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SPACE TOURISTS! THIS week the world came one step closer to tourists going to space. by editor Nicky Cox Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space tourist rocket, SpaceShipTwo, which carries six passengers, is having rigorous testing before it can carry tourists into space. Tickets to ride cost £125,000 ($200,000) and already 370 customers have put down deposits. On Sunday, SpaceShipTwo successfully completed its first piloted solo flight. The spaceship was released from its mothership nearly 14km above the Earth and the pilots glided it back to land safely at Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Richard Branson said: “This was one of the most exciting days in the whole history of Virgin. Now, the sky is no longer the limit and we will begin the process of pushing beyond to the final frontier of space itself over the next year.”
THE SKY IS NO LONGER THE LIMIT – RICHARD BRANSON
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IN BRIEF Scots reclaim porridge title THE world’s best porridge award has been won back by a Scottish chef.
The USA took the title last year. Chef Neil Robertson invented a new double-backed spoon called a Spon to make his porridge extra light and fluffy. He says the secret to good porridge is carefully measured ingredients stirred clockwise.
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Car that drives itself GOOGLE have tested a car that can drive itself.
Army full of hot air THE Russian army has a new weapon – inflatable lookalike tanks, planes and missiles. The inflatable weapons look incredibly similar to the real thing but are as light as a feather. They cost a tiny fraction of the actual weapons but of course don’t have the military power of real missiles and tanks either. The Russian army say the airfilled pretend weapons fool the enemy as they look like the
by Gabrielle Utton real thing on radar and to thermal imaging. Plus, they save the country money because they’re so much cheaper than actual military machinery. A wide range of inflatable weapons are available including rocket launchers, MiG
Toxic sludge keeps flowing A STEADY stream of red toxic sludge is flowing through Hungary devastating lives as it goes. The sludge is left over from producing aluminium. The reservoir containing it broke down allowing the substance to flow out. Seven people have been killed in the flood and 150 more have been
injured. The Marcal river, which runs into the Danube, has turned red because of the contamination and it is thought that any fish or creatures once living in the river are now dead. The toxic sludge is dangerous to humans The red toxic river fl owed as it can burn skin. through the inside Breathing in the of this home dust can cause lung cancer. It is hoped that a ring of rock and earth will stop another burst in the reservoir wall.
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fighter jets, tanks, missiles and even a radar station. Just like a bouncy castle, the blow up machinery is made from plastic sheets and is inflated with a pump. They are light, easy to move around, inflate and deflate and are proving to be a valuable non-dangerous weapon in the Russian army.
Olympic stadium built on a bomb? BRITAIN’S Olympic Stadium has been built on top of an unexploded Nazi bomb, say Government records. But the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) say the site is totally safe. The“abandoned bomb”is shown on offi cialrecords kept during the Second World War. The register shows that a bomb was thought to have been dropped by Hitler’s airforce into a landfill site during the Blitz – the exact site of the Olympic Stadium in East London. A wartime bomb disposal team was sent to investigate but failed to find anything. Before work began on the stadium experts said they thought
Although a trained driver and software expert sit in the test car, it drives itself without their help. The car uses video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder to see where it’s going and to spot other road users. The self-driving cars have travelled 140,000 miles in California, USA, including up and down the steep streets of San Francisco and round Lake Tahoe.
People poo power FOR the first time human waste is being turned into energy to power homes.
A sewage works in Didcot, Oxfordshire, are taking gas from locals’ waste and piping it back to homes to use for heating and cooking. Gas is made by bacteria breaking down the food and waste. National Grid believes that nearly one fifth of gas used could be made from domestic waste, shops’ food leftovers and waste from breweries.
Piece of Scotland for sale it was likely that there were two or three unexploded bombs at the Olympic site. But the ODA says it has carried out more than 3,000 ground investigations up to 30 metres across the whole Olympic Park and has failed to find anything. “We are confident that the Olympic site is safe,” said a spokesperson.
AN area of Scotland made famous by Paul McCartney is for sale.
The Mull of Kintyre is on a tip of a Scottish peninsula. For just £3 million you could own nine miles of coastline, a nine-bedroom mansion, several cottages and lots of deer, wild goats, grouse and eagles.
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Do you have a Big Voice?
BT have launched a competition where you can win £1,000 and help to make a film. The competition is part of BT’s London 2012 Get Set programme where young people in schools and youth groups pitch their film ideas. The winning team will see their film shown on giant screens in 19 city centre locations. Plus they will receive their prize in a national awards ceremony in May 2012 and take part in BT’s Big Voice Film Festival. To find out more about the competition and how you can get involved, go to www.london2012.com/getset.
Chile mine rescue
THE rescue of 33 miners trapped underground in Chile was due to start just as First News went to press.
The men were trapped when a tunnel collapsed in the San Jose mine on 5 August. It has taken all this time to drill a rescue shaft to reach the The crane being used miners 622m underground. to hoist the rescue Wives, girlfriends and capsule children have been camping out at the site entrance waiting for the return of their loved ones. People were praying on the surface for a safe rescue amid warnings from engineers that the operation could be risky. The capsule was due to take 15 minutes to bring each miner to the surface, before being reunited with their families. All of the miners were due to be flown to hospital to check they were fit and well after their two month ordeal underground.
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EDITOR’S COMMENT THE Nobel prizes have been awarded over the past week.
The awards are an annual event celebrating the intelligence of humans in a range of areas – chemistry, medicine, peace, physics and literature. They were set up by Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor and weapons maker. When he died he asked for his fortune to be used to create a series of prizes for people who benefit mankind. You can read about some of this year’s winners on page 10. The BBC has been trawling through past winners to see which country has the best brains. There have been more than 500 prizes awarded in 109 years. So, which country can claim the most winners? Well, the United States comes out top overall. The UK is next with 117 Nobel medals. France comes along in fourth place but is clearly ahead when it comes to literature. In all, people from 69 countries have picked up a Nobel prize. Editor Nicky Cox MBE
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On 16 October 1987, hurricane winds battered the UK killing 13 people, and causing millions of pounds of damage. A TV weather presenter famously said the rumours of a hurricane were wrong just hours before the deadly winds struck.
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The Take That stars teamed up for the first time in years to release the single Shame but were pipped to number one by fellow new entry Forget You by Cee Lo Green.
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THIS bat is one of a number of new creatures discovered by scientists. The tube-nosed bat, which is being compared in likeness to Yoda from Star Wars, was found in remote mountain ranges in Papua New Guinea. The findings included two mammals, 24 species of frog, nine plants, nearly 100 new insects and around 100 spiders. The scientists explored at different heights of the forest-covered mountains,
finding the creatures in cave systems and around some of the world’s largest underground rivers. Meanwhile, several new discoveries in South-East Asia’s Mekong river are also causing excitement, including a fish with curving vampire fangs, a gecko that looks like it’s wearing lipstick and a 7m high meat-eating plant!
