:00:11. > :00:16.. Good evening. Welcome to Newsround. It's Tuesday 23rd
:00:16. > :00:20.October. Here's what's on the way. Should nicknames be banned to beat
:00:20. > :00:30.bullying? Wasps bad for picnics but good for farmers. And one of our
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:00:40. > :00:43.most famous bears gets a celeb Afternoon guys. He's Ricky, I'm
:00:43. > :00:46.Hayley, and we're talking about badgers first because plans to
:00:46. > :00:50.start killing them in some parts of England have been delayed at the
:00:50. > :00:53.last minute. The Government thought that letting
:00:53. > :00:57.farmers shoot badgers would help stop a disease called Bovine TB
:00:57. > :01:00.spreading from the animals to cows. But now the minister in charge says
:01:00. > :01:06.it won't start until next summer because there could be way more
:01:06. > :01:11.badgers than previously thought. It's been called one of the biggest
:01:11. > :01:16.challenges in farming, stopping the spread of TB in cattle. But not
:01:16. > :01:20.everyone agrees how to do it. Many people think that it's badgers that
:01:20. > :01:24.were spreading the disease and that's why the Government planned
:01:24. > :01:28.to kill 100,000 badgers in the south-west of England. For the cull
:01:28. > :01:32.to work experts say 70% of them would have to be killed, if it's
:01:32. > :01:37.any less than that, the badgers that escape risk spreading the
:01:37. > :01:44.disease over a wider area. It's obviously coming from the people
:01:44. > :01:48.involved within British agriculture, farmers. Bovine TB is spread by
:01:48. > :01:51.badgers, that is the fact. To deal with that there's going to be a
:01:51. > :01:54.badger cull. The reason against is the people that support badgers,
:01:54. > :01:57.people of the countryside. People that don't want to see badgers
:01:57. > :02:02.killed. Nobody wants to see badgers killed at all. Until now stopping
:02:02. > :02:07.the spread of TB in England has meant killing cows. Last year,
:02:07. > :02:10.26,000 were killed at a cost to the country of more than �90 million.
:02:10. > :02:15.It's different in Wales, where there's a scheme to vaccinate
:02:15. > :02:19.badgers against the disease. In Scotland, it's officially TB-free.
:02:19. > :02:22.The Government's decision to delay the badger cull today is because
:02:22. > :02:26.last-minute checks have shown that there could be up to twice as many
:02:26. > :02:29.badgers as they originally thought. That would mean it would cost much
:02:29. > :02:32.more to cull them, and they don't know whether it would definitely
:02:32. > :02:36.work. The delay will have a negative
:02:36. > :02:39.effect on cattle. Obviously, until there is a cull or any results are
:02:40. > :02:43.found, obviously animals will have to keep being slaughtered on farms.
:02:43. > :02:47.It's really what we have been fighting for through the summer to
:02:47. > :02:50.get this pushed back. Now it's pushed back it gives us a breathing
:02:50. > :02:53.space and people will see sense and drop these badger culls. It will
:02:53. > :02:57.now be next summer when the weather's better before there will
:02:57. > :03:06.be a badger cull. We will have to wait until then to find out if the
:03:06. > :03:10.spread of TB can be stopped. Next, these incredible pictures are
:03:10. > :03:13.from the Battle of Britain. It was fought in the air between German
:03:13. > :03:16.and British pilots in the skies above Britain during the Second
:03:16. > :03:19.World War. But now, the oldest surviving pilot from that battle
:03:19. > :03:22.has died. William Walker was 99- years-old and joined the Royal Air
:03:22. > :03:25.Force a year before the war started in 1939. The spitfire plane he was
:03:25. > :03:28.in was shot down over the English Channel. But he survived after
:03:28. > :03:36.landing in the sea, and clinging onto a shipwreck until he was
:03:36. > :03:41.rescued. Amazing story! Now, Hayley, did you ever have a nickname at
:03:41. > :03:44.school? Yep. I am not telling you. Well, I tell you why I'm asking -
:03:44. > :03:47.The Scouts say the want to stop nicknames because they reckon they
:03:47. > :03:54.can lead to bullying. I've been out and about today to find out what
:03:54. > :04:03.you guys think. My name is Thomas, my nickname is
:04:03. > :04:08.Thomas the Tank Engine, unfortunately. My name is Trisha.
:04:08. > :04:13.Many of you will have nicknames. When I was at school it was Ricky!
