:00:00. > :00:08.Naz here with all your news this Thursday.
:00:09. > :00:14.How you help 500 elephants move home?
:00:15. > :00:27.And how you make a 66 metre long sandwich?!
:00:28. > :00:30.She was the writer behind the Tales of Peter Rabbit and many
:00:31. > :00:37.And today is 150 years since Beatrix Potter was born.
:00:38. > :00:39.BBC reporter Colin Patterson is at her home in Cumbria
:00:40. > :00:54.Hello and welcome to Hilltop farm, where Beatrix Potter wrote some of
:00:55. > :00:59.her most famous books. They are having all kinds of 150th
:01:00. > :01:03.celebrations. It looks like they are expecting Peter Rabbit because they
:01:04. > :01:08.have got the carrots and parsley he used to calm down his upset stomach.
:01:09. > :01:13.This was Beatrix Potter's kitchen. It featured in many of her books,
:01:14. > :01:20.Samuel whiskers, the half, that is it over here. These are five things
:01:21. > :01:25.you might not know about Beatrix Potter.
:01:26. > :01:32.When she was young she kept a diary written in her own secret made up
:01:33. > :01:35.language, writing in a special code about places she went to
:01:36. > :01:44.Beatrix Potter loved life in the country.
:01:45. > :01:46.She was so passionate about nature and conservation she
:01:47. > :01:49.It helps to protect important areas of
:01:50. > :01:57.Peter Rabbit was based on Beatrix Potter's real
:01:58. > :02:08.She wrote that he was very good at tricks and very sweet.
:02:09. > :02:12.The author developed a passion for fungi,
:02:13. > :02:23.a group of living things, including mushrooms.
:02:24. > :02:25.As a grown-up she researched, studied and painted them
:02:26. > :02:27.in the Lake District where she lived.
:02:28. > :02:29.Beatrix Potter was not only a great writer.
:02:30. > :02:37.Later in life she became an award-winning sheep farmer.
:02:38. > :02:43.Over in America - Barack Obama has called on people to make
:02:44. > :02:44.Hillary Clinton the next US president.
:02:45. > :02:47.He said the former First Lady was the most qualified person
:02:48. > :02:51.Yesterday, she was officially chosen by her political party,
:02:52. > :02:59.the Democrats, to run in the US election this November.
:03:00. > :03:03.This year, in this election, I'm asking you to join me to reject
:03:04. > :03:07.cynicism and reject fear and summon what is best in us to elect
:03:08. > :03:09.Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States and
:03:10. > :03:21.show the world we still believe in the promise of this great nation.
:03:22. > :03:24.Now here's a question for you - how do you help 500
:03:25. > :03:29.That's the problem facing a conservation group trying to do
:03:30. > :03:31.just that in Malawi in south-east Africa.
:03:32. > :03:43.Up to seven metres long and six tonnes in weight.
:03:44. > :03:45.The African elephant is the largest land animal
:03:46. > :03:48.The population is under threat from poaching, when
:03:49. > :03:53.Another problem is they are less areas suitable for them to live in.
:03:54. > :03:55.500 elephants in Malawi are being rehoused in a preserve
:03:56. > :03:58.to give them more space to live and eat.
:03:59. > :04:00.Sending elephants to a new park is such an
:04:01. > :04:10.We need to be sure the new habitats they move to is
:04:11. > :04:13.the right place for elephants and there is plenty of food and lots of
:04:14. > :04:15.water and a very good fence around the sanctuary.
:04:16. > :04:17.But moving them is a hefty operation.
:04:18. > :04:21.They have been tranquillised, so they can sleep and be
:04:22. > :04:29.They are carefully driven to the new location on large trucks and
:04:30. > :04:30.monitored to check they are settling in OK.
:04:31. > :04:33.The great thing about elephants is they are very adaptable
:04:34. > :04:37.They normally very quickly settle into
:04:38. > :04:42.The information we have on the elephants already moved
:04:43. > :04:44.is they are all well settled and no problems
:04:45. > :04:53.100 years ago an estimated 3.5 million elephants roamed Africa.
:04:54. > :05:03.It is hoped spreading the population and giving them more space to roam
:05:04. > :05:06.will mean these mammals will be around for many years to come.
:05:07. > :05:09.Now there's only eight days to go until the Olympics
:05:10. > :05:14.Team GB are arriving in Brazil ahead of the Games.
:05:15. > :05:17.This is their training camp - which is about 250 miles
:05:18. > :05:21.from where the games will take place in Rio.
:05:22. > :05:25.Back home, one of our biggest medal hopes, world champion gymnast
:05:26. > :05:29.Max Whitlock, has been talking about his chances.
:05:30. > :05:31.It calms me knowing I had that title behind me.
:05:32. > :05:34.Some people see it as more pressure but I see it
:05:35. > :05:38.I need to move forward and produce the best
:05:39. > :05:40.scores I can and I am doing my best to do that.
:05:41. > :05:43.Finally to the sandwich that might just fill up an Olympic athlete.
:05:44. > :05:46.Chefs in Mexico City have made what they think is the world's
:05:47. > :05:50.largest 'torta', which is a type of Mexican sandwich.
:05:51. > :05:52.It's 66 metres long, made of thousands of pieces of bread
:05:53. > :05:54.and each section has a different filling.
:05:55. > :06:00.That's all from me, Newsround is back with Jenny at 4:20.