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Hi, I'm Leah with another update. Stay tuned for escaped chickens, | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
and... Stick with us for more on the Time Lord's new look. | :00:11. | :00:16. | |
First, one of the biggest countries in Europe, Ukraine, is in crisis, as | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
violent protests there continue. They started in the capital city, | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
Kiev, in November last year but have become more extreme in the past | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
week, with some protesters taking over government buildings. You can | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
see here how the unrest has now spread to other towns and cities | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
across the country. The protests began because officials wouldn't | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
sign a deal bringing the country closer to the European Union, | :00:40. | :00:41. | |
choosing stronger ties with Russia instead. Then the government | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
introduced controversial anti-protest laws and the clashes | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
got worse. Now the president has made an offer to reverse the | :00:52. | :00:54. | |
anti-protest law if demonstrators clear the streets and leave | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
government buildings. There's going to be a vote on it but it's not yet | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
clear whether other politicians will support it. Now to the Somerset | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
Levels in South West England, underwater since Christmas and now, | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
to make matters worse, more rain is expected today across Southern | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
England and Scotland. England currently has 14 flood warnings in | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
place, ten of which are in the south west. There are three flood warnings | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
in Scotland. We want to hear if you've been affected by the | :01:25. | :01:26. | |
flooding. Have you had trouble getting to and from school, or are | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
there flood waters near your house? Head online and let us know. As well | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
as rain, there could be snow across parts of the UK this week too. Over | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
in America snow can be a major problem in winter, with many schools | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
having to close. Now a study has found that shutting schools because | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
of snow doesn't have an impact on how well kids do. The Harvard | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
University team looked at seven years of data. | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
Next, to a campaign to make people, and you guys in particular, more | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
aware about the need to be safe near level crossings. Network Rail say | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
they've reached their target early, of closing off 750 crossings, making | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
them safer. And as I've been finding out they want to close another 500 | :02:06. | :02:15. | |
more in the next five years. When it comes to level crossings, just like | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
this one, there's always the risk of an accident, when a road, footpath | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
or cycleway crosses the tracks. And somebody will always try to beat the | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
barrier. So in 2010, Network Rail set itself the target of closing 10% | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
of Britain's rail crossings by April this year. They've closed 766 so | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
far, ahead of schedule. Level crossings are dangerous because | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
trains move very fast, often 100 mph or more, and they are also very | :02:47. | :02:54. | |
quiet. So you think you've got plenty of time but you don't really. | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
The only true safe level crossing is one that doesn't exist. Network Rail | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
says it spent ?130 million in the last few years improving level | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
crossing safety. Part of that money was spent on making adverts. Despite | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
the safety improvements, ten people were killed on level crossings last | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
year. The easiest way to stay safe on a level crossing is to know where | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
you are. A lot of people have headphones in, listening to their | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
music or text in their friends. They are not really sure of where they | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
are. If you can really keep an eye out when you are at a level crossing | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
and know what you are doing, stop text in, look left and right and | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
crossover as safely and quickly as you can. Even though they've reached | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
their target and more ahead of schedule, Network Rail say they want | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
to close another 500 of these over the next five years. Because they | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
hope that will mean many more lives are saved. In sport, Manchester | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
United's record signing Juan Mata reckons they can still win the | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
Premier League. The Spanish star joined United from Chelsea last | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
week, in a ?37 million deal. He's straight into the squad for | :03:56. | :03:58. | |
tonight's game against Cardiff, where he could play alongside Wayne | :03:59. | :04:08. | |
Rooney, who's back from injury. I think if our club would be in this | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
position in the league, it would be very difficult for them to come back | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
and take it to the first position. I think this club always can do it | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
because this club is used to fighting to the end and getting the | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
results they want until the end, with character and fighting on the | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
pitch. This is the real image I have from Man United. Now, you've heard | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
of a wild goose chase, well, the weekend saw more of a chicken chase, | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
after a truck loaded with about 3,000 chickens turned over on a | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
motorway in south west China. The birds made a bid for freedom from | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
their cages and ran around all over the road, through the bushes and | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
into the hills beyond. Traffic police had quite a job trying to | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
collect them all up again. No-one was hurt though. Doctor Who fans get | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
onto the Newsround website. The first picture of new Time Lord, | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
Peter Capaldi, in costume has been released. Head online now to check | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
out his new look! That's all from me, Newsround's back right here at | :05:00. | :05:00. | |
4.20pm. Bye. | :05:01. | :05:02. |