17/09/2014 Newsround


17/09/2014

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Hi, I'm Jenny with your Newsround update.

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Coming up. Scotland's shipbuilding heritage in Greenock...

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And the supersize squid that's causing a stir.

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There's just 24 hours before voters go to the polls to decide

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if Scotland will become independent from the rest of the UK.

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Both sides are trying to persuade people who haven't made up

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So as part of Newsround's road trip around Scotland to find out what

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people think about the big vote, Martin's been to historic Greenock -

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an industrial town by the Firth of Clyde -

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where shipbuilding's fallen dramatically.

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Martin went to find out what life is really like there.

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Shipbuilding has long been a part of Scottish history. It became

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important in the 19th century when steam power began to replace sail

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powered. Ships were made out of Ireland for people all around the

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world in Greenock. It is a town famous for the ship holding.

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Companies need ships to carry food and cloth to other countries. But

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during the 1960s and 1970s, ship building went into decline from

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during the 1960s and 1970s, ship competition -- through competition

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from other countries. Many people lost their jobs. Today some ships

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are still built here. I wanted to find out what it is like growing up

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in an area like this. So I came to meet some of the children. I play in

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the garden or go to my friends house, or play video games because

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that is not much I can do. We have a park at the end of the road. What do

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you think could be improved in the area you are from? Better looking

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buildings, because some of them have cracked bricks and look ugly. What

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about things to do? I would like a park nearby because there are only a

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couple of parks I can go to, but they are far away from my house.

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This area has seen a lot of changes over the years, but still plays a

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part in the ship building industry, but it can be a battle to keep

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part in the ship building industry, shipyards open, and one was almost

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closed last month. The future is still uncertain for areas like this.

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Well, with so little time left before the

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polling stations open, you sent in your questions about independence

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and we got our political reporter Chris Mason to answer them.

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What money would rattle around in your pocket? The yes campaign say it

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would still be pounds and pence, just as no. Others say that would

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not be possible, and Scotland could have its own currency or join the

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euro. And other controversial issue. This is a big question. There are

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the Olympic Games in a couple of years, and under which flag would

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Scotland's stars perform? It looks as if they could either perform for

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Team GB or team Scotland, because it is not easy to sort out a team in

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time. Uncertainty around that one. Those who want an independent

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Scotland say that the Queen would stay, and she would become the Queen

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of Scots, just as she is the Queen in England and Northern Ireland and

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Wales and many other countries around the world. There is an

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acceptance that if it is a yes vote, the Queen will stay. This one is

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ahead scratcher. I had no idea. I picked up my phone, phone some

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experts, they have no idea either. There is nothing in the rules to

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determine what would happen if there is an absolute dead heat.

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And you can see all the latest information about

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Now, look at this rare giant squid - it's female, has eight arms,

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it's over a meter long and weighs more than 55 stones.

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Now, experts in New Zealand are examining it, watched online

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They say its tentacles could have been twice

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And you can see all the results from the Champions League,

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including how Liverpool and Arsenal got on, on our website.

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Newsround is back right here in about half an hour.

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