:00:00. > :00:07.You're live with Newsround on CBBC for the next five minutes.
:00:08. > :00:14.How virtual reality could help kids in hospital.
:00:15. > :00:26.And otter-ly adorable - the pups learning to swim.
:00:27. > :00:29.First, helicopters and planes are working hard to put out
:00:30. > :00:32.a huge wildfire just outside the New Zealand city
:00:33. > :00:37.Two separate fires that started in the hills on Monday have merged.
:00:38. > :00:39.Hundreds of homes have been evacuated.
:00:40. > :00:41.Some of them have burned down, but luckily
:00:42. > :00:46.There's a thick layer of smoke sitting over the city and officials
:00:47. > :00:54.think it could take weeks to get things back to normal.
:00:55. > :01:02.This fire has to be got under control, it will take weeks because
:01:03. > :01:06.it is going to smoulder, there will be outbreaks from time to time, the
:01:07. > :01:08.win could change well be speaking and that would make a difference.
:01:09. > :01:11.Also today, we're talking about virtual reality - or VR.
:01:12. > :01:13.While for some people it's the future of gaming,
:01:14. > :01:16.others are finding different uses for it, such as helping kids
:01:17. > :01:18.who need to go into hospital for special scans to relax.
:01:19. > :01:22.Ten-year-old Matthew is back in hospital.
:01:23. > :01:25.In September 2014, I suffered from extreme hydrocephalus,
:01:26. > :01:28.which means a build-up of fluid in the brain.
:01:29. > :01:36.The op was a success and to help him recover,
:01:37. > :01:46.he has to have regular brain scans to check that all is good.
:01:47. > :01:48.Being in ascanning machine can be quite a scary experience
:01:49. > :01:53.The scan itself can take up to an hour.
:01:54. > :01:56.You have to stay incredibly still in a small space and once
:01:57. > :01:57.the scanner actually starts, it's incredibly loud.
:01:58. > :02:00.Is everything OK in there, Matthew? Yeah, all fine.
:02:01. > :02:05.Now, I feel OK because I have had it a few times now.
:02:06. > :02:10.The first time I remember, I was thinking to myself,
:02:11. > :02:15.Because no-one had showed me it but in the end,
:02:16. > :02:27.MRIs can help doctors find out if a person has any problems
:02:28. > :02:29.using strong magnets and radio waves producing detailed images
:02:30. > :02:38.Experts at Kings College Hospital have come up with a way to prepare
:02:39. > :02:40.children by copying an MRI scan with this app
:02:41. > :02:46.Matthew is one of the kids helping the doctors
:02:47. > :02:50.This is the MRI scan we are going to use today.
:02:51. > :02:55.The app uses panoramic 360-degree videos, taken inside the scanner,
:02:56. > :03:00.giving the complete MRI experience of the scan.
:03:01. > :03:05.I was really interested in virtual reality.
:03:06. > :03:08.I had a 360-degree camera for Christmas and I thought
:03:09. > :03:11.maybe I can take some images from inside the scanner to allow
:03:12. > :03:15.the child to experience a scan virtual reality beforehand
:03:16. > :03:18.to prepare them for the scan, so it is not so scary
:03:19. > :03:25.The best way to cope with it, I think, is to close your eyes.
:03:26. > :03:36.Hopefully, this app will really help and just don't worry about it.
:03:37. > :03:41.The premiere for new live action movie Beauty and the Beast
:03:42. > :03:45.We're heading there to speak to Emma Watson, who plays Belle,
:03:46. > :03:48.and lots of other actors who play the enchanted household items
:03:49. > :03:52.That got us thinking - if you had to be an enchanted
:03:53. > :03:54.object in your house, what would it be and why?
:03:55. > :03:57.Perhaps you'd be a teacup, like Chip, a clock, like Cogsworth,
:03:58. > :04:01.or maybe something else entirely, like a gadget, mirror or football.
:04:02. > :04:05.We want you to draw it for us, take a picture and send it in online -
:04:06. > :04:08.and we'll try and show some of them to the stars!
:04:09. > :04:12.Also online are these stunning images from
:04:13. > :04:15.Underwater Photographer of the Year - including these turtles in Spain,
:04:16. > :04:19.and this hungry humpback whale off the coast of South Africa.
:04:20. > :04:23.But it was this beautiful shot that took the top prize.
:04:24. > :04:30.The octopus might look like it's dancing, but it's actually hunting!
:04:31. > :04:34.Finally - we're staying in the water with some otter-ly cute creatures.
:04:35. > :04:37.These four pups at Newquay Zoo are learning how to swim.
:04:38. > :04:39.The Asian short-clawed otters are getting some lessons
:04:40. > :04:46.I think they're doing pretty swimmingly!
:04:47. > :04:52.Newsround's back on CBBC tomorrow morning at 7:40am with Ayshah.