:00:00. > :00:09.Good afternoon, I'm Jenny, with all the news that's worth knowing this
:00:10. > :00:13.Thursday. Coming up: The Winter Olympics have well and truly landed.
:00:14. > :00:16.And, find out why this guy is ape-ing around in a gorilla suit!
:00:17. > :00:26.This is Newsround! First, to what could mean more money
:00:27. > :00:29.for PE lessons at your school. Last year, the Prime Minister promised
:00:30. > :00:32.that all primary schools in England would get around ?9,000 each to
:00:33. > :00:36.spend on sport every year until 2016. But today, David Cameron said
:00:37. > :00:41.that schools will now keep on getting that money every year until
:00:42. > :00:44.2020. One of the biggest teaching unions, the NUT, is welcoming the
:00:45. > :00:47.extra money, but says given that many primary schools don't have
:00:48. > :00:53.dedicated PE teachers this doesn't add up to a great deal.
:00:54. > :00:57.Love it or hate it, there's no running away from PE at school - and
:00:58. > :01:01.it could be getting a boost. The idea is that by pumping more money
:01:02. > :01:04.into your school sports, the more active you'll become, and the legacy
:01:05. > :01:09.of 2012's Olympic and Paralympic Games can continue. Some of the
:01:10. > :01:12.extra money was announced last year but today, the Prime Minister said
:01:13. > :01:18.that if his party wins the next election, he'll keep the cash coming
:01:19. > :01:22.until 2020. Meaning primary schools in England will share an extra ?150
:01:23. > :01:26.million per year - around ?9,000 each to spend on sport. Primary
:01:27. > :01:31.schools can spend the money however they want - on new equipment, more
:01:32. > :01:39.after-school clubs. This school in Manchester has spent some of the
:01:40. > :01:42.money on this coach. We're not just buying equipment with this. We're
:01:43. > :01:48.going to train teachers up using people to come in and make them
:01:49. > :01:51.better equipped to deliver better lessons for the children. So how do
:01:52. > :01:57.these guys want the money to be spent? On football nets. My
:01:58. > :02:01.favourite sport is Neville, and I would really like netball court,
:02:02. > :02:05.because most of the courts are for football. I wanted to be spent at
:02:06. > :02:08.some cricket stuff, because the plastic hats are not very good, and
:02:09. > :02:12.the balls. The opposition Labour Party says it's a good idea but say
:02:13. > :02:15.the government shouldn't have removed the requirement for primary
:02:16. > :02:18.school children to do two hours of sport a week, which the last Labour
:02:19. > :02:21.government introduced. And the NUT union has welcomed the extra money,
:02:22. > :02:25.but says given that many primary schools don't have dedicated PE
:02:26. > :02:29.teachers, this doesn't add up to a great deal.
:02:30. > :02:33.The 22nd Winter Games doesn't officially get underway until
:02:34. > :02:36.tomorrow's opening ceremony, but as you can see, a few events have
:02:37. > :02:39.already started. British athletes have competed in the snowboard
:02:40. > :02:42.slopestyle and later tonight, the ladies' moguls skiing event takes
:02:43. > :02:52.place along with the group figure skating. BBC Sport's Andy Swiss sent
:02:53. > :02:56.us this report from Russia. Welcome to the Olympic Park in
:02:57. > :02:59.Sochi. We are down here in the south of Russia. The opening ceremony is
:03:00. > :03:03.not until tomorrow night in the stadium behind me, but we have
:03:04. > :03:06.already had the first sporting action in the freestyle
:03:07. > :03:10.snowboarding. Breathtaking stuff, and what a performance by Jamie
:03:11. > :03:14.Nicholls from Britain, who is safely through to the final on Saturday.
:03:15. > :03:18.All snow events up in the mountains about 30 miles away. Down here in
:03:19. > :03:21.the park, we have indoor events will stop there have been some concerns
:03:22. > :03:24.the venues would not be ready in time, but they are, and the official
:03:25. > :03:28.opening is tomorrow night. Thank you. A weather update for you,
:03:29. > :03:32.and a number of severe warnings remain in force across the South and
:03:33. > :03:36.West of England this afternoon. The Met Office warn there will be heavy
:03:37. > :03:40.showers, with more than an inch and a half of rain in some parts.
:03:41. > :03:43.Hundreds of people in the south west of England are still without power
:03:44. > :03:46.after heavy storms this week. Now to a scientific development that
:03:47. > :03:50.sounds like it's straight out of a sci-fi movie. This man has become
:03:51. > :03:53.the first person to use a bionic hand that can actually feel things.
:03:54. > :03:56.The electronic device has been fitted to a man from Denmark, who
:03:57. > :04:00.lost his hand in an accident. It's the first replacement hand in the
:04:01. > :04:06.world that can tell how hard or big objects are by touch.
:04:07. > :04:10.Now, have you ever wondered what the best way to get an escaped gorilla
:04:11. > :04:18.back in its cage would be? Well, here's your answer.
:04:19. > :04:21.Staff at a zoo in Tokyo used a man dressed as a gorilla to stage this
:04:22. > :04:25.emergency drill. Members of the local police and Fire Service got
:04:26. > :04:29.involved to help round up the gorilla, before using nets to get it
:04:30. > :04:33.back in its cage - it's as simple as that!
:04:34. > :04:36.And if that's not enough animal antics for you, we have much more,
:04:37. > :04:40.including news of these Kenyan elephants, over on the Newsround
:04:41. > :04:43.website. You can also find out all about this huge new species of
:04:44. > :04:48.jellyfish, measuring over a metre long, that's washed up on a beach in
:04:49. > :04:51.Australia. There's also loads more about the
:04:52. > :04:54.Winter Olympics on the website as well, including the five Winter
:04:55. > :04:58.Olympic sports you can't afford to miss. That's all from me. Have a
:04:59. > :05:01.lovely afternoon. I'm back at 6:50. See you soon. Bye!