19/05/2014 Newsround


19/05/2014

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hear from the kids working up to 72 hours a week.

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But first this morning, to the winners of the TV BAFTA awards.

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It's by far the biggest night for actors, presenters,

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The unstoppable Ant and Dec took home two BAFTAs for their popular

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They won best entertainment show and entertainment performance.

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Day Of The Doctor won the audience award - it's the only

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And wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough's Natural

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History Museum Alive won the specialist factual award.

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Tens of thousands of people have left their homes

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in Bosnia and Serbia after three months of rain fell

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The floods are the worst to hit the area in more than a century.

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Both countries have called for international assistance to help

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with the rescue operation and build defences to prevent further damage.

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Here in the UK, we're used to the idea tha t you

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do difficult or dangerous jobs. But in parts of America some kids are

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having to work long hours in order to earn money, and it is allowed by

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the authorities. Ayshah has been looking into the story.

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Last summer, Brandon and his big brother worked long days picking

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tobacco, used to make cigarettes. I wake up at four o'clock every

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morning and was in there by 6:30am. I was not out until about 8:30pm. In

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England and Wales, a child has to be 13 to work, but even then it must

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only be a part-time job, like a paper round. But there are some

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parts of the US, like North Carolina, where children as young as

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12 and work up to 72 hours a week in the fields. A group which campaigns

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for people 's rights says although this isn't against the law in North

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Carolina, it's not right. They said working in tobacco field is

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dangerous. The leaves can cause sickness and headaches while the

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chemicals used to protect the crops from pests can be harmful to their

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skin, too. Most people kept trash bags on them to keep the chemicals

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of their clothing will stop on the first day it got on my face a lot,

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and I did not know that until I got home later that day and by base was

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birdied. I told my mum and she said, it's because the chemicals are on

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your face. There are no fear that said that if children work then it

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has to be before or after school but some people think that children

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should work in the fields because it is part of the tradition of the area

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and is good for them. As far as being safe, by parents felt safe

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enough for me to be here. I am an eighth generation farmer, my

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children are about generation farmers and that is the way they

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learn their responsibility. At the moment, it doesn't look like there

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will be a change in the law in North Carolina, which means there is

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pressure of the companies that make cigarettes to stop kids from working

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in the fields. Next, if you could solve

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a scientific problem in Well, a prize worth ?10 million is

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up for grabs for someone with a big The competition is based

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on the 1714 Longitude Prize when John Harrison invented

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a clock that allowed sailors to work If you want to solve a scientific

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problem, one option is to go to universities and scientists and ask

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them to solve it, but over the years we have learned that it is often

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better to open up to anyone to come up with a solution.

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Sir Bradley Wiggins says he will ride in this year's Tour de France

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after becoming Britain's first winner of the Tour of California.

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Wiggo won the event by more than 30 seconds.

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And, after the race, he said that if he's selected for Team Sky's Tour

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de France line-up, he will help Chris Froome defend his title.

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And Wiggo wasn't Britain's only champ over the weekend.

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Team GB's Rebecca Downie twisted, turned,

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and threw herself to gold in the European Championships in Bulgaria.

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The 22-year-old beat the current Olympic champion

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and becomes the first British woman since Beth Tweddle to win

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I think it was just relieved, because I have worked so hard for

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it. Every final I have missed, it is harder to pick up and say I will get

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there. Every time of this, they say, is this worth it? But this mean so

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much to me, I am so proud. Join me to get the latest from the

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England World Cup camp and to find play along at home with our new

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Horrible Histories: Gory Games app. Excuse me! I am the Queen,

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I'll explain this game.

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