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Yoda or the fruit bat? Spot the difference…
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been voted Britain’s most influential woman by a panel of magazine editors. The story teller beat the Queen.
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MADRID, SPAIN: One-month-old panda cubs take a nap in their incubator at Madrid Zoo. It’s too early to know if the pandas are boys or girls yet.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Sydney’s Harbour Bridge was closed to traffi cas more than 7,000 people set up camp on the iconic structure to enjoy a picnic breakfast and support Australia’s bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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CHESSINGTON, ENGLAND: X Factor stars Jedward and Alexandra Burke rocked the stage at Chessington World of Adventures to mark the launch of Nintendo’s new game, Wii Party.
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BATTLE, UK: Enthusiasts dressed up as Saxon and Norman soldiers to take part in a re-enactment of the 1066 A.D. Battle of Hastings.
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CHILE: A news photographer shares a laugh with little Evelin Mamani, daughter of trapped Bolivian miner Carlos Mamani, at San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile. A day later the operation was due to start to bring 33 Chilean miners back to the surface after being trapped underground for more than two months..
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BEIJING, CHINA: 200 couples held a group wedding at the National Stadium on 10.10.10 because, in China, they believe three tens in a row means absolute perfection and will bring all the newlyweds good luck.
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by Jo Smith for Asthma UK
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Asthma
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The usual symptoms are coughing, wheezing or breathlessness, and a tight feeling in the chest. When people are experiencing an asthma attack, the muscle
Different things can trigger an asthma attack including infections, pollen, dust and tobacco smoke
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around the walls of their airways tighten so that they become narrower. The lining of the airway becomes more swollen and produces sticky mucus. It becomes diffi cult for the air to move in and out.
What are triggers?
Using a preventer inhaler helps stop airways swelling
Everybody’s asthma is different and symptoms are made worse by a variety of triggers. These can include pollen, animal fur, tobacco smoke and house-dust mites which are found in the dust in our homes. Also, exercise, cold weather and colds and flu can trigger asthma. Trying to avoid all these triggers all of the time is impossible but it’s useful to be aware of which triggers are more likely to affect you. Then you can take steps to avoid them whenever possible.
your asthma. The two main kinds of asthma medicines are preventers and relievers. These come as inhalers so that medicine can be breathed in directly to treat the airways. Relievers are taken when they are needed. They quickly relieve asthma symptoms by relaxing the tight muscles in the airway. Preventers help to reduce the swelling and inflammation in the airways and stop them from being so sensitive to asthma triggers. The protective effect builds up over a period of time so they need to be taken every day (usually morning and evening) even when you are feeling well. Relievers (usually blue) help to quickly relieve asthma symptoms when
How to prevent asthma symptoms There are some very good treatments available to help you take full control of
IF SOMEONE IS HAVING AN ASTHMA ATTACK: Common signs that someone is having an asthma attack: coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing, tightness in the chest, being unusually quiet, diffi cultyspeaking in full sentences. If you see someone having an asthma attack, always find a teacher or member of school staff.The following steps should always be taken when someone is having an asthma attack: Until the adult arrives: 1 Keep calm – do not panic
2 Encourage the person to sit down and try to take slow, steady breaths 3 Make sure they take one or two puffs of their reliever inhaler (usually blue), immediately 4 Reassure them If there is no improvement – continue to make sure they take two puffs of their reliever inhaler every two minutes. They should take up to ten puffs. Call 999 urgently if:
they happen. Children with asthma should always carry a reliever inhaler around with them, even at school.
the person’s symptoms do not improve in 5 – 10 minutes they are too breathless to talk if they are worried at any time if you are in any doubt If an ambulance does not arrive within 15 minutes repeat step 3 while they wait. Even if their symptoms improve and you didn’t need to call 999, they should still see a doctor or asthma nurse within 24 hours.
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ASTHMA is a condition that affects the airways – the small tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. Children with asthma have airways that are almost always red and inflamed. The airways react when you have a cold or other viral infection such as flu, or when they come into contact with an asthma trigger. A trigger is anything that irritates the airways and causes the symptoms of asthma.
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IT’S estimated that there are 5.4 million people in the UK who have asthma, 1.1 million of whom are children or young people. That’s one in 11 children, so it’s likely that there will be at least two children in your class who have the condition. Asthma can be a very serious illness, but there are many things that can be done to help children to manage their condition eff ectively.
MY ASTHMA PACK A good way to keep your asthma under control is to use My Asthma, a special asthma pack for kids. You can get hold of the My Asthma pack by calling the specialist asthma nurses on the Asthma UK Adviceline 0800 121 62 44 or emailing info@asthma.org.uk. More information on the pack can be found at asthma.org. uk/myasthma
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OUR STORIES THE WEEK’S WEATHER with Jonathan Powell From Friday 15 October 2010 to Thursday 21 October 2010 WEEK IN GENERAL Dry for many places. Early mist and fog patches. FRIDAY 15 OCTOBER Scotland/N Ireland – Dry, sunny spells. Day 14c/57f Night 7c/45f. Light southwesterly. England/Wales – Dry, sunny spells. Day 15c/59f Night 8c/46f. Light southwesterly. SATURDAY 16 OCTOBER Scotland/N Ireland – Showers. Day 14c/57f Night 7c/45f. Light northwesterly. England/Wales – Dry, sunny spells. Day 15c/59f Night 8c/46f. Light northwesterly.
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A rare snail feared lost from one of the few places in Ireland it was ever seen has been found in large numbers. The snail, known as hydrobia acuta, spire or mud snail, is part of a pioneering sea defence project at Anne’s Point near Newtownards. The 2.5mm long snail, which is only found at two other locations in Ireland, became harder to find when the water at the National Trust refuge became less salty.
The Northumberland Wildlife Trust has been given a cash boost of £50,400 by the Heritage Lottery Fund towards their work for the conservation of red squirrels. The organisation is currently running a campaign called Save Our Squirrels.
Manchester Ship Canal has been cleaning up its act for the past ten years by having 15 tonnes of oxygen a day pumped into its water. The canal was once so polluted it was described as ‘an open sewer’ but now it’s clean enough to swim in so environmentalists are replacing the oxygen with compressed air.
SUNDAY17 OCTOBER Scotland/N Ireland – Dry, sunny spells. Day 13c/55f Night 5c/41f. Light northeasterly. England/Wales – Dry, sunny spells. Day 14c/57f Night 6c/43f. Light northeasterly.
Durham Potters pupils Students at Durham University have begun studying the UK’s first ever course on Harry Potter. About 70 undergraduates donned cloaks and carried broomsticks as they attended the first of 22 lectures for the module which uses JK Rowling’s novels to examine prejudice and citizenship in modern society. The Harry Potter and the Age Of Illusion module forms part of the BA degree in Education Studies.
