16/07/2014 Newsround

Good afternoon, Ayshah here with a packed Newsround for you.

On the way - ever wondered what your pets would chat about?

Plus, more of your loom band designs after one

First, to the multi-million-pound museum makeover.

The Imperial War Museum in London is reopening its doors this weekend,

The centre of the museum was rebuilt to create bigger spaces.

Hundreds of items - from tanks to tunics - have been restored.

The museum has also brought together more than a thousand objects

for new displays marking 100 years since the start of World War One.

High, newsround. If you think you know the Imperial War Museum from

your school trips, you will be surprised from next weekend. Also so

technology you know can tell stories from history. -- also of technology

you know that back in 1915 and you will only have to this high to join

the Army. World War I saw horrific numbers of men killed or injured.

British artillery in one week and for a one week and for the German

positions. This weapon is so big and heavy that the gallery has had to be

built around it. Typhoon Ramassun has flattened

houses, knocked down trees Almost half

a million people have left Schools are being used

for emergency shelters. Parts of the Philippines are still

recovering after being hit by Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest

storms ever recorded last November. Leah travelled over there

for Newsround, and you can still see her Special

Report on the Newsround website. Now, a family from Prestatyn in

Wales is still waiting for its money after selling a loom band dress

for ?170,000 in an online auction. This is 12-year-old Sian wearing

the dress - her mum helped make it There were more than 100 bids

for it altogether. It's not yet known

whether the winning bidder will actually pay up, but

the website's rules say they must. Make sure you're watching Newsround

tomorrow morning at 8.15 - Sian will be right here to chat

about the loom band dress. You might not be making dresses with

yours, but we're still loving the loom band

creations you've been sending in. Emily's made

a little ginger hamster. There's a swan

and dragonfly there from Samara. And Bella has made

a jazzy loom band head band. Keep sending us your designs

on the Newsround website. And while you're there, check out

this whopping great slimy salamander Find out about the material

that's so dark you can't see it. And read

about the schoolkids who've signed Now

if you love to have a chat with your Animal explorer Lucy Cooke has been

roaring, croaking and squeaking across three

continents, on a mission to She sees how thirsty mongooses show

excitement, It's

for a BBC series called 'Talk to Here's a sneak preview of when Lucy

listened in on dolphins. This is the hydrophone that will

enable us to hear what the dolphins are saying.

I can hear the whistles! Those are the two animals exchanging who they

are before they get it together. Just before we go -

we're being told that this Friday could be the hottest day

of the year in some places - perfect There'll be more on that

in our next bulletin at 18:50. It's official. Some people just don't

get it. Blah, blah, blah.