:00:26. > :00:32.Hello. We are live. It is just after 5pm on Thursday afternoon.
:00:32. > :00:37.You are with Nel and Joe. Stick with us because we have a jam-
:00:37. > :00:41.packed show. Could this be the best cartoon character of all time? And
:00:41. > :00:44.School Report takes over the news room.
:00:44. > :00:49.First up, we are talking about horse racing. This week the
:00:49. > :00:53.country's top jockeys have been competing in one of the biggest
:00:53. > :00:58.events - the Cheltenham Festival. This year horses have been making
:00:59. > :01:04.the headlines for the wrong reasons. Five horses have been killed so far,
:01:04. > :01:09.injured in the races. Across four days, more than 200,000 people will
:01:09. > :01:12.come to cheer on their favourite horses at Cheltenham. High drama is
:01:12. > :01:17.not unusual. This year has been especially tragic. Five horses died
:01:17. > :01:23.this week. They were injured when they fell during races and had to
:01:23. > :01:26.be put down. The events this week have fuelled a row over whether the
:01:26. > :01:31.risks involved make the sport too cruel. New health and safety
:01:31. > :01:36.measures have been taken at Cheltenham at nine horses died back
:01:36. > :01:40.in 2006. Some groups say that is not enough. Here, at this
:01:40. > :01:43.rehabilitation centre, injured racehorses are looked after while
:01:43. > :01:49.they recover. Nicky who looks after the horses says she doesn't think
:01:49. > :01:53.the sport is cruel. The British Horseracing Boarbroodd authority
:01:53. > :01:59.and other bodies are working hard to ensure that facilities are
:01:59. > :02:09.improving all the time. The people in charge of racing in Britain told
:02:09. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:21.us that like all competitive sports, The Cheltenham Festival has been
:02:21. > :02:24.going on for more than 200 years. The authorities say they will look
:02:24. > :02:28.into what went wrong here to try and make the sport safer in the
:02:28. > :02:34.future. Moving on and thousands of refugees have been fleeing violence
:02:34. > :02:38.in Sirry yafplt over the past 24 -- Syria. Over the past 24 hours many
:02:38. > :02:42.people have arrived at camps. The UN says 8,000 people have been
:02:42. > :02:46.killed during the conflict. More than 200,000 have been forced to
:02:46. > :02:50.flee their homes. The BBC's Jonathan Head is in Hatay, at one
:02:50. > :02:55.of the refugee camps, where they are running out of space. There are
:02:55. > :03:03.people here who have arrived recently, all telling the sorry
:03:03. > :03:08.that their villages were surrounded, they were fired on for days. The
:03:08. > :03:12.villagersed and left. -- villagers upped and left. Many more are
:03:12. > :03:18.making their way across. Have you got what it takes to do this job?
:03:18. > :03:23.Well, it turns out, yes! Thousands of you have turned into journalists
:03:23. > :03:27.to take part in BBC sport reports. You have filmed, edited and
:03:27. > :03:32.reported on subjects you think are important.
:03:32. > :03:36.For days, these guys have been kept megabusy, from grilling David
:03:36. > :03:40.Cameron. Mr Cameron, if Scotland votes no to independence, what
:03:40. > :03:44.further powers would you be prepared to give to the Scottish
:03:44. > :03:47.Parliament? It is a discussion to have with the Scottish people.
:03:47. > :03:52.Getting exclusives from top children's author Michael Morpurgo.
:03:52. > :03:57.Are you writing a book at the moment? What is it about? Yes. I
:03:57. > :04:01.have just finished one. It is a Medal for Leroy. Even getting to
:04:01. > :04:05.grips with being on telly. Some joins me early this morning. What
:04:05. > :04:10.have you taken from this whole experience? Well, when you come on
:04:10. > :04:17.this journey you learn a lot. have all worked hard. OK, so it is
:04:17. > :04:22.not all about television today. These guys at the BBC's studio have
:04:22. > :04:29.been preparing and doing sport bulletins all day. We have joipls
:04:30. > :04:36.and Anya here. -- James and Anya here. I thought it would be nice to
:04:36. > :04:41.see what it is like to work in media. I thought, "Get your words
:04:41. > :04:45.right." It went OK in the end. But it does not stop here. Once
:04:45. > :04:50.today is over, you won't have to wait until next year to get
:04:50. > :04:55.involved. With big events like the Olympics and the Queen's Diamond
:04:55. > :04:59.Jubilee there are lots of chances to get in on the action. Check out
:04:59. > :05:03.the School Report website. You can see yourself on screen by the
:05:03. > :05:10.summer. Next up, last night Wales went to sleep with five cities,
:05:10. > :05:16.today it woke up to find out it had number six. St Asaph will join
:05:16. > :05:22.Cardiff, Newport, Bangor and St David's as having city status. Two
:05:22. > :05:28.more were announced. They are Perth in Scotland... You
:05:28. > :05:32.can join in tomorrow for our report. It has 3,400 people.
:05:32. > :05:37.Sticking the jubilee celebrations. Over the past week we have seen
:05:37. > :05:42.Prince Harry run a marathon and get down to the beat in Brazil. Now the
:05:42. > :05:47.royal in Rio has been giving an interview about what party he and
:05:47. > :05:52.the other royal grandkids might give their gran. When we get back,
:05:52. > :05:55.we as a group of grandchildren will be able to have a dinner and maybe
:05:55. > :06:01.take her out on the town. I don't know. Does the Queen go out on the
:06:01. > :06:05.town? I don't know. Does yours? if you are a cartoon character,
:06:05. > :06:11.then tonight is a very big night. The British Animation Awards will
:06:11. > :06:13.be rewarding the winners of the awards for Britain's favourite
:06:13. > :06:15.cartoon character. Will it be Wallace and Gromit, Peppa Pig,
:06:15. > :06:18.Postman Pat, Shaun The Sheep and Charlie and Lola?
:06:18. > :06:28.Well, we have been asking you to pick your favourite on the website.
:06:28. > :06:47.
:06:47. > :06:55.Here are some of the comments you He goes on to say they teach his
:06:55. > :07:03.little sister how to be a good one. Anna says:
:07:03. > :07:08.I would have to agree. My favourite would be, have you ever watched Hey
:07:08. > :07:12.Arnold? Yes. Next One Direction have been talking about conquering
:07:12. > :07:17.America. Their album is number one on the US iTunes chart. Justin
:07:17. > :07:25.Bieber took to Twitter to congratulate them. The band say
:07:25. > :07:29.their success feels in-- incredible. There were 5,000 people at the book
:07:29. > :07:34.signing. I said, "Can you believe all these people have turned up for
:07:34. > :07:37.us?" you get moments that make you grateful for what you are doing. We
:07:37. > :07:41.would love the album to go number one. We are hoping for the best
:07:41. > :07:45.really. It is amazing to be in the charts out here. We are grateful.
:07:45. > :07:51.They are doing really well, our boys, aren't they? As if they could