:00:12. > :00:18.On the way - how prepared are we for the next solar superstorm? And
:00:18. > :00:27.out with the nowt - the school which has banned slang words.
:00:27. > :00:34.nowt., It's nothing. All this to come, but first they
:00:34. > :00:38.happen every 100-200 years, massive radiation blasts from the sun,
:00:39. > :00:43.which could cause electricity blackouts and even disrupt aircraft.
:00:43. > :00:50.They are called solar superstorms. The UK should be able to cope when
:00:50. > :00:55.the next one hits. Nel's been looking into this. The sun is an
:00:55. > :01:00.explosive place. It often throws out blasts of energy and particles.
:01:00. > :01:03.Every few hundred years though, the energy from a massive explosion
:01:03. > :01:09.hits Earth. After travelling through space at one million miles
:01:09. > :01:15.an hour. This is known as a solar superstorm. Scientists say the
:01:15. > :01:19.Earth will be hit by one at some point. The magnetic fields are
:01:19. > :01:23.incredibly strong. Basically, the magnetic field gets stressed and
:01:23. > :01:28.then breaks and explodes. That gives a big burst of energy. You
:01:28. > :01:32.can think of the magnetic field as like a rubber band. If I stretch
:01:32. > :01:38.this rubber band and I have my cloud of charged particles ready,
:01:38. > :01:44.if I then let go - the cloud of charged particleed fly off into
:01:44. > :01:50.space. The last time a super solar storm hit Earth was 1859. All over
:01:50. > :01:55.the planet people reported seeing colourful shows in the night skies.
:01:55. > :02:00.Birds began to sing thinking dawn had arrived. How prepared are we
:02:00. > :02:04.this time around? According to the findings of an expert panel the UK
:02:04. > :02:08.would cope well. The huge bursts of radiation could cause some problems
:02:08. > :02:14.- power cuts, for example, planes would be grounded and GPS
:02:14. > :02:18.satellites that help us found our way around will stop working. It
:02:18. > :02:23.has been compared to what happened when the volcano erupted in Iceland
:02:23. > :02:30.three years ago, creating a huge ash cloud. That stopped thousands
:02:30. > :02:34.of plane journeys and lasted a few weeks. Super solar storms only
:02:34. > :02:40.happen every couple of hundred years. When one hits we could be
:02:40. > :02:44.treated to some spectacular scenes in the night sky. Head over to the
:02:44. > :02:49.Newsround website to check out Joe's guide to the sun. Next,
:02:49. > :02:54.there's another warning today about the threat to elephants in Africa
:02:54. > :02:59.from poaching. Conversationists say the problems in ga bon is out of
:02:59. > :03:04.control. They say more than 11,000 elephants have been killed since
:03:04. > :03:08.2004. The demand for ivory in parts of Asia for things like jewellery,
:03:08. > :03:12.cuff links and medicines is behind the trade. It is hoped a big
:03:12. > :03:18.meeting of Governments next month will come up with tougher measures
:03:18. > :03:26.against poaching. If you are asking your teacher to pass something, do
:03:26. > :03:31.you say gizzit 'ere or, please give me it? A school has banned children
:03:31. > :03:35.from saying certain phrases in Middlesbrougher. Nowt is no longer
:03:35. > :03:39.allowed, and gizzit 'ere. The school says it is not trying to get
:03:39. > :03:43.rid of the local accent, but wants to help the children speak English
:03:43. > :03:52.properly, so they can be clearly understood. Here are some of the
:03:52. > :04:01.pupils trying out the new rules. It's nowt. No, it's nothing. I've
:04:01. > :04:08.done that. No, I have done it. say you don't know.
:04:08. > :04:18.Lots of you have been in touch with comments on in. -- on this. Here
:04:18. > :04:34.
:04:34. > :04:38.Finally, from banned words to banned kids - that is because an
:04:39. > :04:44.airline has decided to ban children from some parts of the planes. Air
:04:44. > :04:49.Asia is giving people the option to book a seat in a quiet zone where
:04:49. > :04:53.no children under 12 will be allowed. Outrageous, isn't it? It