25/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:14.Martin here with some big news on the way from this guy.

:00:15. > :00:18.Keep watching to find out what I am swapping the jungle for some dancing

:00:19. > :00:21.shoes. But first, the family of a British

:00:22. > :00:24.man who contracted the Ebola virus in Africa say he's getting excellent

:00:25. > :00:27.treatment after returning to the UK. An outbreak of the disease started

:00:28. > :00:30.in Guinea earlier this year. But despite struggles to stop it

:00:31. > :00:33.from spreading across parts of Africa, experts say people HERE

:00:34. > :00:48.shouldn't be worried. The first British man affected by

:00:49. > :00:55.the current Ebola outbreak being taken to London's free Hospital last

:00:56. > :01:05.night. He was flown back to the UK on a special jet. Ebola is a very

:01:06. > :01:10.dangerous virus but it is very difficult to pass from one person to

:01:11. > :01:17.another. It can only be caught if you are directly exposed to body

:01:18. > :01:19.fluids, like blood or saliva. The man in question courted after

:01:20. > :01:26.volunteering to treat people affected by an outbreak in Sierra

:01:27. > :01:30.Leone. It was decided to bring him here because the government thought

:01:31. > :01:38.it was safer than being treated in Africa and experts say people in

:01:39. > :01:42.Britain should not be worried. The risk of the Ebola virus infection to

:01:43. > :01:51.a population of this country remains very low. Across Africa, along -- a

:01:52. > :01:54.a population of this country remains lack of medical expertise has meant

:01:55. > :02:00.the virus has spread, killing more than 1000 people, but in Britain, it

:02:01. > :02:06.is a different story. Doctors are better placed to deal with it. The

:02:07. > :02:13.man will be kept away from other people in a special isolation tent.

:02:14. > :02:18.The doctors helping him will not come into direct contact with him.

:02:19. > :02:23.There is no known cure for Ebola but health experts say that with proper

:02:24. > :02:29.treatment, he should have a chance of beating the virus. Last week, two

:02:30. > :02:32.Americans who also contracted Ebola made a full recovery.

:02:33. > :02:37.In other news, rescue crews in America are tackling the wreckage

:02:38. > :02:39.Buildings, roads and bridges were all damaged

:02:40. > :02:48.But now, one of CBBC's biggest stars announced today he's signed up

:02:49. > :03:01.Steve Backshall will appear in the new series of Strictly Come

:03:02. > :03:07.I couldn't would never have spoken to me again!

:03:08. > :03:18.More than anything, I have always been very driven by challenges. How

:03:19. > :03:25.good is your dancing? I don't really know. I have never really danced.

:03:26. > :03:28.good is your dancing? I don't really am a total duffer and I have two

:03:29. > :03:33.left feet. I spend all of my time on the road. This year, I have been in

:03:34. > :03:40.the Arctic and Antarctica so I never get to see much television. I have

:03:41. > :03:46.seen snippets of it but not lots. But I am about to see more than any

:03:47. > :03:52.human being could wish to see of this programme! How do you feel

:03:53. > :03:59.about that? I hope there won't be any dresses! I had my first costume

:04:00. > :04:04.fitting the other day and they got out all of the Lycra in sequence.

:04:05. > :04:10.For 15 minutes, all I could do was giggle when I caught sight of myself

:04:11. > :04:15.in the mirror like a schoolboy. What is scarier: Coming face-to-face with

:04:16. > :04:25.a great white shark or dancing on stage? This is complete left the

:04:26. > :04:30.field and go spectacularly wrong. I could get so badly humiliated here.

:04:31. > :04:36.Who do you think your biggest competition so far? I cannot be any

:04:37. > :04:40.better than the best I can be. I am just focusing on my own skills,

:04:41. > :04:44.training and ability. And finally,

:04:45. > :04:46.thousands of people have been at the Big crowds have gathered in Coventry

:04:47. > :04:54.to see the country's best gamers That's it from me but Newsround's

:04:55. > :05:01.back tomorrow.