16/07/2014 Newsround


16/07/2014

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You're watching Newsround with me Ayshah.

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First, to the multi-million-pound museum makeover.

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The Imperial War Museum in London is reopening its doors this weekend,

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The centre of the museum was rebuilt to create bigger spaces.

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Hundreds of items, from tanks to tunics, have been restored.

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The museum has also brought together more than 1,000 objects

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for new displays marking 100 years since the start of World War One.

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The BBC's Robert Hall showed us around.

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Hello, Newsround. If you thought you knew the Imperial War Museum from

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school trips, you will be surprised next weekend. Lots of technology is

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here to tell stories from history. You can choose documents and

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photographs to choose the bits you are interested in. Did you know for

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example that back in 1915 you would only have to be this high to join

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the Army? World War I saw horrific numbers of men killed and injured

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and that was often down to massive guns like this one. British

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artillery in one week could fire 1.5 million shells into German

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positions. This is so big and heavy the gallery has had to be built

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around it. Towards the end of the war, the first tanks came into

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service. This is climbing over a trench and you can walk through it.

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All around you, the sounds of battle and in the walls you can see the

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figures of the men fighting on the Western front. If you want to see

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this and the rest of the museum, it opens on Saturday.

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Next, it's been hot and sunny in many parts of the country today

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Forecasters say a heatwave is on the way for the Midlands

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The Met Office says Friday could be the hottest day of the year.

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Health officials are telling us to take care by drinking lots of water,

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using sunscreen and staying out of the sun at the hottest time

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Last up, want to see a cool robot doing some cool tricks?

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You might remember this one, he has been here since 2006 but now he has

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showed off news tricks. Like going up and down tears. -- stairs. It

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might seem easy but it is difficult for a robot. He has been developed

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to pick up a card, open a lead and pour into a cup without spilling. We

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think humanoid robots will be part of life in the future but that is a

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way off yet and for now we will have to enjoy seeing him asking his moves

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to the cameras. Don't miss tomorrow

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morning's Newsround at 8.15. Hayley will be talking live to the

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12 year-old girl who's mum helped make the famous loom band dress

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that sold online for ?170,000!

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