31/07/2013

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:00:20. > :00:24.Wednesday live from Newsround HQ. Lots to get through. Including: : A

:00:24. > :00:29.mega heatwave hits China. And is your cat more like Usain Bolt or Mo

:00:29. > :00:32.Farah? This is Newsround. First to the quiet village of Balcombe in

:00:32. > :00:36.West Sussex where the boss of energy company Cuadrilla has said they plan

:00:36. > :00:44.to start drilling in the next few days despite a seven-day protest

:00:44. > :00:48.against it. The technique is called fracking. It happens underground and

:00:48. > :00:51.could open up a whole new energy supply for the UK.

:00:51. > :00:57.Deep below the surface leaking gas is trapped in small pockets of rock

:00:57. > :01:00.called shale. By drilling into the rock and flushing down a mixture of

:01:00. > :01:03.water and chemicals, gas is forced out and flushed along the drill

:01:03. > :01:07.pipe, back to the surface to generate power. Some people say

:01:07. > :01:12.fracking could supply a quarter of the UK's gas in the future but

:01:12. > :01:15.others reckon the technique isn't safe. The people of Balcombe in West

:01:15. > :01:18.Sussex are protesting after energy company Cuadrilla wanted to start

:01:18. > :01:27.drilling in the area, after carrying out tests on other sites in the UK

:01:27. > :01:35.in 2011. This time they say they're looking for oil not gas but local

:01:35. > :01:40.people aren't so sure. If they find resource, they will look to exploit

:01:40. > :01:44.it and to do that they will use fracking. Most of the gas we use in

:01:44. > :01:50.the UK is imported from overseas and the government say we could save

:01:50. > :01:55.loads of money if we produce our own. If we become more

:01:55. > :02:01.self-sufficient in gas, we will not have to rely on other countries. In

:02:01. > :02:05.the US, because of mistakes, we have seen people 's water supply damaged,

:02:05. > :02:09.people being able to set fire to their water tanks, and local

:02:09. > :02:13.earthquakes. The gas released by fracking is cheap and cleaner than

:02:13. > :02:17.coal and other gasses to burn. But others say renewable energy from

:02:17. > :02:22.wind farms like this one is a safer and cleaner option, even if they

:02:22. > :02:31.produce less power. With the demand for energy growing, new ways of

:02:31. > :02:35.generating power needs to be found. Last week's heat wave may have had

:02:35. > :02:38.many of you out in the garden or down at the beach soaking up the

:02:38. > :02:43.sun. But figures suggest that many young people turn to sun-beds to get

:02:43. > :02:47.that summer holiday look. In England and Wales you're not allowed to use

:02:47. > :02:50.a sunbed unless you're 18 or over, but according to cancer Research UK

:02:50. > :02:54.over a quarter of a million 11 to 17-year-olds use them. That's lead

:02:54. > :02:58.to questions as to whether the laws are strict enough. A healthy glow,

:02:58. > :03:07.an all year round tan or the skin kissed look. Call it what you want,

:03:07. > :03:14.but looking tanned seems to be the look celebs are after. But some

:03:14. > :03:17.people turn to sunbeds and they are not always safe. Some sunbed UV rays

:03:17. > :03:20.are 15 times more powerful than the midday sun - and using sunbeds

:03:20. > :03:29.doubles your chance of developing the most serious form of skin cancer

:03:29. > :03:39.known as malignant melanoma. Donna began using sunbeds aged 12, for 12

:03:39. > :03:50.

:03:50. > :03:58.minutes a day. Ten years later she must be supervised to make sure no

:03:58. > :04:01.one under the age of 18 uses them. But in England that's not the case

:04:01. > :04:07.and the Government is under pressure to change that.

:04:07. > :04:17.Jessica Ennis-Hill has pulled out of the world athletics Championships

:04:17. > :04:19.

:04:19. > :04:23.because she has been suffering from an ankle injury.

:04:23. > :04:27.It seems Team GB didn't just inspire a generation at last years London

:04:27. > :04:34.Olympics. They may have inspired a while new generations of pet

:04:34. > :04:38.owners. A survey by the Co-operative pet insurance suggests that Mo and

:04:38. > :04:43.Bradley are now among some of the most popular cat names thought to be

:04:43. > :04:46.inspired by the success of runner Mo Farah and Sir Bradley Wiggins. If

:04:46. > :04:50.you reckon it's been hot here recently then spare a thought for

:04:50. > :04:53.these guys in China. Record temperatures of up to 40 degrees