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Afternoon all, thanks for stopping by. Ricky and Hayley here with the | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
latest from Newsround. Coming up this Thursday... See what it takes | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
to make big bucks while you're still in school. And take a look at | :00:35. | :00:40. | |
the world's most expensive fish. But first, we've been talking about | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
it all week, the wild weather sweeping across the UK. This week's | :00:45. | :00:51. | |
storms have left a trail of destruction. Two people have died | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
and thousands of families have had their gas and electricity supplies | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
cut off. Trees have blown down and buildings have been damaged. Today | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
I've been taking a look at how the weather's kept the nation gripped. | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
Battered and bruised. There's not many places in Britain that have | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
escaped this week's storms. In Scotland wind speeds hit 100mph. | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
The Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh closed after it began to | :01:10. | :01:20. | |
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sway. But right across the country the weather has been wreaking havoc. | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
Traffic lights are out, shops are shuttered, businesses are having to | :01:30. | :01:40. | |
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cancel bookings. In England thousands of homes across the East | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
and West Midland lost power too. Over in Wales the River Dee burst | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
its banks and flooded. And in Norfolk a school closed after the | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
bad weather caused damage to the roof. Engineers have been out | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
trying to fix power lines but thousands of people are still stuck | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
without electricity, that means no heating, no TV and no hot water. | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
You switch on a kettle and have nothing, no electricity. It is | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
awful. The clean up has now begun but there's a lot of work to be | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
done. The winds have caused much damage, many trees have been torn | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
down by the force of the weather. Forecasters say things will improve | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
and by the end of the night the wind should ease away. Fingers | :02:16. | :02:23. | |
crossed! Indeed! I am sick of it. We have some comments from you | :02:23. | :02:33. | |
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A thanks for those. Next, to a new bread of cunning canine! Rescue | :02:50. | :02:52. | |
dogs can be vital in finding people after earthquakes and other | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
disasters and now they've had a high-tech makeover. This guy's been | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
fitted with the latest in wireless camera technology so humans can get | :02:58. | :03:05. | |
a dog's eye view of places they can't reach. Not only that, the | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
device even includes a two way communication system so rescuers | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
can speak to whoever's been trapped... Amazing. Now when you | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
think of pirates you probably think of the likes of Jack Sparrow and | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
Captain Hook. But modern day piracy is a really serious problem in some | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
parts of the world. So much so that today a group of politicians is | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
asking the government to clear up rules about what people attacked by | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
pirate ships can do to defend themselves. Watch out for flashes | :03:28. | :03:38. | |
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in this report. Wild outfits, treasure maps and walking the plank. | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
That's Horrible Histories' take on old school pirates from the 1700s. | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
But now the real threat is here, off the coast of Somalia where 90% | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
of hijackings took place in 2010. Organised gangs attack ships and | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
hold people hostage, demanding cash for their safe release. And with an | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
average ransom demand of �5 million, it's a serious business. The piracy | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
problem is so big that back in October The Prime Minister himself | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
gave permission for ships to have guards equipped with guns on board | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
for protection. But the people who run the ships say it's not clear | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
how far they can go. And a report out today by a group of politicians | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
says there should be clearer rules on how much force ships can | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
actually use, including whether they can shoot pirate ships down. | :04:17. | :04:23. | |
But not everyone thinks having guns on board is a good idea. This | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
couple were held hostage by Somali pirates for a year back in 2009 but | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
they say bringing guns back to the high seas won't work. The decision | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
to allow ships to carry arms is a step back towards the 17th century | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
where it was a requirement for merchant vessels to be armed. It is | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
an admission of failure by national and international government. | :04:46. | :04:55. | |
people agree. They say unless more countries join Britain in trying to | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
do something about it the problem of piracy will only get worse. | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
some right royal news about your future Queen. Prince William's | :05:01. | :05:03. | |
other half Kate Middleton has announced what she'll be doing with | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
her time in the next few months. The Duchess of Cambridge has chosen | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
four organisations to be patron of. They include one that works with | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
the National Portrait Gallery and a children's hospice. She'll also do | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
volunteer work for the Scouts. how would you like a bit of extra | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
pocket money in your purse in 2012? Well, what would you do if I told | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
you, you can get it? And not just by butttering up your Mum and Dad! | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
Joe's been meeting some kids who are turning pennies into pounds, | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
all while they're still at school. Business isn't always about grown | :05:32. | :05:40. | |
ups in posh suits and shiny shoes. All over the UK there are kids | :05:40. | :05:49. | |
starting their own businesses right now. Emily's kept chickens since | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
she was four but last summer she had more eggs than her family could | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
eat, so she hatched a plan to get some extra pocket money. We're | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
getting about �15 a month. In the summer when the hens are laying | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
more eggs we should get a bit more, maybe �20. We want to try to get | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
some more hens so we should get lots more hopefully. Emily's just | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
won a local business award but it hasn't always been an easy run. | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
found all our hens had been got by a fox but we got some more so I'm | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
happy now. Emily's business relies on good farming, being a good | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
salesman, and also lots of these. We're about to meet someone who | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
makes his money from lots of these. Computer whizz George is one of the | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
youngerst people in the world to invent a smartphone app. Like Emily | :06:29. | :06:35. | |
he started when he was just 11. His free app has already been | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
downloaded all over the world, but his aim is to start selling it for | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
69p a go. As soon as you load it up, you just get a blank screen, then | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
if you pick it up, it's like nice and simple but it can be quite | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
effective. Does this cost money? my dad paid for it, as long as I | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
pay it back because I can make money from it. Emily and George are | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
examples of kids getting stuck in early. And some business people | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
think it's kids like these who are going to help make money for | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
Britain. At this age many people say you're at your most innovative, | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
you're coming up with fresh ideas which counts for a lot. It may be a | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
hard slog but when whizzkids like Emily and George see the results, | :07:18. | :07:24. | |
they say it's a good feeling. can't describe it. It's just a | :07:24. | :07:30. | |
fantastic feeling. I used to try to sell chocolate bars to the people | :07:30. | :07:38. | |
who worked with my parents. Good entrepreneur! Fat fish news now and | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
I'm not sure how much your local chip shop charges for a piece but I | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
bet it's not as expensive as this bluefin tuna. This fish has just | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
been sold for three quarters of a million dollars in Tokyo. It's | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
known for making the finest sushi in the world and it's so expensive | :07:52. | :07:56. |