28/01/2014 Newsround


28/01/2014

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Hi, I'm Leah with another update. Stay tuned for escaped chickens,

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and... Stick with us for more on the Time Lord's new look.

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First, one of the biggest countries in Europe, Ukraine, is in crisis, as

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violent protests there continue. They started in the capital city,

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Kiev, in November last year but have become more extreme in the past

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week, with some protesters taking over government buildings. You can

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see here how the unrest has now spread to other towns and cities

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across the country. The protests began because officials wouldn't

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sign a deal bringing the country closer to the European Union,

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choosing stronger ties with Russia instead. Then the government

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introduced controversial anti-protest laws and the clashes

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got worse. Now the president has made an offer to reverse the

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anti-protest law if demonstrators clear the streets and leave

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government buildings. There's going to be a vote on it but it's not yet

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clear whether other politicians will support it. Now to the Somerset

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Levels in South West England, underwater since Christmas and now,

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to make matters worse, more rain is expected today across Southern

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England and Scotland. England currently has 14 flood warnings in

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place, ten of which are in the south west. There are three flood warnings

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in Scotland. We want to hear if you've been affected by the

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flooding. Have you had trouble getting to and from school, or are

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there flood waters near your house? Head online and let us know. As well

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as rain, there could be snow across parts of the UK this week too. Over

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in America snow can be a major problem in winter, with many schools

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having to close. Now a study has found that shutting schools because

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of snow doesn't have an impact on how well kids do. The Harvard

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University team looked at seven years of data.

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Next, to a campaign to make people, and you guys in particular, more

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aware about the need to be safe near level crossings. Network Rail say

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they've reached their target early, of closing off 750 crossings, making

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them safer. And as I've been finding out they want to close another 500

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more in the next five years. When it comes to level crossings, just like

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this one, there's always the risk of an accident, when a road, footpath

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or cycleway crosses the tracks. And somebody will always try to beat the

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barrier. So in 2010, Network Rail set itself the target of closing 10%

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of Britain's rail crossings by April this year. They've closed 766 so

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far, ahead of schedule. Level crossings are dangerous because

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trains move very fast, often 100 mph or more, and they are also very

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quiet. So you think you've got plenty of time but you don't really.

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The only true safe level crossing is one that doesn't exist. Network Rail

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says it spent ?130 million in the last few years improving level

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crossing safety. Part of that money was spent on making adverts. Despite

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the safety improvements, ten people were killed on level crossings last

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year. The easiest way to stay safe on a level crossing is to know where

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you are. A lot of people have headphones in, listening to their

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music or text in their friends. They are not really sure of where they

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are. If you can really keep an eye out when you are at a level crossing

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and know what you are doing, stop text in, look left and right and

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crossover as safely and quickly as you can. Even though they've reached

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their target and more ahead of schedule, Network Rail say they want

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to close another 500 of these over the next five years. Because they

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hope that will mean many more lives are saved. In sport, Manchester

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United's record signing Juan Mata reckons they can still win the

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Premier League. The Spanish star joined United from Chelsea last

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week, in a ?37 million deal. He's straight into the squad for

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tonight's game against Cardiff, where he could play alongside Wayne

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Rooney, who's back from injury. I think if our club would be in this

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position in the league, it would be very difficult for them to come back

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and take it to the first position. I think this club always can do it

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because this club is used to fighting to the end and getting the

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results they want until the end, with character and fighting on the

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pitch. This is the real image I have from Man United. Now, you've heard

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of a wild goose chase, well, the weekend saw more of a chicken chase,

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after a truck loaded with about 3,000 chickens turned over on a

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motorway in south west China. The birds made a bid for freedom from

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their cages and ran around all over the road, through the bushes and

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into the hills beyond. Traffic police had quite a job trying to

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collect them all up again. No-one was hurt though. Doctor Who fans get

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onto the Newsround website. The first picture of new Time Lord,

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Peter Capaldi, in costume has been released. Head online now to check

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out his new look! That's all from me, Newsround's back right here at

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4.20pm. Bye.

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