0:00:02 > 0:00:04Hi, I'm Leah and I'm live with your midweek Newsround
0:00:04 > 0:00:06on CBBC this morning.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Coming up in the next few minutes: We've got some Minecraft news
0:00:09 > 0:00:11on the way for you.
0:00:11 > 0:00:16And why thousands of people have been leaping into icy water.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Big news about your favourite fairytales today as new research
0:00:28 > 0:00:30suggests they might date back much earlier
0:00:30 > 0:00:32than it was originally thought.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35A study has found that stories like Beauty and the Beast
0:00:35 > 0:00:38and Rumpelstiltskin can be traced back thousands of years
0:00:38 > 0:00:44to prehistoric times with one tale originating from the Bronze Age.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48That's almost 4,000 years earlier than was previously thought.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49So that got us thinking.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52We want to know about your favourite fairy stories.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Head over to the chat page on the Newsround website and tell
0:00:55 > 0:00:58us your favourite and why.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Steel.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00It's all around us.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01It's under our feet.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03It's above our heads.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04It might even be in our hands.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07It's been making headlines over the past few months as many British
0:01:07 > 0:01:08steel workers face losing their jobs.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12But what is steel and why is it so important to the UK?
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Here's Jenny.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Steel is the most widely used metal in the world.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19It can be extremely strong and flexible.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23It's used to make all kinds of things like buildings and bridges.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Planes, trains and cars all have parts made out of steel to help
0:01:26 > 0:01:28you get around.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30And you'll find it all over your home in things like washing
0:01:30 > 0:01:33machines, fridges and radiators.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35NEWSREEL: British Steel, especially from Sheffield,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38has long been acknowledged as being some of the best
0:01:38 > 0:01:39in the world.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42The UK has a long history of making steel, dating all the way back
0:01:42 > 0:01:43to the 1800s.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47But over the last few decades this has been changing.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Nowadays, it's China that leads the way producing around half
0:01:49 > 0:01:52of the world's steel.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54However, it's making more steel than it actually needs,
0:01:54 > 0:02:00selling the extra stuff cheaply all around the world.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02This is a problem for steel plants in the UK.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05They say they are losing business because they can't match the low
0:02:05 > 0:02:07prices of cheaper Chinese steel, forcing many UK factories
0:02:07 > 0:02:10to shut down.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13A steelworks in Redcar in the North East of England closed
0:02:13 > 0:02:16last year and now more than 1,000 people will be losing their jobs
0:02:16 > 0:02:23around the UK, with most of them at the UK's biggest steel plant
0:02:23 > 0:02:24in Port Talbot in Wales.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Now the government is coming under pressure to help the plants
0:02:27 > 0:02:29and the communities who need them for jobs.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32The government says it's working to help staff find new jobs
0:02:32 > 0:02:34as quickly as possible.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Next to news of the a new education edition of Minecraft.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Its makers want teachers to use the world-building video game
0:02:40 > 0:02:45to teach different subjects like science, English and maths.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Microsoft are building the new game and are promising to add features
0:02:47 > 0:02:51for the school version of the game, but schools may face extra costs
0:02:51 > 0:02:52for the features.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55The company say more than 7,000 classrooms around the world already
0:02:55 > 0:02:59use Minecraft in some form.
0:02:59 > 0:02:59They are red.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02They are iconic and they are scattered across the UK providing
0:03:02 > 0:03:04mail to all corners of the British Isles.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07But for some there's more than meets the eye to the humble postbox.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10The Letter Box Study Group are on a quest called Project Zero,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13a mission to record historical data on the over 150,000 postboxes
0:03:13 > 0:03:16in the UK.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19These guys really love postboxes and the youngest member of the group
0:03:19 > 0:03:21is 10-year-old Thomas and here's his top three postbox styles.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24At number three, a box at World's End.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27At number two is a box in Framlingham.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31And at number one it's the Edward VIII Ludlow in Bournsea,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Suffolk.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Scientists in Germany have taught a drone how to land itself
0:03:36 > 0:03:39on a moving car.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41The researchers from the German Aerospace Centre have
0:03:41 > 0:03:45demonstrated their aircraft safely landing on a car fitted with a net
0:03:45 > 0:03:48travelling at nearly 50 miles per hour.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51They say the technology could be used to let unmanned aircrafts be
0:03:51 > 0:03:54built without wheels to let them stay in the air for longer
0:03:54 > 0:03:57periods of time.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Sport now and the FA Cup dream is over for non-league Eastleigh.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03They put up a decent effort against Championship Bolton side
0:04:03 > 0:04:06going one up in their third round replay.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10But they eventually lost 3-2 against Bolton who are 53 places
0:04:10 > 0:04:12above them in the league pyramid eventually went through.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Darren Pratley with the winner.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Bolton face Leeds next.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22But the Eastleigh manager says he's proud of his team.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Top that off, you know, we were very unlucky
0:04:24 > 0:04:25but they dug in deep.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28The lads showed great commitment, character, desire.
0:04:28 > 0:04:35The words go on because they really have done that tonight.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37When it's cold outside most of us crank up the heating
0:04:37 > 0:04:38and get cosy indoors.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40But not in Russia it seems.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Thousands of people braved the freezing temperatures to plunge
0:04:43 > 0:04:46themselves into lakes, rivers and even the Black Sea
0:04:46 > 0:04:49for big Christian religious event marking the birth
0:04:49 > 0:04:51and baptism of Jesus.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53That's all from me.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Newsround's back right here in about half
0:04:54 > 0:04:55an hour just before 815.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58See you then.