08/12/2015 Newsround


08/12/2015

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Afternoon, I'm Ayshah, with Newsround this Tuesday.

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First, to the thousands of children affected by the floods in Cumbria.

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Hundreds are still off school after their classrooms and homes

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And many kids in Lancashire don't have any electricity,

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But the power's been put back on in around 10,000 houses.

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Dozens of children who've been affected by the flooding in the

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North West of England had to leave all their clothes and toys behind at

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home and move to temporary shelters until the water disappears.

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Other families have been clearing out their damaged homes, throwing

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away carpets and sofas that have been ruined by the smelly water.

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These kids have been getting food, clothes and towels

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from volunteers at a special community centre in Cumbria.

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What went over the radiators, it has been making the captures float. And

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we have had all of the table floating and it is all around, just

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devastating. It is just really satisfying that

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people are actually helping. And the community, it is just really great.

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I have been trying to help my brother because he has been flooded

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out. And he had to get relief so we were able to help him.

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It's not just people who've had to be rescued.

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This dog was carried to safety from deep flood water in Corbridge,

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And this donkey was lucky to be rescued from thick mud in Kerry,

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Volunteers used a small boat and a life belt to drag him to safety.

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Go to the website to tell us if your home or your school's been

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11-year-old Angus has already been in touch to say everything's been

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shut down where he lives in Kendal, in Cumbria.

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He says they're slowly draining the water out of the houses.

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Let us know if you've had to move out or stay with friends or family

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Next, what's on your Christmas list this year?

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Well, one boy wanted a lizard and, as Martin found out,

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he got more than he bargained for in his broccoli.

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Animal lover Charlie isn't short of pets.

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Max the dog, Snowy the rabbit, turtles Dippy and Dipper, Dougie

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But last year, all Charlie really wanted for Christmas was a lizard.

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I said - no chance, we have that many animals in this

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I got the veg out and I thought I would do it on Christmas Eve,

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chopping my veg up at the sink and as I was chopping it up

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and putting it into the saucepan, there was a lizard.

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My husband was sat there, so I shouted "Greg, there's

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His name is Brock because my mum found him in broccoli.

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She ran into the kitchen with a sandwich box,

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so when I went to see what it was, to my surprise, it was a gecko.

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The RSPCA had said they couldn't pick it up on Christmas Day,

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but when I heard them say they couldn't pick it up, I thought they

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They said that if we got the right stuff and the right crickets,

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Geckos are not found in cold climates like here in the UK.

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As reptiles, they can't produce their own body

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heat, so they prefer to live in warm countries like Spain for example.

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It's very important to do the research when it comes to reptiles.

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You've got to think of the type of climate they come from.

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You've also got to think of their food source.

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Some geckos eat fruit-based things, some are insect eaters, so you need

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Well, Charlie, Brock looks as if he's doing well.

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You definitely got your Christmas wish last year.

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Well, Martin, I'm looking for something a bit bigger this year.

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MUM: Charlie!

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I could not imagine an elephant in my home.

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Researchers in Australia say it's the best preserved dinosaur fossil

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It's an entirely new dinosaur species, with armour like plating on

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It has a parrot-like beak, bones in its thick skin, and

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That's all from Team Newsround today.

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Ricky's back in the morning, so don't miss it.

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