Baby otter rescued from Scotland river recovering well

This cute baby otter is recovering well after being rescued from a river in Scotland.

A man spotted the animal on its own, calling out, in Kirtle Water, Dumfries and Galloway. He left the cub for 24 hours to make sure the otter's family wasn't nearby but his mother didn't return, so the man collected it and called the Scottish SCPA.

It's thought the cub was separated from his mother by a strong river current.

Rescuers have named the baby otter Noah

He's now being cared for by the Scottish SPCA in Clackmannanshire.

Centre manager Colin Seddon said: "He was very subdued and weak when he first came to us but he's now weaning onto solid food and is a lot brighter."

They plan to release him back into the wild after his first birthday.

Rihanna to design brand new line of clothes

Pop star Rihanna has announced she'll be designing a range of clothes for River Island.

There's been rumours for a while after the singer was at the company's head office in February and has posted pictures of herself on Twitter wearing clothes from the designer in the past.

The boss of the high street clothing chain said the range will reflect RiRi's 'street to chic' style.

Her first collection will go on sale from spring 2013.

Lucky the kitten saved from recycling van crusher

A three-week-old kitten who was dumped in a bin narrowly escaped being crushed by a recycling truck in Devon.

The female tortoiseshell, named Lucky, was emptied into the back of a waste truck. Its crusher was stopped by two bin men who heard the kitten's cries.

The men, who were completing their round in Plymouth, saw the kitten fall from the crusher's blades.

Lucky was unharmed and has been adopted by staff at Devon Contract Waste.

Donna Cook, from the company, said: "They were picking up recycling and when the truck up-ended, and as the crusher started pulling back the cardboard, they heard her screams.

"They stopped the crusher and out fell the kitten from its blades."

Lucky was taken to a local vet but was not injured in the incident.

Gopher lives under rocket launch-pad!

Do you have noisy neighbours? Well if you do, I bet they aren't as bad as this!

A gopher has been found living under a rocket launch-pad in the central Asian country of Kazakhstan.

He's become an internet sensation with more than 140,000 people watching clips of him online!

A spaceship blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome launch-pad on it's way to the international space station last Sunday.

Let's hope he's got good ear-plugs!

Albino lion cubs born in Ukraine zoo

SO CUUUTE! And rare!

Two albino lion cubs have been born at a zoo in Ukraine.

They're very rare, and in the wild, they'd usually only be seen in southern Africa.

The cubs have been given their first taste of the limelight.

Susana Mendonca reports.
From BBC News

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man is a superhero movie made from the adventures of one of Marvel Comic's most famous heroes.

There have been loads of movies about Spider-Man but this is a whole new re-boot, which means it's pretty much the same story but a fresh start.

The main character, Peter Parker is now performed by a young British actor named Andrew Garfield.

When's it out?

It's in cinemas right now (12A).

Watch the official trailer



Peter Parker finds a clue that might hel him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner.

Director: 

Marc Webb

Writers: 

James Vanderbilt (screenplay), Alvin Sargent(screenplay), and 4 more credits »

Stars:

 Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans | See full cast and crew


                                                   

Emma Stone                                                                  Rhys Ifans

From CBBC News and IMDb

How twitter helped a lost dog returning home

Patch, a Jack Russell terrier went missing from his home in County Kildare in Ireland. For a reason known only to him, he jumped on a train to Dublin.

The officials at Irish Rail found him and tweeted a picture of him. After being re-tweeted hundreds of times, it took just thirty minutes before his owner saw him on her own twitter feed.

They were reunited shortly afterwards.

So cute!

from BBC news

Orion space capsule revealed by Nasa

The most high-tech space capsule ever built has been shown off by Nasa in the US state of Florida.

The Orion capsule will eventually be part of a spaceship. It's arrived at the Kennedy Space Centre ahead of its first mission in 2014.

The plan is to fly humans to asteroids and the Moon by 2025, and eventually to the planet Mars.

That's further into space than astronauts have ever been before.

Nasa's plan is to use Orion-style spacecraft as a replacement for the Space Shuttle fleet which ended operations in 2011.

First mission is to the moon

Once the capsule is built fully, it will first fly an unmanned mission in the direction of the Moon.

The mission will take it 3,600 miles from Earth.

Nasa will test the capsule to see if it copes with extreme temperatures and the pressure of coming back through the earth's atmosphere.

Astronaut Rex Walheim said: "It is a lot different than the shuttle. The shuttle was a little bit bigger on the inside. It's different technology too."

The space shuttle programme started in 1981 and lasted 30 years.

At the moment the Orion capsule is just a 'skeleton' which will have wiring, computers and a heat shield added to it.

Then it will be put on top of a rocket for the first Orion test flight in 2014.

From CBBC

Are you a belieber? Yes? So this is for you

Justin Bieber is one of the biggest pop stars in the world today. He is from Canada and was discovered by a talent manager after posting his own music online.

Justin's favourite colour is purple, and he can play the guitar, piano, and the drums.

Justin's first single, One Time, went platinum and he's also had a number 1 album. He's starred on TV, in magazines and even in a 3D film all about himself!