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Hello. Here's what's coming up. A warning that hundreds of thousands | :00:10. | :00:17. | |
of these creatures may need to be culled. | :00:17. | :00:26. | |
And is this the song to win us the Eurovision? | :00:26. | :00:31. | |
First up, half of the deer in the UK may need to be culled, which | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
means humanely killed of the damage they are doing to the environment | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
and other wildlife. That is what a group of scientists are | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
recommending. They say the deer population is bigger than at any | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
time since the last Ice Age. Deer have been part of the British | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
countryside for thousands of years. Now there's a warning that the | :00:55. | :01:00. | |
number of these creatures are out of control. Researchers from the | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
University of East Anglia used night-vision technology to count | :01:05. | :01:11. | |
the animals. Why are the numbers rising? The problem is there are | :01:11. | :01:17. | |
not natural predators. There is nothing to hunt the deers. In past | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
years, there would have been wolves and they would have maintained the | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
numbers. What is the problem to have so many? They are an important | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
part of our habitat because they graze certain areas. If you have | :01:30. | :01:39. | |
too many the balance is upset. It munches away on our flowers, | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
bluebells and things like that. They come into our human areas much | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
more. For instance, there is an in creased number of road traffic | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
accidents. That can lead to fatalities. Researchers say the | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
only way to control the number of deer is to carry out a cull of | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
750,000 of them. They say this is important and should happen | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
urgently in order to protect the countryside. Not everyone is in | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
favour. One animal charity say a yearly cull is unnecessary and the | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
RSPCA have said if a cull does go ahead, it will have to be carried | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
out in a humane way. Whatever happens, many people hope deer will | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
be an important part of our countryside for years to come. | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
Today is World Book Day - a celebration of reading in over 100 | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
countries. Loads of you have dressed up as your favourite | :02:29. | :02:38. | |
fictional characters. Here is Felix dressed as Plop the Owl, from Who | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
Was Afraid of the Dark and here is Phoebe as Dorothy from The Wizard | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
of Oz. There are so many distractions that some kids are | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
reading less. We've had a lively debate about this on the website. | :02:53. | :03:03. | |
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Loads of you have told us what Thank you very much. Now a new | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
study out today has found eating a lot of bacon, salami and other | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
processed meats can be really bad for you. While small amounts can be | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
fine for your health, eating a lot of this meat can increase | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
developing heart disease later on in late. It is meat preserved by | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
adding salt or other chemicals. There is more information on this | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
on the website. Finally, it has not gone well for us in recent years. | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
Can it be any different in 2013? I am talking about the Eurovision | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
Song Contest. The UK's entry has been announced. Right now things | :03:57. | :04:04. | |
are looking good for British music - Adele, one direction and Mumford | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
and Sons have conquered America. Flying the flag for the UK this | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
year will be 61-year-old Bonnie Tyler. | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
She might not mean a lot to you, but mention her to your parents or | :04:17. | :04:24. | |
even grandparents and they will remember her. She topped the charts | :04:24. | :04:31. | |
in the 1980s with ballards like this and this... # I need a hero # | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
It's not the first time they have gone for a golden oldy. Remember | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
Engelbert Humperdinck from last year? It looks like the people who | :04:39. | :04:47. |