:00:24. > :00:27.Good afternoon, friends. You are tuned into the right place at the
:00:27. > :00:37.right time. This is Newsround. Ore and Leah here with everything you
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:00:38. > :00:41.need to know tonight on the way. Will there be an Oscar for Uggie?
:00:41. > :00:45.And spiders have been spinning something a little complicated. All
:00:45. > :00:48.that to come, but first to the spectacular splashes of colour in
:00:48. > :00:54.last night's sky. They're known as the Northern Lights, and for the
:00:54. > :00:58.first time in ten years, they were seen in parts of northern England.
:00:58. > :01:08.Powerful rays can interfere with navigation systems, NASA space
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:01:11. > :01:13.crews and o sky systems. Splashes of green, Roads and streaks of
:01:14. > :01:17.yellows, the earth's atmosphere coming to life. People travel
:01:17. > :01:22.thousands of miles to catch a glimpse, the closer to the south or
:01:22. > :01:26.North Pole you are, the better the view and now the latest storm that
:01:26. > :01:36.causes the Northern Lights is so intense it's pushing the light show
:01:36. > :01:40.further south. It was spotted in Northern Ireland, northern England.
:01:40. > :01:44.This is all natural. How it happens is a bit like a science fiction
:01:44. > :01:49.movie script. Here is the science bit. The sun shoots out a solar
:01:49. > :01:55.blob like a bag of electrical jelly. It's charged and heading to earth
:01:55. > :01:59.at about one million miles per hour. When it clashes with the earth's
:01:59. > :02:01.magnetic shield, it pushes harmless currents that are floating above
:02:01. > :02:06.earth deeper into the atmosphere around the north and South Pole
:02:06. > :02:13.which makes the air glow like a flour res sent tube. Loads of
:02:13. > :02:19.people were out to spot the rare light show -- flur es sent.
:02:19. > :02:23.I saw this green constant light with an occasional white flicker
:02:23. > :02:26.and it was quite strange because I wasn't too sure what it was at
:02:26. > :02:30.first, then I figured out that it was the Northern Lights. Lots of
:02:30. > :02:34.people are hoping for a repeat and if you weren't lucky enough to spot
:02:34. > :02:39.anything in the sky, here's the good news - weather experts predict
:02:39. > :02:42.more solar activity tonight. It's been ten days since the Costa
:02:42. > :02:47.Concordia struck rocks off the coast of Italy. Rescuers are still
:02:47. > :02:52.searching for people on board but today they started to remove two
:02:52. > :02:56.million litres of fuel from the ship. It's a complicated operation
:02:56. > :03:00.so Nel's been look at how they do it. When the Costa Concordia ran
:03:00. > :03:05.aground, the main concern was rescuing people. But soon,
:03:05. > :03:09.attention turned to the 1.9 million litres of oil still on board. If
:03:09. > :03:12.the oil leaks out, it will have a massive impact on sea life and
:03:13. > :03:17.plants. Ebs perts are still searching for people on the ship
:03:17. > :03:21.but say the time's come for the oil to be removed -- experts. A barrier
:03:21. > :03:28.has been put around the Costa Concordia to soak up any spills,
:03:28. > :03:32.but how is the rest safely removed? A hole will be drilled into the
:03:32. > :03:35.valves. They're closed like taps to stop oil getting out. After the
:03:35. > :03:39.oil's heated, a pipeline is attached to pump it out, but they
:03:40. > :03:46.need the weather to stay calm to avoid the ship moving.
:03:46. > :03:50.At this stage, we don't see a big risk in oil spill, but if the
:03:50. > :03:54.weather deteriorates, nobody can tell what the vessel will do.
:03:54. > :03:57.Removing oil could take up to four weeks and experts will be keeping a
:03:57. > :04:03.close eye on the Costa Concordia hoping she doesn't slip off the
:04:03. > :04:06.rocks and sink all together. Thank you very much. Leah, did you
:04:06. > :04:13.do cookery at school? Absolutely. The best thing was eating all the
:04:13. > :04:17.stuff I made. Indeedy. I think we are on the same wavelength there.