Norwich First Sikh temple The final touches are being added to Norfolk’s first Sikh temple, Gurdwara Sri Guru Ramdass Parkash. The temple, or gurdwara, has been built in what was once a second hand furniture shop. The president of the new temple 78year-old Chanan Singh Suwali has lived in the city since 1954 and spent nearly 50 years working towards building a Sikh temple in Norwich.
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Queen’s new ship Brand new cruise ship, the Queen Elizabeth, was named by the Queen last week in Southampton. At 294m long the Cunard ship is 30cm longer than the QE2, has 16 decks, a 832-seater theatre, spa and shopping arcade. Tickets for its maiden voyage to the Canary Islands sold out in 29 minutes and 14 seconds.
Anteater’s makeover
On 18 October 1906, a hurricane struck South Florida drowning 124 people stranded in the Florida Keys.
A historic statue of an anteater at Cardiff Castle has been fitted with a brand new nose. The statue, which is one of 15 stone animals on the Castle Street wall, has been waiting a long time for its facelift as its 45cm snout was broken off by vandals 12 years ago. The anteater was bought back to its former glory as part of a £5.6m restoration project.
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out of ten schools across Surrey have been rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted.
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tonne Bracklinn Falls Bridge is having to be hauled into place by hand because its remote location near Callander makes it impossible to use a crane.
2.3 million pounds has been paid for a rare Roman
helmet which was found in a muddy field in Cumbria.
682 kg is the weight of the heaviest pumpkin ever grown in the UK. It measured over five metres and won the owners first prize at a pumpkin festival.
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Heron’s rare visit
A GREEN heron has been spotted in the UK for the first time in two years.
The bird usually lives on the other side of the Atlantic as the breed is native to the United States and southern Canada and has only been spotted in this country ten times since records began. The green heron is thought to have been blown off course during its winter migration arriving in Pentewan, Cornwall, where it was spotted in the Lost Gardens of Heligan.
superstar? DOES your pet have an amazing talent? Do they have a quirky look? Or have they done something extraordinary? If so, then why not enter them in the annual Pet Factor competition! The competition is organised by the National Offi ceof Animal Health (NOAH) and they want to find a superstar pet. Now in its second year the competition is open for the talented, the brave and the downright peculiar. Last year, the winner was Chloe, a collie from Hampshire, who is a Pets As Therapy Dog, which means she visits care homes and hospices to cheer up people who need their day brightened. This year, the owners of the winning pet will win a
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family holiday at a 5* castle in Devon. The competition is open until 28 February 2011, so plenty of time to teach your pet a new trick! For details on how you can enter your amazing pet, go to www.firstnews. co.uk/news
Tiger heroes
No future? TWO students from the UK will travel to Russia next month to take part in the Youth Tiger Summit.
Sharing sharks A GROUP of great white sharks has been spotted sharing a meal in South Africa.
Around 30 huge sharks were seen feeding from the same dead whale over a period of nine days. Up to four were seen eating at the same time, without the scene turning into the feeding frenzy which is often associated with groups of sharks. Alison Kock, from the Save Our Seas Shark Centre, said: “It was extraordinary to see so many sharks and so little aggression.”
FRESHWATER turtles face a really dismal future, according to new analysis. Conservation International (CI) think that 280 species of freshwater turtle around the world face extinction. Numbers are in decline because of the
appeal for turtles in the pet trade. In some countries they are also a delicacy for eating. Turtles don’t reach maturity until they’re 15 to 20 when they will start to reproduce.
Duncan Thomas and Dannee McGuire will join other young people from around the world to help raise awareness about tigers and campaigns to help save them. The summit is being organised by WWF and will tell participants more about the work being done to save tigers and ways that we all can help. The Youth Tiger Summit will take place from 22-24 November. You can help sign a petition to show your support for saving tigers online at www.wwf.org.uk
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SNIPPETS France has now passed all of the legal requirements to put in place a ban on burqas in public places. The ban of the Muslim veils will not apply in mosques.
Football fanatic A man from Detroit delayed his heart surgery so that he could watch his favourite American football team. Major Hester, a 69year-old Michigan State University fan, put off having his pacemaker fitted for a week. Hester says that he has to watch games with the TV on mute because the noise of the crowd gets him too excited.
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A 16-year-old boy has been killed by a train, after he tried to take a short cut home. The boy had been to a party on a Friday night and wanted to get home quickly, but he was truck by a freight train. The driver saw the boy in his headlights but couldn’t stop in time.
A 16-year-old was given a trial with Italian football team AC Milan, after playing in the garden of Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Erik Kristjansson’s dad was working on Ibrahimovic’s house and the AC Milan player had a kickabout with Erik. The star was so impressed, he put Erik on a plane the next day.
Russia’s Health and Social Development Minister, Tatiana Golikova, has said that taxes on cigarettes should be raised to make people quit. In Russia, a pack of cigarettes only costs the same as a loaf of bread. Around 70% of men and 28% of women in Russia smoke.
Peace Prize This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo. He has been campaigning for basic human rights in China, but was sent to jail for 11 years in 2009. The Nobel Committee said that China’s increased power in the world must bring with it “increased responsibility” for human rights.
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An Ohio politician has been criticised after pictures were shown of him wearing a Nazi uniform. Rich Lott was seen dressed as a member of the Waffen SS, one of the most feared units in Hitler’s army. Lott says that he is simply interested in historical reenactment from many wars.
A boat carrying around 70 people has capsized on the Ganges river, killing at least 36. The other passengers swam to shore, but police were still looking for two bodies as First News went to press. Dozens of people have died in similar accidents in recent years, due to overcrowding and unsafe boats.
Heavy rains have caused severe flooding, resulting in more than 60 deaths. At least 2,000 houses have collapsed and 150,000 are flooded. Aid workers say that food stores and crops in the fields have been destroyed. The navy are using boats and helicopters to rescue people and deliver aid.
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A bust of the actor Kevin Bacon made from bacon has been sold for over £2,600 on eBay. The life-size bust was made by a food company that specialises in barmy bacon products, such as bacon lip balm and bacon-flavoured envelopes called Mmmvelopes. All proceeds from the sale went to a kids’ cancer charity.
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A remote town in the north of Queensland has offi cially had a missing ‘r’ put back into its name. A member of Mirriwinni’s ‘restore the r’ committee said that everyone from businesses to pupils have been spelling the town’s name with just one ‘r’ ever since World War II, when one of the letters fell off the sign at the local railway station.
SNIPPETS A report by the World Economic Forum has said that Iceland has the most equality between men and women. Ireland was sixth and the UK came in 15th place.
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KIDS’ WORLD Name: Bui Thi Thu Hang Age: 11 Lives: Yen Bai province, Vietnam CHILDREN’S Disaster Preparedness club leader explains why children’s opinions matter in disaster preparedness and risk reduction. “I remember the flood of 2008 very well. We didn’t have much time to pack when the floods came. We just took as much as we could and evacuated to our neighbour’s house on higher ground. “I remember coming back to the house once the flood waters had retreated. There was mud everywhere and everything was dirty. Our rice paddy was also submerged in sand and mud. “During the evacuation I wasn’t scared at all and wanted to help my parents in any way I could.
