:00:07. > :00:11.It's Monday the 10th of December. Ricky and Leah here to guide you
:00:11. > :00:16.through today's top stories. Here's what's coming up on Newsround:
:00:16. > :00:19.Messi Magic. The Argentine breaks another footballing record.
:00:19. > :00:24.Let it snow - Nel hunts out the future stars of the Winter Olympics.
:00:24. > :00:34.And what is this incredible flashing fireball? You're watching
:00:34. > :00:46.
:00:46. > :00:52.But first, grab a pen and paper, we're starting with a history quiz.
:00:52. > :00:55.First question - how many times a year did Elizabeth I have a bath?
:00:55. > :00:59.Second question - what did First World War soldiers use to soften
:00:59. > :01:04.their leather boots? Third question - what problem did Lord Horatio
:01:04. > :01:07.Nelson, Britain's greatest sailor, suffer from? If you watch Horrible
:01:07. > :01:12.Histories you might know the answers. If not, we'll tell you at
:01:12. > :01:15.the end of the programme. We can learn all sorts of interesting
:01:15. > :01:25.things by studying the way people lived in the past, but now the way
:01:25. > :01:29.history is taught in schools could be about to change.
:01:29. > :01:34.These pupils are learning about the Romans, Sue do they think it is an
:01:34. > :01:39.important subject? It is very important because it is very
:01:39. > :01:42.inspiration will. It is fun because you get to do projects on things
:01:42. > :01:48.that you did not really know because it might sound a bit boring
:01:48. > :01:53.but it when you of into it, it is not that all win. I like learning
:01:53. > :01:58.about the past. It be Imperial War Museum in Manchester, they have a
:01:58. > :02:04.range of exhibitions, starting from the First World War. This is a car
:02:04. > :02:09.that had been bombed in Baghdad in Iraq just five years ago. History
:02:09. > :02:14.is such a huge subject. How do schools decide how to teach it? The
:02:14. > :02:18.government decide which topics are chosen but now MPs want to change
:02:18. > :02:24.the way history is taught in England. Many students choose to
:02:24. > :02:29.drop history before GCSEs, with only 41% taking the subject in year
:02:30. > :02:34.10. A new report says children should have to learn history at
:02:34. > :02:38.secondary school for five years instead of two, and teachers should
:02:38. > :02:42.not jump backwards and forwards in time but should learn thing as in
:02:43. > :02:46.the order that they happened. should be an element for five years
:02:46. > :02:51.but I do not think it should be compulsory because some people do
:02:51. > :02:55.not enjoy it. So while some people think history is boring, it looks
:02:55. > :02:57.like in the future we will have to learn more about the past.
:02:57. > :03:07.On the Newsround website today, you've been telling us about your
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:03:22. > :03:25.Thank you for all of those. Next - it's been called
:03:25. > :03:28."unacceptable and appalling" by football bosses. At the end of the
:03:28. > :03:31.Manchester derby yesterday, someone threw a coin from the crowd,
:03:31. > :03:39.hitting Man United's Rio Ferdinand on the head. An investigation has
:03:39. > :03:44.started to work out who did it. But how can we stop this kind of thing
:03:44. > :03:49.from happening? The moment the beautiful game
:03:49. > :03:55.turned ugly. Robin van Persie had just scored a goal when Rio
:03:55. > :04:05.Ferdinand was hit on the head by a 2p coin. It left him needing
:04:05. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:08.treatment for a cut above his left eye.
:04:08. > :04:12.Manchester City has condemned the coin throwing and apologised to Rio.
:04:12. > :04:15.They've said they are looking at CCTV footage with the police to try
:04:15. > :04:20.and find who did it. The FA has launched an investigation and its
:04:20. > :04:23.chairman's said that whoever did it In the last Premier League season,
:04:23. > :04:27.24 people were arrested by the police for throwing things onto the
:04:27. > :04:31.pitch during a game. That number has fallen in recent years. The FA
:04:31. > :04:34.told us that clubs and police work together to crack down on things
:04:34. > :04:38.like this. It said stewards and CCTV help to identify offenders so
:04:38. > :04:46.they can be arrested and banned from grounds. One suggestion now
:04:46. > :04:49.being talked about is using netting I think you've got to look at some
:04:49. > :04:56.way where it doesn't affect the view but at the same time it can be
:04:56. > :04:59.protective against missile throwing. Man City is a fantastic club and
:04:59. > :05:06.the supporters are great but you cannot condone this, it is
:05:06. > :05:09.completely out of order. Luckily, Rio wasn't badly hurt. He
:05:09. > :05:17.even managed to get dressed up to appear at this weekend's other big
:05:17. > :05:22.showdown in Manchester that evening. The X Factor final. We couldn't get
:05:22. > :05:25.away without giving up some huge praise for this man. Lionel Messi.
