix,

:05:45. > :05:51.was played by 7,356 of them at the same time in Wroclaw Square

:05:52. > :05:53.That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.