:00:00. > :00:07.I'm Leah, it's Friday - the best day of the week -
:00:08. > :00:15.The weather ends Lindsey's Sport Relief zorb challenge.
:00:16. > :00:25.And a dream debut for a teenage football star.
:00:26. > :00:28.First this morning, we've been following Lindsey from Blue Peter's
:00:29. > :00:30.challenge to zorb across the sea from Northern Ireland to Scotland
:00:31. > :00:35.Unfortunately, weather conditions yesterday forced her to stop.
:00:36. > :00:39.She sent Newsround this message once she made it to dry land.
:00:40. > :00:42.Hey Newsround, how are you doing, I just wanted to say a little hello,
:00:43. > :00:50.I finished my challenge today, we had a really good go at it.
:00:51. > :00:53.Unfortunately I didn't make it all the way to Scotland from Ireland
:00:54. > :00:56.when I was crossing, but I did go a really long way,
:00:57. > :00:58.I did 17 nautical miles in the end which
:00:59. > :01:00.was pretty gruelling, pretty tiring, I ate so much flapjack
:01:01. > :01:04.and chocolate, you would not believe.
:01:05. > :01:07.But we gave it a really, really good go but we
:01:08. > :01:11.But I just wanted to let you know that I'm
:01:12. > :01:15.rested and healthy and happy, and the Blue Peter crew
:01:16. > :01:18.were all here supporting me, I just ate a massive bowl of pasta
:01:19. > :01:22.Thank you for all the support throughout this incredible
:01:23. > :01:27.If it inspires you to do anything, hopefully it's to get involved this
:01:28. > :01:39.The owners of Alton Towers theme park could be punished over
:01:40. > :01:41.an accident which seriously injured five people last year.
:01:42. > :01:43.The company has been told they will have to explain
:01:44. > :01:50.what happened on the Smiler ride in June.
:01:51. > :01:56.Alton Towers, one of the UK's biggest tourist attractions, with
:01:57. > :02:02.millions of people visiting every year. But in June, 2015, the rides
:02:03. > :02:07.were all closed and the park was empty. It was because of a crash
:02:08. > :02:11.which took place on this roller-coaster, the Smiler, which
:02:12. > :02:15.can travel at more than 50 mph. Two women lost a leg and three others
:02:16. > :02:20.were seriously injured, when their carriage hit an empty one that was
:02:21. > :02:25.standing still on the same track. The pain was undescribable. It hurts
:02:26. > :02:33.so much. I can still feel how it felt. Accident on roller-coaster 's
:02:34. > :02:38.are very rare. An investigation by the theme park found that the crash
:02:39. > :02:43.was caused by human error, when a worker wrongly restarted the right.
:02:44. > :02:49.The accident shut down the site, which is the size of 500 football
:02:50. > :02:53.pitches in Staffordshire and England, for four days. Alton Towers
:02:54. > :02:57.say it has since brought in a better safety measures but the owners,
:02:58. > :03:01.Merlin Attractions, will now have to answer questions about whether they
:03:02. > :03:03.broke rules which are there to keep people safe.
:03:04. > :03:05.If anything in the news upsets you, head online,
:03:06. > :03:11.To football now and all three English clubs in action last night
:03:12. > :03:14.have made it through to the last 16 of the Europa Cup Liverpool won 1-0
:03:15. > :03:17.against German side FC Augsburg, thanks to a James Milner penalty.
:03:18. > :03:18.Tottenham won 3-0 against Italian side Fiorentina.
:03:19. > :03:20.And Manchester United beat the Danish champions,
:03:21. > :03:32.18-year-old Marcus Rashford scored twice on his debut for United.
:03:33. > :03:34.And finally, the UK's entry for the annual
:03:35. > :03:36.Eurovision Song Contest will be announced tonight.
:03:37. > :03:38.Six acts competing to represent Britain will be whittled
:03:39. > :03:43.The last time we came first in the contest was 19 years ago -
:03:44. > :03:45.so why does the UK never ever seem to win?
:03:46. > :03:52.43 countries, millions of dreams, one chance to have the best
:03:53. > :04:05.1967, Sandie Shaw became the first winner from the UK with her hit
:04:06. > :04:15.Lulu joined Spain, the Netherlands and France in first
:04:16. > :04:22.place with her hit Boom Bang A Bang in 1969.
:04:23. > :04:26.1976, Brotherhood of Man were the first band
:04:27. > :04:32.from the UK to win with their single Save All Your Kisses For Me.
:04:33. > :04:34.The band Bucks Fizz who formed specifically for Eurovision
:04:35. > :04:36.sang their way to first place with their hit
:04:37. > :04:48.And in 1997, Katrina and the Waves were the first
:04:49. > :04:54.Eurovision winning entry for 16 years.
:04:55. > :04:56.Five times is actually quite good but since 1997,
:04:57. > :04:59.the UK has done pretty badly, so why haven't we been
:05:00. > :05:03.Lately, the winner has always had an upbeat,
:05:04. > :05:12.up-tempo song or a downbeat ballad like Conchita a few years ago.
:05:13. > :05:13.Also there is more competition now, with
:05:14. > :05:17.more countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, plus a lot of people
:05:18. > :05:20.say that people only vote for their neighbours and our only
:05:21. > :05:21.real neighbours are Ireland so we are
:05:22. > :05:30.The competition takes place this year in Stockholm.
:05:31. > :05:32.I think the UK has a really good chance this year,
:05:33. > :05:34.better than in recent years because the
:05:35. > :05:39.The British public have a say on who we
:05:40. > :05:47.want to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song contest.
:05:48. > :05:49.That's all from me and the Newsround team this morning.
:05:50. > :05:51.Hayley will be back at 4:20pm with lots more.
:05:52. > :05:54.Head online to see this week's strangest stories.