29/01/2017

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:00:00. > :00:07.Hi, I'm Ayshah with all the top stories this Sunday.

:00:08. > :00:13.Princes William and Harry announce plans for a statue of their mum.

:00:14. > :00:26.And find out why granny orcas are really important.

:00:27. > :00:30.Prince William and Prince Harry have announced plans to create

:00:31. > :00:32.a statue of their mum, Diana Princess of Wales,

:00:33. > :00:35.on the 20th anniversary of her death.

:00:36. > :00:37.The statue will be made for Kensignton Palace,

:00:38. > :00:45.The princes say they hope the statue will recognise Diana's positive

:00:46. > :00:48.impact in the UK and around the world, because they say

:00:49. > :00:53.Next up, this is Alice, she's 15 and has trouble seeing

:00:54. > :00:55.but now her life has been transformed by Billy,

:00:56. > :00:59.Alice is one of the youngest people in the country

:01:00. > :01:02.The pair go everywhere together including school.

:01:03. > :01:10.It's a new term and there is a new face at this high school in

:01:11. > :01:27.Billy the labrador is just one of 50 expert pups helping to guide blind

:01:28. > :01:29.children or those who have problems with their sight in England.

:01:30. > :01:34.I think it is good because I do not have to

:01:35. > :01:37.constantly have to have people watching me.

:01:38. > :01:50.In the past, guide dogs were not paired with children.

:01:51. > :01:57.The amount of work you have to do with him and

:01:58. > :02:01.If you put the work in, you get good results at the end of it.

:02:02. > :02:03.These two have been together since October and

:02:04. > :02:08.Having Billy in school allows her to gain independence, build resilience,

:02:09. > :02:14.confidence and go through her school life as any other child would.

:02:15. > :02:17.The school have had to create a quiet area

:02:18. > :02:19.for Billy to rest in and somewhere for him to walk.

:02:20. > :02:22.He has been a big hit with the rest of the pupils,

:02:23. > :02:26.The novelty will wear off but everybody still loves him.

:02:27. > :02:28.There have been big protests in America about Donald Trump's

:02:29. > :02:31.controversial changes to who is allowed into America.

:02:32. > :02:33.Yesterday, President Trump said people from seven mostly Muslim

:02:34. > :02:35.countries would not be allowed into the US for at

:02:36. > :02:40.Mr Trump said the move is to take back control over America's borders

:02:41. > :02:42.and keep people safe but lots of people

:02:43. > :02:50.And UK Prime minister Theresa May says she does not agree

:02:51. > :02:57.Mrs May was criticised for not speaking out against it yesterday

:02:58. > :03:01.but has now said although America should be free to make its own rules

:03:02. > :03:09.There are also worries about how it could affect British people

:03:10. > :03:10.who were born in those seven countries.

:03:11. > :03:14.If you want to find out more, go online.

:03:15. > :03:18.Footie now, and there were plenty of shocks in the fourth

:03:19. > :03:20.round of the FA Cup with Wolves claiming the biggest victory,

:03:21. > :03:22.knocking Liverpool out of the tournament 2-1.

:03:23. > :03:23.Meanwhile, non-League Lincoln reached the fifth

:03:24. > :03:28.in 115 years, thanks to a win against leaders Brighton.

:03:29. > :03:31.And over at White Heart Lane this stoppage-time goal helped Spurs beat

:03:32. > :03:42.Orcas, or killer whales, have fascinated scientists

:03:43. > :03:45.for a long time, and experts in the US say that they could help

:03:46. > :03:50.The BBC's Victoria Gill has been finding out how.

:03:51. > :04:06.They are the magnificent mammals of the sea known

:04:07. > :04:07.as their intelligence and close family bonds.

:04:08. > :04:09.Researchers here in the USA have been studying

:04:10. > :04:13.the lives of orcas for the past 40 years and what they found could help

:04:14. > :04:17.to explain something that orcas and humans have in common.

:04:18. > :04:18.Just like humans, orcas stop having babies

:04:19. > :04:23.It makes us different because nearly all other animals carry on

:04:24. > :04:37.Scientists have long wondered why we evolve like this and by recording

:04:38. > :04:40.the births and deaths of every orca family here,

:04:41. > :04:43.the researchers found that there is

:04:44. > :04:46.a very important role of female orcas after they stop having babies,

:04:47. > :04:51.Leading the pod and helping the family to

:04:52. > :04:53.survive makes granny orcas very important.

:04:54. > :04:55.It is tough for babies surviving and feeding themselves in

:04:56. > :05:06.the wild and there is lots of competition within families.

:05:07. > :05:08.This study shows that once grandma orcas stop having the babies

:05:09. > :05:15.grandmothers can put their time and effort

:05:16. > :05:17.into helping the rest of the

:05:18. > :05:23.This could help explain why humans still

:05:24. > :05:25.keep living long after having babies.

:05:26. > :05:28.It backs up what lot of you might already think, grannies

:05:29. > :05:31.Finally, the underwater pool that NASA trains astronauts in,

:05:32. > :05:34.is now going to be open for businesses to use.

:05:35. > :05:36.It's a super-sized swimming pool up to four storeys deep.

:05:37. > :05:39.With fewer astronauts needing to use it for training, NASA say

:05:40. > :05:42.that the pool can be rented out to other people, including pilots

:05:43. > :05:46.Just enough time to tell you what's good over on the website.

:05:47. > :05:50.You can watch the strangest news stories, play the quiz of the week

:05:51. > :05:59.and find out why this massive polar beer gets a health check. That is

:06:00. > :06:01.all from me. We are back just before two o'clock. See you then, guys.