26/07/2014 Newsround


26/07/2014

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I'm Jenny, live with your last Newsround this Saturday.

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It's day three and Glasgow's Commonwealth Games in full swing.

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It's one of the busiest days of the competition, with 29 gold

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medals up for grabs, and in the past hour or so, Wales have won their

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And it was in the first ever mixed team triathlon relay

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at the Commonwealth Games, which finished just a few minutes ago.

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Another goal for England, this time in the first mixed team triathlon at

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the Games. England won by a distance.

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The medals follow on nicely from yesterday, which proved to be

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Scotland's Daniel Wallace stormed to victory. But at just 19 years old,

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it was been proud who stood out as he broke the British and world

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record to win the 50 metre butterfly. Just don't know what to

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say. It is the Commonwealth finals. In the velodrome, a cycling legend

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one in her pursuit for England, but Jason Kenney had to settle for

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silver in the man's Sprint. Craig MacLean stormed to victory with his

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partner and in him and's 1000 metre tandem time trial for visually

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impaired athletes. Elsewhere, the home nations continue to dominate

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the judo, with England picking up three gold medals yesterday. Daniel

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Williams and Megan Fletcher all triumphed, while Sarah Clark won the

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woman's 63 kilograms final. Now, the Commonwealth Games

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isn't just about the sport. The city is hosting a variety

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of cultural activities as part Today, the largest flotilla ever

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seen on the River Clyde sailed About 250 vessels took part

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in the display. And we wanted to find out what makes

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Glasgow so special, so we asked the kids of Scotland's

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biggest city to tell us! There are so many things to see,

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like the Armadillo and the science centre. I'm never bored in my city

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and highlight everything about it. It is a Beta full city. The people

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-- it is a beautiful city. The people are so friendly and there are

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always things to do. Everybody is so kind. It is very rainy here and I

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like the rain. I am excited to see lots of world-class athletes coming

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from Commonwealth countries to our city. I'd think the people of

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Glasgow will become more into sport. Everybody around the world is coming

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to Glasgow and it is going to be quite hard for my mother to park her

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car! I am going to make lots of new friends and I am excited about that.

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I am excited for everyone to visit and see how beautiful guys go is the

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-- Glasgow is. And for the second day today,

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giant figures are stomping through This young girl and her dog,

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as well as her 25 foot tall grandma, are wowing crowds

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of thousands across this weekend. They're telling stories

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from history, to commemorate the The giant girl has even been

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giving rides to some brave kids. After the massive success of last

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year's Doctor Who prom concert, the BBC Philharmonic orchestra wants

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to bring classical music to You may recognise some of these

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theme tunes from your favourite programmes, but they don't usually

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look like this. The BBC Proms is one of the world's biggest classical

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musical festivals, and it is hoping it can use popular kids shows to get

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a younger audience through the doors at the Royal Albert Hall. I'd like

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them playing. I'd like Robert the robot. But the characters and

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presenters were also there, getting involved in the music. The space it

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is incredible. So many fantastic performers have been here to perform

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and it has an ambience to it. It is the first of its kind so it is

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exciting. It is quite staggering, really. Look at the place. 5,000

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people, all here for this, the first time it has ever been done. My cogs

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are roaring just thinking about it. There is scientific evidence that

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learning instruments can help bring development as well. I'd hope it

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will open their eyes to the fact that real-life musicians play the

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music they hear every day, and if that expires than to take up an

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attachment, that is great. -- inspires them. That looks brilliant.

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Make sure you check out the website for some seriously cute red panda

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cubs. See when the

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