:00:07. > :00:12.Morning guys, Ayshah here with Thursdays top stories. Coming up:
:00:13. > :00:16.UK set for more heavy rain. The Winter Olympics have landed.
:00:17. > :00:23.This is Newsround. First, to what could mean extra
:00:24. > :00:25.money for sport at your school. The Prime Minister is adding millions
:00:26. > :00:29.more to primary schools in England to spend on sport. David Cameron
:00:30. > :00:33.says that IF his party wins the next election, then every year until
:00:34. > :00:39.2020, schools will get to share ?150 million between them. They can spend
:00:40. > :00:43.it however they want: on new equipment, sports coaches, or more
:00:44. > :00:47.after-school clubs. The idea is to keep you guys more active and carry
:00:48. > :00:52.on the legacy of 2012's Olympic and Paralympic Games. We're hoping to
:00:53. > :00:57.speak directly to the Prime Minister about this later today and we want
:00:58. > :01:01.to know what YOU want to ask him. If you had one question to put to David
:01:02. > :01:04.Cameron about sport in YOUR school, what would it be?
:01:05. > :01:07.Sorry, guys, but more bad weather on the way today if you're living in
:01:08. > :01:12.parts of southern England and Wales - and that's after days and days of
:01:13. > :01:15.heavy rain and battering winds. More than 200 homes have already been
:01:16. > :01:21.evacuated and a section of the railway line that connects Exeter to
:01:22. > :01:23.parts of Cornwall was destroyed. With the bad weather causing chaos
:01:24. > :01:26.for thousands, the Government has promised to spend ?100 million
:01:27. > :01:32.rebuilding those communities that have been affected.
:01:33. > :01:35.Next, the Olympic Games are back, but this time we're replacing the
:01:36. > :01:38.sandpits with snowballs and the heptathlon with halfpipes. The 22nd
:01:39. > :01:41.Winter Games officially opens tomorrow, but the snowboarders have
:01:42. > :01:47.already hit the slopes this morning and the figure skating heats begin
:01:48. > :01:51.this afternoon. So hold on to your wooly hats, grab your coats and put
:01:52. > :01:54.on those gloves, because things are getting reallllllly cool! Here's
:01:55. > :02:33.Martin. The Winter Olympic Games in Russia
:02:34. > :02:38.will bring together some of the coolest athletes in the world.
:02:39. > :02:41.Bobsleigh, skeleton and freestyle skiing are just some of what you
:02:42. > :02:45.have got to look forward to over the next couple of weeks. With high
:02:46. > :02:50.hopes of a record medal haul for Team GB. For Great Britain's best
:02:51. > :02:57.medal tally, you have got to go back to the first Winter games, held in
:02:58. > :03:01.France in 1924. But a new generation of young and talented stars, this
:03:02. > :03:08.time we are targeting between three and seven medals. So who are the
:03:09. > :03:14.ones to watch? Freestyle skiing. This teenager won the first World
:03:15. > :03:20.Cup skiing medal by a British female in 19 years last season. James Woods
:03:21. > :03:24.became Britain's first freestyle skiing world championship medallist
:03:25. > :03:29.for 20 years, when he won silver. And snowboarding, former Acrobat
:03:30. > :03:36.Billie Morgan will be twisting and turning. Olympic debutant Jenny
:03:37. > :03:46.Jones is representing Bristol. There are hopes that Team GB can speak to
:03:47. > :03:49.success on the ice after this 23 Rob led Scotland to a world title in
:03:50. > :03:54.March. But it is in the skeleton where Britain's best hopes alive.
:03:55. > :03:59.This is yarn old one the world skeleton title in 2005. Let the
:04:00. > :04:05.games begin. I am so looking forward to seeing
:04:06. > :04:09.more of that! Sticking with sport and this man has promised to bring
:04:10. > :04:12.some of the world's top players to Miami after confirming he's to
:04:13. > :04:16.become the owner of a new footy club in America. Becks was given the
:04:17. > :04:22.option of running a club when he signed for LA Galaxy in 2007. Fans
:04:23. > :04:25.will have to wait a few years until the team is ready for action but
:04:26. > :04:34.Beckham is looking forward to the future. If someone turned around to
:04:35. > :04:37.me at 11 years old and said, you're going to play for Manchester United,
:04:38. > :04:40.you're going to represent England, you are going to play for Real
:04:41. > :04:46.Madrid, AC Milan, the Galaxy and then become an owner, I probably
:04:47. > :04:50.wouldn't have believed them. We want to create a stadium, a soccer team,
:04:51. > :04:54.a football club that is the People's football club. It is simple as that.
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:05:00. > :05:01.That's your lot, bye!