:05:25. > :05:29.The Barcelona player has set a new record for the most goals scored in
:05:29. > :05:35.a year by netting his 86th since January. The Argentine scoring
:05:35. > :05:39.twice in a Spanish league game last night. So let's take a closer look
:05:39. > :05:45.Lionel Messi has now scored 86 goals in 2012. Beating a record
:05:45. > :05:48.that's lasted 40 years. Messi has scored his goals in just 66 games.
:05:48. > :05:52.He's scored 74 goals for his club Barcelona and 12 for his national
:05:52. > :05:57.team Argentina. If you compare Messi with one of the best strikers
:05:57. > :06:00.in the Premier League, Robin van Persie, Messi comes out way on top.
:06:00. > :06:05.Van Persie has scored 38 times for club and country so far in 2012,
:06:05. > :06:10.way behind Messi's 86. Amazingly, Messi still has three games left to
:06:10. > :06:20.add even more goals to his total for the year. So who knows how many
:06:20. > :06:21.
:06:21. > :06:25.Now, whether it was cycling, athletics, or even taekwondo, there
:06:25. > :06:29.were plenty of British gold medal winners at London 2012. But when it
:06:29. > :06:32.comes to the Winter Olympics, Team GB's record isn't so golden.
:06:32. > :06:36.hit the slopes with Amy Williams, Team GB's last gold winner at a
:06:36. > :06:46.Winter Games, to try and find some future medal hopefuls.
:06:46. > :06:46.
:06:46. > :06:52.Fast, cold, and sometimes a little dangerous. The Summer Olympics are
:06:52. > :07:00.well and truly over so now it's time for something a lot cooler!
:07:00. > :07:03.What?! This summer, Team GB got 65 medals but in the last Winter
:07:03. > :07:06.Olympics in 2010, a Team GB only managed one.
:07:06. > :07:11.A gold from Amy Williams in the Skelitan Bobsleigh. But she's
:07:11. > :07:16.hoping that that could soon all change. This summer sport always
:07:16. > :07:20.get the press. You open up the back page and it is the same sports.
:07:20. > :07:25.London has shown that the smaller sports are just as good at bringing
:07:25. > :07:31.medals and I am trying to show that winter sports are still here! It is
:07:31. > :07:37.winter now, let's get us into the papers! But to get more medals, we
:07:37. > :07:43.need more medal hopefuls! These kids have been skiing, snow
:07:43. > :07:49.boarding and doing other winter sports from a really young age.
:07:49. > :07:55.is, like, fun and quick and you get quite a rush. Even if I hurt myself,
:07:55. > :07:59.I cannot wait to get back on again. These guys are training hard and
:07:59. > :08:04.pulling out all the stops so that in the 2014 games Team GB brings
:08:04. > :08:07.back a lot more gold. Finally - to a strange bright light
:08:07. > :08:13.caught on camera. Footage of a fireball flashing over the night
:08:13. > :08:16.sky in Texas, America have got space experts excited. The camera
:08:16. > :08:21.picked up the flash which they believe is a meteor entering the
:08:21. > :08:26.Earth's atmosphere and then burning up. NASA managed to track fragments
:08:26. > :08:35.of the meteor, which landed in North Houston. Amazing!
:08:35. > :08:39.Before we go, back to those history questions from earlier.
:08:39. > :08:43.Queen Elizabeth I had just four baths a year. First World War
:08:43. > :08:47.soldiers used wee to soften their boots. And Horatio Nelson,
:08:47. > :08:56.Britain's greatest sailor, suffered from sea-sickness!