0:00:02 > 0:00:05Morning everyone, Leah here live with some top stories from Newsround
0:00:05 > 0:00:12including amazing drone action and the new edition of Minecraft.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24First to steel, a metal that's all around us.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28It's in buildings under our feet and above our heads.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29It might even be in our hands.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32It's been making headlines over the past few months as many British
0:00:32 > 0:00:35steel workers face losing their jobs.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38But what is steel and why is it so important to the UK?
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Here's Jenny.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Steel is the most widely used metal in the world.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46It can be extremely strong and flexible.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49It's used to make all kinds of things like buildings and bridges.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Planes, trains and cars all have parts made out of steel to help
0:00:52 > 0:00:54you get around.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And you'll find it all over your home in things like washing
0:00:57 > 0:01:00machines, fridges and radiators.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01NEWSREEL: British Steel, especially from Sheffield,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04has long been acknowledged as being some of the best
0:01:04 > 0:01:05in the world.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08The UK has a long history of making steel, dating all the way back
0:01:08 > 0:01:10to the 1800s.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13But over the last few decades this has been changing.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Nowadays, it's China that leads the way producing around half
0:01:16 > 0:01:18of the world's steel.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21However, it's making more steel than it actually needs,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24selling the extra stuff cheaply all around the world.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27This is a problem for steel plants in the UK.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30They say they are losing business because they can't match the low
0:01:30 > 0:01:35prices of cheaper Chinese steel, forcing many UK factories
0:01:35 > 0:01:37to shut down.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40A steelworks in Redcar in the North East of England closed
0:01:40 > 0:01:43last year and now more than 1,000 people will be losing their jobs
0:01:43 > 0:01:46around the UK, with most of them at the UK's biggest steel plant
0:01:46 > 0:01:49in Port Talbot in Wales.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Now the government is coming under pressure to help the plants
0:01:52 > 0:01:54and the communities who need them for jobs.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57The government says it's working to help staff find new jobs
0:01:57 > 0:02:00as quickly as possible.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03And we'll be live in Port Talbot, one of the towns affected,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05this afternoon at 4.20pm.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Big news about your favourite fairytales today as new research
0:02:08 > 0:02:10suggests they might date back much earlier
0:02:10 > 0:02:12than it was originally thought.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15A study has found that stories like Beauty and the Beast
0:02:15 > 0:02:17and Rumpelstiltskin can be traced back thousands of years
0:02:17 > 0:02:23to prehistoric times with one tale originating from the Bronze Age.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26That's almost 4,000 years earlier than was previously thought.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28So that got us thinking.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31We want to know about your favourite fairy stories.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Head over to the chat page on the Newsround website to tell us.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39If you were up early enough this morning you might have caught
0:02:39 > 0:02:42a glimpse of Major Tim Peake on the International Space Station.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45The Space Station was visible in parts of the UK for two minutes
0:02:45 > 0:02:48at 6.20 this morning.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49But don't worry if you missed it.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53There will be more chances to see the ISS where Major Peake is living
0:02:53 > 0:02:56and working on Thursday and Friday, but you'll have to be quick it
0:02:56 > 0:02:59will only be for around 60 seconds.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02We know it's one of your favourite games and now the makers
0:03:02 > 0:03:04of Minecraft want teachers to use the world-building video game
0:03:04 > 0:03:08to teach different subjects like science, English and maths.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Microsoft, who are building the new game, say they are adding
0:03:10 > 0:03:14new features for the school version of the game,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16but schools may have to pay more money for them.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19The company say more than 7,000 classrooms around the world already
0:03:19 > 0:03:23use it in some form.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26They are red.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29They are iconic and they are scattered across the UK providing
0:03:29 > 0:03:31mail to all corners of the British Isles.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33The Letter Box Study Group are on a quest called Project Zero,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36a mission to record historical data on the over 150,000 postboxes
0:03:36 > 0:03:37in the UK.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40These guys really love postboxes and the youngest member of the group
0:03:40 > 0:03:42is 10-year-old Thomas and here's his top three postbox styles.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44At number three, a box at World's End.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48At number two is a box in Framlingham.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50And at number one it's the Edward VIII Ludlow in Bournsea,
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Suffolk.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Scientists in Germany have taught a drone how to land itself
0:03:56 > 0:03:58on a moving car.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02The researchers from the German Aerospace Centre have
0:04:02 > 0:04:05demonstrated their aircraft safely landing on a car fitted with a net
0:04:05 > 0:04:07travelling at nearly 50 miles per hour.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10They say the technology could be used to let unmanned aircrafts be
0:04:10 > 0:04:15built without wheels to let them stay in the air for longer.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Sport now and the FA Cup dream is over for non-league Eastleigh.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21They put up a decent effort against Championship Bolton
0:04:21 > 0:04:25going 1-0 up in their third round replay.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30But they eventually the Championship side won 3-2 Bolton face Leeds next.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34But the Eastleigh manager says he's proud of his team.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Top that off, you know, we were very unlucky
0:04:36 > 0:04:38but they dug in deep.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41The lads showed great commitment, character, desire.
0:04:41 > 0:04:47The words go on because they really have done that tonight.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Tennis now and Serena Williams and Roger Federer are through to
0:04:49 > 0:04:53the third round of the Australian Open.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56World number one Serena lost just three games against Taiwan's Shay
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Sueway.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Roger Federer won in straight-sets win over his practice partner.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04And Maria Sharapova is also through to the third round,
0:05:04 > 0:05:10after losing just three games in her win today.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Take a look at the pretty pretty pictures of Japan covered
0:05:13 > 0:05:14in heavy snow.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Nearly a metre falling in some places.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18It's made travel conditions tricky but these kids are making the most
0:05:18 > 0:05:25of it by having a good old snowball fight.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28When it's cold outside most of us crank up the heating
0:05:28 > 0:05:29and get cosy indoors.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32But not in Russia it seems.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Thousands of people braved the freezing temperatures to plunge
0:05:34 > 0:05:39themselves into lakes, rivers and even the Black Sea
0:05:39 > 0:05:41for big Christian religious event marking the birth
0:05:41 > 0:05:45and baptism of Jesus.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46That's all from me.
0:05:46 > 0:05:55Newsround will be back at 4.20pm this afternoon on CBBC.