25/04/2012

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:00:22. > :00:26.Hi, welcome to your wonderful Wednesday Newsround. Leah and Joe

:00:26. > :00:32.with you, bringing bang up-to-date with the latest stories. Coming up:

:00:32. > :00:36.Why it is a good day to be a Scottish wildcat. Find out who is

:00:37. > :00:42.the new Strictly judge. First, how does it make you feel

:00:42. > :00:47.standing next to these sweets? want to eat them! Me, too. That is

:00:47. > :00:51.why supermarkets are being told off for putting so many treats next to

:00:51. > :00:58.the checkout. Campaigners say it is wrong when so many children are -

:00:58. > :01:04.base. Everyone has a snack they find hard to resist. Chocolate.

:01:04. > :01:08.are waiting to pay and then what is this? A chocolate bar. Yes, please!

:01:08. > :01:12.Some supermarkets are being told off for putting too many packs of

:01:12. > :01:18.crisps and sweets near the checkouts. So they are easy to see

:01:18. > :01:22.while you are waiting in the queue. Making it much more tempting to eat

:01:22. > :01:26.less healthily. It is OK to eat this kind of thing from time to

:01:26. > :01:31.time but many snacks contain sugar and fat. Too much of either of

:01:31. > :01:34.these is bad for us. Nearly a third of all children are overweight. The

:01:34. > :01:38.Government said over ten years ago they would make supermarkets put

:01:38. > :01:42.the sweet stuff in a less obvious place to help with this and parents

:01:42. > :01:48.are saying they should start keeping that promise. It is not

:01:48. > :01:53.just supermarkets. Music shops and some clothes shops also do it. Will

:01:54. > :01:58.moving them make a difference? they moved the sweets, it would be

:01:58. > :02:03.better. If parents go to the checkout and the kids see the

:02:03. > :02:09.sweets, the kids will want them! makes me want to have them. They

:02:09. > :02:12.are in front of me. They are nice. Wouldn't make much difference. The

:02:12. > :02:17.children will want them either way whether you put them in the aisles

:02:17. > :02:21.or at the checkouts. supermarkets have made their food a

:02:21. > :02:25.lot healthier. Where things are in the shop won't make a big

:02:25. > :02:31.difference to what we buy. Not all shops have been told off. Some were

:02:31. > :02:36.praised for putting fresh fruit in amongst their snacks. Tem takes is

:02:36. > :02:41.just too hard to re-- temptation is just too hard to resist. It could

:02:41. > :02:45.mean your snacks are soon stacked out of sight. Three every hour -

:02:45. > :02:49.what am I talking about? The number of animals going extinct.

:02:49. > :02:55.Scientists are warning the planet is experiencing the greatest wave

:02:55. > :03:01.of extinction since the dinosaurs died out. No-one knows how many

:03:01. > :03:05.species of animal there are in the world.

:03:05. > :03:09.The news is a bit better for these guys. Three years ago, it was

:03:09. > :03:13.thought there were only 400 Scottish wildcats left in the wild.

:03:13. > :03:17.Scientists have found new packs living in the Highlands.

:03:18. > :03:21.They are one of the UK's most endangered species. More fierce

:03:21. > :03:25.than their domestic cousins, the Scottish wildcat, or high land

:03:25. > :03:29.tiger, is rarely seen in the wild. Millions of years ago they roamed

:03:29. > :03:35.all around Britain, but years of hunting and breeding with domestic

:03:35. > :03:39.cats means the number of pure child wildcats left has fallen. It is

:03:39. > :03:43.hard to know exact numbers but conservations thought there were

:03:43. > :03:45.fewer than 400 of them left. But for the last three years,

:03:45. > :03:49.scientists from the Cairngorms wildcat project have been using

:03:49. > :03:53.camera traps to learn more about these mysterious creatures. Very

:03:53. > :03:58.similar to the once I managed to attach to trees last year, but they

:03:58. > :04:03.have now come up with some extraordinary results. They have

:04:03. > :04:07.discovered new populations of wildcats living in the Cairngorms

:04:07. > :04:10.National Park, an area where they are rare. We are building the

:04:10. > :04:14.foundation for future wildcat conservation. What we have seen in

:04:14. > :04:17.the last two or three years, more people have been inspired about

:04:17. > :04:24.wildcat conservation, to get involved, they are reporting

:04:24. > :04:27.sightings. It is a really very iconic Scottish animal. It is

:04:27. > :04:32.beautifully adapted to its environment. They are different to

:04:32. > :04:36.cats at home. They are bigger and not tame. But also they have bushy

:04:36. > :04:39.ring tails with a black tip. It is hoped the camera project will help

:04:39. > :04:43.everyone understand more about these wonderful species and

:04:43. > :04:45.hopefully see their population grow in other parts of Scotland to

:04:45. > :04:51.secure their survival for the future.

:04:51. > :04:56.They look cute. Yeah. You wouldn't want to touch one! Showbiz.

:04:56. > :05:00.Strictly Come Dancing has a brand- new judge and it's... Darcey

:05:00. > :05:05.Bussell who used to be a famous ballerina. Fans will recognise her

:05:05. > :05:10.as a guest judge three years ago. She will replace Alesha Dixon who

:05:10. > :05:15.left to join Britain's Got Talent. Now, whether it is the Brecon

:05:15. > :05:20.Beacons, National Parks have been around in the UK for 60 years.

:05:20. > :05:27.everyone wanted them. This year, there is a special anniversary that

:05:27. > :05:32.is being celebrated. National Parks - areas of protected

:05:32. > :05:38.countryside where everyone can visit, people live, work and enjoy

:05:38. > :05:42.the great outdoors. There are 15 National Parks in the UK, ten in

:05:42. > :05:46.England, two in Scotland and three in Wales. When your grandparents

:05:46. > :05:49.were children these National Parks didn't exist because the land was

:05:49. > :05:54.privately-owned. It was here, 80 years ago, where a group of people

:05:54. > :05:58.from neighbouring towns and cities came together to make their way up

:05:58. > :06:05.that hill. They were angry. For most of the week they were stuck in

:06:05. > :06:11.towns and cities. Getting away from these places wasn't easy. So an

:06:11. > :06:15.organised mass trespass took place and the Government labelled this

:06:15. > :06:20.area the Peak District, the UK's first National Park. Countryside

:06:20. > :06:24.lovers have come here to celebrate the great outdoors. National Parks

:06:24. > :06:29.are important because most people don't get to see them and they've

:06:29. > :06:32.got lots of natural beauty. Most children don't get to do walks

:06:32. > :06:42.because they live in cities. They don't really get to hear the

:06:42. > :06:46.wildlife, like the birds because of the cars. Jim Loves a bit of fresh

:06:46. > :06:50.air. Feels like this are used by farmers. What we do hear is we work

:06:50. > :06:54.with the farmers and we work with the visitors to make sure that we

:06:54. > :06:58.manage that so that there aren't the conflicts today that we once

:06:58. > :07:02.had in the past. National Parks are said to be important for the UK.

:07:02. > :07:10.They attract millions of people every year. With thousands of miles

:07:10. > :07:15.of free open space, it is time to tie my shoelaces and get exploring!

:07:15. > :07:20.That has made me want to go hiking. Fantastic. It would be lovely. Last

:07:20. > :07:25.up, here is one way to make the journey home from school more fun.

:07:25. > :07:29.This is a wacky creation called the "Ball Rider". Its inventor was

:07:29. > :07:33.inspired after seeing his two children play with similar balls.

:07:33. > :07:39.It can only work downhill but it can float on water. Cool! That is

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