“Save the Children started the disaster preparedness club at our school. Through the club, I’ve learned so much about how we can prepare for disasters and to help reduce casualties. I learned how to get people’s attention and how to get a good response from the crowd by asking the right questions to help make our community a safer place.” Save the Children has reached more than 740,000 flood-affected people through emergency medical care and distribution of shelter materials, and other supplies.
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we’ll be back! Tesco for Schools & Clubs always aims to provide a wide range of equipment across the curriculum to schools and clubs from around the UK, and this year’s scheme has been no exception.
Over 40,000 organisations took part in this year’s scheme, from sports clubs to senior schools and aquatics teams to after schools groups. Everyone chipped in and collected vouchers, and encouraged their local community to get involved. Some of you will already have received your fantastic equipment and we hope you’re enjoying it. If you haven’t then don’t worry, it will be with you very shortly. We have over 400,000 pieces of equipment to deliver to everyone who took part, all of which adds up to £8.8 million! It seems that a lot of you are planning on having some fun in the playground with your new equipment. The most popular item this year was the cotton skipping rope, which received more than 7,000 orders. In second place was playground chalk, which notched up over 5,000
orders. We could also soon see a flood of British Olympic javelin throwers, as the fifth most popular playground item on this year’s list was the foam javelin. However, it’s not just the playground equipment that’s getting all our Tesco for Schools & Clubs participants excited. It appears you’re also planning on getting creative with
new technology! The Flip USB digital camera, which allows you to shoot your film and then upload it straight onto your computer via the USB connection, was our most popular piece of technology this year. We’re sure you’re all planning on having fun filming all the great school and clubs events that you have coming up this year. Thank you all again for collecting vouchers and making this year’s Tesco for Schools & Clubs scheme such a great success. We hope you all enjoy the equipment that you got through the scheme and that you find it educational and entertaining throughout the following year. We’ll be back next year with a bigger catalogue of equipment than ever before, so be sure to keep reading First News for announcements on when vouchers will be available in store.
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The census looked at everything in the sea, from large mammals like the Weddell seal to the tiniest microscopic creatures around
Surprises under the sea THE huge Census of Marine Life has come to an end, with more than 6,000 potential new species discovered. The census has been the most important study of the world’s oceans in history. More than 2,700 scientists from over 80 countries were involved, and they spent over 9,000 days at sea on more than 540 separate expeditions. Scientists working on the census racked up
by Ian Eddy a huge number of important discoveries, and increased the number of known marine species to 250,000. They estimate that there are more than a million differentspecies in the oceans.
However, that doesn’t include microscopic creatures, or microbes. The census says that over 18 million different species of microbe have been found, but that there could be up to a billion. Just one litre of seawater contains around 38,000 different types of microbe!
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Science success THE winners of this year’s Nobel Prizes have been announced.
The awards are some of the most respected in the world, and three scientific ones are awarded each year. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to Britain’s Dr Robert G Edwards, for developing human in vitro fertilisation (IVF). This process aids couples that are struggling to have a baby, and has so far helped to bring four million babies into the world. The prize for chemistry went to three researchers for developing a complex process known as palladium-catalysed cross coupling. This lets chemists join lots of carbon atoms together easily, which is important for developing new medicines and electronics. The Nobel Prize in Physics went to two Russian researchers working at the University of Manchester. They carried out ground-breaking experiments with graphene, which is a special form of carbon that is similar to the graphite in a standard pencil. Graphene is a sheet of carbon just one atom thick, and is almost see-through. It is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity, and is 100 times stronger than a similar sized sheet of steel.
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Smaller asteroids can explode in mid-air and cause a lot of destruction. Research has generally only looked at asteroids that are big enough to wipe out much of the Earth, but there are many more smaller asteroids around. There hadn’t really been much research into air bursts until quite recently. The most famous example occurred in Tunguska, Russia, in 1908. Then, an asteroid around 40m across exploded with such force that it knocked over trees across an area of 2,000 square kilometres. Fortunately for us, the chances of this happening are very small. Experts expect one large mid-air explosion every thousand years. Also, the chances of it happening over a populated area are tiny.
Most small asteroids burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere
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RESEARCHERS looking at the dangers of asteroids heading for Earth say that we shouldn’t just focus on large ones.
The SkyLifter is designed to carry weights that are too large for helicopters, but can still reach remote areas
The fl ying hospital A COMPANY in Australia is planning to produce a high-tech balloon that can deliver mini-hospitals to disaster zones. Designers hope that the SkyLifter will be able to carry up to 150 tonnes, and deliver loads that helicopters cannot. As well as being able to deliver water and food aid, the SkyLifter could drop temporary shelters or hospitals into regions that are hard to get to or have been cut off by a natural disaster. It is also hoped that it could airlift up to
1,200 people at a time. The company behind the invention also hope to develop it as a flying hotel, or to drop temporary buildings onto remote holiday destinations, such as jungles or mountains. The Trekker version of the design is intended to allow 80 people to spend over ten days on board without landing.
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Olympic visit THREE schools from across the UK won the exclusive opportunity to visit the London 2012 Olympic Park after submitting photographs demonstrating their involvement in International Inspiration, London 2012’s international legacy programme. Amber, Sir Frederic Osborn School, Welwyn Garden City
The winning schools, Vandyke Upper School in Leighton Buzzard, Burleigh Community College in Loughborough and Sir Frederic Osborn School in Welwyn Garden City, sent in the best examples of how schools are bringing International Inspiration to life and included photos of school exchange visits, participating in sport and play, welcoming delegations from partner countries and project specific work. In the UK, 164 schools
have been linked with partner schools in 12 International Inspiration countries, enabling the programme to reach more than 100,000 UK pupils. Through these partnerships, children are taking part in life-changing exchanges, helping them to gain a new and deeper understanding of each other’s cultures. While on the visit, pupils got the opportunity to see first-hand the work that is progressing on London’s Olympic Park,
where the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be hosted in 2012. As part of the Park tour they saw the major venues being constructed including the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Velodrome and Handball Arena, and learn about the environmental and community programmes running on the Olympic Park. Amber, a pupil at Sir Frederic Osborn
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School, said: “London 2012 is really exciting. We are planning an exchange visit with our partner school in South Africa next year and will be seeing what different sports they do. Being part of the leaders programme has increased my confidence and shown me how we can work together as a group, not just as individuals.”
Your school in First News We want to hear what your school is up to
ON Thursday 16 September Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the UK for the first ever state visit by a Pope.
