:00:00. > :00:00.Morning, everyone, Leah here with Thursday's Newsround. Keep watching
:00:00. > :00:11.for some of this. Three men head to the International Space Station.
:00:12. > :00:26.First, it has ridden on the back of elephants in Sri Lanka
:00:27. > :00:30.and dived deep into the Indian Ocean, but this morning the Queen's
:00:31. > :00:34.baton is scaling new heights as it heads to the summit of Snowdon .
:00:35. > :00:37.Runners started the hill sprint in Wales at 7am this morning,
:00:38. > :00:42.reaching the summit just a few moments in double quick time,
:00:43. > :00:53.It is pretty empty at CBBC HQ at the moment . That is because it is
:00:54. > :00:56.finally here. CBBC live in Newcastle Gateshead has arrived and it is
:00:57. > :01:00.kicking off today and if you have been watching CBBC you have probably
:01:01. > :01:08.heard us talk about it. Ayshah is already there and has sent us this.
:01:09. > :01:18.Welcome to Baltic Square where thousands of people will be here for
:01:19. > :01:23.BBC light. Blue Peter, Sam and Mark and even had the dog. We well have
:01:24. > :01:29.some special Newsround bulletins as well. We will be talking to local
:01:30. > :01:36.kids from the area about issues that matter to them. We will be trying to
:01:37. > :01:44.get some celebrities on as well. Make sure you stay tuned at 4:20
:01:45. > :01:46.p.m.. Ricky and myself will be here. And you can find out more about it
:01:47. > :01:50.on the website. And
:01:51. > :01:52.from one amazing show to another. This is Sydney's famous opera house
:01:53. > :01:54.which was given a colourful make over as part of the
:01:55. > :01:58.city's annual Festival of Light. The extravaganza also included
:01:59. > :02:01.a ballerina who could walk on water A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying
:02:02. > :02:08.a three-man crew to the International Space Station has
:02:09. > :02:12.launch from Kazakhstan in Asia. NASA's Reed Wiseman , Russian
:02:13. > :02:15.cosmonaut Max Surayev and European Space Agency's German Alexander
:02:16. > :02:20.Gerst are set to dock at the station They are scheduled to stay
:02:21. > :02:24.in orbit for six months. Look away if you are not a big fan
:02:25. > :02:29.of insects because here is some amazing footage scientists captured
:02:30. > :02:31.of parasitic wasps in India drilling The wasps' sting is thinner than
:02:32. > :02:39.a human hair Researchers believe
:02:40. > :02:43.the insects' technique could inspire the design of new tools
:02:44. > :02:48.for tricky surgical operations. Sport now
:02:49. > :02:50.and it is not just England's footballers who are warming up for
:02:51. > :02:53.this summer's World Cup in Brazil. Referee Howard Webb is hard at work
:02:54. > :02:56.getting himself into top condition He will have to deal with
:02:57. > :03:01.temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius and is expected to lose
:03:02. > :03:04.ten pints of sweat every game. So he has been training in a heated
:03:05. > :03:21.chamber here in the UK to get ready I have got to carry on training
:03:22. > :03:22.anyway and it gives me a small advantage if it means I can perform
:03:23. > :03:29.to my potential. A superhero squirrel , a criminal
:03:30. > :03:32.banana and a Russian spy. No, it is not the latest strange ,
:03:33. > :03:35.stranger, strangest. They are all characters dreamt up
:03:36. > :03:39.by kids taking part in this year's The winners will be revealed
:03:40. > :03:42.at a literary festival tomorrow, but for a sneak peek at some
:03:43. > :03:58.of the enchanting tales sent My auntie Jane says our minds can
:03:59. > :04:09.take us anywhere. Suddenly she heard a scream. There was a massive shadow
:04:10. > :04:17.lurking behind the water. The waves smashed against the shore. Daisy was
:04:18. > :04:23.having a large conversation with a talking tiger. It was not easy being
:04:24. > :04:35.a young tortoises watching the world pass by. You need a friend and Daisy
:04:36. > :04:41.was. Her friends had a cat, dog, budgie or fish, but no one had an
:04:42. > :04:47.elephant. She was happy to share with anyone apart from the horrid
:04:48. > :04:57.twins Heather and Hannah. Read our stories! Join me at 8:15pm when we
:04:58. > :05:15.will be hearing about the latest One Direction concert in Sunderland.
:05:16. > :05:18.CBBC is totally A-May-Zing this half term.
:05:19. > :05:26.With brand-new laughs from The Joke Machine
:05:27. > :05:29.You can play along with the goriest games...