19/02/2016

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:00:07. > :00:09.Morning everyone, I'm Leah with all you need to know this morning.

:00:10. > :00:12.We hear from the girl that helps her sister communicate.

:00:13. > :00:24.And the new polar bear arrival - keep watching.

:00:25. > :00:28.First to the Winter Youth Olympics in Norway.

:00:29. > :00:31.The British team have already got one gold medal and are still hoping

:00:32. > :00:35.Hayley's in Lillehammer for Newsround.

:00:36. > :00:47.It's an eventful day here at the Youth Olympic

:00:48. > :00:58.Ashleigh Pittaway is only 15 and she's favourite to win.

:00:59. > :01:03.Athletes basically ride down head first down an ice slope.

:01:04. > :01:10.There are two runs and the results are added together to

:01:11. > :01:16.Although Ashleigh is just 15 she's already won bronze at the European

:01:17. > :01:18.at the European Cup race and is aiming for gold today.

:01:19. > :01:25.Another sport is happening today and that's the Slopestyle.

:01:26. > :01:28.Now, it's the first time this sport has been introduced to the youth

:01:29. > :01:31.Winter Olympics and let me try to explain it to you.

:01:32. > :01:33.It's like skating along a skate park.

:01:34. > :01:36.But everything is made of slippery snow on an incredible step hill.

:01:37. > :01:38.You've got to do stunts and jumps and you're judged

:01:39. > :01:41.on your creativity, skill and achievement.

:01:42. > :01:45.Yesterday I met up with Cal Sandieson as he trained

:01:46. > :01:51.It is nine o'clock in the morning and we are already on the slopes.

:01:52. > :01:55.Cal, you have got lots of training to do, so you'd best be off

:01:56. > :01:58.and I will meet you at the bottom with a hot chocolate.

:01:59. > :02:00.Cal Sandieson is 17 years old and his sport is slope style,

:02:01. > :02:03.which means he has got to perform five tricks down this

:02:04. > :02:49.Was there anything trickier that you didn't expect,

:02:50. > :02:54.It was a little bit windy, but nothing out of the normal.

:02:55. > :02:59.So from 0-10, ten being the most confident, how confident are you?

:03:00. > :03:05.What happens now for the rest of the day?

:03:06. > :03:09.Probably go down and eat some nice food and go to bed early and go

:03:10. > :03:20.Nice food, that sounds good, shall we head off and eat?

:03:21. > :03:23.Well, I'll be watching Cal in action later today and I'll be

:03:24. > :03:26.keeping my eye on Ashleigh here with my fingers crossed

:03:27. > :03:32.So come back at 4:20 to see how team GB gets on.

:03:33. > :03:41.In the meantime see more of Cal's amazing stunts online.

:03:42. > :03:44.Now the story of three sisters, Casey, Hannah and Lucy.

:03:45. > :03:47.Hannah, the middle sister, has a condition called selective

:03:48. > :03:49.mutism, which means she doesn't talk in public.

:03:50. > :03:51.Here's the story of their family, which they've filmed especially

:03:52. > :04:03.Hannah, what is the best thing about being a sister?

:04:04. > :04:05.And what is the worst thing about being the middle

:04:06. > :04:12.If you can't already tell, Hannah does have selective mutism.

:04:13. > :04:14.It basically means she doesn't talk in public.

:04:15. > :04:19.She only talks to me, my mum, my dad and Lucy.

:04:20. > :04:24.She doesn't talk to anyone else outside of school.

:04:25. > :04:27.She only talks in the house if there is no one there.

:04:28. > :04:30.Hannah's condition means that the person with

:04:31. > :04:32.it gets worried and anxious speaking in certain places like somewhere

:04:33. > :04:39.It doesn't mean that they don't want to talk, but they feel

:04:40. > :04:41.they can't as though they are frozen.

:04:42. > :05:00.The condition affects around one in every 150 children.

:05:01. > :05:03.It means that Hannah relies on her sisters to communicate

:05:04. > :05:05.with her and to speak for her and to explain why

:05:06. > :05:08.she isn't talking if people don't understand.

:05:09. > :05:28.I am really happy that Hannah trusts me and Lucy to speak

:05:29. > :05:33.It shows the bond between us as sisters.

:05:34. > :05:36.Casey and Lucy say that they hope Hannah will be able to talk

:05:37. > :05:45.in the future, but they are happy to wait until she is able to.

:05:46. > :05:48.There's been a new arrival at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

:05:49. > :05:50.Nobby the Polar Bear travelled over a thousand miles from Germany

:05:51. > :05:59.and took his first steps in his new home near Doncaster yesterday.

:06:00. > :06:01.That is all from me. Have a great weekend when it arrives.