15/06/2011 Newsround

Hi there, news fans. We have a show bursting at the seams coming your

way. That is how I feel after my steak and mushroom pie. Sonali and

Ore with you tonight with Newsround. Here are just a couple of things we

have in store for you. We are searching for wildlife after the

devastating fires in Dorset. the boat launch that blew everyone

away! First up, we're talking horseracing.

The world-famous Royal Ascot races are on this week - which means

300,000 people getting all dressed up to for a day or two of fun at

the races. But there's a serious side to it all too. The people who

run racing have started a big debate about whether jockeys should

be allowed to whip horses to make them go faster.

This was Ballabriggs charging to victory in one of the most famous

races in the world, The Grand National, back in April. If you

look closely, you can see the rider using his whip to spur the horse on.

After the race, officials told jockey Jason Maguire he'd used the

whip too much. He stayed champion, but he was fined and banned from

riding for five days. Racing rules say that riders can

use whips to steer a horse out of danger or to encourage them to go

faster. Lots of racing fans think this is fair, but some people

reckon using a whip to make a horse run is wrong. And they're choosing

to stay away from racing. believe a large proportion of

people are not coming because of their view that the use of the whip

is cruel. People at Towcester racecourse in Northamptonshire were

asked what they thought. No, it doesn't bother me. If they are good

enough, they don't need a whipping. The don't with the horses, that is

mean. The British Horse Racing Authority, which makes the rules of

the sport, says that whips are designed with padded tops so they

don't hurt the horses and insists that in some cases, they have to be

used to keep the animals safe during races. But they are now

looking at how whips should be used and deciding whether jockeys who

abuse the whip should face bigger punishments.

It looks like some of you could be getting an extra day off school at

the end of the month. Some teachers in England and Wales say they won't

be working on Thursday 30th June because they're going on strike.

They're upset at changes the government wants to make to their

pensions - that's the money they get when they retire. Teachers

unions reckon they'll be worse off, but politicians say walking out is

wrong because it affects your education. Talks are going on to

try to stop the strike happening. Thousands of kids across the UK

tried to break a world record today. They were trying to break the

record for the biggest walking bus. There was a serious message behind

it all. They want cars to slow down outside their schools. More than

1,000 kids are hurt on roads every year - something these guys want to

change. Drivers are reaching their limits with speed and they cannot

see the children who are crossing. They parkin illegal places, like

the zig-zag lines and they go across the speed limit. If you go

too fast and you don't look, they could come very fast and not notice

you. People need to note that you have to slowdown near schools,

because it is a look -- public place and there are lots of little

children. People have to look because they might run someone over

if they are going too fast. Last week, we told you about one of the

biggest heath fires to hit Dorset. The area is home to a wide range of

wildlife, so the blaze ended up killing thousands of animals and

destroying their natural habitat. Now the race is on to help save the

ones that survived. Ricky's spent the day at the scene of the fire to

find out more. A wall of fire sweeps across the

Upton Heath nature reserve, burning everything in its path. Hundreds of

firefighters battled to stop the flames from reaching nearby homes.

But it was too late for the animals who live right here. The sheer

scale of the fires shocked everyone. I saw flames start in there, and

five minutes later they had stretched to that stop over there.

That's because this is one of most important wildlife sites in England.

And a third of it has been devastated by the fires. You can

still smell burning and the ground is black. They came at a critical

time for wildlife as birds were nesting and reptiles breeding. The

Dorset Wildlife Trust have asked volunteers to come forward and help

rescue the animals. How devastating has the fire been to the wildlife

here? It has gone back 20 years. Thousands of animals have died, and

since then a lot of the Habitat has gone, the trees and bushes, they

have disappeared. Now it is time to release the reptiles which have

been found so far. Hundreds of volunteers turned up to help with

the search, and they are expecting even more people over the next

couple of days. We will be out here every day trying to find stuff.

will take a while to grow back, so we will do what we can and move

them back. This little Sand Lizard is back on safe land about to start

a new life. Volunteers are hoping to rescue even more over the next

Now if you're showing off a brand new racing boat to the world's

media, you'd probably want to focus on how fast it is, how cool it

looks. And this one in San Francisco certainly did make a big

splash, just not for the right reason. After just a few minutes in

the water, one crew in one of yachting's biggest racing events,

the America's Cup, had a bit of a disaster when their catarmaran

capsized. None of the crew were hurt, just a bit embarrassed.

It won't be the last capsize, and it won't be the first. That is

always going to be part of this game and, frankly, we should have

avoided it. It is a mistake, and if you make a mistake, you pay the

price. Talking of boats, check out this one made from plastic milk

bottle tops! A man from Cambridgeshire took three years to

collect the 10,000 lids he needed. A lot of melting and moulding in

his back garden later, he had had a boat fit for a charity row down the

River Cam. And he did not capsize. Nice

technique. British ladybirds are being wiped

out by an invasion of a foreign rival. That's what wildlife experts

told us today. The numbers of about ten types of ladybirds have been

going down over the past 20 years. They include the ones you might see

in your garden, with ten or 14 spots on them. Scientists reckon

it's down to the Asian Harlequin ladybird, which compete for their

food and sometimes even eat British Before we go, we want your opinion.

We've heard that one in six primary school kids are put into different

sets depending on how well you learn. We want to know what you

think about this. Does it happen at your school? Are you in a high