0:00:00 > 0:00:00versus Chelsea's Willian.
0:00:00 > 0:00:01See you.
0:00:01 > 0:00:02See you.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Happy Monday morning, I'm Ayshah with the first
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Newsround of the week.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21First up, how clean is the air we're breathing?
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Research by the World Health Organisation last year said
0:00:23 > 0:00:26the quality of the air in more than 44 UK cities
0:00:26 > 0:00:28wasn't good enough.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31And one girl is worried enough to do something about it.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Whitney's been to meet her.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37Air pollution isn't always easy to see.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40It's caused by burning fossil fuels, things like coal and oil
0:00:40 > 0:00:42that we use to make heat, electricity, and to
0:00:42 > 0:00:46fuel cars and lorries.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Hadil goes to a school in a part of London with one of the highest
0:00:50 > 0:00:53levels of air pollution in the country.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57This road is really busy with trucks, vans, cars, buses.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00You name it.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Using this special camera, we can see some of the harmful
0:01:02 > 0:01:03gases in the air.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Look as it drives off, look at the cars next to it as well.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08And when you put it in normal mode...
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Nothing.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11You can't see anything.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14But what are we actually looking at?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17This lab measures quality of air from all over the UK.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Hi, David.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22We've been taking a look at the exhausts of cars.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27Can you tell us what this means, and is it really harmful?
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Well, I can see here that you've got pollution coming out
0:01:31 > 0:01:33of the exhausts of vehicles.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35That's mainly going to be nitrogen dioxide and very small particles,
0:01:35 > 0:01:40both of which can be damaging for your health.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43It's not a worry for most of us who are healthy,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45but if you have an existing problem with your breathing,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48like many old people do, or if you have asthma,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50then both of those things can be affected by air pollution.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, says the problem is unacceptable,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55and has promised to help get pollution levels down
0:01:55 > 0:02:00to World Health Organization standards by 2030.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03But Hadil wants more done more quickly.
0:02:03 > 0:02:09I'm writing this letter to the London mayor Sadiq Khan
0:02:09 > 0:02:12to tell him how unhappy I am about air pollution in London.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13I wrote two proposals.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16The first one is to see more electric cars on the road,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19and the second one is to get factories to stop using
0:02:19 > 0:02:21harmful chemicals.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23She's sending it to City Hall, where the Mayor of London works.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Newsround contacted Sadiq Khan about her concerns.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30His office told us that the Mayor was doing everything in his power
0:02:30 > 0:02:36to tackle London's toxic air.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Creating 12 low emission bus zones, phasing out diesel taxis,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41checking the quality of air around schools, and alerting people
0:02:41 > 0:02:48when air quality falls below a certain standard.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50They say the Mayor now wants the Government to introduce
0:02:50 > 0:02:53a special fund to help people replace high emission vehicles.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55The Government has promised to give £3.5 billion to help
0:02:55 > 0:03:00improve air quality.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06It plans to end the sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans by 2040,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08and is publishing a clean air strategy, setting out further steps
0:03:08 > 0:03:13to tackle air pollution.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17OK, time for some sports news, and you've heard the goals
0:03:17 > 0:03:20with Kickabout, but let's take a look at this shocker!
0:03:20 > 0:03:22with Kickabout, but let's take a look at this shocker!
0:03:22 > 0:03:25FA Cup holders Arsenal are out of this season's competition.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28This incredible goal by Eric Lichaj helped Championship side
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Nottingham Forest beat them 4-2.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32It's the first time since 1996 that Arsenal have been knocked out
0:03:32 > 0:03:37of the FA Cup in the third-round.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Manchester City Women continued their 100% record
0:03:40 > 0:03:43in the Women's Super League with a 5-2 victory at Reading.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48This whopping header from Nadia Nadim got City off
0:03:48 > 0:03:50to an amazing start, and means they've now won six
0:03:50 > 0:03:51matches out of six.
0:03:51 > 0:03:58And England's cricketers have been beaten again.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00They lost their final test match against Australia in Sydney.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03England were bowled out for 180 runs meaning the Aussies win the famous
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Ashes competition 4-0.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12This weekend saw the East Coast of North America shivering
0:04:12 > 0:04:13in a record-breaking freeze.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Thousands of snow ploughs are now trying to clear the roads
0:04:16 > 0:04:18after a massive snow storm.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23Temperatures fell below minus 29 degrees Celsius.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25These girls in Boston sent us this.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Hi Newsround, this is Boston, USA, and it's so cold!
0:04:30 > 0:04:33We've had 12.5 inches of snow!
0:04:33 > 0:04:36It was awesome!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38We got the day off school!
0:04:38 > 0:04:43We read books, baked banana bread, and watched TV.
0:04:43 > 0:04:49After the snowstorm, the snowploughs cleared the roads,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52and my mum and dad cleared the snow in front of our house.
0:04:52 > 0:04:58Bye from Boston!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Enjoy your breakfast.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I'm back in half-an-hour.