:00:00. > :00:00.It's 4.21pm this Thursday afternoon, you're watching
:00:07. > :00:12.The bridge that demolition crews found hard to bring down.
:00:13. > :00:19.England's women footballers' message to girls who are
:00:20. > :00:31.A tough decision but the right one, that's how Team GB star
:00:32. > :00:35.Jessica Ennis-Hill has described her choice to retire.
:00:36. > :00:42.The athlete won an unforgettable gold in the heptathlon at the London
:00:43. > :00:45.2012 Olympics and followed that up with a silver in Rio
:00:46. > :00:49.She said today that she wants to leave the sport on a high,
:00:50. > :00:52.Well, the heptathlon has seven events,
:00:53. > :00:55.so I've been taking a look-back at the seven big
:00:56. > :01:10.Her journey begins in 1986 in Sheffield. From a young age she took
:01:11. > :01:15.up athletics and have potential was obvious. Her first big success came
:01:16. > :01:20.when she won bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Jesper Emmy
:01:21. > :01:26.announced herself on the world stage when she won her first gold medal in
:01:27. > :01:32.2009 at the World Championships in barely in. Then, the big one
:01:33. > :01:37.defining moment that came at the 2012 Olympics when she became
:01:38. > :01:42.Olympic heptathlon champion. At this she took some time away from
:01:43. > :01:48.athletics, got married becoming Jessica Ennis-Hill. Then in 2014
:01:49. > :01:54.became a monster baby, Reggie. But she was soon back on the track
:01:55. > :02:01.winning another gold-medal. -- became a mother. Six months ago she
:02:02. > :02:08.won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics, capping a remarkable
:02:09. > :02:09.Olympics career. And that is Jess 's journey.
:02:10. > :02:12.Fellow British heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson has called
:02:13. > :02:17.She tweeted that Jess was "a real inspiration to me
:02:18. > :02:22.Well, among those many others are pupils at Jess's former
:02:23. > :02:29.secondary school in Sheffield, who have sent us these messages.
:02:30. > :02:36.Thank you for such a huge inspiration to people all over the
:02:37. > :02:41.UK, particularly our school. Ever since I saw you do hurdles inspired
:02:42. > :02:49.me to start doing them, I did last summer and I did well. Good luck in
:02:50. > :02:52.the future, thank you for inspiring me. Since watching Jessica
:02:53. > :02:59.Ennis-Hill in the Olympics I've been inspired to do other sports like
:03:00. > :03:05.running and jumping. Bank you Jesper being such an inspiration to my
:03:06. > :03:07.athletics and training. -- thank you Jess.
:03:08. > :03:09.Also inspiring girls and boys are England's women footballers,
:03:10. > :03:11.who are about to start preparing for next year's European
:03:12. > :03:14.Championships finals with a friendly against France next Friday.
:03:15. > :03:16.Ricky's been catching up with two of their star players,
:03:17. > :03:31.The World Cup was incredible and the bronze medal, we are all ecstatic to
:03:32. > :03:36.get that. But we are excited to get the Euro qualification out the way.
:03:37. > :03:39.Moving on from the World Cup, it was a fantastic tournament and we need
:03:40. > :03:43.to move on and show we can do it again, that it wasn't a one-off. How
:03:44. > :03:50.do you feel when you get to wear that outfit, put that up on comedy
:03:51. > :03:55.still get a bit of a buzz? Yes, absolutely. You would be lying AG
:03:56. > :03:59.said that you didn't. When you get new kit everyone is buzzing. You
:04:00. > :04:03.like a kid because you are so excited. It is a real privilege and
:04:04. > :04:06.we're very lucky to be on the situation that we are. What would
:04:07. > :04:15.you say to a young girl out there there who is into Dell's football
:04:16. > :04:20.but isn't getting mean college meant -- but isn't getting encouragement.
:04:21. > :04:23.We know what it feels like to go through school, your body is
:04:24. > :04:28.changing and perhaps you don't want to do sport... You got to stand tall
:04:29. > :04:35.and say you want to play women's football.
:04:36. > :04:39.This 93-year-old bridge in Arkansas in the US has been pulled down.It's
:04:40. > :04:44.making way for a new one in the city of Little Rock.
:04:45. > :04:47.Demolition crews had tried to bring it down using explosives earlier,
:04:48. > :04:49.but it didn't work, so they ended up having
:04:50. > :04:54.That's all from me, Newsround's back tomorrow morning at 7.40am.