15/05/2014 Newsround


15/05/2014

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Morning guys, Ricky here with all the latest on

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the way including how classic books are being brought to life for kids.

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But let's start in Syria where for the first time

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since war began there, fighting has stopped in the city of Homs.

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It was right in the middle of the battles between

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the army forces of Syria's President Assad and rebels who oppose him.

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While fighting continues elsewhere the rebels left Homs last week

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and the city is now safe enough for some people to go back.

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The BBC's Lyse Doucet went to meet some of them.

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Little is left after the worst battles in a punishing siege. Sounds

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of life slowly return, even at this music shop. This musician left his

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shop and home when the fighting big game. He came back two days ago, but

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not for long. No future for us here. Many Syrians are coming back

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to take away what remains of their lives. The streets are being cleared

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of rubble, but this is still no place to live. There is no

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electricity and no water. There is no fighting now. The Syrian army

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pounded this area for months and cut it off from food. Rebel fighters

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fought back until exhausted and starving. They agreed a truce. Most

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Syrians just want their ordeal to end. This man lost his family home.

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Today he is helping his uncle to salvage what ever he can.

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You are only 20, do you see your future here?

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TRANSLATION: we are coming back to rebuild our country, rebuild our

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future. Without us, our country is nothing.

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But for other Syrians, there is no reason to stay. Syria's war is far

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from over. Donations to the charity backed by

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inspirational teenage fundraiser, Stephen Sutton, are continuing to

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flood in this morning after the sad Stephen raised more than ?3.5

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million for the Teenage Cancer Trust after being diagnosed with

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the disease four years ago. The 19-year-old became famous

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around the world for his positive attitude and a string

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of amazing fundraising attempts. Thousands of people are still paying

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tribute, including pupils Very, very difficult because Stephen

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was so special. But we are all really, really proud

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and that's an overriding emotion. We want to make sure we go out of

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our way to celebrate the person that Stephen was, what he contributed

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both to the school and also more widely and his amazing achievements

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and how much money he raised. And do remember that if anything

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in the news upsets you there's lots of help and advice on the Newsround

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website. How do you make books that were

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written over 150 years ago Well it's a task the British Library

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has taken on with the launch of a massive new digital project

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that aims to bring classical books Jenny's travelled back to Victorian

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times with a group For the first time, the original

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handwritten works of authors will be online. They will be there to paint

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a picture of what life was like. We want to inspire anyone with a love

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of reading and books to get an understanding into the craft of a

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writer. These kids are getting a sneak peek at some of the stuff

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going online. It will make me read more. Seeing where Joan -- Jane

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Austen though, I can see where she gets her ideas. After reading the

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poems and the things Charles Dickens went through, I have a clear idea in

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my head what it was like. Now I have seen all this today, I will try to

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find a Charles Dickens book and read that instead. Who knows, maybe

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having all of this at the click of a button will inspire some of you to

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become a modern-day Charles Dickens yourself. That is almost that it is.

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But head over to our website. Have a great day at school.

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