:00:23. > :00:29.Hello, there. It is Friday. You have Ricky and Leah here taking you
:00:29. > :00:35.into the weekend. Here is just a taste of what is coming up. We get
:00:35. > :00:38.an exclusive peek at the alien stars of a new CBBC series. I test-
:00:38. > :00:45.drive the fastest lifeboat in the country.
:00:45. > :00:48.Woah! Thanks. First though, Megan Stammers, the
:00:48. > :00:51.teenager who went missing with her teacher, has been found. No-one had
:00:51. > :00:54.heard from 15-year-old Megan since she boarded a ferry to France with
:00:54. > :00:58.her teacher eight days ago. A huge police search has been looking for
:00:58. > :01:01.the two. This lunchtime they were discovered in the French city of
:01:01. > :01:07.Bordeaux. Megan is being looked after by police, but her teacher
:01:07. > :01:10.has been arrested. Next to Nepal in Asia where a plane
:01:10. > :01:14.has crashed. Seven tourists from Britain are among the 19 who died.
:01:14. > :01:19.I've been looking into what happened.
:01:19. > :01:23.The crash happened minutes after take-off on the outskirts of the
:01:23. > :01:26.capital. This picture taken in April shows the plane involved.
:01:26. > :01:33.Investigators don't know why it crashed but it is thought it could
:01:33. > :01:37.have been struck by birds. Vultures tend to congregate around Kathmandu
:01:37. > :01:41.Airport. So it is a possibility. Of course, there are lots of other
:01:41. > :01:47.possibilities, too. The people on board were hikers who were heading
:01:47. > :01:51.to the world's tallest mountain, Mount Everest. Unlike the big
:01:51. > :01:54.passenger planes, this plane was very small and because of the
:01:54. > :01:57.mountainous terrain, the route it was taking was very dangerous.
:01:57. > :02:03.Accidents aren't uncommon in the area. It is the sixth time someone
:02:03. > :02:07.has died in a crash in the past two years. There is a question here,
:02:07. > :02:13.there seems to be a theme that is building up in terms of the safety
:02:13. > :02:17.of this particular aircraft type. The trekking season has just
:02:17. > :02:22.started so it is a popular time of year to travel to the country.
:02:22. > :02:25.Experts will be looking into what went wrong and why.
:02:25. > :02:27.And remember plane crashes make the news because they are extremely
:02:27. > :02:30.rare. Some of the rest of the day's news
:02:30. > :02:33.now, and to Mars where scientists say the Curiosity rover has made an
:02:33. > :02:36.important scientific breakthrough. These might just look like rocks
:02:36. > :02:40.but they're the best evidence so far that water flowed on the red
:02:40. > :02:44.planet. NASA researchers believe that the rover has landed in an
:02:44. > :02:47.ancient riverbed. They say pebbles found by the robot look like they'd
:02:47. > :02:57.been worn away by water. Earlier, I asked Professor Tim O'Brien how
:02:57. > :03:00.
:03:00. > :03:04.important the discovery is. What Curiosity has managed to do is
:03:04. > :03:09.drive around in the dry bed of a stream. We have been able to see
:03:09. > :03:14.pebbles and rock that look like they have been carried along in the
:03:14. > :03:18.water in an ancient river that used to exist. We have these lovely
:03:18. > :03:22.rounded pebbles. What can that tell us? It is telling us that we are
:03:22. > :03:25.sure now that water did flow on Mars, that there was a river there
:03:25. > :03:33.back billions of years ago. Of course, the important thing about
:03:33. > :03:38.that is that tells us that maybe life might have existed on Mars. We
:03:38. > :03:43.would like to send people. But it will be 20 years or more before we
:03:43. > :03:46.send people. If you love space, then you do not
:03:46. > :03:52.want to miss Newsround's Space Week. It starts on Monday. Here's a taste
:03:52. > :03:57.of what you can expect. It's 40 years since we last went
:03:57. > :04:00.back and there are many mysteries to solve. What is it like up there?
:04:00. > :04:04.It was amazing how beautiful the Earth looks. With every new mission
:04:04. > :04:09.to Mars, we are finding more and more reasons to go back with bigger
:04:09. > :04:12.and more advanced robots. Without it, we wouldn't be here. At the
:04:12. > :04:18.moment, something is happening to our star. Satellites have
:04:18. > :04:28.transformed our world, but getting them into space isn't easy. Here is
:04:28. > :04:31.my satellite! Are we alone? If you find a little alien, imagine that.
