26/01/2017

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0:00:04 > 0:00:07Good morning, I'm Jenny, with all the top stories this Thursday.

0:00:07 > 0:00:09Don't go anywhere!

0:00:09 > 0:00:13Tim Peake's space capsule goes on show, and...

0:00:13 > 0:00:17I'll be talking about my role as a young carer.

0:00:25 > 0:00:28First, the UK's Prime Minister, Theresa May, is travelling

0:00:28 > 0:00:32to America today to meet Donald Trump.

0:00:32 > 0:00:35She'll be the first World Leader to meet the new US President.

0:00:35 > 0:00:37Meanwhile, in his first TV interview since becoming President,

0:00:37 > 0:00:42Mr Trump repeated his plans to build a wall on the border with Mexico,

0:00:42 > 0:00:46that he says Mexico will have to pay for.

0:00:46 > 0:00:48But the Mexican President has said his country definitely

0:00:48 > 0:00:50will not pay for the wall.

0:00:50 > 0:00:53The National Television Awards took place in London last night,

0:00:53 > 0:00:56to honour everything that's brilliant about your

0:00:56 > 0:01:01favourite shows.

0:01:01 > 0:01:03Strictly Come Dancing shimmied off with the award

0:01:03 > 0:01:05for Best Talent Show, Bake Off's Mary Berry pipped

0:01:05 > 0:01:08Len Goodman to the post for Best TV Judge, and the legends

0:01:08 > 0:01:11that are Ant and Dec won three awards, including Best TV Presenter

0:01:11 > 0:01:14for the 16th year in a row.

0:01:14 > 0:01:20Did you know that right now, across the country,

0:01:20 > 0:01:22there are hundreds of thousands of children who are looking

0:01:22 > 0:01:24after a parent, brother or sister?

0:01:24 > 0:01:26These children are called young carers, and while many of them

0:01:26 > 0:01:31are happy looking after a disabled, or sick, relative, they also

0:01:31 > 0:01:33face many difficulties, as I've been finding out.

0:01:33 > 0:01:36Hi, I'm Morgan and I'm a young carer.

0:01:36 > 0:01:39I walk the dog, I load the dishwasher and I help out

0:01:39 > 0:01:41with jobs around the house.

0:01:41 > 0:01:42Now I'm cooking dinner.

0:01:42 > 0:01:44Morgan's mum has condition which causes her muscles to be painful.

0:01:44 > 0:01:48It means she gets tired very easily and can't stand or walk for long.

0:01:48 > 0:01:51What do you think are the best bits about being a young carer?

0:01:51 > 0:01:54It's good because to put a smile on someone's faces gives me joy.

0:01:54 > 0:01:58Because not only am I doing something to help someone,

0:01:58 > 0:02:05at least they don't have to do it another time.

0:02:05 > 0:02:09There are lots of children like Morgan in the UK.

0:02:09 > 0:02:12It's thought around 700,000 young people are caring

0:02:12 > 0:02:16for a family member.

0:02:16 > 0:02:19A new survey by the Carers' Trust charity found it's difficult

0:02:19 > 0:02:22for some young carers to achieve what they want to in

0:02:22 > 0:02:23school and in later life.

0:02:23 > 0:02:27One of the reasons is because they have to spend time

0:02:27 > 0:02:29looking after the person they're caring for.

0:02:29 > 0:02:31Do you ever feel like you're missing out?

0:02:31 > 0:02:34My mum does get tired a lot and there are some times where,

0:02:34 > 0:02:37if we plan to do something and then by the end of the day,

0:02:37 > 0:02:44she's got too tired, we have to cancel it.

0:02:44 > 0:02:46But my mum always tries to get me there.

0:02:46 > 0:02:4999% of the time I do, sometimes it's hard because I've got

0:02:49 > 0:02:50a lot of stuff to do.

0:02:50 > 0:02:53Do you ever worry about the future, and that you might have

0:02:53 > 0:02:55to look after your mum?

0:02:55 > 0:02:58Yeah, I do, because sometimes I wonder if I will get good grades

0:02:58 > 0:03:01because people are saying practice makes perfect, the way you revise,

0:03:01 > 0:03:04and I don't want to sort of drop out, I want to have good grades

0:03:04 > 0:03:05in the future.

