03/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.I'm Jenny, live with your Newsround update.

:00:00. > :00:11.As scientists discover fist-bumping is healthier than a handshake,

:00:12. > :00:23.And the cafe that visitors are flocking to see.

:00:24. > :00:27.Thousands of athletes and officials, from 71 nations and territories,

:00:28. > :00:29.have spent the past twelve days bringing

:00:30. > :00:34.Tonight it will all come to an end, with what will undoubtedly be

:00:35. > :00:36.a show stopping closing ceremony in Glasgow.

:00:37. > :00:41.The exact details are still a secret, but, whatever happens,

:00:42. > :00:44.it will have to go some way to beat the drama of last night.

:00:45. > :00:47.The Lightning Bolt came back to Britain to help grab gold

:00:48. > :00:52.for Jamaica, and set a new record, in a thrilling 4 by 100m relay

:00:53. > :00:57.final, before celebrating in style with a thrilled Hampden crowd.

:00:58. > :01:04.He said his victory lap took him quite a while, here's why!

:01:05. > :01:09.People wanted to take selfies. Normally it's just autographs. Now

:01:10. > :01:16.everyone wants an autohgraph so it is taking forever.

:01:17. > :01:19.But perhaps the performance of the night on the track came

:01:20. > :01:23.The 40-year-old, mum of two, fought all the way to the finish

:01:24. > :01:30.And diving sensation, Tom Daley, held

:01:31. > :01:33.on to his ten metre platform title, with this amazing performance.

:01:34. > :01:36.It?s a third commonwealth gold for the 20-year-old, after he took

:01:37. > :01:49.But despite his win, Daley says, he could have done better.

:01:50. > :02:06.And England's Nicola Adams made history by beating

:02:07. > :02:08.Northern Ireland's Michaela Walsh, becoming the first ever female

:02:09. > :02:25.I want to say thank you to everyone who turned up.

:02:26. > :02:27.With it all coming to an end tonight,

:02:28. > :02:30.we want to know what your favourite Commonwealth moment has been.

:02:31. > :02:33.Head on over to the Newsround website to let us know,

:02:34. > :02:36.and I'll read some of them out in the next bulletin.

:02:37. > :02:37.This year, August 4th marks 100 years

:02:38. > :02:42.All this week, Ricky's been bringing you stories from the frontline, the

:02:43. > :02:46.In his latest film, he's been finding out

:02:47. > :02:50.about some unusual recruits doing their bit for the war effort.

:02:51. > :02:55.Around the world, millions of men were recruited to

:02:56. > :02:58.As they travelled to the battlefields of Europe,

:02:59. > :03:01.women at home took on their jobs in factories,

:03:02. > :03:13.The British army deployed more than one million horses and mules

:03:14. > :03:17.during the conflict, their hard work shouldn't be underestimated.

:03:18. > :03:20.Many of them were used to move around artillery, general supplies,

:03:21. > :03:26.Dogs played crucial roles in the First World War.

:03:27. > :03:31.In fact, they came to be just as dependable as soldiers.

:03:32. > :03:35.Many were used to deliver vital messages, find wounded soldiers

:03:36. > :03:41.Some even helped to sniff out enemy spies.

:03:42. > :03:43.Pigeons were also used as messengers.

:03:44. > :03:46.They flew long distances quickly, delivering military orders to

:03:47. > :03:52.And one of the most bizarre creatures who came to help

:03:53. > :03:56.the soldiers, in the sometimes very dark trenches, were glow worms.

:03:57. > :03:59.They'd collect them in jars in their thousands,

:04:00. > :04:02.and then at night, when they'd glow, they were able to study maps

:04:03. > :04:09.At night, their glow is visible, even from as far away as 20 yards.

:04:10. > :04:13.Away from the frontline, even zoo animals were put to work.

:04:14. > :04:16.The government wanted to show everyone was helping out.

:04:17. > :04:20.This elephant, from Sheffield Zoo, was used to pull heavy loads,

:04:21. > :04:23.instead of the British horses that were on the battlefields of Europe.

:04:24. > :04:25.Millions of animals were relied upon by both

:04:26. > :04:31.But like the men sent to fight, the price they paid was high.

:04:32. > :04:36.8 million horses alone had died by the end of the war.

:04:37. > :04:44.But the efforts of animals in WW1 were never forgotten.

:04:45. > :04:48.A caf? in Tokyo has got bird fans flocking to enjoy a cup of tea

:04:49. > :04:53.The Owl caf? has 30 owls, for visitors to touch,

:04:54. > :04:58.It's kept dark to protect the owls' eyes.

:04:59. > :05:02.The owners take the birds home every night, to stop them getting

:05:03. > :05:05.the neighbours all a flutter with their night time hoots.

:05:06. > :05:08.And finally, you may remember last week, we told

:05:09. > :05:12.you that scientists had revealed banging fists as a greeting, is more

:05:13. > :05:17.Well, all week you've been sending in your fist bumping videos.

:05:18. > :05:22.I'm going to leave you with an epic montage of some of the best ones,