:04:31. > :04:35.Next, lifeboats like these have been used for generations to rescue
:04:35. > :04:39.people stuck on the seas. This one was state-of-the-art back in the
:04:39. > :04:42.1930s. But 80 years later the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have
:04:42. > :04:51.revealed their brand-new model. It's the fastest lifeboat ever. And
:04:51. > :04:54.our Joe couldn't wait to see it. For almost 200 years, a group of
:04:54. > :05:01.volunteers called the RNLI have been taking the plunge into the
:05:01. > :05:07.seas around the UK. From stranded sailing boats to drifting dinghies,
:05:07. > :05:13.they have saved more than 130,000 lives. Now they have a new �1.5
:05:13. > :05:19.million tool to tackle the toughest rescues. On board computer systems
:05:19. > :05:24.and CCTV monitor everything. Its water jet engines make it 50%
:05:24. > :05:29.faster than their fastest lifeboats. You can see from the wash just how
:05:29. > :05:34.powerful it is! The lifeboat institution built the Shannon from
:05:34. > :05:39.scratch and they have tefsed it for the worst case -- tested it for the
:05:39. > :05:45.worst case scenarios. It is hoped it will save lives. The boat had to
:05:45. > :05:49.be built to withstand the roughest conditions and keep the crew safe.
:05:49. > :05:54.And bring them back safely. What is it like out there in the sea, when
:05:54. > :05:57.it is quite rough? If you can imagine yourself sat inside a
:05:57. > :06:02.washing machine, when you are enclosed in the cabin, strapped in
:06:02. > :06:06.your seats and the boat is being tossed around in 30 or 40-foot seas,
:06:06. > :06:10.it can get quite exciting. charity want to build 50 of these
:06:10. > :06:16.boats which they say will rescue more than 50,000 people in their
:06:16. > :06:26.lifespan. Let's see how fast this boat can go.
:06:26. > :06:30.It will make life easier, even for the most rookie of rescuers. Woah!
:06:30. > :06:33.Time now to get you up-to-date with a new CBBC series called Wizards v
:06:33. > :06:37.Aliens. The show is all about a boy wizard that does battle with - you
:06:37. > :06:47.guessed it - aliens. And we've got special permission to show you for
:06:47. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :07:01.the first time what those aliens will look like. Are we going to
:07:01. > :07:16.
:07:16. > :07:21.It does look good. We are joined by Scott and Percelle. You were
:07:21. > :07:27.watching that clip, you were impressed? Yeah. Amazing. Loving
:07:27. > :07:31.your own work! Listen, tell us what it is all about? The show is about
:07:31. > :07:35.the unlikely friendship between Tom, who is a secret wizard, and Benny,
:07:35. > :07:40.a science fanatic, who are forced together to fight an alien species
:07:40. > :07:44.who have come to Earth to feed on magic. It looks impressive because
:07:44. > :07:49.of all the graphics. What is it like working in a studio that is a
:07:49. > :07:54.green screen and you don't get to see very much of the action?
:07:54. > :07:58.Previous to this project, we hadn't had very much experience with a
:07:58. > :08:02.green screen so it was challenging to start with. We got comfortable
:08:02. > :08:07.with it and it was fun and the crew helped us a lot. They made it a lot
:08:07. > :08:13.easier. It was quite a long process. The crew made it easier. Yeah.
:08:13. > :08:16.cool thing is it was created by Russell T Davies, The Sarah Jane
:08:16. > :08:21.Adventures. What was it like being part of something that could be
:08:21. > :08:26.really good? It was like a privilege, really. Yeah. Amazing.
:08:26. > :08:30.We said every day that we were so lucky to be there and to be part of
:08:30. > :08:35.this project, you can't help but have that confidence. Did you get
:08:35. > :08:38.to meet Russell T Davies? Not yet. I saw him in the coffee shop
:08:38. > :08:42.earlier! You must be thrilled to be part of this and hopefully this is
:08:42. > :08:48.going to be on air in October? that's correct. Awesome! Thank you
:08:48. > :08:57.very much for coming in. Are you Doctor Who fans? Yes. It is the big