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It's Wednesday 4th of June and you are with Newsround. | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
I am Ricky with some of this on the way. | :00:08. | :00:16. | |
Coming up, the moment this wedding party took an unexpected dip, and | :00:17. | :00:23. | |
take a look inside my brain. This is newsround. First, the brand-new | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
technology that is hoped will save many cyclists lives. The new | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
technology tells bus drivers when a cyclist is nearby, even if they | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
cannot see them. There is a radar and camera on the left side of the | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
bus, which picks up the cyclists. Then the computer recognises that it | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
is definitely a bike and sends a warning. It is hoped the technology | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
will reduce the number of cyclists killed or injured on the roads. It | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
is being tried out in Bristol and London. This is the first test of | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
its kind in the UK, out on the streets, testing the technology in | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
anger, where it is hoped it will really make a difference. Next, it | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
is a big day for the Queen as she sets out what the government wants | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
to do this year in a special speech when she opens Parliament. There are | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
plants to introduce charges for plastic shopping bags in England | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
with the money raised going to charity. They're going to change the | :01:17. | :01:23. | |
rules on how much money all the people get when they finish work. It | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
is a big moment for the government and a very grand occasion. For an | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
example of how grand, look at this swanky new coach that the Queen will | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
use to travel to Westminster. It is called the Diamond Jubilee coach, | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
only the second state coach to be built in more than 100 years. It | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
took ten years to complete. A new type of flying ambulance which | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
does not need a pilot is being tested in Israel. The robot could be | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
used to rescue injured people from battlefields. It does not need | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
anyone to drive it, so it would be able to fly into places too | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
dangerous for people. It could also be used to take supplies to remote | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
areas. A new terminal has opened at the | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
UK's busiest airport. Terminal two at Heathrow cost ?2.5 billion to | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
build and replaces the first passenger building opened by the | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
Queen in 1955. The first flights to arrive at the new terminal landed at | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
6am this morning from Chicago. Next, brainpower. Have you ever | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
revised for a test only to forget everything in the exam? Researchers | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
say that brain training could be the answer to improving your memory and | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
doing better with schoolwork. I have been finding out more. | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
Our brains are incredible but complex organs, | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
controlling the function of our bodies, storing our learning | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
Tell us more about the brain and how it works? | :02:47. | :03:04. | |
This is the front of your brain, where short-term memory is | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
Short-term memory is the kind of memory used when you are sitting | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
in the classroom and the teacher is telling you something | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
new that you have not heard before and you have to learn it. | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
Long-term memory is processed in the hippocampus, | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
a structure here responsible for storing all the memories that | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
We all have different memory abilities. | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
Short-term memory improves up until the age of 14 and after 30, | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
Scientists say that brain training can improve short-term memory | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
These kids are trying to improve their brainpower, logged on to | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
a series of laptops with a special brain training exercise on it. | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
The higher the score, the better their memory. | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
The programme works by asking you to remember different | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
types of information, getting harder and harder the longer you train. | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
Researchers say they have been impressed by the results. | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
We are seeing that when the children work hard | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
on these exercises, we are able to improve their short-term memories. | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
I can recall instructions easier, and I know what the teacher has | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
Although there are still lots of things we do not know | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
about the brain and how memory works, in future, kids across | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
the country could be taking part in brain training classes like this. | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
And for more on this story, go to the newsround website. | :04:36. | :04:45. | |
At weddings, everyone put on their best clothes, especially because | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
they want to look good in the photos. But the photos went wrong | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
for this couple in Minnesota, who had a nasty surprise when they were | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
posing. Three lucky bridesmaids escaped, | :04:59. | :05:01. |