:00:23. > :00:29.Hello there! A big welcome to you, you're watching Newsround with me,
:00:29. > :00:35.Nel. Lots to get through today including some of this: Find out
:00:35. > :00:40.why scientists are staying up all night to track down this animal.
:00:40. > :00:44.And it's Day 7 of the Paralympics. I'll be live with all the latest
:00:44. > :00:47.from the Olympic Park. First though, lots of you are back
:00:47. > :00:51.school this week and maybe you've got new shoes or coat for the start
:00:51. > :00:54.of a new school year. But a growing number of kids in the UK don't have
:00:54. > :00:57.basics like warm clothes or enough to eat. The charity, Save the
:00:57. > :01:00.Children, normally helps children abroad but today it's launched its
:01:01. > :01:03.first appeal here in the UK. It says there 3.5 million children
:01:03. > :01:08.living in poverty and with the country suffering lots of money
:01:08. > :01:11.problems it expects that number to grow. They spoke to 1,500 children
:01:11. > :01:16.and found one in eight don't get a warm meal every day - apart from
:01:16. > :01:19.the one they might get at school. Hayley's been speaking to two girls
:01:19. > :01:29.who know a lot about what it means to feel hungry. We've changed their
:01:29. > :01:30.
:01:30. > :01:36.names and hidden their faces to protect their identity.
:01:36. > :01:41.I still get hungry sometimes because my mum cannot afford to buy
:01:41. > :01:45.a proper seafood. Sometimes I have to have unhealthy food like oven
:01:45. > :01:49.chips. For as long as they can remember, there has never been a
:01:49. > :01:53.day when the cupboards were full of healthy food. They told me how
:01:53. > :01:59.worrying that can be. So times you can wake up in the night because
:01:59. > :02:05.you are so hungry. How does it affect your school life? When you
:02:06. > :02:11.don't eat, you cannot concentrate in class. If you have been hungry
:02:11. > :02:17.ones, it is no doubt it will happen again. Does it worry you that you
:02:17. > :02:23.don't know when he will next eat? If you haven't eaten in a while, it
:02:23. > :02:27.feels like a pain in your stomach. Scarlett and Charlene's parents
:02:27. > :02:33.realise they were not getting enough food at home and was
:02:33. > :02:37.suffering. So they contacted a local charity who now give them
:02:37. > :02:44.healthy four meals a week. When I was in year three, I was below
:02:44. > :02:51.average in most of my A-levels. Now I am in year six I am above average
:02:51. > :02:57.and in the top group. Your school work has improved? Yes.
:02:57. > :03:01.important is food to you guys? scale of 1 to 10, I would rate it
:03:01. > :03:04.as 10, definitely. One of the UK's biggest police
:03:04. > :03:06.forces has told Newsround that the number of children stealing food is
:03:06. > :03:09.on the up, compared to those stealing things like sweets.
:03:09. > :03:12.Greater Manchester Police told us they think it's down to kids not
:03:12. > :03:15.having any food available to them in their homes. In Islington in
:03:15. > :03:25.London, officers are giving out food vouchers to kids try to stop
:03:25. > :03:26.
:03:26. > :03:30.them from turning to crime. They are hungry and at break times
:03:30. > :03:34.and lunchtimes they are going out and shoplifting from local
:03:34. > :03:40.supermarkets and sweet shops. Because they're hungry they are
:03:40. > :03:44.turning to crime? Some of them do, but they are not stealing sweets
:03:44. > :03:48.and chocolate and chewing gum, they are going out and stealing bread
:03:48. > :03:51.and food for themselves and their family. $$NEWLNE Money problems can
:03:51. > :03:55.affect families in lots of different ways. We've been asking
:03:55. > :04:05.you if you worry about money, or if your family hasn't had as much to
:04:05. > :04:21.
:04:21. > :04:27.spend recently, and lots of you Thanks to everyone who got involved
:04:27. > :04:29.in our chat. Here on the sofa I've got Peter Gibson. He works for a
:04:29. > :04:38.charity called Rathbone, which provides support for kids and
:04:38. > :04:42.teenagers. When we say kids are living in poverty, what do we mean?
:04:42. > :04:45.In means they cannot afford the close they might want to buy. It
:04:45. > :04:49.might mean they are struggling to travel to school because they
:04:49. > :04:57.cannot afford the bus fare. But sometimes they don't get a decent
:04:57. > :05:02.meal. I I -- I am meeting inspiring young people every day, who despite
:05:02. > :05:06.their poverty, go on and achieve. If there are kids watching this,
:05:06. > :05:11.what should they be doing? They should never be ashamed of the fact
:05:11. > :05:16.they have not got enough money. It does not make them a bad person.