:04:17. > :04:21.Hungry people! Kids at one school in Manchester have been giving
:04:21. > :04:25.their food away instead of feeding themselves!
:04:25. > :04:28.This is Manchester Communication Academy. Today is cooking day. I
:04:28. > :04:32.can already smell it. As well as polishing up their much-needed
:04:32. > :04:37.skills in the kitchen, there's a bit more to this class. The kids
:04:37. > :04:41.are making enough food to feed an army. They're not taking their food
:04:41. > :04:45.home tonight, but to the local homeless shelter. This chicken
:04:45. > :04:50.casserole is going to help feed the homeless people who otherwise
:04:50. > :04:54.wouldn't have any food tonight. Chicken casserole tonight followed
:04:54. > :05:01.by lemon drizzle cakes, made by the kids at this school. After the hard
:05:01. > :05:05.work, they are ready to deliver. The Mustard Tree is a charity and
:05:05. > :05:08.there are lots like these around all the cities. Volunteers run
:05:08. > :05:14.these places and give up their time for free. The food certainly seems
:05:14. > :05:21.to be going down a treat. How does this food help? It's been a great
:05:21. > :05:24.help to me. Sometimes cooking for 30-70 people all the time is quite
:05:24. > :05:28.hectic basically. The homeless people are very good food critics,
:05:28. > :05:33.so if they didn't like it, they would tell you and I am not joking,
:05:33. > :05:38.they are very, very graitful for the food -- grateful for the food.
:05:38. > :05:42.How did the kids feel about helping out? I think it's superb and we
:05:42. > :05:46.should do it every week. Other schools should do it as well.
:05:46. > :05:49.been good because they can see what we do at school and it's been our
:05:49. > :05:54.last lesson and we get the opportunity to come here to see how
:05:54. > :05:57.happy the people are. The homeless are people too and we can't just
:05:57. > :06:00.stuff our faces while they are starving. Tonight, these lot have
:06:00. > :06:04.fed some of the homeless people in Manchester. But there are thousands
:06:04. > :06:08.of people who don't have a home of their own all across the country
:06:08. > :06:12.and they're not quite as lucky. These guys want their idea to
:06:12. > :06:16.spread across all schools but it's certainly gone down well!
:06:16. > :06:20.Thank you, Hayley. Now, film fans listen up, there's a month to go
:06:20. > :06:25.until the biggest night of the year, the Oscars. A few hours ago, we
:06:25. > :06:29.found out who is up for awards. Here is a run-down. This may look
:06:29. > :06:35.like an awards ceremony. Actually, they are announcing the nominations.
:06:35. > :06:40.This is the Oscars and for film stars and fanss, who is up for what
:06:40. > :06:46.is big news. What does he do? a wind-up figure, like a music box.
:06:46. > :06:50.Leading the way this year is Hugo, the 3D adventure is up for 11
:06:50. > :06:53.awards overall, including best film. Another favourite to win big is The
:06:53. > :06:59.Artist, the silent black-and-white film is in the running for ten
:06:59. > :07:02.awards, but thousands of people joined an online campaign to get
:07:02. > :07:07.the dog a Best Actor nomination, but no such luck.
:07:07. > :07:12.War-horse is also in the running for best film but no nomination for
:07:12. > :07:16.its four-legged star Joey either. Looks like we'll have to wait
:07:16. > :07:22.another year before an animal wins an Oscar. I have done battle every
:07:22. > :07:25.single day of my life... Meryl Streep and George Clooney with
:07:25. > :07:33.favourites for Best Actress and actor. And it could be a fight
:07:33. > :07:40.between puss in bots and kung fu panda for best animation -- Puss in
:07:41. > :07:44.Boots and Kung Fu Panda. It's big! Here is something even
:07:44. > :07:48.bigger. Would you wear something made by spiders? I wasn't sure
:07:48. > :07:54.until I saw this. Very good. It's the largest piece of cloth in the