13/05/2014

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:00:00. > :00:15.The late-night phone checking that is affecting our sleep.

:00:16. > :00:19.Coming up: And affecting our sleep. the UK's

:00:20. > :00:23.biggest flower blooms but it has a smelly

:00:24. > :00:27.First up, I bet later tonight some of you will check your phones or use

:00:28. > :00:30.your tablet to catch up on your favourite show under

:00:31. > :00:33.the covers before you go to bed. Well, doctors are warning

:00:34. > :00:36.that's not good for us and is stopping us getting to sleep.

:00:37. > :00:36.James Gallagher sent us this special report.

:00:37. > :00:44.Whether it is playing on games, chatting to mates or checking the

:00:45. > :00:49.newsround website, smart phones are lighting up our bedrooms. But now

:00:50. > :00:57.scientists are worried this might be giving us at late. I usually come

:00:58. > :01:02.upstairs at 10 p.m. And stay on my phone. 1 night it must have been

:01:03. > :01:09.about 11 p.m., and I sat on my bed and looked at the phone and it was 1

:01:10. > :01:18.a.m.. I had not moved from the spot from when I 1st came in. Our bodies

:01:19. > :01:22.have an inner clock. But smart phones released a lot of blue light.

:01:23. > :01:26.It tricks our brains into thinking it is early morning, so we stay up

:01:27. > :01:38.late. What should you do? It will not be

:01:39. > :01:46.very good news, but the 1st thing is it would not be a good idea to use

:01:47. > :01:51.phones after dark. I would take them out of the bedroom.

:01:52. > :01:58.So a word of warning, when it comes down to bedroom -- bedtime tonight,

:01:59. > :02:03.you might want to think twice about using that smart phone.

:02:04. > :02:06.this special report. And you've been telling us

:02:07. > :02:09.whether or not you play on your phones and tablets before bed.

:02:10. > :02:12.Sarah Jane says, I go on my mum's tablet every night

:02:13. > :02:16.but when I'm finished I read a chapter of my Percy Jackson book.

:02:17. > :02:20.I get up for school at 8:30 and I'm not really tired.

:02:21. > :02:23.And Hana told us that her mum actually banned her phone

:02:24. > :02:26.for a week, but then she used to get up during the night and get it

:02:27. > :02:30.from downstairs. Next - the biggest flower in the UK

:02:31. > :02:33.has bloomed for only the second time ever, but you won't want to get too

:02:34. > :02:36.close to have a sniff. The Titan arum is nicknamed the

:02:37. > :02:40.corpse flower because of its stinky smell of rotting flesh and vomit.

:02:41. > :02:42.It is nearly three metres tall and is expected to live

:02:43. > :02:45.for up to ten years. Next, to the championship that's

:02:46. > :02:48.in a glass of its own. Every year more than 20 contestants

:02:49. > :02:51.take part in the Glass-Blowing Championships over in Finland.

:02:52. > :02:54.They have to try and create the biggest sphere, cylinder or

:02:55. > :02:56.plate in under six minutes. This man from Hungary blew away

:02:57. > :02:58.the competition with his breathtaking skills.

:02:59. > :02:59.That's all from me. Don't