18/02/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.We're live on CBBC with all of Thursday's top stories.

:00:00. > :00:11.The lumpy vegetables making it into the supermarkets.

:00:12. > :00:14.And Children battle it out with their flying drones.

:00:15. > :00:30.First, Can you imagine not having any brothers and sisters

:00:31. > :00:34.wasn't allowed in the country where you live?

:00:35. > :00:37.Well, that's what life has been like in China for the past 40

:00:38. > :00:48.All these schoolkids in China have something pretty big in common,

:00:49. > :00:53.But for some of them that might change soon.

:00:54. > :00:56.For the past 40 years the Chinese government has only allowed couples

:00:57. > :01:01.They made the decision because the number of people living

:01:02. > :01:04.in the country was growing too quickly and families were having

:01:05. > :01:09.Because the country was poor back then the government was worried

:01:10. > :01:11.they would not be enough food to go around.

:01:12. > :01:15.But on New Year's Day this year the law changed.

:01:16. > :01:17.Families are now allowed to have a second baby

:01:18. > :01:22.This girl is 12 years old and now thinking

:01:23. > :01:25.about whether she will have a brother or a sister.

:01:26. > :01:30.TRANSLATION: There are three people in my family.

:01:31. > :01:37.I am a so-called one child in the family.

:01:38. > :01:40.Most of my friends and classmates around me are like me.

:01:41. > :01:44.They are the only child in their families.

:01:45. > :01:48.I feel pretty good to be the only child in the family.

:01:49. > :01:51.But personally I would like to have a brother.

:01:52. > :01:54.The government changed the law because there are a lot of elderly

:01:55. > :01:57.people in China and they are worried there will not be enough younger

:01:58. > :02:03.Now lots of mums and dads are thinking about having

:02:04. > :02:08.Because me and my husband were single kids in the family

:02:09. > :02:11.we want our kids to have the experience of having a brother

:02:12. > :02:18.So many children in China might have a brother or sister to share

:02:19. > :02:23.And you can watch Brothers and Sisters, a Newsround

:02:24. > :02:30.Next, do you like your vegetables the perfect shape or would you eat

:02:31. > :02:34.It's something that's really got you talking online.

:02:35. > :02:38.Every year, millions of tonnes of fresh veg never make it

:02:39. > :02:40.on to the shelves, but a trial by one supermarket found

:02:41. > :02:45.lots of customers are happy to buy curved vegetables.

:02:46. > :02:48.Lots of you have been telling us what you think online.

:02:49. > :02:50.Fiona from Whiston hates wonky vegetables because how would people

:02:51. > :02:56.Neeya from south-east Wales says: Of course it's silly

:02:57. > :03:04.Aaron from Birmingham says no because most people might think

:03:05. > :03:08.Thanks for all of those, they're great.

:03:09. > :03:13.Well, a new high-tech CBBC programme called Airmageddon sees children go

:03:14. > :03:17.head to head putting their flying skills to the test.

:03:18. > :03:25.Rachel Stringer is one of the show's presenters and with us now.

:03:26. > :03:37.I cannot wait to see this. It is so exciting. It is so cool. It is a

:03:38. > :03:43.game show and each episode sees four teams consisting of an aviator and a

:03:44. > :03:49.wing man. They go head to head in challengers and the first one is an

:03:50. > :03:53.assault course. The second one is a skills base and they might have a

:03:54. > :03:59.magnet to navigate around the arena. The third one is two teams going

:04:00. > :04:07.head to head with lasers and lives and battling it out.

:04:08. > :04:13.All of the drones at the same, but they get to look different. They

:04:14. > :04:18.could design their own drones. This time they have to make the drone

:04:19. > :04:26.kit. We have a dolphin and a Scottie dog. You home with you. What did you

:04:27. > :04:32.do with it? I took it home and at the weekend I became an expert. Are

:04:33. > :04:40.they dangerous? Have they had crashes in the studio? Like anything

:04:41. > :04:45.that is fast-paced, you have to control it. Some of them had

:04:46. > :04:53.crashes, but they were really safe. The crew and everybody was

:04:54. > :04:58.protected. It is on this Saturday at 825 in the morning. We are back

:04:59. > :05:01.tomorrow morning.