28/02/2017

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:00:07. > :00:15.Feeling the heat at this school's pancake-flipping competition.

:00:16. > :00:26.And things are hotting up as Mount Etna erupts.

:00:27. > :00:37.First, we're talking holidays in space!

:00:38. > :00:40.An American rocket company has said it's going to fly two tourists

:00:41. > :00:45.The announcement's got us pretty excited here at Newsround HQ.

:00:46. > :00:48.Are you fed up with the same old boring holidays?

:00:49. > :00:50.Looking for something a bit different?

:00:51. > :00:51.Well, why not try a one-of-a-kind destination

:00:52. > :00:57.In case you didn't know that's about 30 Earths away.

:00:58. > :01:10.A top-of-the-range rocket will take you on a trip around the Moon.

:01:11. > :01:15.This unique location has not been visited for more than 40 years,

:01:16. > :01:21.and has all the thrills, with none of the atmosphere!

:01:22. > :01:24.For the small price of a lot of money, SpaceX are giving two

:01:25. > :01:26.lucky holidaymakers the chance to fly around the Moon

:01:27. > :01:35.Like any space travel, there are some risks involved. There will be

:01:36. > :01:38.test flights beforehand. Make sure

:01:39. > :01:40.you book enough time off - Lift-off is scheduled

:01:41. > :01:43.for 2018, so don't miss out! At Newsround online we're asking

:01:44. > :01:49.what you'd take with you if you went Casey's already been in touch

:01:50. > :01:53.to say "I would take my My music player. Got to have some

:01:54. > :02:01.tunes in space. Back here on Earth, these pieces

:02:02. > :02:04.of buried treasure could be the oldest pieces of gold ever found

:02:05. > :02:07.from the Iron Age. The four torcs - three

:02:08. > :02:09.necklaces and one bracelet - are thought to be around

:02:10. > :02:11.2,500 years old! Experts reckon they were worn

:02:12. > :02:13.by rich and powerful women. They've gone on display

:02:14. > :02:15.today for the first time, and were discovered by two friends

:02:16. > :02:18.while metal detecting Now, many of us will be enjoying

:02:19. > :02:24.something else golden today - Happy Pancake Day,

:02:25. > :02:28.or Shrove Tuesday, everyone. We've been to a school where

:02:29. > :02:49.they take pancakes really seriously. We love pancakes! The best thing

:02:50. > :02:55.about pancake day for me is that you can run in the race sometimes, and

:02:56. > :02:58.also we have contest in school. The best thing about pancakes is you can

:02:59. > :03:02.have different toppings on them. You can either for pudding and

:03:03. > :03:10.breakfast. You can have anything on them, or just plain tastes nice.

:03:11. > :03:14.Pancake day or Shrove Tuesday is a Christian tradition. Christians

:03:15. > :03:20.eight pancakes before they started fasting for 40 days in Lent. They

:03:21. > :03:26.used up foods that won't be eaten in this time like eggs, milk and

:03:27. > :03:31.flower. As well as pancake eating, there is the pancake racing. It is

:03:32. > :03:36.believed it first started in our town way back in 1445. It still

:03:37. > :03:42.happens every year today through the high Street. Here at our school we

:03:43. > :03:50.celebrate with our own pancake flipping competition. And we take it

:03:51. > :03:54.very seriously! These are the rules. Everyone gets 30 seconds to flip

:03:55. > :03:57.their pancake as many times as possible. The winner from each

:03:58. > :04:03.school has goes into the final where they flip for the ultimate prize,

:04:04. > :04:08.this golden frying pan. I feel really excited that I won the award

:04:09. > :04:15.and I was the best flipper out of the school. Happy pancake debt!

:04:16. > :04:19.I know what I will be having for dinner tonight. Sausages!

:04:20. > :04:21.Well, it's not too late to join in with Pancake Day!

:04:22. > :04:24.Go to Newsround online now for our video guide on how to make

:04:25. > :04:30.Just time to show you this stunning video of Mount Etna in Italy

:04:31. > :04:32.erupting for the first time this year.

:04:33. > :04:34.The eruption started last night and has continued into this morning,

:04:35. > :04:38.shooting bright orange lava and smoke into the sky.

:04:39. > :04:40.Etna is one of the world's most active volcanoes,

:04:41. > :04:42.but officials there say there's no danger to people living

:04:43. > :04:52.Newsround's back on your TV tomorrow morning at 7:40am.