:00:00. > :00:08.It's Wednesday morning and here come your top stories.
:00:09. > :00:27.But first, to the award ceremony just for cats.
:00:28. > :00:31.helping his owner Harri is up for a prize for
:00:32. > :00:33.when he was going through a tough time.
:00:34. > :00:40.You might have heard of the brave dogs that helps rescue people
:00:41. > :00:46.Or the horses who help the police when they are out on patrol.
:00:47. > :00:49.But watch out, there's a new hero in town.
:00:50. > :00:56.He might look like an ordinary moggy, but to Harri,
:00:57. > :00:59.Houdini helps me on a day-to-day basis.
:01:00. > :01:04.When I get home from school, Houdini normally comes
:01:05. > :01:08.When I get home from school, Houdini normally comes to me and helps me.
:01:09. > :01:10.Houdini is one of 15 finalists in the competition to find
:01:11. > :01:16.He was nominated for the award because he helped Harri get
:01:17. > :01:22.When I touch Houdini, it makes me feel happy.
:01:23. > :01:37.And safe. Also in the running for the award is Mr Miffy who helped
:01:38. > :01:41.Jessica Cope with autism. The winner is announced in August. So good luck
:01:42. > :01:45.to all the cats taking part, and there human owners.
:01:46. > :01:48.You'll notice it's still pretty warm this morning but yesterday the 19th
:01:49. > :01:56.of July was the hottest day of 2016 so far for much
:01:57. > :01:58.of the United Kingdom, at 33.5 Celsius in places.
:01:59. > :02:03.While lots of people made the most of the sunshine there were delays
:02:04. > :02:07.The Met Office - the people who monitor the weather - say
:02:08. > :02:09.thunderstorms and heavy rain are on the way though.
:02:10. > :02:12.And over on Newsround online we're chatting about the weather, too.
:02:13. > :02:18.Send us your tips with how you coped.
:02:19. > :02:20.Now get ready to venture back into the Bronze Age,
:02:21. > :02:23.because Hayley's been finding out all about an incredible discovery
:02:24. > :02:32.and the everyday life of people living thousands of years ago.
:02:33. > :02:39.Welcome to the site that has changed what we're about life in the bronze
:02:40. > :02:46.age. Under this tent is a snapshot of the world 3000 years ago. On this
:02:47. > :02:49.farm in Cambridgeshire, archaeologists are now think what is
:02:50. > :02:53.thought to be the best preserved Bronze Age home ever found in
:02:54. > :02:58.Britain. It is that fine grained detail of a world, that we would
:02:59. > :03:02.dealing with crumbs before, now we have the sense that it is almost
:03:03. > :03:06.present. Our job just have been digging you for ten months and have
:03:07. > :03:10.discovered that five wooden houses on stilts stood above a river. But
:03:11. > :03:14.it is thought that they were destroyed by fire, which made their
:03:15. > :03:20.homes fall into the water, preserving them in great detail,
:03:21. > :03:22.allowing experts to uncover huge range of amazing objects, showing
:03:23. > :03:28.what people were eating and even how their clothes were made. You can see
:03:29. > :03:32.how the food was made and it is still remaining inside the pot. From
:03:33. > :03:41.sampling it, we can start to think what was in there, barley and beet
:03:42. > :03:47.and nettles, that kind of thing. This is a bit of bling, and
:03:48. > :03:52.overelaborate sort of brooch, I suppose. The dig is nearly finished
:03:53. > :03:54.but what archaeologists have discovered is only just starting.
:03:55. > :03:57.Britain's lost more than 70% of its cuckoos in the last 25 years
:03:58. > :04:00.but tiny tracking devices fitted to some of the birds may have solved
:04:01. > :04:04.A study following their migration has revealed that cuckoos
:04:05. > :04:06.have two migration routes, with one that appears to be
:04:07. > :04:12.They hope the new information will help their survival.
:04:13. > :04:15.Cycling now and Britain's Mark Cavendish has pulled out
:04:16. > :04:17.of the Tour de France, race saying he wants
:04:18. > :04:21.to focus on this summer's Olympic Games.
:04:22. > :04:23.He's already won four stages on this year's Tour,
:04:24. > :04:27.He hasn't ever won a medal at an Olympic games though
:04:28. > :04:32.and said training for the two competitions had been tough.
:04:33. > :04:35.And Great Britain have named their Olympic rugby sevens squads.
:04:36. > :04:37.Glasgow Warriors centre Mark Bennett,
:04:38. > :04:40.who has 16 caps for Scotland, is one of four players
:04:41. > :04:44.The women's team will be captained picked for the men's side.
:04:45. > :04:46.by England World Cup winner Emily Scarratt.
:04:47. > :04:49.The Rio games will mark the first time rugby sevens has appeared
:04:50. > :05:00.That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.