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Phoebe Fardell and Annabel Hockley, Newhall School, Essex
Our school was lucky enough to receive tickets for the Prayer Vigil at Hyde Park, London. We arrived at Hyde Park, proudly holding our banner, and the atmosphere was amazing already. As the park began to fill up we realised the sheer number of people attending. It was at this point it began to sink in that we were extremely lucky to be at the momentous occasion. After being kitted out in full Pope gear (Popetastic T-shirts and flags!)we set up camp and as his arrival drew near, the sense of warmth and community grew. The Hallelujah Chorus sung by the specially chosen choir on the Pope’s arrival created the most fabulous atmosphere. The Pope greeted the enormous crowd, old and young, and the vigil began. The whole crowd fell to their knees and were silent. The business and bustling disappeared for now. We prayed together in a community of 80,000 people and this amazing day will stay with us for the rest of our lives.
Send your report (including pictures) to the address on page 14 or email newsdesk@firstnews.co.uk. If we print your story we’ll send you a copy of the paper and an exclusive First News certificate to be presented to you in assembly! Don’t forget to include your name, age, and your school’s name and address. (Please note: by writing to First News you give consent to First News printing details and photographs of those involved in the report.)
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The prize : Two lucky First News readers will see their design printed on Fairtrade cotton T-shirts and sold on the Marks & Spencer website. Plus the two winning designers will each get a Nintendo DSi X. Schools can also enter with a prize of £1,000 to spend on art and design up for grabs. What to do: Download the T-shirt template from www.firstnews.co.uk/competitions to create a design for a boys’ or girls’ T-shirt. The design should be inspired by the Fairtrade cotton producing countries and the positive effects that Fairtrade can have. The Fairtrade Mark cannot be re-produced or incorporated in the design in any way. You can use coloured pencils, pens or paint. Just remember your design needs to be suitable to be printed on a T-shirt.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS with Serena Lacey
Big sister story SELENA Gomez plays the studious Beezus in Ramona and Beezus, the touching tale of two very diff erent sisters. It’s her first big screen movie and she tells Adam Tanswell all about it… What can you tell us about your new movie? Ramona And Beezus is a sweet movie based on a series of children’s books by Beverly Claire. It’s a lovely story about family and sisterhood – and it’s great because everybody can relate to it. Tell us about your character… I play a character called Beezus in the movie. Beezus is very studious and she tries to impress her family with straight As all the time. Her little sister, Ramona, is failing in school and she has a wild imagination. Ramona dresses herself and cuts her own hair. She does all these quirky things, so the movie is about their fun relationship. What do you think of your character? Beezus is an interesting character because I can really relate to her. She’s growing up and she’s trying to figure out who she is. She’s dealing with crushes and she doesn’t always feel comfortable in her skin. As a teenager, I can really relate to everything she’s going through. Growing up, I was very much like Ramona. The world was my stage and I was very dramatic, which is exactly how she is in the movie. I lived in my own little world back then, which was a lot of fun. Why did you sign up for the movie? It’s my first feature film, so it’s very special to me. I wanted to make a fun film that families would go and see together. I wanted the audience to laugh and have a
good time while they watch it – and I also wanted to make sure that it was a challenge for me. Ramona And Beezus is all of the above. What was your favourite scene to film? My favourite scene is a bedroom scene where Beezus asks her sister to sleep next to her because she doesn’t want to be alone. It’s a really sweet moment between two sisters because they really connect. Usually, they pick on each other and they pester each other, but that stops in this scene and you get to see a really nice side to them. There’s a scene where Beezus drinks lemonade with a bug in the glass. Did you really have to eat an insect? Thankfully, I didn’t have to eat the bug. Bugs are gross! Do you want to know a secret? They put a raisin in the glass and pretended it was a fly. I didn’t mind eating the raisin, but they had a lot of trouble finding one that would actually float in the drink. That day took forever because they ended up injecting air into the raisin so that it would float like a bug – but it took a while before it actually worked. Ramona and Beezus are pretty naughty. What’s the naughtiest thing you’ve ever done? My grandparents built a brand-new brick fireplace and it was beautiful – but I decided to write all over it with a permanent marker. I thought the fireplace looked like a chalkboard, so I wrote on it with a white Sharpie. That’s probably the worst thing I ever did at home. I’m pretty boring usually!
Ramona and Beezus is in cinemas from 22 October, check out the trailer online at www.firstnews.co.uk
X Factor exit!
NICOLO was down in the dumps this week after being the first finalist to be booted off X Factor.
“Standing on the stage was so mortifying,” he said. “I’ve never felt so humiliated in my entire life. I haven’t watched the performance back and I will never do it. “It was a terrible song choice but I agreed to it because I never believed I would be voted off in the first week.” But Nicolo, who was in Dannii Minogue’s group, said the experience had still been a good one because of the people he had met. Who will be shown the X Factor exit this week?
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d e t n a W e Th THE boys from The Wanted are having an amazing time – two songs on the radio, a new album, a tour to plan and very excited fans following them around! We sat down with them to find out more… It’s been a crazy few months for you – how have you been finding it? Max: It’s been amazing, it’s been such good fun. We’ve been up and down the country, we’ve done some amazing gigs, like Help for Heroes, which was a different class. Oh and we got to do the Lottery as well, which was so cool. Jay: We’re so grateful for the last few months and we’re all working our butts off. There are still some really surreal moments, like today I saw a picture on twitter of this girl with a wall covered in pictures of us and I was stunned. I couldn’t believe that had happened. Siva: It’s all really exciting, it’s been so busy, we’ve been all over the place. So much has happened in three months. Sometimes it feels like you’ve stepped out of your own body and you can see all these fans screaming for us and it’s surreal. My brother and family are still like, why are these girls screaming at you. Have you had any scary fan moments? Jay: We had one moment at Radio 1, there were that many people waiting for us that the ones at the front were getting crushed. We were trying to get people to move back and putting our hands out to say move back, but they were just grabbing our hands! There were little kids at the front, which was scary as people could have actually got hurt because of us. Luckily no-one did. Are you used to the attention now? Jay: It’s sometimes really weird because these girls know everything about us. Siva: Some days it’s cool and other days it’s surreal. Like I wonder why someone would paint their face blue and jump out at me screaming? It’s crazy. We got recognised in Singapore, which was strange. Our fans are crazy and so loyal. We have two stars named after us now, they’re called The Wanted and we have the co-ordinates so we can look at the
stars. It’s really cool! You have two songs on the radio at the moment, is that strange? Max: It’s a pretty cool thing. When we’re in the car we’ll hear All Time Low, and we can’t believe it’s still being played. Then Heart Vacancy, our new single, will come on. We can’t believe how much we hear ourselves. It’s hard to get our heads around it. We’re not getting bored of it yet, though! It was on X Factor too, what was that about? Jay: It’s well cool. We were in Corrie once, I think. We get texts from people all the time saying they’d heard All Time Low in the background of a TV show.
