07/02/2014 Newsround


07/02/2014

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Hello, Jenny here with Friday's Newsround, and as these LIVE

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pictures show, the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Winter Games has just

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started. Much more on Sochi coming up, plus...

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We'll bring you the very latest on the flood hit South West of England.

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This is Newsround. We're starting in Sochi, where the

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Winter Olympics are well and truly underway! These are live pictures

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from the opening ceremony, which kicked off just a few minutes ago.

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Over the next 16 days, almost 3,000 athletes from 87 countries will be

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competing for 98 gold medals. But the Games have come at a price. At

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?30 billion, they've cost more than the combined total of all the other

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Winter Olympics that have ever been held! BBC Sport's Andy Swiss sent us

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this from Sochi. We have been promised the most ambitious opening

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ceremony in Olympic history. There will be singing, dancing, music,

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3000 performers, 22 tonnes of fireworks. It should be a

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spectacular affair. Team GB will be led into the stadium by their flag

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bearer, John Healey, a speed skater. After the problems, the Troubles in

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the build-up to the Olympics, the organisers, you sense, will be

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relieved to see them finally underway.

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But it's not just the slopes of Sochi that are brimming with

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excitement. Right here in the UK, some of you lot are getting geared

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up for a thrilling Games. Ayshah's hit the slopes to check out what

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you're looking forward to. These kids at this snow centre in

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Manchester sure know how to have a good time and they can't wait for

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the Winter Olympics. So, who is excited about the Winter games?

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Great stuff. What are you looking forward to? Ice-skating. I the dance

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moves they do. Snowboarding. The tricks are epic. From all around the

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world, millions will be watching the chills, thrills and spills of the

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Winter Olympics. Go Team GB! It looks like the party's well

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underway in Sochi, and it'll continue into the weekend so to make

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sure you don't miss out on anything. Here's Martin with his Weekend

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Winter Olympics Ones to Watch! At 8am on Saturday the woman's ice

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hockey gets started. The first match sees tournament favourites USA

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against Finland. At 8.45 you'd be crazy to miss Billy Morgan leading

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GB's medal charge in the men's slope style final. He might fancy his

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chances now that favourite Canadian Mark McMorris is competing with a

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broken rib. Ouch! Biathlon's next at 2.30, a mix between cross-country

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skiing and shooting and the men's 10K sprint.

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On Sunday, set your alarm clocks for 7am to catch the men's downhill

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skiing, with some athletes reaching a staggering 80 miles per hour.

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Women's slopestyle is at 9.15 - watch out for GB medal hopeful Jenny

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Jones. And at 3pm, group figure skating will see the pro's show off

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their sequins. Brrrrrrilliant! And the Winter Olympics coverage

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doesn't stop there. Get your skates on and head over to the website,

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where there's news about an injury to one of Team GB's stars,

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Newsround's ultimate guide to Sochi, and the five Winter Olympic sports

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you cannot afford to miss. Next to the south-west of England,

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where some of the people living in flood-hit Somerset have described

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the scene as absolute devastation. They've had a visit today from the

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man in charge of dealing with flooding in the UK. Many people

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there are angry that Lord Smith has taken weeks to turn up and see the

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problems for himself. These pictures show the true scale of the flooding.

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It's getting difficult to travel around the south west of England.

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This train had to make its way along the tracks surrounded by floodwater.

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And in the village of Moorland, Royal Marines were called in during

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the early hours, to help hand out sandbags, to try and stop the

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flood-waters. Have a guess how old these

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footprints are? They're older than you think. Amazingly, the prints are

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800,000 years old! They were found on a beach in Norfolk. They're the

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oldest footprints ever discovered outside of Africa and were revealed

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during low tide. Scientists are excited because it's evidence of the

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earliest ever humans to have lived in Europe.

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The party continues in Sochi, but that's all I've got time for. Here's

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a snowy sample of what the world can expect to see coming out of Sochi

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over the next few weeks. See ya!

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