So here it is.
Rattlesnake bites customer in Wal-Mart
The first interesting news story this week is a story from the USA, and took place in a Wal-Mart store in the city of Clarkston, a north-western US state of Washington.
From looking at the title of this story to some people may think it could be quite boring, but if you look at some of the things said to do with is news story it could be quite interesting.
So here as normal is a basic summary of what has happened. in my own words.
From looking at the title of this story to some people may think it could be quite boring, but if you look at some of the things said to do with is news story it could be quite interesting.
So here as normal is a basic summary of what has happened. in my own words.
A Wal-Mart customer called Mica Craig is recovering after he was bitten by a rattlesnake in a garden department of the store.
So he was casually going around minding his own business, then all of a sudden a rattlesnake popped up to say hello, didn't like him very much, and bit him.
The 47-year-old stamped on the serpent and when he went to hospital they immediately treated him with anti-venom, just in case the snake disliked him that much that it tried to kill him, so in case it hated him really, they treated him because his hand had suffered serious swelling.
Wal-Mart later apologised, and said it was investigating how the snake had entered the store.
Maybe it came in through the door, or through the floor.
Or maybe it was through the window, or it could of dropped from the ceiling on a rope, who knows.
A woman called Kayla Whaling, who was a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart said: "At this point, it appears to be an isolated incident."
"We are working with a pest management team, which is conducting a sweep of the property to ensure there is no additional rattlesnake activity."
So they are going to run around with little nets and hunt out his snake friends just in case they go around biting people that they don't like.
Another customer called Maria Geffre, told a local news agency the snake was at least 1ft (30cm) long with four rattles.
Wow, talk about a scary snake I mean, ah, its the size of a long ruler, be careful, it might bite your toes.
The victim said the serpent attacked as he reached down to brush away what he thought was a stick from a bag of mulch (so it wasn't a stick then, the hissing might have given it away).
But my favourite part of this whole story is not to do with the snake, its actually to do with the mans original intentions when he went to the store.
Originally he'd gone into the store to buy some marijuana plants, which he claimed he was licensed to grow for medical reasons.
Hm, something there says to me the local police have more to worry about than just the rattlesnake, they want to be looking at new drug dealers too.
Here's the video coverage from the BBC:
Children's shows to leave BBC One
The second news story I'm talking about this week is a story from here in the UK, this news story will take place all over the UK really.
Here's what the story's about in my own words.
Children's programmes are no longer going to be shown on BBC One and Two now digital switchover has taken place.
Shows that are award-winning such as Horrible Histories and Blue Peter are now going to be permanently moved by the BBC to their CBBC and CBeebies channels, which means now parents wont be able to get away with letting their kids watch a little bit of their favourite shows when they get home from school until the news comes on, because they will have to put on the children's channels where the fun never ends (well until 7PM that is).
Here's what the story's about in my own words.
Children's programmes are no longer going to be shown on BBC One and Two now digital switchover has taken place.
Shows that are award-winning such as Horrible Histories and Blue Peter are now going to be permanently moved by the BBC to their CBBC and CBeebies channels, which means now parents wont be able to get away with letting their kids watch a little bit of their favourite shows when they get home from school until the news comes on, because they will have to put on the children's channels where the fun never ends (well until 7PM that is).
There has been no date set yet for this change, but the final analogue (or non-digital) viewers will have to be switched over by 10-24 of October in Northern Ireland.
This all was confirmed when the report approving the BBC's cost-cutting plans came in.
Despite this "cost-cutting" plan the BBC have said the spending on children's programmes will not be affected, so whats the point of moving them?
Well the move is mostly to do with boosting viewing figures on the BBC's other channels (so its a bit like someone on YouTube who has two channels or more promoting another one).
In recent months, the number of young people watching children's programmes on BBC One and Two has been said to have occasionally dropped as low as 1,000 (so maybe its not so much to do with boosting views after all).
The figures on their digital channels have steadily increased since its introduction of CBBC and CBeebies in way, way back in 2002 (so it might still be to do with boosting views? I'm confused now).
A spokesperson from the BBC said: "Children's programmes are absolutely fundamental to the BBC and that is why we have protected investment in them in the light of cuts elsewhere."
"Only a very small percentage of children still solely watch these programmes on BBC One and BBC Two alone, so moving them to digital channels is merely following current viewing patterns and reflects the fact that CBeebies and CBBC will be universally available on digital TV from the end of this year."
Well there's surprisingly no video for this story so here's a picture of some popular children's shows characters from BBC Children In Need:
I used to love getting home from school and flicking between BBC and ITV for the kid's programmes - almost seems a shame they're moving, even though they'll be on CBBC... and I don't watch them anymore :)
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