21/02/2018 Newsround

Good morning!

You're watching Newsround.

Ricky here with

Wednesday's top stories.

Coming up...

What's in store for

tonight's Brit Awards!

And we've got a sneek peek

at the new Doctor Who logo!

First to the US.

After 17 people were killed

in an attack at a school

in Florida last week,

students there have been making

a stand against guns.

BBC reporter Paul Blake has

travelled with the pupils who're

talking to politicians

about the changes they want.

All of the students on board are

survivors of a school shooting that

happened last week in the city of

parkland in Florida. Last week's

attack is the sixth attack by Gunne

on a school in the US this year.

Today, we are going to talk to

lawmakers about the ways we can make

schools safer and waste place

controls on guns in our country. I

do not safe in my school. I was

incredibly afraid, I was scared for

my friends, I was scared for my

little sister, I was scared for

everybody there and they need to

know that that should never happen

to anybody else. Nobody should ever

feel how I felt.

We want to talk to

lawmakers say that less people have

access to guns and less people get

hurt.

The students are not alone.

Many people in the US want reforms

but at the same time many people

want them to remain the same. But

the students on board the bus today

say they think they can convince

politicians to make the laws tougher

and they died eight hours today to

talk to them about it.

I'm so proud

of all our friends. We are young,

not much older than you, but we made

a real difference, I think.

Many of

these students have never been

involved in politics but they say

they are really just getting

started. Next month, they will go

all the way to Washington, DC to

tell politicians they need to do

more to keep kids safe.

It's Brits time tonight,

the biggest night in British music.

While Dua Lipa, Justin Timberlake

and Ed Sheeran are warming

up their vocal chords,

Ayshah's been finding out some weird

and fun facts about the event.

Five things you might not

know about the Brits.

Different categories come and go.

One year, there was the Best

British Comedy Record.

And in 2013, One Direction

got the catchy title of

Brits Global Success Award.

That's it, I'm making

up my own award.

Best Dancing Newsround Presenter.

Sorry, Ricky.

The reason why we have the Brits

is because of the Queen.

Seriously.

It all started back in 1977

to mark her silver jubilee.

It's now in its 38th year

and showcases all of Britain's best

music talent.

Thanks, Ma'am.

The statue.

It's actually meant to be a female

personification of Britain.

That's a big word.

Basically, it's meant to be a female

symbol of the UK which

is why it's shaped like this.

A famous British artist

designs it every year.

Most awards are voted

for by just 1000 people.

These guys are really

into their music.

DJs and record labels choose

who they think are the best artists

but this year, two

categories are up to you.

That's the British Artist Video

Of The Year and British

Breakthrough Act.

And finally, it's a massive

social media event.

In 2016, when One Direction won

Best British Band, they broke the

Internet.

Oops.

Well, they didn't actually

break it but it was the

most talked about event on twitter

that year in the UK.

I wonder what we'll be

talking about this year.

Hashtag Brits 2018.

And we will have some of the winners

for you tomorrow morning.

And it's happened again.

Britain's Elise Christie

is out after an epic race.

You might remember she crashed out

in speed skating on the 500

and 1,500 metre races.

So what went wrong

this time in the 1000?

Away they go.

And Christie goes down before

they reach the very first

corner.

The race was restarted

after Elise fell early on.

Then she had a terrible

start, looked like she

was barged, and nearly

fell over twice.

Just about manages

to stay on her feet.

Through all that, she managed

to get second place and

thought she had a spot

in the quarterfinals.

But then...

I can't believe that

they've awarded her a

yellow card.

Disqualified, game over.

Elise will not go

through to the next round.

She may be out, but she still

found time to send a

message to you.

I'd just like to say thank

you to all the kids that have

sent me messages, I really

appreciate them saying they are

inspired by me.

They have no idea how

much that means to me.

It's amazing that five year olds,

seven year olds can find me

inspiring.

That brings tears

to my eyes, you know.

We can all learn something from

defeat.

Next - Doctor Who.

We have to wait until October

for the new series -

but here's a little look

at the all new logo.

The BBC released this

video yesterday -

showing off the new look.

The 11th series features

the first female Doctor.

Jodie Whittaker.

I like the look