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I'm Leah, it's Friday - the best day of the week -	:00:00.	:00:07.
The weather ends Lindsey's Sport Relief zorb challenge.	:00:08.	:00:15.
And a dream debut for a teenage football star.	:00:16.	:00:25.
First this morning, we've been following Lindsey from Blue Peter's	:00:26.	:00:28.
challenge to zorb across the sea from Northern Ireland to Scotland	:00:29.	:00:30.
Unfortunately, weather conditions yesterday forced her to stop.	:00:31.	:00:35.
She sent Newsround this message once she made it to dry land.	:00:36.	:00:39.
Hey Newsround, how are you doing, I just wanted to say a little hello,	:00:40.	:00:42.
I finished my challenge today, we had a really good go at it.	:00:43.	:00:50.
Unfortunately I didn't make it all the way to Scotland from Ireland	:00:51.	:00:53.
when I was crossing, but I did go a really long way,	:00:54.	:00:56.
I did 17 nautical miles in the end which	:00:57.	:00:58.
was pretty gruelling, pretty tiring, I ate so much flapjack	:00:59.	:01:00.
and chocolate, you would not believe.	:01:01.	:01:04.
But we gave it a really, really good go but we	:01:05.	:01:07.
But I just wanted to let you know that I'm	:01:08.	:01:11.
rested and healthy and happy, and the Blue Peter crew	:01:12.	:01:15.
were all here supporting me, I just ate a massive bowl of pasta	:01:16.	:01:18.
Thank you for all the support throughout this incredible	:01:19.	:01:22.
If it inspires you to do anything, hopefully it's to get involved this	:01:23.	:01:27.
The owners of Alton Towers theme park could be punished over	:01:28.	:01:39.
an accident which seriously injured five people last year.	:01:40.	:01:41.
The company has been told they will have to explain	:01:42.	:01:43.
what happened on the Smiler ride in June.	:01:44.	:01:50.
Alton Towers, one of the UK's biggest tourist attractions, with	:01:51.	:01:56.
millions of people visiting every year. But in June, 2015, the rides	:01:57.	:02:02.
were all closed and the park was empty. It was because of a crash	:02:03.	:02:07.
which took place on this roller-coaster, the Smiler, which	:02:08.	:02:11.
can travel at more than 50 mph. Two women lost a leg and three others	:02:12.	:02:15.
were seriously injured, when their carriage hit an empty one that was	:02:16.	:02:20.
standing still on the same track. The pain was undescribable. It hurts	:02:21.	:02:25.
so much. I can still feel how it felt. Accident on roller-coaster 's	:02:26.	:02:33.
are very rare. An investigation by the theme park found that the crash	:02:34.	:02:38.
was caused by human error, when a worker wrongly restarted the right.	:02:39.	:02:43.
The accident shut down the site, which is the size of 500 football	:02:44.	:02:49.
pitches in Staffordshire and England, for four days. Alton Towers	:02:50.	:02:53.
say it has since brought in a better safety measures but the owners,	:02:54.	:02:57.
Merlin Attractions, will now have to answer questions about whether they	:02:58.	:03:01.
broke rules which are there to keep people safe.	:03:02.	:03:03.
If anything in the news upsets you, head online,	:03:04.	:03:05.
To football now and all three English clubs in action last night	:03:06.	:03:11.
have made it through to the last 16 of the Europa Cup Liverpool won 1-0	:03:12.	:03:14.
against German side FC Augsburg, thanks to a James Milner penalty.	:03:15.	:03:17.
Tottenham won 3-0 against Italian side Fiorentina.	:03:18.	:03:18.
And Manchester United beat the Danish champions,	:03:19.	:03:20.
18-year-old Marcus Rashford scored twice on his debut for United.	:03:21.	:03:32.
And finally, the UK's entry for the annual	:03:33.	:03:34.
Eurovision Song Contest will be announced tonight.	:03:35.	:03:36.
Six acts competing to represent Britain will be whittled	:03:37.	:03:38.
The last time we came first in the contest was 19 years ago -	:03:39.	:03:43.
so why does the UK never ever seem to win?	:03:44.	:03:45.
43 countries, millions of dreams, one chance to have the best	:03:46.	:03:52.
1967, Sandie Shaw became the first winner from the UK with her hit	:03:53.	:04:05.
Lulu joined Spain, the Netherlands and France in first	:04:06.	:04:15.
place with her hit Boom Bang A Bang in 1969.	:04:16.	:04:22.
1976, Brotherhood of Man were the first band	:04:23.	:04:26.
from the UK to win with their single Save All Your Kisses For Me.	:04:27.	:04:32.
The band Bucks Fizz who formed specifically for Eurovision	:04:33.	:04:34.
sang their way to first place with their hit	:04:35.	:04:36.
And in 1997, Katrina and the Waves were the first	:04:37.	:04:48.
Eurovision winning entry for 16 years.	:04:49.	:04:54.
Five times is actually quite good but since 1997,	:04:55.	:04:56.
the UK has done pretty badly, so why haven't we been	:04:57.	:04:59.
Lately, the winner has always had an upbeat,	:05:00.	:05:03.
up-tempo song or a downbeat ballad like Conchita a few years ago.	:05:04.	:05:12.
Also there is more competition now, with	:05:13.	:05:13.
more countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, plus a lot of people	:05:14.	:05:17.
say that people only vote for their neighbours and our only	:05:18.	:05:20.
real neighbours are Ireland so we are	:05:21.	:05:21.
The competition takes place this year in Stockholm.	:05:22.	:05:30.
I think the UK has a really good chance this year,	:05:31.	:05:32.
better than in recent years because the	:05:33.	:05:34.
The British public have a say on who we	:05:35.	:05:39.
want to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song contest.	:05:40.	:05:47.
That's all from me and the Newsround team this morning.	:05:48.	:05:49.
Hayley will be back at 4:20pm with lots more.	:05:50.	:05:51.
Head online to see this week's strangest stories.	:05:52.	:05:54.

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