0:00:03 > 0:00:05Hi, Leah here with your Thursday morning Newsround.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Coming up on the show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11How smelly shoes have become prize winners.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14The statue that's sweeping social media.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18But who's it meant to be?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27First the number of robins visiting UK gardens
0:00:27 > 0:00:31is at its highest for 20 years.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34The RSPB say nearly half a million people joined
0:00:34 > 0:00:36in their Big Garden Birdwatch counting more than eight million
0:00:36 > 0:00:40birds in their gardens.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44And apart from loads of robin there were even some rare sightings,
0:00:44 > 0:00:46like these Waxwings.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Next to the US, where a massive underground pipe that'll
0:00:49 > 0:00:52carry oil across America is being finished off.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54It's led to huge arguments between people who support
0:00:54 > 0:00:57it and other people who are protesting against it.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00So what actually is the Dakota pipeline?
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Here's Ricky.
0:01:01 > 0:01:07The Dakota pipeline stretching over 1,200 miles.
0:01:07 > 0:01:13This giant pipe runs under land and water through four US states.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Its job, to carry oil from North Dakota's wells
0:01:16 > 0:01:20to here in Illinois where it's taken by ships to refineries
0:01:20 > 0:01:23to be cleaned for use.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28This thing can carry around 470,000 barrels of oil a day.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Its supporters, including US President Donald Trump,
0:01:31 > 0:01:36say the pipeline is the safest way to transport oil to the rest
0:01:36 > 0:01:39of the country and cheaper than carrying barrels by train.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41But not everyone agrees.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Many think the pipeline has the potential to
0:01:43 > 0:01:46pollute the environment.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Thousands have protested against the bill, including
0:01:48 > 0:01:53the Native American tribes who live at Standing Rock.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55They have been joined by other Native American
0:01:55 > 0:01:58groups and campaigners.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00They argue the pipeline could destroy sacred religious sites
0:02:00 > 0:02:02and pollute their main water supply from the Missouri River,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06if there was ever a leak.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10And if you want to find out more about this story head online
0:02:10 > 0:02:14where we've got everything you need to know.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17On to sport now and Johanna Konta's become the first British woman
0:02:17 > 0:02:22to reach the semi-finals of the Miami Open tennis tournament.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25She beat Romania's Simona Halep and now faces either Venus Williams
0:02:25 > 0:02:29or world number one Angelique Kerber.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Johanna says she's really happy to be through and is looking
0:02:31 > 0:02:34forward to the next round.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Next up, go on, admit it, we've all got a pair of really bad
0:02:37 > 0:02:39smelling trainers somewhere in the house.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42But are they stinky enough to win a prize?
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Ricky's got this one.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Forget the X Factor, Strictly and Britain's Got Talent.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54There's a new contest on the block all the way from the US.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58It's the 42nd Stinky Sneaker Contest.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Yes, the smelliest trainers.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Seven contestants were judged on how rotten their trainers smelt.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Now it's not just what counts on the inside.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10They absolutely reek!
0:03:10 > 0:03:14But it also counts on how they smell outside.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17The top judge works for the US space agency NASA
0:03:17 > 0:03:20as a certified master sniffer.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Nice.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26So let's build tension, please.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32Who was 2017 Stinky Sneaker winner?
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Seriously, whose are these?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35They are really bad.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Connor!
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Well, my aunt owns a farm and sometimes I help out
0:03:42 > 0:03:48so when I see animal poop I step in it to get my shoes dirty
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and when we go fishing I step in fish guts.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53It went to 12-year-old Connor.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57He will be inducted into the competition's Hall of Fumes.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Get it?
0:03:58 > 0:04:03Fumes?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06And we want to hear from you on this stinky subject -
0:04:06 > 0:04:08who has the smelliest shoes in your house?
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Would you win a prize like that?
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Or is it more likely to be your sister or your Dad?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Head online and let us know.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19We'll try to read your comments out later!
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Next to an American man who has been able to feed himself for the first
0:04:23 > 0:04:26time since he was paralysed in a cycling accident.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Ricky's been finding out more.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31It's wild every time I do something.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Because of technology, this man can move his hand and arm again.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Before, other people had to help him eat and drink.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Bill was paralysed from the shoulders down
0:04:42 > 0:04:44after a cycling accident.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47This means he couldn't move his arms or legs.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52Bill decided to get involved in medical research in Ohio in America.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55He volunteered to have sensors placed in the part of his brain that
0:04:55 > 0:04:57controls hand movement.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00The sensors send messages to his arm.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I can move in and out, up and down and it's pretty cool.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06You get to be the first one in the world.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09At the moment Bill is the only one using this technology.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Doctors say there is a long way to go to get lots of people
0:05:12 > 0:05:14with paralysis moving like Bill.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16But Bill is hopeful.
0:05:16 > 0:05:23It's going to help out a lot more people for years to come.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26And finally, can you guess who this is?
0:05:26 > 0:05:27No?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Well it's supposed to be a statue of the famous
0:05:29 > 0:05:31footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33It was revealed at a big ceremony in his hometown
0:05:33 > 0:05:35of Madeira in Portugal, where they named
0:05:35 > 0:05:37an airport after him.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Lots of people think the statue looks a bit funny and not
0:05:40 > 0:05:41really much like him.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45But he doesn't seem to mind though.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46That's all from me.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Newsround's back this afternoon with Ricky.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Have a good day at school.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Bye.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Absolute Genius is on its way and at 4:30,
0:06:07 > 0:06:08a brand-new episode of 4 O'Clock Club.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Hey, remember that embarrassing problem we were talking about?
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Oh, yeah, yeah. Come here.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15So, apparently if you apply natural yoghurt to the armpit area,