As you say, Heart Vacancy is the new single. It’s a bit different from All Time Low… Max: Yes, we wanted to slow it down a little bit and just show that we can do a slower, hit your heart song. We filmed the video in Croatia. It was lovely and really hot. Jay: It’s about a girl who has been hurt before by all the guys in her past, and it’s about telling her that you’re not going to be one who hurts her and to trust you. You’ve been jet setting. What were you up to in LA? Max: We went over and did some gigs and, when we were in New York, we got signed to Def Jam records, which is a pretty big deal for us. Hopefully we’ll try to release a single over there in January. It’s all going really well. It’s all happened so quickly. Three months ago, no-one had a clue who we were and now we’re about to release a second single, on the back of a number one and an album.
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Johnny Depp has proved what a lovely star he is by turning up at a London school dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. He took time out of filming the next Pirates of the Caribbean film to surprise the school after one of its pupils wrote to him.
Twilight Cast members of the Twilight Saga have spoken about their excitement for Breaking Dawn. The final book in the series will be split into two films, and cast members have just seen the script. Nikki Reed, who plays Rosalie Cullen, says: “It looks really fantastic. I didn’t know how it was going to happen, how much they’d separate from the book, but it’s all there, it’s great.”
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THE BIG INTERVIEW
The Piers Morgan interview…
I want a stuffed minion TV star Miranda Cosgrove takes to the big screen this month in her first animated role. She plays Margo, the oldest of three orphaned girls who get taken in by an evil man called Gru who is determined to steal the moon! We caught up with her to talk roller coasters and going to work in your pyjamas.
Were you excited to be a part of Despicable Me? I was so excited because the cast is amazing, with great comedians like Steve Carell, Julie Andrews and Jason Segel. When I read the script I remember thinking this would be a movie I would be proud of doing and that I couldn’t wait to see it with my friends. What kind of a girl is your character Margo? My character is the oldest of the three girls Gru adopts. She is very protective of her sisters and has a good heart, even though she can be a little bratty and mean at times; especially with Gru. But his house looks like a haunted mansion!
know him better. It’s pretty sweet. They even convince him to take them to an amusement park and ride a roller coaster! It’s one of my favourite moments in the movie, especially when Gru ends up winning a prize for them. I think that’s when the girls realise he is not that bad and that in fact he is pretty awesome. And I have to admit that I love roller coasters too.
for me. It’s great because you get to go over the top, be really crazy and bring a lot of life to the character. And, after reading my lines, the directors would encourage me to improvise, which was really fun. Then I found out that they filmed you while you were working, to use your expressions and hand movements, which I thought was cool. So, I stopped going to the studio in my pyjamas and started to dress up!
How was it working with Dana Gaier and Elsie Fisher who play your little sisters? I loved working with them because they are so cute and talented. For instance, Elsie sings this song about a unicorn in the movie, and she made it up on the spot! And Dana has the coolest voice that totally comes to life on screen. The girls’ lives shift when Gru adopts them, even though I’m sure he’s not what they expected… I really like the scene when the girls first meet him because, right before that moment, they are all excited and imagining this amazing family, with an adorable mom and a great dad, and then Gru shows up… But, even though they are a little scared of him at first, I still think they would rather go with Gru than stay at the orphanage. I love how they soften him up and slowly get to
Did you change your voice for the character? I just tried to make it sound a little bit younger. It’s interesting how, in the end, my character ended up looking a little bit like me. Had you worked in animation before? This is my first animated movie and a completely new and different experience
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COSGROVE What did you think of the movie when you finally saw it? It was really great and so crazy to finally get to see it all put together. Did you like the voice Steve Carell came up with for Gru? Oh yes, it’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard! I had to copy it in a scene where my character imitates him, and I think it took me about 20 or 30 takes until I got it right. And it was very funny because everyone was doing the Gru voice to try to help me, but each version was completely different. What did you think of the minions? I think they are adorable! And I love how they all have different personalities and the way that, even though you don’t understand their language, you kind of get what they are saying. It’s funny how Gru tries to impress them and look cool, as if they were his posse. I want a stuffed animal of a minion; I think it would look so cute on my bed.
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What lesson did you learn from making Despicable Me? That you can’t judge people when you just meet them, the same way you can’t judge a book by its cover. In the end I think you like everyone in this movie.
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White House goes Bees are back green THANKS to farmers, more bumblebees are being spotted in England.
PRESIDENT Barack Obama is aiming to be the greenest world leader by making his home, the White House, eco-friendly. But he’s not the first American leader to use renewable energy at the presidential palace. In 1979 President Jimmy Carter installed a solar hot water heating system on the roof of the West Wing of the White House. He wanted to show the country that it needed to be less dependent upon oil to make energy and heat homes. However, the panels were removed in 1986 when Ronald Reagan was president. But as Mr Obama understands, and Jimmy Carter before him, the world’s oil resources will not last forever and alternative sources of energy Solar panels on need to be found. the roof of a house Solar power uses the sun’s heat and light and is called renewable energy because it doesn’t run out. Other renewable energy sources are wind and hydro, tidal and wave which all use water to make power.
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Bill McKibben, who has campaigned for Mr Obama to put solar panels back on the White House, said: “Solar panels on one house, even this house, won’t save the climate, of course. But they’re a powerful symbol to the whole nation about where the future lies. ” Campaigners, like Bill, hope the American parliament will pass new laws to reduce the amount of CO2 the country emits every year. Juliet Davenport from 100% renewable energy company Good Energy in the UK is pleased Mr Obama has taken these steps and says: “It’s great to hear that one of the most powerful individuals in the world is signalling his support for generating your own electricity. It’s a powerful message and, hopefully, one that people will heed. Let’s hope David Cameron follows Obama’s lead and puts solar panels on 10 Downing Street.”
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first time in 25 years. The other four species are the large garden/ruderal bumblebee, the red shanked carder bee, the moss carder bee and the brown banded carder bee. The bees are starting to thrive again because of work by local farmers as part of a project run by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Hymettus, Natural England and RSPB. Around their fields farmers have left margins – a strip of land The shrill carder bumblebee unfarmed – which are covered in pollen and nectar-rich flowers. They have also created areas where bees would want to buzz around between nature reserves and farmland which means the bees have more space to spread out. Larry Cooke from Moneypenny farm in East Sussex, says: “Under my farm’s agri-environment schemes I have recreated habitat for bumblebees including pollen and nectar strips and red cover hay meadows. Bumblebees are vital FIND OUT to the pollination of many of our how you can help bees at www.FirstNews.co.uk/discover agricultural crops and for long term farming sustainability.”
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Bees play a vital part in food producton by pollinating crops and their declining number over the past few years has worried experts. But now there is good news. England’s rarest bumblebee and four other threatened species are spreading across Kent and East Sussex in the south of England. The shrill carder bee, the rarest bumblebee, has been seen in some areas for the
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THREE flights have been diverted from a Chinese airport to stop them crashing into a “UFO”.
A HEAD teacher from a school in Kent has shocked pupils and parents by eating a tarantula during assembly!
