13/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:11.You're with Newsround this Wednesday mornning. I'm Ricky.

:00:12. > :00:14.There's a new star at the European athletics championships and more

:00:15. > :00:23.It is a panda filled Newsround today.

:00:24. > :00:26.And first we're talking about a baby panda that hasn't even

:00:27. > :00:30.Excitement has been building at Edinburgh Zoo, where it's believed

:00:31. > :00:35.Breeding pandas is very difficult and this would be the first giant

:00:36. > :01:13.Jenny's been in Scotland on panda watch!

:01:14. > :01:25.The keepers here are very excited because they believe this panda is

:01:26. > :01:31.pregnant and will give both at the end of the month. She is being kept

:01:32. > :01:44.away from the public but behind me is the proud father. If everything

:01:45. > :01:46.goes well, this will be the 1st giant panda cub to be born in

:01:47. > :01:50.Britain. But Panda pregnancies very difficult to confirm. Even the

:01:51. > :02:00.experts cannot be sure until the panda gives birth. A little earlier

:02:01. > :02:05.on, I spoke the director of giant pandas, Ian Valentine. We've done

:02:06. > :02:10.quite a few tests and they show that she is pregnant. She is not eating,

:02:11. > :02:14.she is sleeping huge amounts and drinking small amounts. All of that

:02:15. > :02:17.shows us she is pregnant. We are going to have to wait to find out if

:02:18. > :02:22.we are going to hear the pitter patter of panda paws any time soon.

:02:23. > :02:25.Well, there has been the pitter patter of panda paws in China, where

:02:26. > :02:28.They're thought to be the only surviving triplets

:02:29. > :02:31.in the world and are being shown off here for the first time.

:02:32. > :02:34.Next, we've been asking you which book character you'd

:02:35. > :02:37.Harriet from Haywards Heath says she'd love

:02:38. > :02:44.Well, if you're a fan of Jaqueline wilson's books then you'll probably

:02:45. > :02:51.One of her best loved books, Hetty Feather,

:02:52. > :02:51.Ayshah went behind the scenes in London's West End.

:02:52. > :02:55.This book was 1st published in 2009 and has sold millions of books. It

:02:56. > :02:58.has become a huge success all over the world. It is a story set in

:02:59. > :03:01.19th-century London about a young girl who was abandoned as a baby.

:03:02. > :03:07.But she overcomes all in the search to find her real mother and a true

:03:08. > :03:09.family of her own. It's a hugely popular story and 1 that has

:03:10. > :03:12.captured the imagination of all who have read it. For years on, it has

:03:13. > :03:16.made it into the West End. Tell us what it was like when you find out

:03:17. > :03:19.you were playing this character. I immediately fell in love with this

:03:20. > :03:23.character. She is exciting. When I got the phone call to say I had got

:03:24. > :03:29.the job, I was over the moon. When you don't know who you are, you can

:03:30. > :03:34.be anyone you want to be... It has already been on an international

:03:35. > :03:38.tour since February. What does the book's author think about being 1 of

:03:39. > :03:52.the dash in 1 of the grandest theatre stages

:03:53. > :03:55.the dash in 1 of the grandest some hilariously funny bits.

:03:56. > :03:57.the dash in 1 of the grandest time I've seen it, it has put a huge

:03:58. > :04:11.smile Having spent a day behind the

:04:12. > :04:14.scenes, the cast is ready, the stage is set. All we need now is the

:04:15. > :04:21.audience. Tickets, please. Jo Pavey, has just become the oldest

:04:22. > :04:31.female gold medallist at the Zurich. She's 40, has just had her

:04:32. > :04:35.second baby and still managed to win Cooley the cow is the

:04:36. > :04:45.European Championships mascot. He wasn't happy when people got

:04:46. > :04:50.in his way. Head online to find out about

:04:51. > :04:55.Wayne Rooney's new job.