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Hello guys. Ricky and Leah here tonight. We've got all the big

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stories for you, so stay tuned for some of this.

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Find out why these Romans are racing chariots in Wales.

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And we meet Harry, the paragliding pooch!

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First our top story, and we're heading to Pakistan, because there

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are calls from around the world for the release a Christian girl who

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was arrested in the capital city, Islamabad. The girl, who we think

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is around ten to 13 is accused of burning pages from the Islamic holy

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book, the Koran. The country has strict laws when it comes to the

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Koran. I've been finding out what it means for anyone who breaks them.

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This is the neighbourhood where Rimsha grew up. Although Pakistan

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is a mainly Muslim country, some Christians live here too. It's

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quiet now, but last week this waste ground was full of angry crowds

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after Rimsha was accused of setting fire to pages from the Koran. It

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might be hard to imagine that a schoolgirl could get into so much

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trouble and be put in danger for damaging a book. Even now we don't

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know that she did. But for Muslims the Koran is sacred. They believe

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it's the word of God and damaging it is viewed as insulting.

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respect it and show the utmost honour towards the holy Koran

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Pakistan if people are accused of these sort of crimes, then the

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death penalty is an option. But in most case there is's never been a

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death penalty in relation to these crime es. It is not the first time

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this sort of situation has fuelled anger. There was outcry around the

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world when a Danish newspapered insulting images of the prophet

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Mohammed. Violent protests followed, including the bombing of an airport.

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The American flag was also set alight. Rimsha's house has been

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locked up and her family have moved away. There are different reports

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about how old she is and whether she might be mentally ill. Police

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say they've arrested Rimsha and locked her up, partly to protect

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her from angry mobs, but Christian groups say she's a vulnerable child

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who needs help. Xavier Williams spoke to her after she was arrested.

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Can you describe her condition in one sentence? It breaks my heart.

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She is a child. She did not do anything intention aerblgs so her

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actions must be -- intentionally, so her actions must be treated as

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that of a child. Although cases like this are common in Pakistan,

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most often they are dropped. Pakistan's President has ordered an

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inquiry. The people fighting for Rimsha are hoping it won't be too

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long before they are -- before she is released.

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Now, communicating when you're hard of hearing is a frustrating problem

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for many people, including me. But there's a new gadget being tried

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out that could change all of that, and it's all down to these gloves.

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Nice to meet you. They record and measure the way people who are

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using sign language move their hands. It then translates it

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through a computer and speaks the words. It's been invented by a team

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in Ukraine. It's not available yet though, it's just a prototype at

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the moment. News just in - an action woman who

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was trying to become the first woman to swim from Cuba to Florida

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without a shark cage has given up the challenge It was Diana Nyad's

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fourth attempt to swim the 103 miles to America. On the way she

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had to battle with storms, jellyfish stings, and dodge sharks.

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But it's not all bad - she also got to swim with dolphins. Next to our

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daily update to the Curiosity robot on Mars. It has tested its robotic

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arm. NASA has announced it is sending another robot there in four

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years' time. It is hoped one will drill deep below the surface to

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discover how the planet is formed. Next we're heading to the Arctic,

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where scientists think ice is melting so fast that it could soon

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reach an all-time low. Research done by scientists in America

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suggests that if the ice continues to melt at its current rate, it

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will reach its lowest amount on record in the next few weeks.

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Arctic sea ice plays an important role in helping keep Polar regions

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cool and controlling the climate around the world.

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It's only a week since Team GB picked up their medals, packed up

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their bags and moved out of the Olympic Village. For two weeks the

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eyes of the world were on them, but now that the Games are over, what

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next? Bronze medallist Beth Tweddle is one of the athletes who's

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thinking about giving up competing internationally. She spoke to Joe

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Kick strong. Lift up, two twists, a big step back but she saved it!

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Congratulation on an amazing London 2012 Games. What's next for you?

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lot of chill time, seeing my boyfriend and family. I've got my

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dreams now and I finished one the one thing I had to achieve. That

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has been ten years in the making! There's other things I want to do.

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I will never walk away from gymnastics, I just wants to do

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other things in life. I will miss the competition side of it but not

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all the hours training. And if you're still missing

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watching all the amazing sporting action, get ready for something

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quite amazing. We're talking about the World Alternative Games. Expect

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snails, bathtubs and, er, wife # What's that coming over the hill

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# Is it a monster? #. No, but it is something rather strange - athletes

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dressed as Romans in a mountain bike chariot time trial! It's one

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of 35 unusual events in the World Alternative Games in Wales. Over

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two weeks there's kayaking in a bathtub, and bog snorkelling, an

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annual event here in Llanwrtyd Wells. The town is famed for

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peculiar sports, so with the Olympics coming, people here

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decided to put on their very own Games. They've even got the snails

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involved. I think it inspires people to make them think more

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about sport. Gold, silver and bronze medals are

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handed out, just like in London 2012, but the focus here is on the

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taking part. Competitors have come from all over the world, and so

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have some of the events, such as wife carrying, which started in

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Finland. We've had the Olympics, but these athletes are making a

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splash in a different way. Finally, to my favourite story of

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the day. It's not often you look in the sky and see a dog paragliding

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with it's owner. But if you're from Newcastle in Northern Ireland and

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happened to look up last week, that's exactly what you would have

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seen. Harry the dog was strapped into a paraglider with his owner,

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gliding over 2,000 feet from the peak of a nearby mountain to the

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bottom of a beach. So did Harry Harry is getting ready for takeoff.

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The ten-year-old collie cross is about to take to the skies above

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Newcastle for the first time. He's paragliding with his owner, Tony.

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The pilot and pooch were in the air for 20 minutes. It looks like Harry

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is loving every moment. Got him hooked in, made sure

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everything was good and off we went. At the beginning he thought it was

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a bit strange, but he relaxed very Even when we land, he just sat down

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on the sand on the beach and waited for me to unlaunch him. Tony has

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been paragliding for nine years and knows what he is doing. When Harry

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landed he was give an treat - cooked ham.

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