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Hi, I'm Martin with all the news for you this St Patrick's Day. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Seaworld announces an end to its controversial killer | :00:07. | :00:10. | |
And I'm live in London, taking a closer look at the most expensive | :00:11. | :00:22. | |
cawing in the world. -- coin. First, to the spectacular sight | :00:23. | :00:30. | |
that's been lighting up our skies. This epic meteor was captured | :00:31. | :00:32. | |
on film speeding through the atmosphere in the early | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
hours of this morning. Those lucky enough to catch it | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
described seeing a beautiful green flash, which left | :00:40. | :00:42. | |
a white trail behind it. It even lit up these | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
cars on the ground. Experts say the meteor was probably | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
the size of a tennis ball and travelling at around | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
30 miles a second. And from one sparkling | :00:52. | :00:56. | |
sight to another. This silver coin is worth | :00:57. | :00:57. | |
around ?7 million! It's the most valuable coin | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
in the world and it's about to go Good afternoon, Martin. This coin is | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
incredibly valuable. Lots of you at home | :01:05. | :01:21. | |
may collect coins. If you had this coin | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
in your collection, you would be extremely rich because | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
this is the most It was sold at auction for around ?7 | :01:27. | :01:37. | |
million in 2013. It is a silver dollar cawing created in 1794 and | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
the owner of this coin is Bruce. We are not allowed to hold this coin | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
because it is so valuable but if you can pick it up, I don't want to drop | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
it. Tell us what is so special about it. This is the first Silver dollar | :01:55. | :02:01. | |
ever struck for the United States in 1784. And I understand George | :02:02. | :02:09. | |
Washington actually picked this up all stop he would have approved the | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
cornet of these dollars so he probably held this coin. Can you | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
tell me who is on the front? Liberty is on the front representing the end | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
of pendants of the US and the Eagle as well. What attracted you to | :02:25. | :02:32. | |
collecting coins? I started at six when my great-grandmother gave me | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
three coin she kept in a teapot for decades and I fell in love with the | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
history and the beauty and the possibility of making money. The | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
only coin I can hold is a replica so I will keep hold of this. Thank you. | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
The controversial American theme park SeaWorld is ending its killer | :02:53. | :02:55. | |
This means those whales who live there at the moment will be the last | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
to be kept in captivity by the company. | :03:00. | :03:01. | |
Animal rights groups are celebrating the news, | :03:02. | :03:02. | |
but some want SeaWorld to release its orcas | :03:03. | :03:04. | |
The company says that the whales wouldn't be able to survive. | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
Some of the best British athletes are in America today | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
for the World Indoor Athletics Championships, | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
One member of Team GB told Newsround what she's expecting this summer. | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
I'm Dina Asher-Smith, the current British record-holder | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
I want to do as well as I can, frankly, I know that sounds | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
boring but sometimes you feel like you're in really good shape | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
and can't quite put the time down or put | :03:36. | :03:37. | |
the race together, so I want to go out there and do what I feel | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
If that gets me to a final, that will be it, | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
but I really want to get that and if I do as well as I possibly | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
can, that's a really good stepping stone to work on for, | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
touch wood, qualifying for the Olympics. | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
Now, archaeologist say they may be a step closer to solving one | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
of ancient Egypt's biggest secrets, by finding Queen Nefertiti. | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
The Queen ruled in Egypt during the 14th Century BC, | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
but the location of her tomb has remained a mystery. | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
Now special radar scans have revealed hidden spaces in the tomb | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
of Tutankhamun, which experts think could contain her mummified body. | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
More scans will be done later this month to try to discover | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
if the spaces are in fact burial chambers. | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
There's loads more of the day's news online, including this guide | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
to everything you need to know about St Patrick's Day, | :04:33. | :04:34. | |
Liverpool against Manchester United Old Trafford in a Europa League tie. | :04:35. | :04:45. | |
Hayley's back in the morning with everything you need to know. | :04:46. | :04:50. |