06/02/2014

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:00:00. > :00:09.Good morning guys. Ayshah with all the news you need to know this

:00:10. > :00:13.Thursday morning. Is there anything Beckham can't do? The Winter

:00:14. > :00:18.Olympics have well and truly landed. This is Newsround.

:00:19. > :00:22.First, the Prime Minister is going to add extra cash to the pot of

:00:23. > :00:28.money given to primary schools in England to spend on sport which

:00:29. > :00:32.could mean an improvement to your PE lessons. David Cameron says that if

:00:33. > :00:38.his party wins the next election then every year until 2020 schools

:00:39. > :00:42.will get to share ?150 million between them. They can spend it

:00:43. > :00:48.however they want on new equipment, sports coaches or more after school

:00:49. > :00:52.clubs. The idea is to keep you guys more active and carry on the legacy

:00:53. > :00:56.of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. We are hoping to speak to the

:00:57. > :00:59.Prime Minister about this later today and we want to know what you

:01:00. > :01:02.want to ask him. If you have one question to put to David Cameron

:01:03. > :01:07.about sport in your school, what would it be?

:01:08. > :01:10.Sorry guys, but more bad weather on the way today if you are living in

:01:11. > :01:15.parts of Southern England and Wales and that's after days and days of

:01:16. > :01:19.heavy rain and battering winds. More than 200 homes have already been

:01:20. > :01:23.evacuated and a section of the railway line that connects Exeter to

:01:24. > :01:28.Cornwall was destroyed. With the bad weather causing chaos for thousands,

:01:29. > :01:32.the Government has promised to spend ?100 million rebuilding those

:01:33. > :01:38.communities that have been affected. A group of MPs says that plans to

:01:39. > :01:41.cut down on the number of plastic bags used in England won't work. The

:01:42. > :01:45.Environment Committee says the scheme is too complicated because

:01:46. > :01:50.there are so many different rules. The main one being a five pence

:01:51. > :01:54.charge for carriers, but smaller shops the won't have to pay. It the

:01:55. > :01:58.committee says the systems work in Ireland and Wales because they only

:01:59. > :02:03.have one rule for everyone. Next, the Olympic Games are back.

:02:04. > :02:07.Check out the latest pictures behind me. Looking cool. This time the

:02:08. > :02:15.sandpits have been replaced with snowballs and the heptathlon with

:02:16. > :02:27.half pipes. The winter Games open tomorrow, but the snowboarders hit

:02:28. > :02:32.the slopes this mornin -- morning.

:02:33. > :02:41.Here is Martin with the ones to watch.

:02:42. > :02:48.Break neck speeds. The Olympic Games in Russia will bring together some

:02:49. > :02:53.of the coolest athletes in the world. Bobsleighing and freestyle

:02:54. > :02:59.skiing are what you have got to p look forward to over the next couple

:03:00. > :03:05.of weeks with hopes of a record medal haul for Team GB. You have got

:03:06. > :03:10.to go back to the first Games held in France in 1924. But with a new

:03:11. > :03:15.generation of young and talented stars, this time we are targeting

:03:16. > :03:26.between three and seven medals. So who are the ones to watch? Freestyle

:03:27. > :03:32.skiing, Katie Summerhayes won a medal last season. James Woods

:03:33. > :03:42.became Britain's first freestyle skiing medallist for 20 years when

:03:43. > :03:47.he won silver. In snowboarding, Billy Morgan and Jenny Jones is

:03:48. > :03:57.representing the women. There are big hopes Team GB can have success

:03:58. > :04:01.on the ice after Eve Muirhead led Scotland to a world title in March,

:04:02. > :04:07.but it is in the skeleton that Britain's hopes lie. Lizzie Arnold

:04:08. > :04:11.won the junior skeleton title in 2012 and is fresh from winning the

:04:12. > :04:14.skeleton World Cup two weeks ago. So let the Games begin!

:04:15. > :04:21.Thanks, Martin. Exciting stuff. I'm looking forward to more of that.

:04:22. > :04:25.This man has promised to bring some of the world's top players to Miami

:04:26. > :04:31.after confirming he is to become the owner of a new football club in

:04:32. > :04:36.America. Becks was given the option of running a club when he signed for

:04:37. > :04:41.LA Galaxy in 2007. Fans will have to wait for a few years until the team

:04:42. > :04:44.is ready and in that time Beckham is looking to build a stadium in

:04:45. > :04:51.Florida. Now, head over to the website to get more of the latest

:04:52. > :04:58.news including giant ice sculptures which have taken over Japan.

:04:59. > :05:01.That's your lot. Newsround is back this afternoon at 4. 20pm.