13/11/2015 Newsround

stadiums for a living and we will enjoy more of the superb skills you

Hi, I'm Ricky, It's Friday, and this is Newsround.

Orangutans rescued from fires in Indonesia.

And we introduce you to this cool rider.

Not only is it Friday today but it's also the BBC's big Children

The show has been presented by Sir Terry Wogan since it started

in 1980, 35 years ago, but for the first time he won't be

He's had to pull out because of back problems

to a magnificent cause", from home and "cheering and donating

It's not all bad news though as there will

still be lots going on throughout today.

There'll be lots of Pudsey action, exclusive performances

and Radio 1 host Scott Mills will attempt to abseil

Bruce Forsyth returns with a special Children In Need Strictly

All the action kicks off from 7pm on BBC One.

So we asked some of you how some of you will be marking the day.

In my school we are dressing up to raise money. It is like a time for

us to give money for the children that don't have the good things we

do. Getting to help people by dressing up in donating money. It's

an important day, and it is like remembrance, because all of those

people around the world don't have the opportunity that we do to have a

good education and go to a good school.

Schools across the Western Isles and Shetland in Scotland will all be

Many roads have been closed and winds of up to 90 miles per hour

are expected causing possible damage to houses.

Heavy rain is also expected and may cause some flooding.

BBC weather reporter Simon King has sent us this report

We sometimes get some pretty big storms in the UK, and recently the

UK and Irish weather service decided to start naming them. You might see

your name pop up, but we had our first one, Abigail, which moved

towards Scotland on Thursday night and this morning and you can see

right at the top there, in Scotland, some very strong winds expected

across northern and western areas and there could be some problems

first thing on Friday morning. For all of us, quite windy day on

Friday, but the strong winds will continue in the far north of

Scotland on Friday accompanied by heavy rain. There is mounting snow

on Friday and it will feel pretty cold as well. -- mountain snow.

Next to the country of Indonesia in south-east Asia, where forest

As well as the damage to the environment

and the effects on people's health, the fires are also threatening rare

This is no ordinary fire. Great areas of Indonesia are burning, and

it is causing big problems for people and animals. Many apes have

been forced to flee their Forest homes and head to villages in search

of food, but many locals see them as pests. This can lead to an increase

in attacks on the animals. This rare orangutan from Borneo and her baby

were treated by an animal rescue team after trying to escape the

wildfires. The two apes were eventually released back into the

wild safely. The haze caused by fires has been poisoning the air

across Southeast Asia for weeks now. More than 100,000 people in

Indonesia are said to be suffering from breathing problems. Fires

happen every year in Indonesia, but unusually dry weather has made this

year's even worse than normal. A team of firefighters in one part of

the country now being helped by elephants trained to carry hoses and

water pumps. We are now using elephants trained to patrol in the

jungle in order to put out Forest fires early and stop them from

burning. Many of the fires are started illegally to clear land to

grow new plants. Most are set ablaze on peat land which burns for longer

and produces more smoke than other fires. With rain expected here

soon, the fires could be put out in the next month.

at Otto, the brilliant bulldog. He's set a new Guinness World Record for

Otto passed through the legs of 30 people before being

That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.