:00:22. > :00:28.Thanks for stopping by everyone. You're with Ricky for Tuesday's
:00:28. > :00:32.Newsround. We've got all the big stories covered, including some of
:00:32. > :00:37.this: We track down the athletes that could be training near you.
:00:37. > :00:45.And fed up of the rain? Well, we might have some good news for you.
:00:45. > :00:48.Stick around for all that. First thought, its taken seven years and
:00:48. > :00:51.a whopping �9 billion to organise the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
:00:51. > :00:54.It looked like everything was going smoothly until last week when one
:00:54. > :00:57.of the big companies responsible for guarding the venues said it
:00:57. > :01:00.didn't have enough security guards to do the job. Today the company's
:01:00. > :01:02.boss faced a grilling from MPs, but as I've been finding out, putting
:01:03. > :01:07.on a major sporting event is never straight forward.
:01:07. > :01:11.On your marks, get set, GO! In the race to host a major sporting event
:01:11. > :01:14.there are always going to be a few hurdles. In 2010 in India at the
:01:14. > :01:19.Commonwealth Games the track was still being laid days before the
:01:19. > :01:23.100 metres. At the last Olympics in China officials thought about
:01:23. > :01:26.calling off some events altogether because of air pollution. And in
:01:26. > :01:30.2004 just weeks before the opening ceremony in Greece some of the
:01:30. > :01:34.stadiums still weren't finished. Now, London's venues have been
:01:34. > :01:38.built on time and on budget, so what's the problem? Well it's all
:01:38. > :01:42.focusing on this company, G4S. They were given the job of providing
:01:42. > :01:45.security guards for lots of the Olympic venues around the country.
:01:45. > :01:48.Last week, just two weeks before the start of Games the boss of G4S
:01:48. > :01:53.told the Government that they couldn't deliver the staff they'd
:01:53. > :01:56.promised. Yesterday 56 security staff were meant to show up to look
:01:56. > :02:03.after Olympic footballers who'll be staying at this hotel, but only 17
:02:03. > :02:05.actually arrived. Local police had to be brought in. They had been
:02:06. > :02:08.asked to supply 10,000 members of security staff altogether but have
:02:08. > :02:16.said that technical and management problems mean that they just aren't
:02:16. > :02:19.sure where their staff are. The Government has asked extra police
:02:19. > :02:24.officers and soldiers to be drafted in to make sure they have all the
:02:24. > :02:28.security they need. Organising the Games has been a massive operation
:02:28. > :02:33.that's taken seven years and �9 billion. With ten days to go the
:02:33. > :02:37.finish line is finally in sight. That's the security sorted but what
:02:37. > :02:41.about the people we're all waiting to see? The world's best sports
:02:41. > :02:45.stars are heading to the UK and do you think they're all training at
:02:45. > :02:49.stadiums and sports venues in London? Think again! They're all
:02:49. > :02:52.over Britain. And not all of them are using typical sports venues.
:02:52. > :02:54.Some teams are based at universities and even schools. The
:02:54. > :02:56.Malawi team are training at the University of Gloucestershire. The
:02:56. > :02:59.Colombians are in Gateshead. Meanwhile the US synchronised
:02:59. > :03:02.swimming team are further a field - they're at the National Aquatics
:03:02. > :03:05.Centre over in Dublin. Birmingham will be hosting Usain Bolt and the
:03:05. > :03:08.rest of the Jamaican athletics team at the university. Russian swimmers
:03:08. > :03:11.are getting some last minute lengths in at a school in Somerset.
:03:12. > :03:16.And the Cameroon Olympic team are at a sports village up in Aberdeen.
:03:16. > :03:26.We asked if any of you have seen any athletes training near you. And
:03:26. > :03:42.
:03:42. > :03:46.Usain Bolt is looking like he's destined for a medal at the Games,
:03:46. > :03:49.but his main competition might actually come from his team-mate.
:03:49. > :03:59.The Lightening Bolt has been speaking about how his training pal,
:03:59. > :04:07.Yohan Blake is also going for gold. He was asked who he wants to win if
:04:07. > :04:12.he does not come first. Please do not Jinks me on that one.
:04:12. > :04:20.Definitely Blake, because I am happy for him. We train every day
:04:20. > :04:24.and I know how hard he works. Let's not ask that question again, please.
