03/04/2014 Newsround


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Hi, I'm Ricky, with your morning Newsround. Coming up: I'm here in

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Portsmouth to find out more about the role of the Royal Navy in World

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War I. Jose Mourinho had this to say about

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last night's Chelsea performance: it was a joke.

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But first to those high levels of air pollution we told you about

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yesterday. The government has issued another warning this morning after

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some parts of England reached the highest levels on the government's

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air quality scale. Forecasters say parts of northwest England, the

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Midlands, north Wales and southwest Scotland will also be hit today.

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There's more info about where the pollution is coming from over on the

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Newsround website. Today sees two brand new major

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exhibits open at the Royal Navy's National Museum in Portsmouth. They

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include the huge gun that fired the first British shot of World War I,

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on the 5th of August, 1914. In the Great War over 43,000 from the Royal

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Navy died at sea. Ayshah's at the museum for us this morning.

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I am here standing in front of the gun you were talking about. It is

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absolutely huge. It took six people to fire that gun at sea. Joining me

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is that you rate of the museum. Matthew, can you tell us a little

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bit about what life was like on board at that time?

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I think it was pretty tough. View were working that gun, you were on

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deck, you had the sea breaking on you, you had people firing at you,

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but you also lived in a very small space. You could your hammock next

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40 other men in very small space. Was tough.

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What were some of the personal stories of some of the men on

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board? We have the story of the 14-year-old

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who served at sea, there was a Royal Marine who when he joined up was

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just four feet. About the same height as me! Why is

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it so important to learn about World War I and the impact it had? It's

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important because it involved millions of people and hundreds of

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thousands of people died. It is interesting to look back from

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where we are today and think about how different our lives are today.

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Thank you, Matthew. You can find out more about the role of the Navy in

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World War I on the newsround website.

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This morning you've been telling us that you think politicians should be

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better role models for kids. It comes after the Prime Minister David

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Cameron and the Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband traded

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insults in Parliament during Prime minister's questions. First, Ed

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Miliband called David Cameron a dunce - which means stupid. Then,

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the Prime Minister called the leader of the Labour party a muppet.

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So this has really got you guys talking this morning, Clair thinks

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both parties need to come to agreements quicker and with no

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screaming and shouting. And Stella says it's poor behaviour.

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Next, an exciting discovery in Saudi Arabia suggests that the scorching

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hot deserts there used to be covered in lush grassy land, where large

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animals roamed. A team of scientists have dug up a huge tusk that's

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300,000 years old. Here's the BBC's Frank Gardner to explain more.

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When you think of the Arabian Desert you think of the sun, sheet, wind,

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and nothing but dust. It didn't used to be like that. A team from Oxford

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together with Saudi Arabian scientists have been digging under

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the sand and found a massive elephant task from over 300,000

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years ago, and it is beside and right ugly. They reckon at that time

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much of Arabia was covered in lush grass and almost jungle. And there

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were probably herds of wild animals roaming around their long before it

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turned into a desert. This is changing the way everyone thinks

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about climate change. It wasn't always desert, used to be something

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different, and early man had stone tools because they were living

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alongside these animals. Chelsea have their work cut out if

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they want to remain in the Champions League after losing 3-1 in the first

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leg of their quarter final against Paris St Germain. The French side

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went 1-nil up after just four minutes, and this goal in injury

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time by Javier Pastore secured their victory. Eden Hazard did score a

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precious away goal for Chelsea but the Blues will have a mountain to

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climb in next Tuesday's return leg. That's all from me, Newsround's back

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this afternoon. There's more information on the website,

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including the dad who gave his son's home videos some very special

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