Role models: Giving something back 07 Feb 12 Tue, 7 Feb 12 In today's programme Paul Ewing considers what it means to 'give something back'. We'll hear the inspirational story of a boy who has raised thousands of pounds for charity and sing the song...
Eating 64-year-old food Vocabulary hardships difficult conditions food parcels packages of food given to people who have very little to eat lard firm white substance made from melted fat and used for cooking durable long lasting without loosing quali...
Potato 17 Jan 12 Tue, 17 Jan 12 Andy Day returns with another Playtime. Today Andy is digging in the garden for one of his favourite foods, the potato. This series is for pre-school children....
Work for peanuts Neil fixed Li's bike, and now he would like to be paid for the job. What kind of payment did he get and what strange effect did it have on him? Find out more in this week's programme. Why Neil doesn't want peanuts for his work? The s...
Learning to...be healthy 17 Jan 12 Tue, 17 Jan 12 Paul Ewing returns with the second programme in the unit about learning new skills. Today it's... how to eat more healthy food. We'll be meeting a school cook and learning how they prepare healthy foo...
Giant tuna is sold for record $736,000 Summary 6 January 2012 A bluefin tuna has been sold at a Tokyo market for nearly three-quarters of a million dollars, the most ever paid for a single fish. The 269kg tuna was bought by a local restaurant owner....
Occupy Protesters Swarm US Capitol in Washington As the protesters held what they call a general assembly on the Capitol grounds, police responded to a suspicious man wearing a Philadelphia police uniform. Why is he being searched, asked one proteste...
'The Artist' Tops Golden Globe Awards From Spielberg to Martin Scorcese, George Clooney to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the A list of film celebrities turned out for the gala event in Beverly Hills as the 90 international entertainment reporters in...
BBC NEWS 2011.05.17 BBC News with Julie Candler Pakistan's intelligence chief General Ahmed Shuja Pasha has offered to resign after facing tough questioning about the US special forces raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. General Pas...
BBC News 20110410 BBC News with Neil Nunes Portugal has asked the European Union for emergency financial aid to help it deal with its debts. In a televised statement, the Prime Minister Jose Socrates said calling in foreign assistance was now essenti...
