:00:00. > :00:00.It's coming up to 4:20 this Thursday afternoon.
:00:00. > :00:09.Loads to tell you about today including, on the slopes,
:00:10. > :00:13.a day in the life of a top British snowboarder and, up the cliff,
:00:14. > :00:26.how a staircase is helping one village in China.
:00:27. > :00:28.There's been an investigation into the safety issues that forced
:00:29. > :00:30.17 schools in Edinburgh to close temporarily last year.
:00:31. > :00:33.It started after a wall at this primary school
:00:34. > :00:42.Now a report's been released, it says there should have been
:00:43. > :00:45.The city council says it's learned lessons from what happened,
:00:46. > :00:51.which affected more than 7,000 students.
:00:52. > :00:53.Also today, the torch for next year's Winter Olympics has been
:00:54. > :00:56.unveiled, as it's exactly 365 days until the Games kick
:00:57. > :01:01.Thousands of sports stars from around the world will be
:01:02. > :01:22.Like the Summer Olympics, the winter Olympics take place every four
:01:23. > :01:27.years. In 2018, athletes will compete in seven sports. Triathlon,
:01:28. > :01:33.Bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, louche, skipping and skiing. 102
:01:34. > :01:38.gold medals are up for grabs and as many as 100 countries are expected
:01:39. > :01:43.to take part, including Team GB. Let's not forget the mascots. The
:01:44. > :01:46.White Tiger and if there. Excited yet? See you there.
:01:47. > :01:49.Well, it's not just excitement, there's a lot of hard work involved
:01:50. > :01:52.One of them is 19-year-old snowboarder, Katie Ormerod,
:01:53. > :02:05.who sent us this video diary from her training camp in Austria.
:02:06. > :02:13.My knee is Kiki Ormerod and I am a freestyle snowboarder. I am going to
:02:14. > :02:19.take you through a day in the life of how I live and what I do as a
:02:20. > :02:23.professional snowboarder. We have found days, so I will show you going
:02:24. > :02:39.to the gym. I hope you enjoy it. Hello. This is Kitty. Still in bed.
:02:40. > :02:43.I got involved with freestyle snowboarding when I was about five
:02:44. > :02:48.years old. I love the fact you can travel the world with your best
:02:49. > :03:03.friends. It has been a dream to get the Olympic gold. It is a bit windy.
:03:04. > :03:08.Where are the afternoon? The gym. If I tried hard, it hurts a little bit,
:03:09. > :03:12.so I am keeping it strong and healthy by having physio now and
:03:13. > :03:17.again. My training has been going really well and I have gotten really
:03:18. > :03:18.good results this season, so I am excited and hope you enjoyed my day
:03:19. > :03:19.in the life. Well, this next story
:03:20. > :03:22.could be an extreme sport, imagine if you had to climb 800
:03:23. > :03:25.metres to get to your home That's what these kids have to do,
:03:26. > :03:30.but a new giant staircase Seems like a peaceful
:03:31. > :03:38.place to live, right? It's in the Sichuan province
:03:39. > :03:41.of China, but it's had a bit How do you get to
:03:42. > :03:46.the cliff top village? people used to have to climb 800
:03:47. > :03:51.metres up the cliffs with only these But things are on the way
:03:52. > :04:01.up, quite literally. Brand new steel staircases have been
:04:02. > :04:04.built all the way to the village. Villagers say it's a big help,
:04:05. > :04:07.much safer and they hope tourists No thanks - I'd rather go
:04:08. > :04:15.visit these orangutans! Scientists who have been studying
:04:16. > :04:18.how apes communicate with each other, believe it's help them
:04:19. > :04:20.understand how human That's the sound
:04:21. > :04:33.of orangutans talking. But researchers believe the apes
:04:34. > :04:38.combine these clicks, squeaks and kiss noises to basically
:04:39. > :04:42.'talk', and that this could be the same as how
:04:43. > :04:48.human language started. That's all from me and the team
:04:49. > :04:50.today, I'll be back Don't forget to check out
:04:51. > :04:56.the website for all the rest