10/02/2014 Newsround

Good afternoon. I'm Ayshah, with your Monday Newsround. Coming up: I

am in Worcester to find out how people are coping after the recent

floods. We check out the day's thrills and

spills from Sochi. First then, floods are gripping more

and more parts of England, and the problem's getting worse. Record

water levels are putting lives in danger and homes at risk. There are

16 severe flood warnings, which means there's danger to life. The

areas most at risk are along the River Thames, which is struggling to

cope with all the heavy rain that's fallen in recent weeks. But it's not

just the south-east - the country's longest river, the Severn, is

causing big problems in the Midlands. Nel's been in Worcester,

where the city centre could be closed for a week.

The clean-up is well and truly under way, after the River Severn burst

its banks early today. Water levels are incredibly high, and the water

is moving really quite fast. That bridge behind me is one of the main

bridges connecting the city from one side to the other. It was closed for

most of the day. It has caused havoc. School ones are taking two or

three hours. Roads like this one have been closed. But it isn't just

the rows that have been affected. The local area, businesses, homes

have been flooded, with many unable to open today and people having to

leave their homes. Things are set to get worse before they get better.

The agency-macro warns that the water levels will peak higher

tomorrow than they do today. -- the Environment Agency.

So is this bad weather ever going to end? Head to the website for a

forecast for the next few days. Next, we're talking about the global

problem of wildlife crime. The UK Border Force says trafficking and

poaching is at an all-time high, putting many endangered species at

risk of extinction. A big meeting of world leaders will take place in

London this week to try to fight the problem. But nearby, at Heathrow

Airport, there's a special member of the team stopping criminals from

smuggling endangered plants and animals. Nel's got more.

London Heathrow is one of the busiest airports in the world. Every

day, almost 200,000 passengers pass through its gates. Yet a small but

increasing number are using airports to illegally transport and

endangered plants and animals in and out of the country. This is a

detective dog trained to smile for any plants or animals that would be

illegally hidden in any of these barracks. How do you know that

something in that bag shouldn't be there? He would freeze, his tail

might spin around, and he would look directly for me. Last year, dogs

like this made more than 690 seizures, including three to six

ivory items and also live animals. How bag is the trafficking?

Trafficking and poaching of animals is a huge problem. An elephant is

slaughtered in Africa every 15 minutes. This is a major moment in

the world. We have to do something. Later this week, Prince William will

be speaking at an event in London to some of the world's leaders, in the

hope they can come together to draw up plans to protect some of the

world's most endangered species from the threat of extinction for.

Now to Sochi, where it's been another eventful day at the Winter

Olympics. Here's Martin. There were highs and lows for Team

GB in the curling. The men beat their Russian hosts in their first

match, but the women lost to Sweden. But there's still plenty more

matches to be played. High drama as Brit speed skater, Jack Whelbourne,

crashed out of his 1500 metre short track final. But let's end on a

high. 15-year-old home-grown superstar Yulia Lipnitskaya wowed

crowds yesterday with this. No wonder she skated off with gold.

And if you're feeling inspired by Jenny Jones's historic slopestyle

medal win for Team GB, here's the snowboard star herself to tell you

how to get started in her sport. I'm Jenny Jones, and if you enjoyed

watching the slopestyle, Mike top tips to get into it would be to get

yourself to a snow dome or a dry slope and check out the freestyle

lessons you can have there. Head to the website to see a guide to the

rest of Team GB's Winter medal Olympic prospects.

That's all from me. Newsround's back just before 7pm. See you then.