22/06/2013 Newsround


22/06/2013

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Good afternoon. I'm Ore, with your last Newsround of the day. Here's

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what's on the way. Dani Harmer answers your questions. And the

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Lions get their claws into First up, to the devastating

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consequences of flooding. Rescue workers in India are doing all they

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can to save thousands of people stranded by recent floods in the

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north of the country. Large areas have been cut off and many people

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have been struggling without food and shelter for almost a week.

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Nearly 600 people have died so far in the state of Uttarakhand. And

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there's also been flooding in Canada where around 100,000 people

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have had to leave their homes. Torrential rain burst the banks of

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two rivers running through Calgary. Three people are known to have died.

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Roads and bridges have been washed away by the rising waters and

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hundreds of homes are already under water. Rugby now. And the British

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and Irish Lions have got off to the perfect start in their three-match

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series against Australia, winning their first match 23-21 in Brisbane.

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In a tight, tense game, the Lions' Welsh players shone through -

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George North and then Alex Cuthbert both bagging tries. Full-back Leigh

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Halfpenny also scored 13 points to help the Lions over the line. They

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Next to a zoo in Norfolk that has had a very special arrival of two

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Siberian tiger cubs. Keepers at Banham Zoo watched on CCTV as the

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endangered cats, which are also known as Amur tigers, entered the

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world. There are fewer than 400 of the species left in the wild. Next,

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this is diving with a difference. Artist Sue Austin has become the

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first person to dive beneath the sea in a self propelled wheelchair

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which she designed herself. I caught up with the woman making

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waves under water. I have seen these fantastic pictures of you

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underwater. It must have been the most incredible adventure for you.

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It is the most incredible sense of joy and freedom. I had not realised

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when I started this I would be able to loop the loop. I am like an

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acrobatic pilot under the water. How did it become an idea? People's

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attitude changed when I started using a chair. The idea is attached

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to scooping it are ones of excitement and adventure. I thought

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it would create an exciting image and recreate the way people think

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about the will chair. I took an NHS wheelchair and jumped into the pool.

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I worked out how to make it stable in the water. Reattached a special

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motor. When non-disabled people see it under the water, paid go, I want

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one of those! -- they go. They say, if you can do that, I can do

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anything! This week, Tracey Beaker and Strictly star Dani Harmer

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popped into Newsround to tell us that growing up as a TV star made

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her feel pressure over the way she looks. MLAs says what you like

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doing when you are not acting? -- Emilie says, what do you like

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doing? I like to stay in my pyjamas and each chocolate and watch

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rubbish television. Do you like fruit and enjoy football?

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through it. I do like food and I'm More people recognise me because of

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You never know. Watch this space. It could happen. Have not tried it

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My favourite animal would probably My favourite CBC programme is a

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Newsround, of Bisley. -- CBBC. So, Dani says her favourite animal is a

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turtle. Well, loads of you have been telling us about your

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favourite animals on the website. Shalin in London says: My favourite

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animal is a fox because it's clever like me! Kian in Dundee says:

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Mine's a dog because they are so cute and cuddly. And Emily-Mae,

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who's from Alicante in Spain, sent us this: My favourite wild animal

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would be a monkey but my favourite pet is a dog. The skies of the

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Polish city of Poznan were brighter than usual last night in an attempt

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to break the Guinness World Record for the most Chinese lanterns

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released at the same time. 40,000 lanterns went up. They'll have to

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wait a couple of months to find out if they've done it. Last up, what

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will they think of next? We love a bit of wearable technology. We've

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had mobile phone headsets, Google glasses, and bracelets that track

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your fitness. Now make way for the glove phone. Here's the prototype

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