04/05/2014 Newsround


04/05/2014

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 04/05/2014. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

It's Sunday lunchtime and you're live with me Ricky, bringing you

:00:00.:00:07.

news of the Arctic trek with a difference. Plus why this street's

:00:08.:00:15.

been taken over by a giant water slide. This is Newsround.

:00:16.:00:22.

But first, the search is on for the one baby monkey still missing from

:00:23.:00:25.

Blackpool Zoo. Five primates were stolen earlier in the week but the

:00:26.:00:29.

youngest has still not been found. Here's Jenny with more on why the

:00:30.:00:33.

missing monkey's such a concern for zoo keepers.

:00:34.:00:36.

Cotton-top tamarins are critically endangered, with only 6,000 left in

:00:37.:00:41.

the wild. Two females and a young baby were taken on Tuesday night

:00:42.:00:44.

after thieves broke into the animals' enclosure. I think it's

:00:45.:00:49.

disgusting. We haven't had any primates ever stolen from the zoo.

:00:50.:00:53.

The primates that have been taken are very endangered animals. Two

:00:54.:00:57.

male emperor tamarins were also taken. Experts say individual

:00:58.:01:01.

monkeys can fetch hundreds, even thousands of pounds, on the black

:01:02.:01:04.

market, one of the reasons why they may have been taken. These animals

:01:05.:01:09.

can be worth quite a lot of money but to us the value is not

:01:10.:01:14.

important. We just wanted our animals back to make sure they were

:01:15.:01:18.

in a good condition. Then on Friday, a breakthrough. Lancashire Police

:01:19.:01:22.

found four of the monkeys abandoned on a doorstep in West Yorkshire.

:01:23.:01:27.

When I got to Halifax police station, they were in small metal

:01:28.:01:31.

cages. They looked in good condition but obviously they did look scared.

:01:32.:01:35.

But the baby cotton-top tamarin is still missing and the zoo says being

:01:36.:01:38.

away from the environment it was born in is worrying. Obviously we're

:01:39.:01:42.

still trying to find out where the remaining animal is. That baby's not

:01:43.:01:46.

independent at the moment. It relies on its mother. Police will continue

:01:47.:01:50.

their search for the baby monkey and it's hoped he'll be returned to his

:01:51.:01:54.

family here at Blackpool Zoo very soon.

:01:55.:01:57.

Now to some sad news from Afghanistan, where people are

:01:58.:02:00.

observing a national day of mourning after a huge landslide in one area

:02:01.:02:04.

of the country. Villagers are waiting for emergency food supplies

:02:05.:02:07.

and are having to sleep in temporary tents after houses and buildings

:02:08.:02:11.

were hit by falling mud and rocks from a nearby mountain. It's not

:02:12.:02:14.

know how many people have died but many are missing.

:02:15.:02:19.

Events like this are extremely rare. But if that or anything you see in

:02:20.:02:23.

the news upsets you, there's lots of help and advice on the Newsround

:02:24.:02:26.

website. In other news, Ukraine's Prime

:02:27.:02:29.

Minister has accused Russia and its supporters of trying to start a real

:02:30.:02:33.

war in the country. It follows growing violence between Ukraine's

:02:34.:02:35.

army and pro-Russian groups for control of important buildings in

:02:36.:02:38.

several towns and cities in the East. It's all due to a split in the

:02:39.:02:42.

country between those who want neighbouring Russia to have more

:02:43.:02:46.

influence and those who want Ukraine to be closer to the EU.

:02:47.:02:50.

To a scientific experiment that will send shivers down your spine next.

:02:51.:02:54.

Twins Hugo and Ross are testing how extreme temperatures affect the body

:02:55.:02:57.

by trekking across the arctic in clothing from both the modern day

:02:58.:03:07.

and 100 years ago. Hugo Andros are identical twins.

:03:08.:03:11.

They have spent months preparing for a very different Arctic expedition.

:03:12.:03:19.

-- you go and Ross. The brothers will track 340 miles across the

:03:20.:03:23.

Greenland polar ice cap to try to raise hundreds of thousands of

:03:24.:03:26.

pounds for charity. But the experience will be very different

:03:27.:03:34.

for each of them. Hugo will be in modern protective clothing, while

:03:35.:03:39.

Ross will be in kit worn by explorers 100 years ago. The

:03:40.:03:42.

brothers decided who would wear what by flipping a coin. The experiment

:03:43.:03:49.

will allow explorers to find out if Hugo benefits from advances in

:03:50.:03:53.

modern technology and nutrition. How is Ross coping? When I stopped for

:03:54.:04:02.

ten, 15 minutes, I can slightly feel the wind through here but all I have

:04:03.:04:07.

is a very thin jumper. I have three pairs of socks and I need to know

:04:08.:04:10.

how they perform in this environment, so I have tripled up to

:04:11.:04:16.

make sure I don't get frostbite. And then a pair of trousers, mittens, a

:04:17.:04:22.

hat and a balaclava. I am very comfortable. They are being guided

:04:23.:04:27.

by the world record-holder for the longest ever unsupported polar

:04:28.:04:32.

journey in Greenland. The weather is not all that great. It is what it

:04:33.:04:39.

is! We are warm and fed and watered, so it is a great team. All going

:04:40.:04:45.

well, the trek should take 22 days. Imagine if the main street in your

:04:46.:04:49.

city centre could be turned into a giant water slide. Well, that's

:04:50.:04:52.

exactly what happened today in Bristol. A 300-foot flume has been

:04:53.:04:56.

built as part of a massive art project that's meant to make people

:04:57.:05:00.

think about seeing their city from a different perspective. Andrew Plant

:05:01.:05:06.

is there. These things are made of hay bales,

:05:07.:05:11.

covered in plastic and then there is rubber sheeting to make things as

:05:12.:05:16.

slippery as possible. The all important thing is water and then

:05:17.:05:20.

they put washing up liquid on here to make people go as quick as

:05:21.:05:25.

possible. Here comes another one! Shooting past! We are told 100,000

:05:26.:05:33.

people applied for tickets! Just imagine that! They can only give out

:05:34.:05:38.

360, so just a tiny fraction of those who want to will get a chance

:05:39.:05:43.

to do this. We are going to show you some shots with a head camera of

:05:44.:05:50.

somebody going down. When you are on there and lowdown, it does look

:05:51.:05:55.

quite quick. I want to go to Bristol but I can't! I have to be here at

:05:56.:05:58.

2pm to see you later.

:05:59.:06:00.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS