28/07/2016 Newsround
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I'm Jenny, live with all the news you need to know | :00:08. | :00:12. | |
why you need hundreds of chefs to make one sandwich. | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
And why 500 African elephants are moving home. | :00:19. | :00:27. | |
The tales of Peter Rabbit, Jemima PuddleDuck | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
and Mrs Tiggywinkle - just some of the stories | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
written by famous children's writer, Beatrix Potter. | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
And today is 150 years since she was born. | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
BBC reporter Colin Paterson sent us this, | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
from her home in Cumbria in North West England. | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
where Beatrix Potter wrote some of her most famous books. | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
They are having all kinds of 150th celebrations. | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
It looks like they are expecting Peter Rabbit | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
because they have got the carrots and parsley | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
he used to calm down his upset stomach. | :01:02. | :01:03. | |
It featured in many of her books, Samuel Whiskers, | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
the half, that is it over here. | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
These are five things you might not know | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
Five fun facts about Beatrix Potter. When she was young she kept a diary | :01:20. | :01:35. | |
written in her own secret made up language, | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
writing in a special code about places she went to | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
Beatrix Potter loved life in the country. | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
She was so passionate about nature and conservation | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
It helps to protect important areas of | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
Peter Rabbit was based on Beatrix Potter's | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
She wrote that he was very good at tricks and very sweet. | :02:04. | :02:11. | |
The author developed a passion for fungi, | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
a group of living things, including mushrooms. | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
As a grown-up she researched, studied and painted them | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
in the Lake District where she lived. | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
Beatrix Potter was not only a great writer. | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
Later in life she became an award-winning sheep farmer. | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
At Newsround online, you can find out which Beatrix | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
Potter characters Royal Mail have chosen for a special set of stamps | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
In America - Barack Obama has given his stamp of approval | :02:48. | :02:54. | |
to Hillary Clinton, who's hoping to take over from him | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
He said the former First Lady was the most | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
qualified person to ever go for the White House. | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
His speech came after she was officially chosen | :03:06. | :03:07. | |
by her political party, the Democrats, | :03:08. | :03:09. | |
to take on main rival, Donald Trump, in November's US election. | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
This year, in this election, I'm asking you to join me to reject | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
cynicism and reject fear and summon what is best in us to elect | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States and | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
show the world we still believe in the promise of this great nation. | :03:30. | :03:37. | |
Moving home can be hard work, but try doing it | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
by a conservation group in Malawi in south-east Africa. | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
These elephants are fine, they've been given | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
medicine so they can sleep and be driven safely to their new home in | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
It's hoped the move will help protect elephants, who are under | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
threat from poaching and a lack of suitable places to live. | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
Sending elephants to a new park is such an | :04:04. | :04:05. | |
We need to be sure the new habitats they move to is | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
the right place for elephants and there is plenty of food and lots of | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
water and a very good fence around the sanctuary. | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
they are very adaptable and clever animals and they normally quickly | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
settle into their new home. Finally - a sandwich that | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
could definitely fill Hundreds of chefs in | :04:29. | :04:30. | |
Mexico have tried to make the world's largest "torta", | :04:31. | :04:38. | |
which is a type of Mexican sandwich. It's 66 metres long and made | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
of thousands of pieces of bread, with loads of different | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
fillings, including avocado, Amazingly, it took the cooks | :04:47. | :04:47. | |
less than four minutes to make! Well that's all from the team today, | :04:48. | :04:51. | |
Newsround's back right here at 7.40 | :04:52. | :04:56. |