:05:16. > :05:18.They should turn to a trusted adults, and I think they will find
:05:18. > :05:25.the adults will say to them, we have been through tough times
:05:25. > :05:28.before, we can get through them again. Key positive. Are there any
:05:29. > :05:33.charities that they can talk to? Should they be worrying? I don't
:05:33. > :05:37.think they should be worrying. It does not mean the rest of your life
:05:37. > :05:41.will be like this. There are charities like wrath bone,
:05:41. > :05:43.citizens' advice and the local church group might be able to help.
:05:43. > :05:47.Keep a smile on your face, stick together.
:05:47. > :05:50.Peter thanks for coming in. OK time to update you on all the action
:05:50. > :05:55.from the Paralympics. Ricky is there at the Olympic Park for us.
:05:55. > :05:58.Ricky what's been going on today? Hi Nel. Well I've just got back
:05:58. > :06:01.from inside the Olympic Park where I've heard from so many kids who've
:06:01. > :06:04.told me that their views on people with disabilities have really
:06:04. > :06:09.changed over the past couple of days. You can hear some of those
:06:09. > :06:12.views tomorrow. But, back to the action. David Weir was on the
:06:12. > :06:22.athletics track again just hours after winning gold last night. He
:06:22. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:27.cruised through in 800m, T54 heat. Let's talk a bit about cycling.
:06:27. > :06:30.Sarah Storey has been in storming form. She got her third gold
:06:30. > :06:34.earlier today in the time trial and that gives her 10 gold medals
:06:34. > :06:41.overall. If she wins an 11th gold, she'll be on a par with Britain's
:06:41. > :06:48.greatest Paralympian, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson. There has also been
:06:48. > :06:51.a silver medal in the cycling. Mark Coleborn has won in the time-trial.
:06:51. > :06:54.But the big thing everyone's been looking forward to today is the
:06:54. > :06:57.start of the wheelchair rugby. It's one of the Paralympics most
:06:57. > :06:59.exciting events but it's not for faint hearted - as Ore's been
:06:59. > :07:03.finding out. It's speedy... It's nail-biting...
:07:03. > :07:05.It's brutal! And they call it "Murderball"! It's the toughest
:07:05. > :07:11.sport on wheels, with full-on wheelchair contact allowed, and
:07:11. > :07:18.that makes for some crunching collisions. Here are the rules of
:07:18. > :07:22.wheelchair rugby. It's played on a basketball court with four players
:07:22. > :07:26.per team. They can be men or women but they must have a physical
:07:26. > :07:36.impairment that affects the arms and legs. The aim of the game is to
:07:36. > :07:39.
:07:39. > :07:41.carry the ball across your opponent's line. It's played in
:07:41. > :07:44.four eight-minute quarters. For spectators, the biggest thrill is
:07:44. > :07:48.watching the chairs colliding at speed and it's no wonder the event
:07:48. > :07:51.sold out in record time. But that can lead to some serious injuries.
:07:51. > :07:53.GB captain, Steve Brown, fell out of his wheelchair during a game
:07:53. > :07:57.after crashing with two other players. He broke his breastbone
:07:57. > :08:00.and four ribs and was in hospital for six weeks. Ouch! Great Britain,
:08:00. > :08:03.currently ranked 5th in the world, are among eight teams competing for
:08:03. > :08:11.gold. They finished fourth at the last two Paralympics so they'll be
:08:11. > :08:14.hoping the support in London will help them grab a medal on home turf.
:08:14. > :08:18.Well, rugby's already under way with GB playing the USA this
:08:18. > :08:21.afternoon. I can tell you there were plenty of major collisions.
:08:21. > :08:25.But it ended with a US victory, 56- 44. Lots more matches to come.
:08:25. > :08:27.Tonight, keep an eye out at 7:00pm for the blade runner himself, South
:08:27. > :08:36.Africa's, Oscar Pistorius. He's back in action for the 100m, T44
:08:36. > :08:46.heats. Fingers crossed he can do it after his controversial silver
:08:46. > :08:47.
:08:47. > :08:51.medal in the 200 metres. This is one of Europe's MoTs
:08:51. > :08:56.strangest animals. Scientists say they are rare and because they only