:04:24. > :04:27.Next, a story for anyone that's fed up of the rain. Forecasters say the
:04:27. > :04:30.bad weather is down to something called the jet stream that's been
:04:30. > :04:34.hanging over Britain for the last two months. It's known for bringing
:04:34. > :04:37.bad weather, but the good news is it looks like it should soon be
:04:37. > :04:40.moving north away from Britain which means if we're lucky we might
:04:40. > :04:43.just see some sunshine. The wet weather here has been causing
:04:43. > :04:47.problems for farmers but in America it's dry weather that they're
:04:47. > :04:51.worried about. More than half of the country is in drought and the
:04:51. > :04:54.dry conditions are having an impact on crops like corn and soybeans.
:04:54. > :04:58.It's the worst drought in the country for more than 50 years with
:04:58. > :05:02.more than 1,000 areas are being called disaster zones. And now
:05:02. > :05:06.there are worries that the poor harvest could lead to a rise in
:05:06. > :05:09.food prices. At this time of year the crops
:05:09. > :05:13.should be growing high, ready for harvesting in the autumn. But this
:05:13. > :05:23.year it is so dry that many plants have been damaged. The leaves have
:05:23. > :05:32.turned brown and crispy and the soil is bone dry. This should be as
:05:32. > :05:36.high as my head right now. This cannot reach its maximum potential.
:05:36. > :05:39.It is already damaged. It's estimated that 30% of the corn
:05:39. > :05:47.planted in the area of America called the corn belt is already in
:05:48. > :05:52.a poor or very poor condition. we grow most of the corn and soya
:05:52. > :05:56.beans in the United States and this is work the drought is centred. It
:05:56. > :05:58.is very serious. Crops have been affected so badly that some farmers
:05:58. > :06:02.have already decided it's not worth harvesting and are throwing away
:06:02. > :06:05.the corn instead. It might be a long way away, but all this does
:06:05. > :06:09.affect us. Corn provides food for lots of people around the world and
:06:09. > :06:12.it's also used for animal feed and to make a type of fuel called
:06:12. > :06:15.ethanol. America is one of the largest producers of it and so the
:06:15. > :06:18.bad harvest this year means that there will be less corn. That will
:06:18. > :06:28.make the stuff that there is, more expensive, which will drive prices
:06:28. > :06:30.
:06:30. > :06:33.up all over the world. It won't just be corn on the cob that could
:06:33. > :06:36.become more expensive. The plant is used in all sorts of products from
:06:36. > :06:39.cereal to face wash. Although food prices won't increase straight away,
:06:39. > :06:41.this drought is likely to affect the prices in the supermarket by
:06:41. > :06:44.the end of next year. Next, the UEFA nominations for best
:06:44. > :06:48.player in Europe are out. On the list are football favourites like
:06:48. > :06:51.Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Les Davies?! Yep,
:06:51. > :06:55.you heard it right. The 27-year-old Bangor City winger has been
:06:56. > :06:59.nominated for the award. Davies said he was stunned to be on the
:06:59. > :07:05.list but - get this fact fans - he scored more goals in the league
:07:05. > :07:08.last season than Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres put together! Want
:07:08. > :07:12.to find out more? Head over to the Newsround website and check out our
:07:12. > :07:15.fact file! Newsround's been asking some of
:07:15. > :07:18.Great Britain's most A-list Olympic medallists to tell us what it's
:07:18. > :07:22.like to take part in the biggest sporting event on earth. Today it's
:07:22. > :07:24.Zac Purchase. He and rowing partner, Mark Hunter grabbed gold at the
:07:24. > :07:34.last Olympics, becoming the first British champs in the Lightweight
:07:34. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:44.Double Sculls. My name is Zack purchase and I
:07:44. > :07:47.competed in the Beijing Olympics in the sport of rowing. A few days
:07:47. > :07:54.before our final were really exciting, we have had a fantastic
:07:54. > :08:00.year. We were going to the final with a strong chance of winning the
:08:00. > :08:04.gold medal. On the day of the final the race wasn't until about 1:30pm,
:08:04. > :08:09.so we have the entire morning to relax. I watched a couple of films
:08:09. > :08:15.and had a nice breakfast. Then we went to the lake and warmed up and
:08:15. > :08:19.made sure we were ready to race. We had a fantastic race in Beijing. We
:08:19. > :08:25.crossed the finish line first so it was an exciting end to a fantastic
:08:25. > :08:28.year. My favourite memory in Beijing was standing on the medal
:08:28. > :08:33.podium and hearing the national anthem being played and watching
:08:33. > :08:39.the flag going up the flagpole. Coming back to the UK after it was
:08:39. > :08:44.finished was fantastic. The aeroplane had a cold front on it
:08:44. > :08:50.and fall of Olympic champions. The atmosphere was great because