:00:00. > :00:07.Hello, you're live with Newsround this Thursday morning. I'm Leah,
:00:08. > :00:10.with some of this on the way. The giant underground trampoline in
:00:11. > :00:12.Wales. And find out who's joining Germany
:00:13. > :00:23.in the World Cup final - Argentina or the Netherlands?
:00:24. > :00:26.But first this morning, lots of you won't be going to school today
:00:27. > :00:29.because your teachers are joining over a million council workers,
:00:30. > :00:33.It's the biggest protest over pay that the current Government has ever
:00:34. > :00:35.faced and will affect services across England,
:00:36. > :00:45.Firefighters, hospital staff, government workers
:00:46. > :00:51.They are all supposed to be at work today, but many of them won't be.
:00:52. > :00:53.That's because more than 1 million of these
:00:54. > :00:57.A strike is when a group of workers agrees to stop working
:00:58. > :01:01.They do this when they want to protest against something they
:01:02. > :01:05.They think that by stopping work, politicians will listen more
:01:06. > :01:12.Teachers think they are having to work too hard and do too many things
:01:13. > :01:18.The support staff, classroom assistants,
:01:19. > :01:21.dinner ladies, caretakers, they are going on strike because
:01:22. > :01:27.People in the UK have had the right to
:01:28. > :01:32.The first big strike was held in 1926, when nearly all of the UK came
:01:33. > :01:34.to a standstill over a row about coal miners' working conditions.
:01:35. > :01:38.Since then, people have gone on strike over things like pay,
:01:39. > :01:44.working conditions, equal treatment for men and women, and job losses.
:01:45. > :01:47.But after a series of big protests by miners in the 1980s,
:01:48. > :01:53.the government introduced new rules that made it harder to strike.
:01:54. > :01:56.Back to today, and the government say they can't afford to pay what
:01:57. > :02:03.We can only do what we can afford to do as a country.
:02:04. > :02:06.The only people who are going to be injured or hurt by these strikes
:02:07. > :02:10.are those who have got nothing to do with the dispute whatsoever.
:02:11. > :02:13.For you, it may come as a day off school.
:02:14. > :02:16.But for teachers, other workers and the government, the row is expected
:02:17. > :02:24.Next, a big disappointment for the Netherlands, but a huge celebration
:02:25. > :02:27.for Argentina, who made it through to the World Cup final last night
:02:28. > :02:30.after a gruelling match that was goalless after extra time. Here's
:02:31. > :02:40.BBC Sport's Olly Foster with a recap of the match.
:02:41. > :02:45.and local welcome to Rio de Janeiro. After 62 matches over the
:02:46. > :02:50.last four weeks all over Brazil, we are just three days away from the
:02:51. > :02:53.final and we know who is going to be playing after a crazy couple of
:02:54. > :02:58.semifinals. We had that amazing result with Germany beating Brazil
:02:59. > :03:02.7-1. And almost completely the opposite, no goals last night
:03:03. > :03:06.between Argentina and the Netherlands, even though they had
:03:07. > :03:09.some of the worlds best strikers playing. Arjen Robben, Robin van
:03:10. > :03:13.Persie and Lionel Messi. They couldn't even get a goal in extra
:03:14. > :03:19.time so they had to take penalty kicks. Argentina didn't miss any of
:03:20. > :03:24.those, as the Dutch had two saved by Romero. He is Argentina's hero who
:03:25. > :03:27.has taken them to the World Cup final, where they face the Germans
:03:28. > :03:40.in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. final, where they face the Germans
:03:41. > :03:42.Now to what could be the best thing ever. This is an underground
:03:43. > :03:45.trampoline. It was made out of an old mine in Wales to create a giant
:03:46. > :03:48.underground play area. BBC Wales reporter Tomos Morgan was lucky
:03:49. > :03:58.enough to have a go - take a look. During the 1900s, these slate mines
:03:59. > :04:01.were the beating heart of the town. Hardhats aside, this isn't a mine
:04:02. > :04:05.any more, but a giant playroom. Twice the size of St Paul's
:04:06. > :04:07.Cathedral, with a kilometre of ropes to hold everyone up, this
:04:08. > :04:10.is the largest, possibly the only, I feel like a kid again.
:04:11. > :04:25.a sell-out attraction. I need to get a bit fitter!
:04:26. > :04:32.The atmosphere's fantastic. It's a game of snakes and ladders
:04:33. > :04:34.between the three levels, It took four months to clear
:04:35. > :04:40.the cave to make this funhouse. Local sports clubs have already
:04:41. > :04:43.booked in their fitness sessions. And after an hour's bouncing around,
:04:44. > :04:47.it's easy to see why. After a while, even lying
:04:48. > :05:00.down seems to be a challenge. That is all from me. We are back in
:05:01. > :05:01.half an hour.