17/04/2014 Newsround


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Hey, morning! Leah here, with today's Newsround. Stick around for

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some of this. Why this famous writer wants

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publishers to book up their ideas. Plus: The four-legged vandal that

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had police barking up the wrong tree.

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But first, today: A big mystery surrounding Britain's most

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mysterious artist. Banksy is famous for putting street art on walls and

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buildings, and waiting for fans to find it. But his latest offering was

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taken down by a local youth club who said they wanted to sell it to raise

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money. And, because no one knows who Banksy actually is, it's sparked a

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big row about who actually owns the picture. Here's Martin.

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Banksy made his name and his fortune as a street artist. Almost nobody

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would notice him walking down the streets. But his work is far more

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recognisable. He doesn't say where his art is

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going to be. So, anyone finds it, everyone comes and sees it, it's

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amazing. Because many people want money, and

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want the fame, and want people to know who he is, but he doesn't.

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When a Banksy piece of art is spotted, it tends to become an

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instant tourist attraction. But his latest work lasted just hours before

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it was removed and taken here to this youth club in Bristol. Mobile

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Lovers was prised away from a city council-owned wall with a crowbar,

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and now stands in the corridor of the local boys' club.

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I must admit, carrying it across the car park, yesterday, I had all sorts

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of doubts of what I do as a youth worker, picking up something that

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may belong to somebody else. But, if this can do some good, for the young

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people coming to this club, then actually it is the right thing to

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do. Because this community hasn't lost it then, this community has

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gained it. What makes you think that the

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painting was yours to take in the first place?

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Because of where it was, right next to the club, on an easily accessible

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board. Banksy normally does his stuff on concrete. It's there, you

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can see it, but you can't just take it off the wall and walk away.

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Later in the day, police arrived. Instead of taking the painting, they

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just had a good look, and left saying no complaint had been made.

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So, it seemed as if it was staying put. Have a But then, there was

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another twist in the tale. An agreement had been made to move the

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Banksy piece to Bristol Museum until it is decided just who the piece

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belonged to. And you can find out more Banksy in

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our special guide on the website now.

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Also today, the Children's Laureate says she's not a fan of books that

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appear to be aimed just for boys or girls. Malorie Blackman says

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targeting certain books at children is a big mistake. She also says,

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with strong competition from computer games and social media,

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many boys don't choose to read away from the classroom. According to the

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National Literacy Trust, reading for pleasure has decreased amongst girls

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and boys since 2005 but, in boys, the decline has been steeper, and

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she wants things to change. I do feel it becomes too

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prescriptive. Where you have a brilliant book for boys, for

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example, and we have robots and dinosaurs and dragons and pirates on

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the cover. And we have the beautiful book for girls, it is pink and

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glittery and flowers and make-up. It is wrong because you are instantly

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excluding half the population. Big talks aimed at trying to stop

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the growing tension in Ukraine start today. Leaders from America and the

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European Union will join those from Russia and Ukraine, to discuss the

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crisis. It follows days of clashes between Ukrainian troops and armed

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groups who want Russia to have more control in the country. US President

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Barack Obama says Russia needs to stop interfering in the country.

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Each time Russia takes these kinds of steps that are designed to

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destabilise Ukraine and violate their sovereignty, there are going

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to be consequences. Mr Putin's decisions are not just bad for

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Ukraine, in the long term, they will be bad for Russia.

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Footy, and Manchester City's hopes of winning the Premier League took a

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big blow last night. They could only manage a 2-2 draw with bottom-placed

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Sunderland, to leave them six points behind leaders Liverpool. Elsewhere,

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Everton lost 3-2 to Crystal Palace, meaning they fall behind Arsenal in

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the race for fourth place. Residents in the Cumbrian town of

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Brampton were puzzled after their car tyres kept going down. After

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installing CCTV, they found the culprit was a border collie called

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Jess. Apparently, she was run over by a car about 18 months ago,

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something which may have prompted her behaviour. Jess's owner has

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promised to keep her on a lead in future so she can't cause any more

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damage. Join us here in half-an-hour, to

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find out about plans to use maggots like these to make cars run.

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