30/03/2017 Newsround

Hi, Leah here with your Thursday morning Newsround.

Coming up on the show.

How smelly shoes have become prize winners.

The statue that's sweeping social media.

But who's it meant to be?

First the number of robins visiting UK gardens

is at its highest for 20 years.

The RSPB say nearly half a million people joined

in their Big Garden Birdwatch counting more than eight million

birds in their gardens.

And apart from loads of robin there were even some rare sightings,

like these Waxwings.

Next to the US, where a massive underground pipe that'll

carry oil across America is being finished off.

It's led to huge arguments between people who support

it and other people who are protesting against it.

So what actually is the Dakota pipeline?

Here's Ricky.

The Dakota pipeline stretching over 1,200 miles.

This giant pipe runs under land and water through four US states.

Its job, to carry oil from North Dakota's wells

to here in Illinois where it's taken by ships to refineries

to be cleaned for use.

This thing can carry around 470,000 barrels of oil a day.

Its supporters, including US President Donald Trump,

say the pipeline is the safest way to transport oil to the rest

of the country and cheaper than carrying barrels by train.

But not everyone agrees.

Many think the pipeline has the potential to

pollute the environment.

Thousands have protested against the bill, including

the Native American tribes who live at Standing Rock.

They have been joined by other Native American

groups and campaigners.

They argue the pipeline could destroy sacred religious sites

and pollute their main water supply from the Missouri River,

if there was ever a leak.

And if you want to find out more about this story head online

where we've got everything you need to know.

On to sport now and Johanna Konta's become the first British woman

to reach the semi-finals of the Miami Open tennis tournament.

She beat Romania's Simona Halep and now faces either Venus Williams

or world number one Angelique Kerber.

Johanna says she's really happy to be through and is looking

forward to the next round.

Next up, go on, admit it, we've all got a pair of really bad

smelling trainers somewhere in the house.

But are they stinky enough to win a prize?

Ricky's got this one.

Forget the X Factor, Strictly and Britain's Got Talent.

There's a new contest on the block all the way from the US.

It's the 42nd Stinky Sneaker Contest.

Yes, the smelliest trainers.

Seven contestants were judged on how rotten their trainers smelt.

Now it's not just what counts on the inside.

They absolutely reek!

But it also counts on how they smell outside.

The top judge works for the US space agency NASA

as a certified master sniffer.

Nice.

So let's build tension, please.

Who was 2017 Stinky Sneaker winner?

Seriously, whose are these?

They are really bad.

Connor!

Well, my aunt owns a farm and sometimes I help out

so when I see animal poop I step in it to get my shoes dirty

and when we go fishing I step in fish guts.

It went to 12-year-old Connor.

He will be inducted into the competition's Hall of Fumes.

Get it?

Fumes?

And we want to hear from you on this stinky subject -

who has the smelliest shoes in your house?

Would you win a prize like that?

Or is it more likely to be your sister or your Dad?

Head online and let us know.

We'll try to read your comments out later!

Next to an American man who has been able to feed himself for the first

time since he was paralysed in a cycling accident.

Ricky's been finding out more.

It's wild every time I do something.

Because of technology, this man can move his hand and arm again.

Before, other people had to help him eat and drink.

Bill was paralysed from the shoulders down

after a cycling accident.

This means he couldn't move his arms or legs.

Bill decided to get involved in medical research in Ohio in America.

He volunteered to have sensors placed in the part of his brain that

controls hand movement.

The sensors send messages to his arm.

I can move in and out, up and down and it's pretty cool.

You get to be the first one in the world.

At the moment Bill is the only one using this technology.

Doctors say there is a long way to go to get lots of people

with paralysis moving like Bill.

But Bill is hopeful.

It's going to help out a lot more people for years to come.

And finally, can you guess who this is?

No?

Well it's supposed to be a statue of the famous

footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

It was revealed at a big ceremony in his hometown

of Madeira in Portugal, where they named

an airport after him.

Lots of people think the statue looks a bit funny and not

really much like him.

But he doesn't seem to mind though.

That's all from me.

Newsround's back this afternoon with Ricky.

Have a good day at school.

Bye.

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Hey, remember that embarrassing problem we were talking about?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Come here.

So, apparently if you apply natural yoghurt to the armpit area,