:04:13. > :04:17.After Ricky and Bianca in EastEnders, now I am plain Ricky.
:04:17. > :04:22.The scouts want to put a stop to nicknames because they think they
:04:22. > :04:27.can lead to bullying. Who is their chief scout? Bear Grylls. Born
:04:27. > :04:35.Edward Michael, the TV presenter's sister gave him the name when when
:04:35. > :04:40.he was a week old and it stuck. His fans know him as R-Patz but Robert
:04:40. > :04:46.Pattinson has said he hates being called it. Even celeb couples can
:04:46. > :04:51.have nicknames. Nicknames aren't always fun. Kimberley Walsh has
:04:51. > :04:56.spoken about being called duck bum when she was younger because she
:04:56. > :04:59.wasn't the same size as other kids. Can you -- do you think it can lead
:04:59. > :05:04.to bullying? Someone has a name they don't like being called and
:05:04. > :05:09.people keep calling it and they might feel insulted. Some nicknames
:05:09. > :05:12.are positive. They're not supposed to cause harm. Some nicknames are
:05:12. > :05:18.nice, like you can get recognised by them. I think they're good but
:05:18. > :05:23.sometimes they can lead to arguments. Do you think there
:05:23. > :05:30.should be a ban on nicknames? because most people enjoy them.
:05:30. > :05:39.Without nicknames there would be no more Razor, no more, Trish, and no
:05:39. > :05:43.more Megs and no more... Ricky! Still gives me nightmares! Keep
:05:43. > :05:50.watching to find out why this guy is getting a design makeover. Even
:05:51. > :05:54.Victoria Beckham is involved. And from one of our most cuddly
:05:54. > :05:57.creatures, to something with a bit of a sting in its tail. Scientists
:05:57. > :05:59.at the University of Hull are studying hundreds of wasps because
:05:59. > :06:02.they believe they could be the secret to helping farmers save
:06:02. > :06:05.millions of pounds. Here's Leah. Wasps. We are used to thinking of
:06:05. > :06:09.them as a bit of a pest. But for farmers trying to protect their
:06:09. > :06:12.crops it turns out that the insect with a nasty habit of spoiling a
:06:12. > :06:16.picnic could actually be a real help.
:06:16. > :06:21.Farmers often have to spend a lot of money on pesticides to prevent
:06:21. > :06:26.their crops from being destroyed by bugs and mites. But biologists
:06:26. > :06:30.believe a spaoesy of micro -- species of microscopic wasps could
:06:30. > :06:35.save farmers million of pounds. It sounds like something from a horror
:06:35. > :06:38.film but the tiny predators can inject an egg into the body of
:06:38. > :06:41.smaller bugs which eat crops and destroy plants. The egg starts
:06:41. > :06:46.growing inside the bug and when it's ready to hatch it bursts out,
:06:46. > :06:52.killing the bug and protecting crops. We are far more aware of
:06:52. > :06:54.where these are in different life cycles, what pests feed off what
:06:55. > :06:58.pests, that's why it's important we look at things with open eyes and
:06:58. > :07:01.different ways of solving the problem. Here at this research
:07:01. > :07:05.centre the team from Hull was using DNA tests to find out which pests
:07:05. > :07:12.are attacking the crops. They'll then introduce the most effective
:07:12. > :07:16.predator to kill them. I am not saying these wasps will replace
:07:16. > :07:21.pesticides altogether but they're another tool to exploit. Here in
:07:21. > :07:29.the countryside nature is fighting back. The tiny predators with a big
:07:29. > :07:32.sting could soon become a farmer's best friend.
:07:32. > :07:35.Next up, Pudsey - as you've never seen him before! The BBC Children
:07:35. > :07:38.in Need mascot has been given a makeover by some very famous
:07:38. > :07:41.designers. They include Victoria Beckham - you can see her signature
:07:41. > :07:43.on Pudsey's foot there! The idea is to auction off the
:07:43. > :07:53.blinged-up bears for some serious cash. Designer Henry Holland is
:07:53. > :07:59.
:07:59. > :08:09.more used to mixing with the likes of Nick. Grimshaw and Alexa Chung
:08:09. > :08:11.
:08:11. > :08:14.than bears. It has fur and crystal eyes and paw prints.
:08:14. > :08:17.Just before we go, back to that story about the Scouts wanting each
:08:17. > :08:20.other to stop using nicknames in case it leads to bullying. You've