0:03:05 > 0:03:07What advice do you have for other young carers

0:03:07 > 0:03:09who are having a tough time?

0:03:09 > 0:03:13If you do have a worry, don't keep it in, and if you are

0:03:13 > 0:03:15finding things hard, you should ask for help

0:03:15 > 0:03:17because you should not have to deal with it alone.

0:03:17 > 0:03:20Go to your teacher or whoever you're caring for and say,

0:03:20 > 0:03:22can you help me with this because it's getting

0:03:22 > 0:03:27a bit too much for me.

0:03:27 > 0:03:29There's more about young carers online, including animations of some

0:03:29 > 0:03:31other children's stories.

0:03:31 > 0:03:36That's also where you can get help and advice if anything

0:03:36 > 0:03:38in the news worries you.

0:03:38 > 0:03:40Southampton beat Liverpool last night to make it

0:03:40 > 0:03:43through to their first League Cup final in 38 years, and they've done

0:03:43 > 0:03:48it without conceding a single goal.

0:03:48 > 0:03:49Can you believe that?!

0:03:49 > 0:03:51Liverpool had some really good chances

0:03:51 > 0:03:52to level the tie.

0:03:52 > 0:03:53How did he miss that?

0:03:53 > 0:03:55Then Southampton scored this fantastic goal late

0:03:55 > 0:03:59on to win their ticket to Wembley.

0:03:59 > 0:04:01Orcas, or killer whales, have fascinated scientists

0:04:01 > 0:04:05for a long time, and now researchers in the US say that they could help

0:04:05 > 0:04:07us learn more about ourselves.

0:04:07 > 0:04:13The BBC's Victoria Gill has been finding out how.

0:04:13 > 0:04:16Killer whales, also known as orcas.

0:04:16 > 0:04:21They're the magnificent mammals of the sea, known

0:04:21 > 0:04:22for their intelligence and close family bonds.

0:04:22 > 0:04:25Researchers here on San Juan Island in the USA have been studying

0:04:25 > 0:04:29the lives of orcas for the past 40 years, and what they found

0:04:29 > 0:04:32could help to explain something that orcas and humans have in common.

0:04:32 > 0:04:35Just like humans, orcas stop having babies partway through their lives,

0:04:35 > 0:04:40and it makes us different because nearly all other mammals

0:04:40 > 0:04:44carry on reproducing until they die.

0:04:44 > 0:04:52Scientists have long wondered why it is we evolved like this,

0:04:52 > 0:04:54and by recording the births and deaths in every orca family

0:04:54 > 0:04:57here, the researchers found that there is a very important role

0:04:57 > 0:04:59for female orcas after they stop having babies.

0:04:59 > 0:05:05They become grannies.

0:05:05 > 0:05:07Leading the pod and helping their family to survive makes granny

0:05:07 > 0:05:11orcas very important.

0:05:11 > 0:05:15It's tough for babies surviving and feeding themselves

0:05:15 > 0:05:17in the wild and there's lots of competition within families.

0:05:17 > 0:05:19This study shows that once grandmother orcas have stopped

0:05:19 > 0:05:21having their own babies, there is less competition

0:05:21 > 0:05:24and conflict and grandmothers can put their time and effort

0:05:24 > 0:05:26into helping the rest of the family to find food.

0:05:26 > 0:05:29This could even help explain why we humans evolved to keep living

0:05:29 > 0:05:30long after having babies.

0:05:30 > 0:05:33And it backs up what lots of you might already think,

0:05:33 > 0:05:39grannies are pretty important.

0:05:42 > 0:05:45And if you want to see what it was like going into space,

0:05:45 > 0:05:48now you can get an idea.

0:05:48 > 0:05:51The capsule which took Major Tim Peake into space,

0:05:51 > 0:05:53and brought him safely back again, is going on display

0:05:53 > 0:05:56to the public in London today at the National Science Museum.

0:05:56 > 0:05:56That's all from us for now, Newsround's back at 4.20pm.