08/05/2014 Newsround

It's 8.16. This is Newsround with me Ricky. On the menu this Thursday.

Scientists show how the universe evolved, with an amazing computer

animation. Why this guy's home will be changing its name. This is

Newsround. It's six months since one of the

most powerful typhoons ever recorded tore into the Philippines in

south-east Asia. Typhoon Haiyan left some parts of islands completely

flattened. More than 6,000 people died. Millions were left homeless.

The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has been to the city of Tacloban, one of

the worst-hit areas, to see how the country's coping half a year on. If

you go into the centre of Tacloban which is on the other side of the

bay from here, life looks very much like it's getting back to normal.

There are bustling streets full of cars and people, the shops are open,

they are stuffed full of goods. But down here on the coast, which was

hit by far the hardest, by the typhoon, things are very different.

People are still living in tents. If they are lucky they have been able

to construct a shack covered with a tarpaulin. There is still an

enormous aid operation going on here helping people out. Some of it is

very well coordinated. Some of it far less, but it is, nevertheless,

definitely making a huge difference. Nobody here is going hungry and no

one is without some form of shelter. But the question now, six months on,

is how are these people going to restart their lives? How are they

going to find work? Where will they find money from? They've lost their

homes, they've lost their cars, they've lost their businesses, their

fishing boats, and now they have nothing. The question now is how do

you start your life over again? And don't forget on the website you can

still watch our special reports from when Leah went to the Philippines

shortly after the typhoon hit. You'll also find a picture gallery

of the children she met while she was out there. Next, a team of

international scientists has recreated the birth and growth of

the Universe in their lab. The computer model shows how the first

galaxies formed around clumps of a mysterious, invisible substance

called dark matter, squeezing 14 billion years into just

two-and-a-half minutes. It's the first time the Universe has been

modelled so extensively and in such great quality. And what we can see

here is how gas and stars and eventually planets and us form in

this universe. And the amazing thing about this simulation is that it is

really strikingly close to the real universe. The Premier League trophy

is within Manchester City's grasp, after last night's 4-0 win over

Aston Villa. The pick of the goals was this solo effort from Yaya

Toure. It was Manchester City's 100th league goal of the season.

They are now two points clear of Liverpool with one game to play and

have a better goal difference. At the other end of the table,

Sunderland's 2-0 win over West Brom completed their incredible escape

from relegation. It's their fourth win in a row. Less than a month ago

they were languishing at the bottom of the table, seven points from

safety. And the boss is pretty pleased with the turnaround. It was

an incredible escape. It was a miracle, it was something unique, it

was something special. The connection on the pitch between the

players in the last few games in an incredible way. Connection with the

fans every single game in an incredible way. There's only one

result - win football games. To tennis now. Andy Murray is through

to the third round of the Madrid Masters. In his first match for more

than a month, the number seven seed beat Spain's Nicolas Almagro in

three sets. He dedicated the win to his friend and former British number

one Elena Baltacha, who died of liver cancer earlier this week. The

most important thing as an athlete is to reach your potential and

that's the sign of a champion, really. And she definitely did that.

She had an incredible work ethic. So, yeah, it was obviously a sad few

weeks. But hopefully, soon, we can start to celebrate everything that

she did that was great. Remember the recent row over this? It's the

painting by the street artist Banksy, which caused an argument

after the youth club on whose door it was painted, removed the pic and

took it inside for safe keeping. It was then moved to a museum, but now

the artist has written to the club, saying he's happy for them to hang

onto it. And last up to a change of name for this guy's home. The giant

dinosaur has pride of place in the Central hall of London's Natural

History Museum. But the Hall will be renamed the Hintze Hall after the

couple who've given a huge ?5 million donation. It's the largest

single donation in the museum's history, and will be used to

maintain collections and for scientific research behind the

scenes. In That's all from me, Newsround's back this afternoon. Bye

bye.