:00:00. > :00:00.Hello again. Leah here with all the latest from Newsround this Monday
:00:00. > :00:07.morning. Coming up.
:00:08. > :00:11.As the world's biggest footy tournament kicks off in just a few
:00:12. > :00:14.weeks' time, we find out what the hot Brazilian conditions could mean
:00:15. > :00:17.for players. And, you've been telling us if
:00:18. > :00:21.shorter summer school holidays are the way forward or a terrible idea!
:00:22. > :00:30.This is Newsround. First to Tokyo in Japan, where a
:00:31. > :00:40.strong earthquake has hit the city overnight.
:00:41. > :00:45.The British tennis number one Laura Robson has paid tribute to her
:00:46. > :00:49.friend and team-mate Elena Baltacha, who has died overnight at the age of
:00:50. > :00:52.30 from liver cancer. Baltacha was herself the British number one for
:00:53. > :00:56.three years and played for Team GB at the London Olympics in 2012, as
:00:57. > :00:59.well as thrilling the Wimbledon crowds. She had a career troubled by
:01:00. > :01:01.illness and retired earlier this year.
:01:02. > :01:07.And if anything in the news upsets you, don't forget our website has
:01:08. > :01:10.help and advice for you. Next, could your six-week summer
:01:11. > :01:13.holiday be scrapped? Well, head teachers at schools across England
:01:14. > :01:17.are considering spreading the summer break more evenly through the year.
:01:18. > :01:19.It's part of a set of new ideas on education being discussed by the
:01:20. > :01:22.National Association Of Head Teachers. The group's leader has
:01:23. > :01:24.said that a shorter summer break could stop teachers getting too
:01:25. > :01:27.tired and cut expensive summer-holiday prices for families.
:01:28. > :01:29.All this morning, you've been telling us what you reckon about
:01:30. > :02:00.this. He's been on the search for a new
:02:01. > :02:03.coach since March, but now British number one Andy Murray hopes to have
:02:04. > :02:07.someone in place before Wimbledon begins in June. Well, the latest
:02:08. > :02:10.name to be linked with the job is this guy, John McEnroe. The American
:02:11. > :02:12.has won seven Grand Slam singles titles but has never coached
:02:13. > :02:17.professionally. But that doesn't bother Andy.
:02:18. > :02:21.He is a great tennis player. He still plays very well, he loves the
:02:22. > :02:29.game, he is very passionate, he was extremely competitive. If you are
:02:30. > :02:31.competitive as a player, you are likely to be the same as a coach,
:02:32. > :02:35.which is also a benefit. Next month, some of the best
:02:36. > :02:38.football players in the world will be heading to Brazil for the World
:02:39. > :02:40.Cup. While there's lots of excitement building around the
:02:41. > :02:47.competition, there's also worries the hot Brazilian climate could
:02:48. > :02:49.affect players. The World Cup is the biggest
:02:50. > :02:54.sporting event on the planet, The World Cup is the biggest
:02:55. > :02:59.this summer it is Brazil's turn to host, as countries battle it out to
:03:00. > :03:06.be the best. Matches are being played at 12 stadiums across the
:03:07. > :03:11.country. From Rio to junior row to Manaus. Russell has a hotter climate
:03:12. > :03:17.than ours, and in the north and west, it is particularly hot and
:03:18. > :03:21.humid. At this time if you, temperatures are regularly above 30
:03:22. > :03:25.degrees. With some matches due to kick off at 1pm Brazil time, some
:03:26. > :03:30.people are concerned it will be too much for the players. Matches are
:03:31. > :03:37.not normally played at that time in those areas due to the conditions.
:03:38. > :03:41.The most important TV audience for the World Cup is in Europe, so FIFA
:03:42. > :03:46.want three separate kick-off times per day, all of them convenient for
:03:47. > :03:51.the European audience. With the time difference between Brazil and the
:03:52. > :03:56.UK, the only way to do that is to start early. You would never have a
:03:57. > :04:02.big local game kicking off over here at 1pm in the north-east of Brazil,
:04:03. > :04:05.is too hot. The players and coaches here tell me it is inhumane to
:04:06. > :04:10.expect World Cup players to run around in that heat. There will be
:04:11. > :04:14.breaks for the players to drink water, but they will get tired more
:04:15. > :04:19.quickly, and it will not be easy for them to recover in time for the next
:04:20. > :04:22.match. FIFA have ruled out changing start times, so teams will have to
:04:23. > :04:25.suffer the pressure of heat. Last up to teenager Stephen Sutton,
:04:26. > :04:31.who's become something of a celebrity by raising over ?3 million
:04:32. > :04:34.for a cancer charity. Well, now, the 19-year-old, who has a form of
:04:35. > :04:37.cancer himself, may have got himself into the record books for getting
:04:38. > :04:44.554 people together to make heart-shaped hand gestures at the
:04:45. > :04:50.same time for several minutes. The previous record was 501. Setting a
:04:51. > :04:54.world record was on Stephen's wish list of things he wants to do in his
:04:55. > :04:56.life. That's all from me. Newsround's back
:04:57. > :05:01.this afternoon.