:00:16. > :00:21.What's up, Newsrounders? Hayley and Sonali here, with a great show to
:00:21. > :00:27.round off your half-term week. Coming up tonight: the movie that
:00:27. > :00:35.claims Shakespeare was a fraud. And Leah meets the creatures in a
:00:35. > :00:39.But first, a royal question for you. Who's more important, girls or
:00:39. > :00:43.boys? Well up until now, a law dating back hundreds of years has
:00:43. > :00:46.said its boys - at least in terms of who inherits the throne. The
:00:46. > :00:52.first son of a monarch was automatically made king, even if
:00:52. > :00:55.they had an older sister. Lots of people think that's unfair. So
:00:55. > :00:58.today, at a meeting of Commonwealth countries in Australia, the leaders
:00:58. > :01:02.of all 16 countries the Queen is head of state of, including Britain
:01:02. > :01:05.of course, agreed to change the law. So if Prince William and Kate have
:01:05. > :01:08.kids and they have a baby girl first, she'll have equal right to
:01:08. > :01:16.the throne, even if she has brothers. Prime Minister David
:01:16. > :01:19.Cameron made the announcement. The idea that a younger son should
:01:19. > :01:22.become monarch instead of an elder daughter simply because he's a man
:01:22. > :01:25.is at odds with the modern countries that we've all become.
:01:25. > :01:35.Put simply, if the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were to have a little
:01:35. > :01:38.girl, that girl would one day be our queen. And if you want to know
:01:38. > :01:41.more about this change in the law, head over to the Newsround website.
:01:41. > :01:44.Now to Thailand, where the flood waters are still rising - fast.
:01:44. > :01:48.Large parts of the capital Bangkok are now underwater. Many people are
:01:48. > :01:54.fleeing their homes. We'll update you on this across the weekend on
:01:54. > :01:57.Newsround on CBBC. And in Turkey, a dramatic rescue.
:01:57. > :02:01.Five days after an earthquake hit the east of the country, a 13-year-
:02:01. > :02:06.old boy has been found alive. This is the moment he was pulled out
:02:06. > :02:09.from under the rubble. 187 people have been rescued so far, but more
:02:09. > :02:13.than 500 have died. It comes after another rescue that's being called
:02:13. > :02:22.a miracle. A two-week-old baby girl was found under the rubble along
:02:22. > :02:25.with her mum. Here they are recovering in hospital.
:02:25. > :02:27.Most of us have learnt about world- famous poet and playwright William
:02:27. > :02:31.Shakespeare either through school or, of course, Horrible Histories.
:02:31. > :02:35.But a new film out today has caused quite a scandal by suggesting
:02:35. > :02:38.Shakespeare may be part of fake history. The movie Anonymous is
:02:38. > :02:41.about how the biggest name in literature could have been someone
:02:41. > :02:50.else, which has really angered some Shakespeare fans, as Joe's been
:02:50. > :02:57.finding out. Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou,
:02:57. > :03:00.Romeo?? To be or not to be. That is the question.
:03:00. > :03:04.We've all heard the words, but do we know if William Shakespeare
:03:04. > :03:07.really wrote them? I've come to his home town to find out.
:03:07. > :03:11.For hundreds of years, Stratford- Upon-Avon has been the place to
:03:11. > :03:14.visit for Shakespeare fans. But recently the town's been in uproar
:03:14. > :03:21.because some people think the famous writer didn't actually write
:03:21. > :03:27.his poems, plays and sonnets at all. And for big business this could be
:03:27. > :03:30.a problem. The theory is that a simple countryman born here in
:03:30. > :03:37.Stratford could never have produced such masterpieces. Some say they
:03:37. > :03:40.were written by the Earl of Oxford instead. You are an actress here at
:03:40. > :03:43.Shakespeare's birthplace and it is a popular tourist attraction. What
:03:43. > :03:47.you making of the theory that Shakespeare did not write the
:03:47. > :03:52.things we thought he did? obvious answer is that he did, and
:03:52. > :03:55.here in Stratford, on Tuesday, we had the statues covered up and
:03:55. > :04:01.bought the place names relating to Shakespeare covered to make people
:04:01. > :04:06.think about what if it were not true. What makes you so sure?
:04:06. > :04:14.have a lot of evidence existed and he is listed as one of the greatest
:04:14. > :04:19.poets of the time and his sonnets were called Shakespeare's sonnets.
:04:19. > :04:25.This isn't the first time people have questioned. Over 70 different
:04:25. > :04:29.authors have been suggested as the writer over the years. But for
:04:29. > :04:38.these people, William Shakespeare will be the greatest writer of all
:04:38. > :04:41.time. Shakespeare was not just big in Stratford. Now if you've
:04:41. > :04:44.wondering where Leah's been for the past few weeks, we can reveal all.
:04:44. > :04:47.We've lent her out to the BBC's Autumnwatch programme. Leah's first
:04:47. > :04:50.mission? To become the world's number one expert on eels.
:04:50. > :04:54.Let's face it, they're not the prettiest animals, and they get
:04:55. > :04:58.forgotten because they are deep down in our muddy rivers, but
:04:58. > :05:03.European eels are in decline, so that is why I wanted to find out
:05:04. > :05:09.more about them. This is the perfect opportunity to get close up
:05:09. > :05:15.with the eels. Can you tell us what it sees? The case anyone was unsure
:05:15. > :05:20.because they don't live like a fierce -- fish, they are fish.
:05:20. > :05:23.Every autumn, adult eels leave our rivers and travel away to the
:05:23. > :05:28.Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean to spawn. From there, the
:05:28. > :05:33.baby eels make an incredible 3,000 mile trip back to our rivers, where
:05:33. > :05:38.they grow. It is clear they are amazing creatures, tough creatures,
:05:38. > :05:41.but they're not having a good time at the moment. No, probably in the
:05:41. > :05:48.past 30 years the number of juvenile eels we found returning to
:05:48. > :05:55.fresh water has declined by anything up to 90 %. This means we
:05:55. > :06:00.are worried about the population in fresh water. When Eyles first enter
:06:00. > :06:05.the rivers as young elvers, they face their first big problem. What
:06:05. > :06:10.is being done to help them? Peter has been doing -- looking at tiny
:06:10. > :06:17.elvers to get them ready to go back to the wild. It is time to pull the
:06:17. > :06:21.plug. Peter, are you ready? We are ready. There we go. The little eels
:06:21. > :06:26.shoots down into the parking area to be boxed ready for the journey.
:06:26. > :06:31.This should give them the best start in life. Peter's work will
:06:31. > :06:41.hopefully increase the survival rate. Now we will release these
:06:41. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:47.I have beaten the All before. It was very nice. And you can see more
:06:47. > :06:49.about what happens to those baby eels on Autumnwatch on BBC2 tonight
:06:49. > :06:53.at 8.30pm. Finally, they're known as man's
:06:53. > :06:56.best friend and one dog has definitely lived up to that title.
:06:56. > :06:59.Monty the giant schnauzer was out for a walk when lightning struck
:06:59. > :07:02.his owner Ian Thomas. The quick- thinking pooch leapt into action
:07:02. > :07:05.and started licking his face, when he was knocked out by the bolt.
:07:05. > :07:09.Monty then dragged him home because he couldn't walk. After four days
:07:09. > :07:14.in hospital, Ian has now recovered and says Monty saved his life. Nice