:00:00. > :00:12.Hello, it's Wednesday morning, I'm Ayshah and I've got your top
:00:13. > :00:17.stories. On the way: man city step up the pressure on Chelsea with a
:00:18. > :00:26.three - zero drubbing of United. And I'm here to talk about books and
:00:27. > :00:30.boys with Frank Lampard. First up though - many of you in
:00:31. > :00:33.England and Wales will be off school today as thousands of teachers go on
:00:34. > :00:36.strike. Members of the National Union of Teachers aren't going into
:00:37. > :00:40.work today in protest over changes that the government wants to make to
:00:41. > :00:43.their pay, and how much they work. The government says by not going to
:00:44. > :00:46.work teachers are damaging children's learning, but the union
:00:47. > :00:51.says they've been forced into it, because talks about the issue were
:00:52. > :00:54.not working. This year marks a hundred years
:00:55. > :00:58.since the beginning of World War I. Around ten million soldiers were
:00:59. > :01:01.killed in battle in the Great War between 1914 and 1918. The conflict
:01:02. > :01:05.was so destructive that people at the time thought it was the war that
:01:06. > :01:08.would end all wars. A century on, people are still fighting in wars
:01:09. > :01:11.around the world, including British troops in Afghanistan. For some
:01:12. > :01:15.families, serving in the forces is a family tradition. We've been to meet
:01:16. > :01:20.brothers Bry and Baz who come from a family of soldiers.
:01:21. > :01:26.Generations of men from Bry's family have served their country in every
:01:27. > :01:30.war since the First World War. I've got two brothers and a sister what
:01:31. > :01:34.are in the army now, my granddad used to be in the army...my great
:01:35. > :01:41.granddad Basil was in World War II and served as a desert rat, and his
:01:42. > :01:45.dad was in World War I. His great great granddad Fred was sent to
:01:46. > :01:55.France in 1915 to fight in the trenches. He sent this letter back
:01:56. > :01:59.to his children from the front line. This letter will take about ten days
:02:00. > :02:03.to come, so by the time I get your answer I shall be off the line.
:02:04. > :02:07.Well, must close now, with love to all. I remain your loving Dad.
:02:08. > :02:13.Thousands of men like Fred went to war and many of them never returned.
:02:14. > :02:16.It must have felt horrible for him as he was in trenches. People
:02:17. > :02:24.running across to kill him, people dying around him, he must have been
:02:25. > :02:28.in shock and horror. Fred was killed in action in July 1916. In World War
:02:29. > :02:31.I, most men were called told to join the army by the government,
:02:32. > :02:34.something called conscription, but nowadays people can choose to sign
:02:35. > :02:46.up. Bry's older brother Baz is only 16, but has already joined the army
:02:47. > :02:49.and is in training. It feels right. It's so easy for me because my
:02:50. > :02:56.brother and sister have told me what to expect and what not to expect. My
:02:57. > :03:00.grandad inspired me to do it because of the stories I've been told. There
:03:01. > :03:09.are amazing. That's what I want to be like. I want to pass it down to
:03:10. > :03:13.my kids. For these brothers serving their country is a proud tradition
:03:14. > :03:14.that despite the risks they want to continue.
:03:15. > :03:17.And there's a special 15-minute programme all about children from
:03:18. > :03:20.military families right here on CBBC this afternoon. That's front line
:03:21. > :03:23.Families, a Newsround special at 5.30pm.
:03:24. > :03:26.Next, he's the midfield maestro from Stamford Bridge and one of England's
:03:27. > :03:29.most capped footballers, but away from the pitch Frank Lampard likes
:03:30. > :03:33.scribbling down stories as much as he does dribbling past defenders.
:03:34. > :03:36.Not only has he written his own kids' books, but he's teamed up with
:03:37. > :03:39.the Premier League and National Literacy Trust to encourage more
:03:40. > :03:49.boys to start reading. He's been telling Nel his favourite children's
:03:50. > :03:53.books. I think all of Roald Dahl's books, I've been reading them again
:03:54. > :04:03.with my children and watching the films. They are six -- fantastic
:04:04. > :04:14.stories. I've read all kinds of books in the past three years. I
:04:15. > :04:16.think Horrid Henry is good. Lampard's club side Chelsea will be
:04:17. > :04:20.looking nervously over their shoulder as Man City sit just three
:04:21. > :04:23.points behind them in the Premier League, with two games in hand.
:04:24. > :04:26.That's after last night's 3-0 win over local rivals United. Edin Dzeko
:04:27. > :04:30.scored within the first minute of what became a one-sided contest at
:04:31. > :04:33.Old Trafford. He picked up another in the second half, before Yaya
:04:34. > :04:34.Toure sent the Blue half of Manchester wild in the dying
:04:35. > :04:38.seconds. But there was more bad news for
:04:39. > :04:41.Arsenal, who could only manage a draw away to Swansea. A Mathieu
:04:42. > :04:45.Flamini own goal left the final score 2-2. Arsene Wenger's side are
:04:46. > :04:47.fourth in the table, six points off top spot.
:04:48. > :04:50.And Everton are hot on the Gunners' heels after a slick 3-0 win away at
:04:51. > :04:54.Newcastle. England's Ross Barkley ran from within his own half to
:04:55. > :04:58.score the first goal for the Toffees, sending them fifth in the
:04:59. > :05:02.table. That's all from me.