13/08/2014 Newsround

You're with Newsround this Wednesday mornning. I'm Ricky.

There's a new star at the European athletics championships and more

It is a panda filled Newsround today.

And first we're talking about a baby panda that hasn't even

Excitement has been building at Edinburgh Zoo, where it's believed

Breeding pandas is very difficult and this would be the first giant

Jenny's been in Scotland on panda watch!

The keepers here are very excited because they believe this panda is

pregnant and will give both at the end of the month. She is being kept

away from the public but behind me is the proud father. If everything

goes well, this will be the 1st giant panda cub to be born in

Britain. But Panda pregnancies very difficult to confirm. Even the

experts cannot be sure until the panda gives birth. A little earlier

on, I spoke the director of giant pandas, Ian Valentine. We've done

quite a few tests and they show that she is pregnant. She is not eating,

she is sleeping huge amounts and drinking small amounts. All of that

shows us she is pregnant. We are going to have to wait to find out if

we are going to hear the pitter patter of panda paws any time soon.

Well, there has been the pitter patter of panda paws in China, where

They're thought to be the only surviving triplets

in the world and are being shown off here for the first time.

Next, we've been asking you which book character you'd

Harriet from Haywards Heath says she'd love

Well, if you're a fan of Jaqueline wilson's books then you'll probably

One of her best loved books, Hetty Feather,

Ayshah went behind the scenes in London's West End.

This book was 1st published in 2009 and has sold millions of books. It

has become a huge success all over the world. It is a story set in

19th-century London about a young girl who was abandoned as a baby.

But she overcomes all in the search to find her real mother and a true

family of her own. It's a hugely popular story and 1 that has

captured the imagination of all who have read it. For years on, it has

made it into the West End. Tell us what it was like when you find out

you were playing this character. I immediately fell in love with this

character. She is exciting. When I got the phone call to say I had got

the job, I was over the moon. When you don't know who you are, you can

be anyone you want to be... It has already been on an international

tour since February. What does the book's author think about being 1 of

the dash in 1 of the grandest theatre stages

the dash in 1 of the grandest some hilariously funny bits.

the dash in 1 of the grandest time I've seen it, it has put a huge

smile Having spent a day behind the

scenes, the cast is ready, the stage is set. All we need now is the

audience. Tickets, please. Jo Pavey, has just become the oldest

female gold medallist at the Zurich. She's 40, has just had her

second baby and still managed to win Cooley the cow is the

European Championships mascot. He wasn't happy when people got

in his way. Head online to find out about

Wayne Rooney's new job.