12/08/2013 Newsround


12/08/2013

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finest Newsround this Monday afternoon! On the way: Government

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splash the cash to get more of us on our bikes! And Norway's Prime

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Minister turned taxi driver! This is Newsround.

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First up - from Olympic gold medals to Tour de France winners, Britain's

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cyclists are some of the best in the world. But are the state of cycle

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lanes stopping you from following in their footsteps? Well, that could be

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about to change as the Government plans to pump big money into getting

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more of us out on two wheels. Racing towards history, Sir Chris Hoy,

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Laura Trott, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome are just some of the

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inspirational faces behind Britain's cycling success story. But if their

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achievements have inspired you to get out on your bike, how easy is

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it? I don't like the potholes on some of the roads and the drivers.

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You cannot relax on your bike because you have got to be avoiding

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everything and braking. Well, Prime Minister David Cameron wants to make

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it easier and says �94 million will be spent on improving cycle routes

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in England. We had tremendous success during the Olympics and I

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want to turn that into grassroots cycling. 77 million pounds will be

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split between eight cycling cities - Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham,

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Newcastle, Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford and Norwich. Another 17

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million will be spent on improving routes at four national parks. There

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will be brand new cycle paths, improvements to existing routes and

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new 20 mph speed limit zones. In 2012, only 2% of journeys in Britain

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were made by bike. And this year a study ranked the UK the 10th most

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cycle-friendly country in Europe - way behind the likes of Denmark, the

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Netherlands and Germany. They probably started a lot earlier than

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we did so I think in terms of what is happening today, it is a great

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step forward. It is just a small step, we definitely want to see more

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investment in cycling going forward. But the Government hopes this

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investment will kick-start a cycling revolution, and encourage more of us

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to turn to pedal power! Next, to concerns over

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cyber-bullying. The charity NSPCC says almost one in five of you have

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had a bad experience on social networking sites. The survey of just

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over a thousand children suggests most of the negative experiences are

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because of bullying, trolling and kids feeling under pressure to look

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a certain way. They also found that children were signing up to sites

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like Facebook before they were old enough.

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Now, the moment you've all been waiting for! The Office for National

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Statistics has released the list of most baby popular baby names in

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England and Wales for last year. For the second year running, Harry is

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the most popular boy's name and Amelia is the most popular name for

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girls. Meanwhile Riley, Mia and Isla are newcomers in their top tens. But

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here at Newsround we wouldn't be too surprised if a certain Prince George

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has a big impact on the 2013 chart when it's announced.

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On the website we've been asking about your name. Do you like it? Or

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would you like to change it to a taxi and finding the driver was

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none other than the Prime Minister. As yet there's no sign of Mr Cameron

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getting behind the wheel of a London black cab, but for the people of

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Norway their PM had a surprise in store. Here's Nel. Running the

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country, meeting world leaders and making decisions that affect

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millions of people. Just another day in the life of Norway's Prime

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Minister, Jens Stoltenberg. But the PM took time out from his busy day

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job for a stint as a taxi driver in the country's capital Oslo. To keep

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his identity secret, he wore sunglasses and a taxi driver's

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uniform, not that many people were fooled. When I see you from behind,

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you look a lot like Jens Stoltenberg. The taxi-driving stunt

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