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Hi there. Welcome along to Tuesday's Newsround. We're live | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
just after 5pm. I'm Ricky. And I'm Hayley. We've got something for | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
everyone today, including all this. The 800-year-old castle that's had | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
a makeover. And, we've got more on Prince | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
Harry's mission with four soldiers to the top of the world. | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
But first, wherever you live, you won't be very far from a river. | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
They're home to wildlife, some people live on them, and they make | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
up an important transport network. Until recently, many of our rivers | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
were dirty and polluted, but after years of hard work and a mammoth | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
clean-up operation, they're in a much better shape. Today, a new | :00:52. | :00:57. | |
list reveals the rivers that are making a cleaner comeback. | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
Back in the olden days, rivers weren't always the nicest places to | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
hang around. Britain's waterways used to be a dumping ground for | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
anything and everything. During London's Great Stink in 1858, the | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
River Thames was like London's toilet. It stank so badly that | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
Parliament was suspended! Fast- forward 100 years to the 1950s, and | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
things weren't much better. The River Wandle in South-West London | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
used to be known as a sewer. Dark and horrible and full of industrial | :01:28. | :01:36. | |
waste. But now, it's a haven for fish and birds. The Environment | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
Agency says Britain's rivers are the healthiest they've been in 20 | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
years. We have looked at the amount of water being taken from rivers | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
reduced, we have reduced pollution substantially, and we are looking | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
at opening up the rivers so that they are the natural corridors for | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
wildlife. Included in their most- improved list is the River Taff in | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
South Wales, which the EA says once ran black with coal dust, but is | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
now a site for fishing competitions. And the River Stour in | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
Worcestershire, which was once famous for the polluting rainbow- | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
coloured dyes that flowed into it from carpet manufacturers. London's | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
River Thames is also on the list. It was so dirty 60 years ago that | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
nothing could live in it. But it's now teeming with fish, otter and | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
sea trout. And next week it'll be home to comedian David Walliams for | :02:24. | :02:30. | |
eight days as he tries to swim 140 miles along it for Sport Relief. | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
Although he has had lots of injections to protect him against | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
diseases. It's all good news, but the Environment Agency hopes to | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
transform another 9,500 miles of river, so there's still a bit of | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
work to be done. And we just have to stress that | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
David Walliams is swimming in the Thames, but only after lots of | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
advice and jabs. Although lots of rivers are now fine for wildlife, | :02:50. | :02:59. | |
they're not all OK for humans. Graffiti is not usually a word you | :02:59. | :03:06. | |
would associate with history, but look at this building. This Castle | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
is covered in graffiti. The owner of the castle originally planned | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
for the art work to be a temporary think, but he liked it so much, he | :03:14. | :03:22. | |
wants it to stay. If you are a fan of Arsenal, you | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
will want to forget about the weekend. They were thrashed by | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
Manchester United. There are still some supporters, but some of the | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
disappointed fans who travelled to the match have been offered free | :03:34. | :03:42. | |
tickets as an apology. What should happen next to Arsenal? | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
Terrible. They should have done more passing and teamwork. Arsene | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
Wenger has not bought any good players. We might not do well in | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
the season. Arsenal should use the money they got by selling it Cesc | :04:00. | :04:07. | |
Fabregas for better players. They need to do a bit better than now. | :04:07. | :04:15. | |
thought they would have done better. Especially as they passed Games in | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
the Premier League against Manchester United have been very | :04:17. | :04:24. | |
exciting, but this was a bit one- sided. They can do really well, but | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
the match was a big fail for them. Well, there's a bit of a | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
north/south divide going on here, actually. Yeah, I was actually at | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
the football game we speak of. Oh, yeah. I saw all the action from the | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
sidelines. Well, I think it's clear the best team won. I think some | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
people may disagree with you on that. But we want to know what you | :04:43. | :04:50. | |
think about Arsenal's future. Head over to our website and let us know. | :04:50. | :04:55. | |
It has not been a brilliant day for Jessica Ennis. She failed to defend | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
her title at the World Athletics Championships. She won a silver | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
medal, but she lost out to Russia's Tatyana Chernova. | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
Earlier this year, Prince Harry teamed up with a group of soldiers | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
who were badly injured in Afghanistan to try to do the first | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
unsupported trek to the North Pole by wounded servicemen. Their every | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
move was followed by a film crew, and a documentary of the trek is on | :05:18. | :05:27. | |
BBC One tonight. Leah got a sneak preview. | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
It is 2:50am, the team and Prince Harry have just landed at Ice | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
Station, of ready to start their mission. It is the first time they | :05:34. | :05:41. | |
have been anywhere near this. standing on a floating ocean, it is | :05:41. | :05:48. | |
called! From here, a helicopter ride to a 0.160 miles from the | :05:48. | :05:58. | |
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North Pole. It is still liked. My body clock is in disarray. It is | :06:00. | :06:06. | |
solid cloud, and minus 28 in the wind. They land on more eyes, and | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
the adventure begins. When the ice breaks up, it forms a mini mountain | :06:12. | :06:20. | |
ranges. They are a messy mix of rocky ice piled on top of each | :06:20. | :06:30. | |
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other. My skis are coming off, we are crossing something bigger. | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
person who lost his leg while serving in Afghanistan found it | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
difficult to negotiate. It is difficult terrain. It is hard work. | :06:40. | :06:47. | |
But we just have to deal with it. For the people who have missing or | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
damaged arms, it is pretty challenging. Steve needs to be | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
careful, he has got a back injury, and having a prince Harry is a big | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
help. Everybody is helping everybody, it is the only way. | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
team are hoping to raise more than �2 million for charity to help | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
other injured servicemen. And Harry's Arctic Heroes is on | :07:10. | :07:18. | |
tonight on BBC One at 9pm. This is a volcano erupting in Italy. | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. It | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
started erupting eight days ago and it recently became even more | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
explosive, which is why we can give you these pictures. | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
Before we go, we've already had some comments in on what Arsenal | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
Football Club should do next. 13- year-old Claudia, all the way from | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
Jakarta in Indonesia, says Arsenal should buy more players. That can | :07:40. | :07:43. |