:00:00. > :00:07.Well, hello and Happy Easter, I'm Martin and on Newsround today
:00:08. > :00:12.we've got the week's weirdest news for you.
:00:13. > :00:28.Good afternoon - it's Easter Sunday and let's kick off with
:00:29. > :00:30.what you love about Easter because you've been in touch
:00:31. > :00:33.Olivia in London says: "I gave up chocolate
:00:34. > :00:38.I'm pumped for Easter - I can eat all the choc I like."
:00:39. > :00:42.Joseph is all about eating chocolate and having a nice family meal.
:00:43. > :00:45.Hope says she loves going to the park
:00:46. > :00:47.on her bike and having a chocolate Easter egg.
:00:48. > :00:50.Bella loves Easter for church, baking and doing an Easter egg
:00:51. > :01:00.And we want to hear what your favourite bit about Easter is so get
:01:01. > :01:05.Now, what does it take to become a member of an all-singing
:01:06. > :01:10.Well we weren't sure so we sent our reporter
:01:11. > :01:16.Whitney to meet the Kidz on the Block Kidz Bop to find out.
:01:17. > :01:23.OK, so you've probably heard of Justin Bieber, Kanye West, maybe
:01:24. > :01:29.even Taylor Swift, but what about Kidz Bop? They are a huge US band
:01:30. > :01:32.and now a UK version of Kidz Bop has launched and I thought why not come
:01:33. > :01:39.and meet them? I am going to turn around the camera, Twinkle, Max,
:01:40. > :01:46.Lois Ann Ashton, how are you? I'm excited to meet you, UK's Kidz Bop.
:01:47. > :01:48.How did you get into it? Kidz Bop had a nationwide casting call and we
:01:49. > :01:53.went to London to meet the casting team and we were lucky enough to get
:01:54. > :01:57.picked. Amazing, I've seen some of your videos, hundreds of thousands
:01:58. > :02:01.of views on YouTube. How do you deal with the attention? Nice to see
:02:02. > :02:04.young fans supporting us hoping they can do the same thing and of course
:02:05. > :02:08.they can. Speaking of your fans, if they want to get into Kidz Bop what
:02:09. > :02:13.advice would you give? Enjoy what you're doing and keep working hard
:02:14. > :02:18.towards it. Amazing. I am only a few years older than you, I promise, not
:02:19. > :02:25.lying, only a few years. Have I Got What It Takes to be part of UK Kidz
:02:26. > :02:31.Bop? Yes, and everybody can. We should put this to the test. We
:02:32. > :02:37.should introduce some moves. I'm ready, I hope you are ready too. I'm
:02:38. > :02:40.ready for the first dance move. Punching Fung times with your right
:02:41. > :02:47.hand up into the air and step with your right foot. One, two, three,
:02:48. > :02:49.four, and on the fifth one of your right leg goes out and behind you
:02:50. > :03:06.and shoulder slide. # Shout out to my ex
:03:07. > :03:07.# You're really not the best. Thank you so much. I don't think I've got
:03:08. > :03:09.it just yet! Next up, take a look at this reboot
:03:10. > :03:12.of a 3,000-year-old ancient ball game known as
:03:13. > :03:13.ullamaliztli in Mexico. Up until 2006 the games were banned
:03:14. > :03:16.but organisers have been Today the game is played
:03:17. > :03:22.by teams of seven players, who knock a heavy solid rubber ball
:03:23. > :03:25.up and down a narrow pitch, using their hips
:03:26. > :03:35.rather than their feet. Here is someone who knows what to do
:03:36. > :03:37.with a ball. Take a look at this 50 yard goal scored by New York City
:03:38. > :03:38.striker David Villa. On a scale of one to ten how
:03:39. > :03:49.annoying would this be? An alligator rocking up just
:03:50. > :03:52.as you're trying to take a shot! That's what Ian Poulter had to put
:03:53. > :03:56.up with at the RBC Heritage golf Eventually the gator was chased off
:03:57. > :03:59.and Ian did eventually get to play his shot but we bet he had
:04:00. > :04:07.to make it snappy. Congratulations to Elinor Barker for
:04:08. > :04:08.winning Great Britain's second gold medal at the world cycling track
:04:09. > :04:09.Championships. Now what does an ice-cream eating
:04:10. > :04:12.dog, a glass bottom swimming pool They're all part of this week's
:04:13. > :04:27.weirdest news update just for you. Surely dogs shouldn't eat ice cream.
:04:28. > :04:33.Well, one shop in Mexico has created the tasty frozen dessert just for
:04:34. > :04:38.them using special ingredients so that our canine pals can enjoy its
:04:39. > :04:42.too. Now these hot dogs can cool off after a day in the Mexican sun with
:04:43. > :04:46.an ice-cold treat. Here is a different way to cool
:04:47. > :04:50.down. If heights really aren't your thing this swimming pool might leave
:04:51. > :04:54.you struggling to catch your breath. This apartment block in America
:04:55. > :04:59.decided its visitors needed a really scary swim in April sitting 150
:05:00. > :05:04.metres above the street below. I don't know about anyone else but
:05:05. > :05:09.when I go swimming I like to be closer to the ground, much closer!
:05:10. > :05:14.Staying in the skies, ever wanted to speed through the air like Iron Man?
:05:15. > :05:18.Take a look at this inventor who does just that. So he's not flying
:05:19. > :05:23.through the clouds at hundreds of miles per hour just yet, but still
:05:24. > :05:28.pretty impressive. The suit has four engines attached to the arms so the
:05:29. > :05:32.pilot can hover around. Who knows? We might be flying to the shops
:05:33. > :05:39.wearing a jet sued sooner than you think. OK, maybe not!
:05:40. > :05:42.Finally, have a look at these jets of water, back on Earth.
:05:43. > :05:44.Tonnes of explosives tore up a frozen river in China.
:05:45. > :05:47.Parts of it had iced over because of cold weather.
:05:48. > :05:49.Engineers decided to break up the ice, sending it flying,
:05:50. > :05:55.so that all of it wouldn't melt in one place and possibly
:05:56. > :05:59.That's all from me, Newsround's back right here before 2pm.