:00:00. > :00:00.Hi, Martin here, live, with your Thursday afternoon Newsround.
:00:00. > :00:12.The kids being paid to read to their hairdressers.
:00:13. > :00:23.And we find out how the Bake Off finalists measure up.
:00:24. > :00:26.First up, yesterday the Schiaparelli probe was meant to land
:00:27. > :00:30.on the surface of Mars to do research on possible life forms
:00:31. > :00:36.But things didn't go to plan and the scientists lost contact
:00:37. > :00:41.Information the probe sent back as it fell towards the surface seems
:00:42. > :00:45.to show a parachute may have detached too early and the rockets
:00:46. > :00:48.used to soften its landing may not have fired for long enough to break
:00:49. > :00:57.The BBC's David Shukman sent us this.
:00:58. > :00:59.There's been a real roller-coaster of emotions
:01:00. > :01:03.here at the European Space Agency, with good news and bad.
:01:04. > :01:07.What scientists are pleased about is that they now
:01:08. > :01:10.have an orbiter circling Mars, looking at its atmosphere for clues
:01:11. > :01:16.But the bad news is that a lander they sent to the surface of Mars
:01:17. > :01:25.They kept track of it as it descended.
:01:26. > :01:27.They know that its heat shield worked.
:01:28. > :01:30.They also know it released a parachute to slow itself down.
:01:31. > :01:33.But in the last minute, before it was meant to reach the ground,
:01:34. > :01:39.it lost contact and no one really knows what happened.
:01:40. > :01:41.This is bad news because the European Space Agency has more
:01:42. > :01:45.It wants to send a very large robotic rover there to drill
:01:46. > :01:48.into the ground beneath the rock to look for signs of life.
:01:49. > :01:55.There's now a bit of a question over whether that will happen.
:01:56. > :01:57.Next, the Great British Bake Off is really hotting up.
:01:58. > :02:01.If you're planning on watching later then look away now.
:02:02. > :02:03.Last night saw the end of super-chilled Selasi,
:02:04. > :02:12.Let's take a look at the contenders hoping to win the baking crown.
:02:13. > :02:15.From 12 hopeful bakers down to three aspiring Mary Berrys.
:02:16. > :02:17.The Great British Bake Off is entering its final stage.
:02:18. > :02:21.Let's take a closer look at the final three.
:02:22. > :02:24.First up, Candise Brown, who has already cooked up three
:02:25. > :02:27.Star Baker wins, more than any of
:02:28. > :02:36.This striking peacock show stopper in the quarterfinals has
:02:37. > :02:38.made her a firm favourite to win the baking crown.
:02:39. > :02:42.But Candise faltered when her cheesy fish pies leaked.
:02:43. > :02:45.Next, Andrew Smith, a jet engine designer from Northern Ireland.
:02:46. > :02:49.He was flying in desert week with his ice cream mousse cakes
:02:50. > :02:55.on a Ferris wheel, but Mary and Paul were not so impressed with his plain
:02:56. > :03:00.And last but by no means least, Jane Beadle, the first to win
:03:01. > :03:02.Star Baker, and she has been consistent ever since.
:03:03. > :03:06.But has she got enough to wow the judges in the final?
:03:07. > :03:08.I think this is pretty tricky for them.
:03:09. > :03:16.If you're bonkers for Bake Off then head online to let us know
:03:17. > :03:20.Imagine if someone paid you every time
:03:21. > :03:24.Well, that's what happens at a barber shop in
:03:25. > :03:28.But there's a catch, children have to read a whole book
:03:29. > :03:30.out loud while they're having their hair trimmed.
:03:31. > :03:33.If they do, they get some money back.
:03:34. > :03:50.Our team in the US has been finding out more.
:03:51. > :04:08.No, I'm afraid not, she said. She sat at her desk and... The end. Good
:04:09. > :04:12.job. How do they feel reading the book aloud? I felt pretty nervous
:04:13. > :04:19.because I'm not like a person that reads all the time. Now, you get $2
:04:20. > :04:28.off. Because you did a wonderful job. Have a good day. You, too. When
:04:29. > :04:33.they realise how we're helping them as they are cutting their hair, the
:04:34. > :04:37.kid might perk up. He is not afraid to read any more, not worried about
:04:38. > :04:42.who else is in the room, and he gives you the effort. What gets some
:04:43. > :04:46.of them in the chair to read a book is the $2 incentive. After you have
:04:47. > :04:51.finished, tell me what the book is about, because we want them to
:04:52. > :04:55.understand what they read. You make them work hard. Sometimes.
:04:56. > :05:00.Newsround's back tomorrow morning with Ricky. Bye.