0:00:11 > 0:00:13Hi, I'm Martin and this is Newsround.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17First up an earthquake has caused huge destruction in towns
0:00:17 > 0:00:20and villages in Central Italy.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23It hit the area in the early hours of Wednesday morning,
0:00:23 > 0:00:27leaving thousands of people homeless and over 200 people have died.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Before and after the earthquake:
0:00:31 > 0:00:36These pictures show buildings turned to rubble.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41The quake struck in an area north-east of Rome.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44The worst affected places are the towns of Accumoli, Amatrice,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47and the village of Pescara del Tronto.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51This is the centre of Amatrice.
0:00:51 > 0:00:59And the devastation here is astonishing.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Just looking on this side of the road, it will erect there's
0:01:02 > 0:01:05almost nothing left this house.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11Strong aftershocks and tremors have followed the earthquake.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Aftershocks are a smaller earthquake that happen after the main quake,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17in the same area, causing even more damage to buildings and roads.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Police, firefighters, soldiers and volunteers
0:01:21 > 0:01:24are all working to try and find survivors.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26They carried on throughout the night, searching
0:01:26 > 0:01:27through the rubble.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29But there are moments of hope.
0:01:29 > 0:01:37Like this ten-year-old girl being pulled to safety by rescuers.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41In the village of Pescara del Tronto, which was built high
0:01:41 > 0:01:45on a hillside, it was too difficult to get lifting equipment up there,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48so rescuers used their hands and found this pet dog
0:01:48 > 0:01:52alive under the rubble.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Doctors and nurses are treating injured people outside,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59because its too dangerous to go inside Amatrice's damaged hospital.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02People in the towns and villages have now been left homeless and it's
0:02:02 > 0:02:05unsafe for people to go inside the buildings
0:02:05 > 0:02:08which are still standing.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13They spent last night sleeping in cars or in makeshift camps.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Yesterday's earthquake isn't the first to hit Italy.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19The country has experienced quakes over the years.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22But this was the most powerful to hit since 1980,
0:02:22 > 0:02:27with a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31And remember if there's anything in the news that upsets
0:02:31 > 0:02:35you there is always help and advice at Newsround online.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Now with the return of Team GB from Rio we've had loads of athletes
0:02:39 > 0:02:41coming and going at Newsround HQ.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Today, we grabbed a chat with Gold medal winners Maddie,
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Kate and Helen of the Womens Hockey team.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51And we got some very special interviewers in to question them.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52COMMENTATOR: 'Turns.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53'Scores!
0:02:53 > 0:02:55'That's the golden goal!
0:02:55 > 0:02:59'Great Britain have won the Olympic gold medal.'
0:02:59 > 0:03:01This question is for Maddie.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04When you were younger, did you always feel part of the team
0:03:04 > 0:03:05cos your training was so different?
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Yes, I think so.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I think your teammates always make an effort to try and keep
0:03:12 > 0:03:17the goalie involved.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19There's definitely days where you spend some time
0:03:19 > 0:03:20by yourself and you end up
0:03:20 > 0:03:21singing to yourself or keeping yourself entertained.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24But, yeah, it's always very much a team effort.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26And the goalie very much plays a part in that.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28When you were younger, did you play any other sport?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31And if so, how did you choose hockey over them?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33When I was really tiny, I did dancing and gymnastics,
0:03:33 > 0:03:34probably very badly!
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And then I started playing netball, and I swam a lot.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Me and my sister both went swimming.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41And then when I went to secondary school,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43hockey was just one of the sports that they did.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45So, I did hockey, athletics, netball, tennis.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46But hockey, I just loved it.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I loved being part of a team.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49And it was fun.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Really fun.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Do you have to prepare differently for GB then with the
0:03:52 > 0:03:53England hockey team?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Essentially, it's kind of the same.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58We have a GB programme and it's made up of obviously English
0:03:58 > 0:03:59players, Scottish players.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01We don't have any Welsh players at the moment,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04but we have done in the past, and hopefully will in the future.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08And so we have different tournaments that is GB, like the Olympics.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12But the World Cup is for England, and so our coach is able to just
0:04:12 > 0:04:14select the English players.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17And when it's GB, he can select the English and Scottish players.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20This question is for Maddie.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Why is your hockey stick so different from the others?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26So, I use the same as these guys in normal play,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28but in the penalties, I changed it to a super-long,
0:04:28 > 0:04:3141-inches goalie stick, which has a big head.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34That allows me to get a bigger reach and try and tackle them.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36There's one more question to ask.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Please will you sign the shirt for us?
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Absolutely.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44Of course.
0:04:44 > 0:04:51That's all from me, I'm back with Friday's Newsround tomorrow morning.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56See you then.