:00:15. > :00:19.This is Newsround on Tuesday the 8th January, I'm Ricky.
:00:19. > :00:21.Smart spoons and waterproof bones - we check out some of the top new
:00:21. > :00:25.gadgets. And big cats cuddling Christmas
:00:25. > :00:29.trees. First, you're probably thinking
:00:29. > :00:32.about your tea right now, but we want you to think about breakfast.
:00:32. > :00:37.More and more children are leaving the house in the morning hungry and
:00:37. > :00:41.it is making their School Worksop up. Now one council is giving all
:00:41. > :00:47.of its 12,000 children a free breakfast. Kids in Blackpool will
:00:47. > :00:51.get see real fruit and toast at school before lessons. It is being
:00:51. > :00:56.trialed for three months to see if it will help them focus.
:00:56. > :01:00.If you have breakfast here, you don't get hungry halfway through
:01:00. > :01:05.your lessons. I get more than I do at home and I get to speak with my
:01:05. > :01:09.friends, it is much better. If you don't get breakfast at home you are
:01:09. > :01:12.really hungry most of the day. come from a big family so it is
:01:12. > :01:18.really rushed, it is better to come to school and it is provided for
:01:18. > :01:22.you. You can chat with your friends and you get more than at home.
:01:22. > :01:27.Hayley, how big a problem is this? Two children go to school without
:01:27. > :01:34.breakfast? The problem seems to be getting bigger. -- do children go
:01:34. > :01:36.to school without breakfast? 80% of children -- teachers surveyed by
:01:36. > :01:42.The Children's Society have had children arrive at school without
:01:42. > :01:45.eating breakfast, and 44% said they had seen children being hungry.
:01:45. > :01:52.Over half said it was a problem that had got worse over the last
:01:52. > :01:57.two years. 62% said of bears 62% of teachers said they thought it was
:01:57. > :02:00.because people had less money. Some schools give a free breakfast to
:02:00. > :02:07.children whose parents don't end quite enough, at some schools you
:02:07. > :02:10.can pay for a breakfast club. happens if you skip breakfast?
:02:10. > :02:16.nutritionists and doctors told me it is like putting fuel in your car
:02:16. > :02:20.to get a performance out of it. They say many children, especially
:02:20. > :02:25.if you are 12 or younger, need constant, regular food, because you
:02:25. > :02:29.use it up faster than adults and you need more energy. If you don't
:02:29. > :02:33.have it you can end up being tired and aggressive in your mood, you
:02:33. > :02:37.can't concentrate will join in activities, you don't have as much
:02:37. > :02:47.energy and you can fall behind in a school and sports. It is not just
:02:47. > :03:02.
:03:02. > :03:05.children, it is also adults, we Thank you. Let's get on to more
:03:05. > :03:10.news and head two Australia, where firefighters are battling some of
:03:10. > :03:15.the worst places they've ever seen. It is there some and large parts of
:03:15. > :03:20.the country are in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave -- it is
:03:20. > :03:23.somewhere over there now. 130 fires have broken out in the south-east
:03:23. > :03:29.of the country, mostly in the state of New South Wales. Some people
:03:29. > :03:36.have been told to leave their homes just to be saved. It was like Usain
:03:36. > :03:41.Bolt, so fast. It was more about the fact I could not do anything
:03:42. > :03:46.about it, it made me feel so helpless.
:03:46. > :03:51.More than 30 years ago this gadget, the Atari, would have been top of
:03:51. > :03:56.your Christmas list. Fast-forward a few years and tech lovers are
:03:56. > :04:01.geeking out over this lot, or try high-definition televisions, a
:04:01. > :04:05.mobile phone that is completely water-resistant and a smart spoon
:04:05. > :04:10.that vibrates if you are eating too quickly. They are all on show at a
:04:10. > :04:15.tech fair in Las Vegas in America. You don't often see a lion and a
:04:15. > :04:18.Christmas tree together but you will at Linton Zoo in Cambridge up.
:04:18. > :04:24.Its bosses are asking people to drop off their Christmas trees so
:04:24. > :04:28.they can be re-used as toys for big cats. They say lions, tigers and
:04:28. > :04:32.snow leopards love playing with the trees. If they do not have routes
:04:32. > :04:36.they are given to the animals, those which do are planted to
:04:36. > :04:42.decorate the animal enclosure. You can see that on the website and
:04:42. > :04:45.you can also check out 12 year-old DJ Jack, who is aiming for a world