:00:00. > :00:08.Jenny here with your Thursday afternoon Newsround update.
:00:09. > :00:11.We've got lots to tell you about so let's get cracking.
:00:12. > :00:16.Tim Peake's halfway through his stay in space and.
:00:17. > :00:31.Today is BBC News School Report day - when school children have been
:00:32. > :00:35.making the news about subjects important to them.
:00:36. > :00:38.So, if you couldn't see, would you ever think of having
:00:39. > :00:41.After a ground breaking operation was successfully carried out
:00:42. > :00:45.earlier this year, BBC school reporter Kelsey,
:00:46. > :00:47.who is blind, looks into the impact the technology could have
:00:48. > :00:58.I'm Kelsey and I'm totally blind, and I'm on my way to school
:00:59. > :01:04.Back in January, this lady, Rhian Lewis, was implanted
:01:05. > :01:07.with a bionic eye and it made me think if there was technology that
:01:08. > :01:13.My school is a mainstream school, which means I get taught
:01:14. > :01:18.Do you think it as any different teaching me,
:01:19. > :01:22.overall, in comparison to a sighted student in the class?
:01:23. > :01:26.It is different, in the sense that you've got different needs.
:01:27. > :01:29.I've had to plan a couple of weeks in advance,
:01:30. > :01:37.But it's no different to every pupil having their own individual needs.
:01:38. > :01:40.My friends, like Michael and Charlie, are important,
:01:41. > :01:42.because they treat me like everybody else.
:01:43. > :01:45.All this makes me feel no different to any other student.
:01:46. > :01:52.Me and my dad have come to the BBC to do a radio interview
:01:53. > :01:56.He was the surgeon who carried out the operation on Rhian,
:01:57. > :02:00.What is the point of having a little bit of sight restored
:02:01. > :02:05.Somebody who has never seen before, there will be little point,
:02:06. > :02:08.really, in trying to bring some vision back.
:02:09. > :02:14.We are talking about people who have lived their lives
:02:15. > :02:19.using their eyesight and that has, unfortunately been lost.
:02:20. > :02:23.The ability for these patients to be able to see the shape of an object,
:02:24. > :02:26.the position of a window, for instance, can be very helpful.
:02:27. > :02:29.Having spoken to teachers, friends and the professor,
:02:30. > :02:33.I have concluded that, although the technology has obvious
:02:34. > :02:34.advantages for some, it is just not for me.
:02:35. > :02:44.Major Tim Peake has reached the half way mark for his stay aboard
:02:45. > :02:49.He rocketed off into space on December the 15th,
:02:50. > :02:54.and is due to return to earth in June.
:02:55. > :02:56.Former Nasa astronaut Don Thomas has been telling us what life's
:02:57. > :03:07.He's got some great food to eat up there. Most of the food is
:03:08. > :03:11.freeze-dried. We do it this way so it stays preserved without
:03:12. > :03:17.refrigeration. To prepare a meal in space, we inject water through a
:03:18. > :03:23.little port, the water softens it up and it is ready to eat after a few
:03:24. > :03:33.minutes. Then you meet it with a normal fork was -- eat it with a
:03:34. > :03:37.normal fork or spoon. At least 1300 rhinos were killed
:03:38. > :03:40.normal fork or spoon. At least 1300 last year. There are around 30,000
:03:41. > :03:44.Southern, white and black rhinos left on the continent. If we
:03:45. > :03:48.continue with the current rate of losses, I would estimate that,
:03:49. > :03:54.within the next five or ten years, all we will have is rhinos in very
:03:55. > :04:00.strictly controlled captivity scenarios and we will have basically
:04:01. > :04:03.lost the species, the species across the range, in the wild.
:04:04. > :04:06.It's a big night for footie fans, with the Europa League's last
:04:07. > :04:09.Tottenham play away against Germany's Borussia Dortmund,
:04:10. > :04:11.while Liverpool go head to head with Manchester United at Anfield.
:04:12. > :04:14.It'll be the first time the two teams have met each other
:04:15. > :04:16.in European competition, and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp
:04:17. > :04:26.says it's going to be a big match, but his team are playing to win
:04:27. > :04:31.I have absolutely no problem with Louis van Gaal, but the last thing I
:04:32. > :04:36.want is that he wins in a game like this. That is pretty easy, it is
:04:37. > :04:42.what we all love in football. You can play against your best friends,
:04:43. > :04:43.but if they were the wrong shirt, 495 minutes you have to forget
:04:44. > :04:44.everything. Some of the most popular stars
:04:45. > :04:47.of the canine world are heading to the world's largest
:04:48. > :04:49.dog show today. Crufts has just got underway
:04:50. > :04:51.and the pooches with the biggest following on Instagram have been
:04:52. > :04:53.invited along this year That's all from the team this
:04:54. > :04:58.afternoon, but Newsround is back