Aydin Onac ate the baked furry arachnid to raise money for a new sports centre for his school, St Olave’s Grammar School. The spider was imported from Cambodia, where they are considered to be a food delicacy.
by Serena Lacey Mr Onac said: “It wasn’t until I opened the container and saw how big it was that I started to feel very nervous. “It tasted quite salty, and a little bit like
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burnt chicken. It felt very crunchy and very dry in the mouth.” Some parents were not very happy with the method of fundraising. What do you think? Would you eat a tarantula? Vote online at www.firstnews.co.uk/polls
Baotou airport diverted the flights to nearby cities to guarantee safety and allow the UFO to disappear. The closure was made after witnesses claim to have seen a bright light shining in the sky a few miles away from the airport. It is the eighth reported UFO sighting in China since June!
Purple potatoes! PURPLE coloured potatoes are hitting supermarket shelves this October, just in time for Hallowe’en. The brightly coloured veg can be mashed, baked or turned into chips, just like regular potatoes. Purple majesty potatoes are on sale now and the producers claim they offer lots of health benefits and have nine times more antioxidants than white potatoes. They look pretty cool too. Purple fries for us please!
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With Snazaroo’s nazaroo’s Hallowe’en Kit and professional Special FX Kit you can transform you and your friends into spellbinding witches or blood-curdling monsters in minutes. With face paints, gel blood, sculpting wax and step-by-step guides you’ll have everything you need for a spooktacular Hallowe’en! Worth nearly £50, each fantastic prize contains a Snazaroo Hallowe’en Kit, a Special FX Kit, a Party Pack Face Kit, a Wicked Witch Kit, a Deadly Dracula Kit a Little Devil Kit and a Ghastly Skull and Ghost Kit. To be in with a chance of winning one of these great packs, just answer this question.
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secret jewellery sofa for girls to store all of their MyStyle creations in. We’ve teamed up with Revell to offer six lucky readers the chance to win a Pink Ballerina Secret Sofa, a Purple Princess Set et and a Blue Scarlett Pocket Style.
After the runaway success of the first Just Dance game, Just Dance 2 offers a whole new playlist of more than 40 tracks to shake your funky stuff to, ranging from classic hits to today’s chart toppers. It also features new modes including: Dual mode, Just Sweat for those who want to dance themselves into shape, and Team Battle mode which enables eight people to play at once. So now there’s no excuse not to invite your family and friends round for a good old dance showdown. We have a Nintendo Wii and copy of the game for one lucky winner plus four copies of Just Dance 2 for the runners-up.
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ASK ESTHER
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I’M Esther Rantzen, President of ChildLine, which helps 2,500 children every week. If there’s something worrying you, please write to me at the address below.
School bus.... I NOW have to get the school bus to and from school each day. I hate it. All the older kids on the bus are screaming and shouting at each other and it makes me really nervous. I am starting to dread school. Joe 11
It sounds like you are quite upset about your journey to school every day. It doesn’t sound like the best of starts to your day. I am wondering if there is any other way of you getting to school, for example, is your school too far away to walk or perhaps you could travel there with someone
else. I am also wondering if anyone in your family could help out. If you want to talk to us more about this we can perhaps help you come up with a solution to your situation. Please call us on 0800 1111 or contact us online at www.childline.org
Stepmum fears.... MY dad is getting remarried to someone I really don’t like. She never leaves my dad alone and is always holding his hand. I have tried asking him if we can do things, just the two of us sometimes, but he says it’s not nice to leave her out and that I should make an eff ort to be friends. I don’t want to be her friend, though. Rebecca 9 It sounds like you are finding it quite diffi cult to accept that your dad will remarry. I am wondering what happened to your mum. It also sounds like you are feeling left out by their relationship. I wonder what you think of writing your dad a letter to tell
him what you are feeling – it sounds like this is not very easy for you to deal with. I wonder if you feel like talking to us about this – if you want you can call us 0800 1111 or contact us online at www.childline.org. Take care of yourself.
Boyfriend or friends? MY friends are teasing me all the time as I am the only one of us who has a boyfriend. I don’t want to dump him as I really like him, but I want the teasing to stop. Lucy 11 It sounds like you are trying to keep everyone happy – perhaps your friends are jealous of you! It sounds like you need to do
It’s kick-off time, as we test the two biggest footie games around
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THE FIFA games have recently started beating PES in reviews. So what have they got this year to keep themselves top of the table? The main feature that EA are boasting about for FIFA 11 is called Personality+. This gives each player a huge range of skills and abilities, meaning that someone like Iniesta will be able to use tight turns and close control to beat opponents, but he’ll come off worst if he tries to barge into someone the size of John Terry.
The other big change is a new passing option. Using it lets you have more control over the strength and direction of passes, meaning that you can’t just ping ridiculous amounts of one-two passes around easily any more. As we mentioned earlier this year, the new Be A Goalkeeper mode allows you to play as the keeper for the first time ever.
what feels right for you. Perhaps if you show that the teasing doesn’t affect you, then it might stop!
PEER PRESSURE PEER pressure at school is nearly always a bad thing. It often involves pressure to try alcohol, pressure to try a cigarette, or sometimes even pressure to be mean to the same kid in school that the bullies pick on. It’s sad to say, but nearly everyone will suffer from some kind of peer pressure. The key is how to respond to this pressure. Here’s a situation that you may have faced in the past. You’re in the park chatting with your friends and listening to music, or playing a bit of football, when all of a sudden one of your friends gets a cigarette and starts passing it round to all your friends at the park. Your friend asks you to try the cigarette in front of everyone. Unless you are above the
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age of 16, it is illegal to smoke a cigarette. It can be so nerve-racking, but try saying to your friends that you don’t want to smoke. Tell them that you don’t need to smoke to look cool, and that you just want to get back to having fun. Hopefully they will respect your decision. You may find that some of your other friends didn’t want to try the cigarette and are secretly glad that you said something. Sadly, some of you will face more and more pressure to do things that you don’t really want to. If you’re scared to speak out against your friends, try talking to a parent. If that’s too diffi cult, you can always callChildLine on 0800 1111.
WRITE TO ME: Ask Esther, First News, Shand House, 14-20 Shand St, London SE1 2ES. EMAIL ME: newsdesk@firstnews.co.uk and put ‘Ask Esther’ in the subject box. I’m sorry I can’t reply to every letter. If you have a problem you want to talk about please call ChildLine on 0800 1111. If you are worried by anything you read in First News, please visit www.childline.org.uk/Helpandadvice.asp
It’s a cool addition and great fun when attackers are hammering your goal, but when the ball’s down the other end the fun wears off. It’s a nice touch though, and helps us give FIFA 11 10/10.
So, with the big-name signing of Lionel Messi on the cover, can PES steal the title back from its big rival?
This season, PES 2011 has taken on board a load of the improvements that EA brought to football videogames. So now PES also has 360° dribbling, as well as its own improved passing system that allows you more control over power and direction.
