:00:25. > :00:27.But first - to a discovery that's got space scientists very excited.
:00:28. > :00:29.Have they found another planet where life exists?
:00:30. > :00:32.Good afternoon, you are watching news road, I'm Martin and we live
:00:33. > :00:35.for the five minutes. Coming up, meet the man who has hatched a plan,
:00:36. > :00:41.and find out what these guys are waiting for.
:00:42. > :00:47.In this observatory in South America, scientists are very excited
:00:48. > :00:52.as a special telescope has helped to find a very exciting new planet. And
:00:53. > :00:58.this is it... Its name is... Not very catchy, but scientists believe
:00:59. > :01:02.this planet, called a super Earth, could be a game changer in their
:01:03. > :01:06.search for life in outer space. This is because of the distance the
:01:07. > :01:10.planet is from the star that it orbits. The super Earth is actually
:01:11. > :01:17.ten times nearer to its star than we are to our son, but this planet's
:01:18. > :01:21.star is much smaller and cooler and experts think there could be water
:01:22. > :01:26.on its surface, which would be needed for life to exist. Which is
:01:27. > :01:31.why everyone is pretty excited. The planet is 40 light-years away. That
:01:32. > :01:38.is a long way. A really long way. Yet, still travelling. Are we there
:01:39. > :01:43.yet? Ack, there we are, but is there life here? Well, we will just have
:01:44. > :01:45.to leave the scientists to do more studies to find out more. Watch this
:01:46. > :01:46.space. 27 baby tortoises have been
:01:47. > :01:50.rescued by police in Peru. The Galapagos tortoises
:01:51. > :01:52.were in cardboard boxes on a bus heading for the capital,
:01:53. > :01:54.Lima, where they were about to be They're so rare that this
:01:55. > :02:02.rescue is big news. Imagine winning a big competition
:02:03. > :02:08.to design a mascot for two of the biggest athletics events
:02:09. > :02:11.on the planet and having Blue Peter's Radzi turn up at
:02:12. > :02:13.your door? Well, that's exactly what happened
:02:14. > :02:24.to seven-year-old Ellie. Meet hero the hedgehog and we is
:02:25. > :02:27.believed to be. They are the mascots for this summer's world athletics
:02:28. > :02:34.and ParAthletics in champion and they have been designed by
:02:35. > :02:39.seven-year-old Ellie. Why a be an hedgehog? They both need help to
:02:40. > :02:47.survive because people are destroying their homes. Tamil
:02:48. > :02:52.happened when you heard you had won? Somebody ten of my doorstep and
:02:53. > :02:57.there was this man... What happened next question mark we told Ellie she
:02:58. > :03:09.was the Peter mascot when after 4,000 entries. And we believe that
:03:10. > :03:11.Wizbee is the very first mascot with a prosthesis, and my grandad lost
:03:12. > :03:16.his leg in the Second World War and we have a mascot with a prosthetic
:03:17. > :03:19.leg, courtesy of Ellie, and it is awesome. And you can see those
:03:20. > :03:23.mascots tonight at 5:30pm on CBBC. Staying with bees, now,
:03:24. > :03:25.and their numbers have fallen in the UK over recent years
:03:26. > :03:28.and that's got conservationists But experts say there's lots we can
:03:29. > :03:32.do to help in our own gardens - with bee-friendly flowers or even
:03:33. > :03:34.making a bee hotel. And here's beekeeper
:03:35. > :03:46.Noah to show you how. To make up bee B, you will need
:03:47. > :03:51.three pieces of wood for the site and two pieces of wood for the top
:03:52. > :03:56.and bottom. Some bamboo cane to fit in the box, some would blue and a
:03:57. > :04:02.grown-up. Get a grown-up to stick all of the sides together with wood
:04:03. > :04:07.glue, leaving one side open and then stick on the top and bottom of the
:04:08. > :04:12.box. Put bamboo cane and other hollow materials into the box. Cut
:04:13. > :04:17.it down to size if necessary. The bees will nest and lay eggs in these
:04:18. > :04:20.tubes and there you have the bee B
:04:21. > :04:23.This is EGGS-actly the type of story I love.
:04:24. > :04:25.This French artist has been sitting on some chickens eggs
:04:26. > :04:28.for the past three weeks to test if they would hatch.
:04:29. > :04:35.The first eggs have started to hatch and the wee chicks are looking good.
:04:36. > :04:42.Last up - it's just not Newsround without some extreme
:04:43. > :04:46.Lets take a look at the moment a baby polar bear was shown
:04:47. > :04:49.to crowds for the first time at Ohio Zoo in the US.
:04:50. > :04:52.At six months old, she still hasn't got a name so the zoo
:04:53. > :04:54.are asking the public to vote on what they'd call her.
:04:55. > :04:58.Well, that's all your news for today.
:04:59. > :05:01.We will be back tomorrow morning at 7:40 a.m..