08/01/2016 Newsround


08/01/2016

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It's Friday - and here's what's going on in the world today...

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Keep watching Newsround for all of this.

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We meet the insects getting some tiny glasses.

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And from tiny glasses to a tiny Rhino.

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First up, there has been more flooding in Scotland.

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The river Don in Aberdeenshire burst it's banks over night and many

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people have had to be evacuated to safe places.

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The surrounding areas have also been affected and there are still two

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Rescue efforts have not been helped by really low temperatures and snow.

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Next, Tim Peake, the first British astronaut to live on board

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the International Space Station, is enjoying life in orbit.

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Today he'll take time out of his busy schedule to speak

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to kids at a school in St Albans about his time in space so far.

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Good morning. High, Martin. We are nervous here because in one hour,

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these guys will make one of the biggest phone calls of their life.

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They will contact astronaut Tim Peake in space at the International

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Space Station. It is not just a matter of calling a mobile, it is

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trickier than that. Tim Peake is travelling 250 miles above the

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Earth. He will only pass this spot for approximately ten minutes, so it

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is a tough feat. But Jay has been doing loads of training. I sent an

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e-mail to my head teacher and got the position and took an exam so I

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could operate radio equipment. You have a space contacting licence now.

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We only had a few days to do it. It is really compensated. It is all

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about the ionosphere and thinks. Fingers crossed. Comeback at 815 and

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we will hear from Tim Peake and these guys about what questions they

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will ask him. We cannot wait. Thank you.

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Lots of you this week would have taken down your Christmas tree

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but if you have a real tree, what should you do with it?

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We've been looking into ways to recycle our trees.

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There's nothing quite like the magic of a Christmas tree but come

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the start of January, a good way to put your tree to use

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in Greater Manchester to see what happens next.

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These trees have been taken from peoples houses and over

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there is household waste - but because of that it really

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But the good thing is these trees will be broken down in these big

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machines next to me and eventually made into compost.

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As well as compost, trees can be made into wood chippings that can be

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it could even be replanted in your back garden.

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The Carbon Trust, who are an environmental organisation,

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say that all these options are better than trees ending up

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in our non-recyclable waste, where they would decompose.

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We're interested to see which kind of trees are better for the

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environment. If real trees are better, artificial trees are made of

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plastic, which is a carbon intensive process and they are often made far

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away in places like China and have to be shipped over a year. More

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people are cycling Christmas trees because they are more aware of the

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fact it is a good thing to do. Local Government are providing much better

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facilities, like this one. You can turn your Christmas tree into

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something new. This is what the trees I have seen today will end up

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as. Bags of compost that can be used in gardens and parks. They may even

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be used to grow more Christmas trees.

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Praying mantises have been treated to a trip to an insect cinema

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by scientists hoping to develop better robots.

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The team from Newcastle University fitted the mantises with tiny 3D

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The creatures were shown images of bugs, but they only pounced

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Harmless beeswax was used to attach the miniature specs

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The research could be used in developing robots that are better

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Finally, take a look at this seriously cute calf!

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The little creature's a one-horned rhinoceros,

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a rare species because of poaching and habitat loss.

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The tiny rhino was born in December at a zoo in Belgium.

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It'll be staying indoors until weather gets a bit warmer.

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Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.

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