:00:10. > :00:11.Good morning and welcome to Newsround.
:00:12. > :00:18.We're taking a closer look at these things - fidget spinners!
:00:19. > :00:20.Have they been banned from your school?
:00:21. > :00:32.Well I've been looking into the toy that everyone's talking about.
:00:33. > :00:36.Fidget spinners are taking over playgrounds.
:00:37. > :00:41.The small toys have become the latest must have gadget.
:00:42. > :00:45.My spinner is a glow-in-the-dark one.
:00:46. > :00:49.You get relaxed when it spins and it's really satisfying.
:00:50. > :00:51.You can have challenges with other people
:00:52. > :00:54.and you can trade and you can customise them as well.
:00:55. > :00:56.These fidget spinners have got a rather
:00:57. > :00:59.They were originally designed to help children
:01:00. > :01:02.with certain conditions like autism deal with stress.
:01:03. > :01:04.But these little things are causing big
:01:05. > :01:12.Sometimes children, they get distracted but...
:01:13. > :01:15.And they don't concentrate on their work, they try
:01:16. > :01:18.and rush it so they can play with it and they don't produce much quality
:01:19. > :01:24.They've since been banned in a number of schools but here in
:01:25. > :01:34.Manchester, teachers are a bit more relaxed.
:01:35. > :01:36.They're happy for kids to play with them but only
:01:37. > :01:39.You can play with them at lunchtime and play
:01:40. > :01:42.time but are not allowed to play with them during class.
:01:43. > :01:44.We have them banned in class and around the school
:01:45. > :01:46.environment and you are only
:01:47. > :01:47.allowed them at break time and lunch.
:01:48. > :01:49.We are really happy to have kids enjoying
:01:50. > :01:50.the fidget spinners on
:01:51. > :01:52.the playground, we're seeing them get a lot of fun,
:01:53. > :01:57.motor skills but we have asked that they put them away as soon
:01:58. > :01:59.as they enter the building so they're not a
:02:00. > :02:01.distraction in the lessons because we found children were more
:02:02. > :02:03.interested in watching each other doing
:02:04. > :02:04.tricks than watching the
:02:05. > :02:07.But spinners only cost a couple of pounds but some websites
:02:08. > :02:10.have started to charge a lot more as the popularity increases.
:02:11. > :02:14.Online videos showing off tricks have had millions
:02:15. > :02:18.of views - until the next big thing in playground,
:02:19. > :02:21.it looks like that the fidget spinner will be around until at
:02:22. > :02:29.Go online to tell us if they've been banned at your school -
:02:30. > :02:40.Also today - some of you may have noticed your schools have been
:02:41. > :02:43.But it's NOT for the general election we've been talking about.
:02:44. > :02:45.Adults in Scotland, Wales and parts of England
:02:46. > :02:48.are voting for the politicians who look after local
:02:49. > :02:51.There are also elections for some new mayors.
:02:52. > :02:53.The UK-wide vote that'll decide on the government and prime minister
:02:54. > :02:59.There's more on the general election and how it works
:03:00. > :03:04.Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has his eyes
:03:05. > :03:07.United take on Spanish side Feltavigo, away,
:03:08. > :03:09.tonight in the first of their two semi-final matches.
:03:10. > :03:17.There's good news for them - Paul Pogba's back from injury.
:03:18. > :03:20.The Europa League winners qualify for the Champions League so it's
:03:21. > :03:34.I think it is a big achievement, many problems we have and it will
:03:35. > :03:38.allow us to be back to Champions League next season so we have to
:03:39. > :03:40.try, that's what we are going to do. This is a new space fabric
:03:41. > :03:42.that's been designed by engineers at the US
:03:43. > :03:44.space agency, NASA. It could help astronauts
:03:45. > :03:46.in the future. This is a special metallic fabric
:03:47. > :03:52.that NASA has designed to use Acting as a way to
:03:53. > :04:29.control temperatures. From space these birds look
:04:30. > :04:32.like dots and can be counted - otherwise it's hard to know how many
:04:33. > :04:36.there are as they only nest on tiny It's the first time any species
:04:37. > :04:44.on Earth has been counted That's it for now -
:04:45. > :04:52.I'm back in half an hour with more