Tuesday 15th of December - UK Bulletin
UK Bulletin
Hi there, I'm Ore From Newsround. It's Tuesday the 15th of December.
First up one of the UK's biggest supermarkets, has been forced to take a Christmas card off the shelves after a complaint that it insulted people with ginger hair. The card - which was being sold in Tesco - shows a child sitting on Santa's lap with the message - "santa loves all kids - even ginger ones." The supermarket has removed it from their stores - but what do you think about the card....
CLIP: "Yeah, I'm really disappointed because it's really mean and not nice" "I think the card hasn't helped and people might get bullied even more now at school because they have ginger hair, because people have seen that card."
Next - officials have launched a search for a whole African national football team. It's being reported that the Eritrean players failed to return home after playing a tournament in Kenya. When the team's plane landed, it seems it was only carrying the coach and an official. The United Nations say lots of people try to leave Eritrea because it is poor and the government can be very harsh - the government say that's not true.
More news now and the Prime Minister will arrive at the climate change meeting in Copenhagen today, two days earlier than planned - and before most other world leaders get there. He wants to take a big role in making sure countries can come to an agreement on what to do about global warming.
Next up - rock band Rage Against The Machine is ahead of X Factor winner Joe McElderry in the race for the Christmas number one. But the CD version of Joe McElderry's song is out tomorrow. Martin Talbot's from the company that puts the chart together...he's not worried about Joe's chances....
CLIP: "I think Joe McElderry will win, and I think if things go well over the next couple of days he'll win by a pretty decent margin, but who knows"
And finally despite having won just three of their last fifteen matches - Liverpool manager - Rafa Benitez has guaranteed that Liverpool will finish in the top four this season. The reds are 13 points off league leaders Chelsea - so a lot of catching up to do!
OK, that's all from the Newsround team. We're back with more top stories tomorrow.
World Bulletin
International Bulletin
Hi there, I'm Leah with the BBC World News for Children. It's Tuesday the 15th of December.
Coming up:
Cyclone rips through Fiji.
National football team go missing!
And a dog race with a difference.
First to the South Pacific - where at least three people have died and several others are missing after a cyclone ripped through Fiji's main island - Viti Levu. Police say the cyclone has cut power to much of the country, forced thousands from their homes and has caused severe flooding. The powerful storm - which has been named Cyclone Mick - battered Fiji with winds up to 70mph. The storm is now heading for the neighbouring island nation - Tongo.
Next - officials have launched a search for Eritrea's national football team. It's being reported that the players failed to return home after playing a tournament in Kenya. When the teams plane landed back home, it seems it was only carrying the coach and an official. The UN says hundreds of Eritreans flee the country every month because of poverty and a harsh government. But the Eritrean government say it's not true that lots of people are leaving.
More news from the world of footy and the former boss of Juventus has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a match-fixing scandal. Antonio Giraudo is one of the high-profile figures to go to court over the 2006 Italian football scandal. A number of Italian teams were accused of rigging games by trying to influence the selection of referees. Juventus was stripped of the Serie A titles they won in 2005 and 2006 - and they were relegated to the second division with a nine-point penalty. Even though Giraudo has received a prison sentence - because of Italian law it's thought he is unlikely to actually spend that time behind bars.
Next up - Australian scientists have discovered an octopus which collects coconut shells to use for shelter. The Indonesian veined octopuses were observed selecting suitably sized coconut shells from the sea floor, clearing them out and carrying them up to twenty metres. The team says it's the first example of octopuses using tools.
And today's question is all about octopuses. We want to know how many pairs of arms they have? And now for the answer to yesterday's question we want to know what time Usain Bolt completed his record breaking 100 metre race in? And the answer is 9.72 seconds.
Now it seems the climate change talks in Copenhagen are back on track after a number of poorer countries refused to take part yesterday. They felt that their concerns weren't being taken seriously enough. Part of the reason why they were so angry is because it's often poorer countries that are worst hit by the extreme weather that many believe is caused by climate change. Gora is a school pupil from Abuja in Nigeria - she says that both droughts and floods are a big problem in Nigeria......
CLIP: "The northern part of Nigeria is experiencing severe drought, more and more trees and vegetation are gradually disappearing. The eastern part of the country has witnessed more rainfall than previous years leading to flooding, especially of farm land."
And finally to a dog race with a difference, that took place in eastern Europe at the weekend. The dogs pulled their owners - who either ran or rode bikes behind them. The competition was held in the town of Kaunas in Lithuania and it was a local lady, Victoria Voronova, who won the race by running six kilometres in just under twenty four minutes - pulled by her dog all the way! She explained how important it was to run in time with her dog.....
CLIP: "The most important thing is just the relationship with the dog, we win because we are together, as a team"
OK, that's all from the World News for Children team. We're back with more top stories tomorrow.
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