18/10/2013 Newsround


18/10/2013

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Hi, guys, Friday afternoon is here at last! I'm Leah, and coming up on

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Newsround: Firefighters battle to put out wildfires in Australia.

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The toothy creatures hoping to snap up Olympics tickets in Rio. And the

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big cats getting their claws into some Hallowe'en treats. This is

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Newsround. First, think about your

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grandparents. On the Newsround website, Joshua and Tamzyn say they

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see theirs twice a week and enjoy spending time with them. But someone

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calling themselves "R" says I don't really see my grandparents. They say

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it's a shame as I really love them. We're asking about your grandparents

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and elderly relatives because there's a warning today that close

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to one million older people in England are suffering from constant

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loneliness. England are suffering from constant

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health in England, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, says we should be

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ashamed of how Jeremy Hunt, says we should be

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He thinks many of us are too busy to spend time with older relatives and

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neighbours. He says we should be more like Asian families, where

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there's much more respect for elderly people. But Labour, the

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opposition party, has accused of him trying to blame families for the

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government's failures. Let's take a look at some figures.

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In Great Britain, just over half of people over the age of 75 live

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alone. It's thought around one in ten catch up with family, friends or

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neighbours less than once a month. And five million older people in

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England say the television is their main form of company, according to

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the group Age Concern. Martin's been to a project in Salford that gets

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elderly people together. My family are very good to me. I

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watched the news. I'm not really lonely. I got a really posh

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television. Do you ever feel lonely? Oh, no. Some people are very lonely.

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I can be, but I keep busy. I've always got plenty of friends around.

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Never do I feel lonely. I always talk to somebody. Thanks, Martin.

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Let's hear some more of your comments now, then. All day you ve

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been leaving them on the Newsround website.

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Next, firefighters in Australia are battling to put out wildfires

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burning outside Sydney. These pictures show how, over time, a

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cloud of smoke covered the whole city. More than 100 homes have been

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destroyed and one person has died in the series of blazes across the

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state of New South Wales. Here's Ricky.

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For the people trying to fires 50 miles outside Sydney,

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For the people trying to battle is taking its toll. We have

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the best firefighters in the world. They are second to none.

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Bush fires are common here, but these are earlier than usual, and

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what's surprised many is how big they are and how quickly they're

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spreading. I got the dog, a few little items, and two doors down

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there was an explosion, maybe a gas cylinder blowing up. I knew then my

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house was gone. It is all devastating, but we have got it in

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short, and we are here, that's the main thing. Whole streets have been

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destroyed in a matter of minutes. A drop in temperature and the wind

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picking up is making it easier to control the fire at the moment. It

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won't last forever though, it's expected to get warmer at the

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weekend, so emergency crews are working against the clock to get the

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fire under control and to save more homes and possibly lives. Thanks,

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Ricky. Now to these snappy little creatures

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who are causing a bit of trouble ahead of the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

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Thousands of these alligator like animals known as Caimans have been

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taking up residence inside some of the lakes on the Olympic golf

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course. They're quite a common sight in parts of Brazil but wildlife

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experts are trying to figure out how best to handle them before the games

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begin. Finally, it's still two weeks away,

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but are you desperate for a bit of early Hallowe'en action? Well, these

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big cats at a sanctuary in America are too. They got to enjoy some

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special Hallowe'en treats. The tigers, TJ and Bengali, got pumpkins

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stuffed with chicken. And this gorgeous golden leopard Reno was

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given a ghost pinata that was hung from a tree in his enclosure. Head

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to the Newsround website to find out what this noisy little panda cub was

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making such a fuss about! Very squeaky! Have a great evening.

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Ricky's here in the morning. Bye!

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