A big improvement has been made by over 1,000 new player animations, which bring the graphics up to scratch. Along with all the usual tricks and feints, there is now the ability to link a few together and control your combinations with one move of the stick. It’s a nice touch, especially if
you’re not a pro and struggle to pull off some of the complicated tricks. This new PES is a big improvement on previous versions, so we give it 9/10. Some of the new player animations are great, and if you’ve ignored PES for a couple of years you’ll probably get a nice surprise if you try it again. However, FIFA’s more responsive players help it to just sneak the title.
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Play the Shape Singing star... Game launch... MY name is Lucy Sofroniou and I’m 13 years of age. I love performing and thought I’d share my experiences with all First News readers!
WE were lucky enough to go to London for the launch of Play the Shape Game, a book by the Children’s Laureate, Anthony Browne. by Kate Gregson and James Gander The book is based on a game Anthony Browne and his brother played when they were children. The idea is somebody draws a shape and the other person has to change it into something recognisable. Some 45 celebrities took the shape that Anthony drew and turned it into something else, ranging from numerous hats to pigs, and even a cat. Shirley Hughes told us she still writes her stories by hand as she has never learned how to use a computer. She said that, by hand, the whole process takes nine months including drawing all the illustrations. She also said that Alfie, one of her most famous characters, is 30 years old this year. Then we had the opportunity to actually play the shape game with the authors and illustrators, which was great fun! We would recommend this book to anybody who owns a pencil because all the celebrities who have contributed have drawn shapes for you to play a shape game of your own. Anthony is delighted that 90% of the proceeds from the book are going to the Rainbow Trust, a charity that supports families with children suffering from life threatening or terminal illnesses.
by Lucy Sofroniou
I have always enjoyed singing from a young age and hope to pursue a career in the performing arts. I won a Search for Stars contest on ITV’s London Tonight and, as a result, a video of me singing featured on the show! After this, I had more confidence to carry on singing. I am now attending Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts for their Musical Theatre course. I’m currently a Young People’s columnist for a local newspaper where I write about subjects that will interest children and keep them involved in their local community. I will also be entering the Brit Class Act competition and the idea of winning a Brit Prize, or just being at the Brits, next year is amazing! Growing up, I’ve always watched the Brits and to have the chance to perform or be there would be a dream come true! I am so glad that the Brit Class Act was created to give young people like me, and so many others, such an excellent opportunity. In August, I appeared in the Hornsey and Crouch End Journal after becoming a finalist in a national talent search (My Best Friend’s Got Talent). Judges included Britain’s Got Talent duo Twist and Pulse. My dream is to be a professional performer and I hope that with my determination and passion for music, I will get to where I want to be.
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CAN you spot the five changes to this picture from Disney’s Sonny with a Chance? Send in your answers and one lucky winner could win their very own Smartbox experience. Smartbox, the experience-based gifting company, is giving one lucky reader an opportunity to win an amazing Kid’s Adventure Smartbox. You could take a helicopter ride or become a spy for the day at Spy School. www.smartbox.com/uk.
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Be a My Way! star... FIRST NEWS has been running a campaign since January called My Way! It’s about getting people to understand that everybody learns in their own way. For some people school is easy but, for others, it might be harder. The important thing we want everybody to understand is that the way you learn has nothing to do with how smart you are. Around six children in each class have learning challenges which means that their brains work in a different way. But that doesn’t mean that they won’t be fantastically successful in whatever they choose to do. We would like YOU to star in this column. Write around 150 to 200 words about your learning challenge and how you’re succeeding inspite of it and send us a photo too. HOW you learn is just as important as WHAT you learn and we want to hear from you. Send your reports to newsdesk@firstnews.co.uk putting My Way! in the subject box. And THANK YOU!
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FLOSSIE CRUMS AND THE ENCHANTED COOKIE TREE HELEN NATHAN reviewed by Chloe Robson
FAIRIES that live in the garden and cookies are a brilliant combination and this book has both. It’s a lovely story which also sends you on a baking adventure giving you a great recipe to make amazing tasting cookies. In the book you get a unicorn, dress and pram cookie cutter to help you shape your cookies but you could have fun making any shapes and they will still taste great. This book is a yummy treat to enjoy and share with your whole family. I give this book 8 out of 10.
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DOCTOR BONKERS JEREMY STRONG reviewed by Daniel Pate
ROSIE and her brothers use her cosmic pyjamas to travel to a different planet and they meet a mad scientist who always gets his words mixed up. Doctor Starkly-Bonkers has invented a machine called the Doombuster, which can destroy planets… Rosie and her brother have to stop him! I liked this story because there were all these people from different periods of history and they all went to war with each other. There were dinosaurs, Egyptians, Romans and Vikings and also people from the present day.
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If you divide a country’s population by the number of medals they have won, the Isle of Man would be in second place in the table! They have won two medals so far, but that is one medal for every 40,000 people on the island.
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The Fiat Yamaha rider only finished third in the Malaysian Grand Prix, but it was enough to give him the title, even though there are still three races of the season left to go. “This is really the maximum a motorcycle rider can achieve in his career,” he said, “so we have to celebrate and enjoy these hours, minutes and seconds like it’s the end of the world. I am trying to be relaxed, to speak clearly and not say anything crazy!”
AS First News went to press, 16-year-old Tom Daley and his diving partner Max Brick had won gold – and Australia were on course to finish way ahead at the top of the Commonwealth Games medal table. although she said she was disappointed to only win silver in the individual pursuit. England won a lot of medals in the pool. Rebecca Adlington, Liam Tancock and James Goddard all won two titles each. After a lot of bad publicity to start with, the Games’ organisers could have done without sprinter Oludamola Osayomi failing her drugs test.
is the number of Test runs that India’s Sachin Tendulkar (below right) reached this week. Playing in his 171st Test, he needed 27 runs to be the first batsman to reach 14,000, but scored a massive 214 in the first innings!
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The Nigerian had won the 100m final after Australia’s Sally Pearson was controversially disqualified for a false start. If the test is proven, another drugs scandal will really hurt athletics.
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individually, even the Isle of Man. Dai Greene won Wales’ first gold medal when he finished first in the 400m hurdles. At the time of writing, Scotland had won six gold medals, including victory in the 400m individual medley for swimmer Hannah Miley. Northern Ireland’s best performance so far has come from cyclist Wendy Houvenaghel,
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is the number of opponents’ legs that Man City and Netherlands midfielder Nigel de Jong (left) has broken this year. Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk dropped him from the national squad this week. Do you think he’s a dirty player, or hard but fair? Let us know what you think by taking part in the poll at www.firstnews.co.uk. Getty
Daley rang his dad within a minute of his last dive in the 10m synchro event, as his father is at home recovering from cancer treatment. With just three days of competition left, Australia had won 61 gold medals. India were in second place with 29 golds, and England were next with 26. In the Commonwealth Games, the UK countries compete
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England’s Terence Bosson (in red) struggles against India’s Ravinder Singh during the 60kg wrestling final at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Bosson lost and had to settle for a silver medal.
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