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29/11/2011

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Hi guys. Welcome along, this is Newsround coming right at your face,

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live right after 5pm. It is Ore and Hayley here. We have packed the

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next eight minutes full of everything you need to know. Your

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views have flooded in all day ahead of tomorrow's teachers' strike.

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Stay tunes to find out what that looks like on this poor hawk's face.

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But before any of that, we are talking about the award that sport

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stars up and down the country dream of winning. It's the BBC Sports

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Personality of the Year award. top ten have been revealed. They

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include the biggest names in sport such as Andy Murray and Rory

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McIlroy. For the first time in five years it does not include any women.

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Some people say that is not fair. Others say it is just a reflection

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of the sporting year. I have been speaking to one of the people who

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voted for the short list. Women have not reached as high a standard

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as men in this country. That is -- I don't understand the reason, but

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it is a fact. You think men are higher sporting achievers than

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women? They have a higher profile. That is why they have dominated the

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list this year. Some say it is to do with the popularity of certain

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sports. Women's sport, hockey, women's football you don't see that

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much of. Has that got anything to do with it. Jessica Ennis has

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reached that high pinnacle of sport on the world stage, which is what

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the BBC are looking for. Well, that is what he reckons. This

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year's sports personality, it is fair to say has upset some famous

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It is a big talking point. We have been joined by BBC reporter Matt

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Slater. A big year for sport. It's been a fantastic year, thanks to

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men and women. Why, in your opinion, have we got no women on the list?

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There is a problem. There is a problem in this country that sport

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is for boys not girl. Boys go and read about sport. One thing leads

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on to the other. Women are excluded. The sports editor mentioned it.

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Profiles - it is a shame. Not only do women make up half the

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population, we have amazing women sports stars. Is it anything to do

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with the nominations. They are sports writers - is it fair, it is

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right? The BBC has gone out to ask experts. These people are editors,

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from all around the country. We thought it was a good way to do it.

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This is the first time we haven't had a female nominee. Look,

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something has gone wrong this year. You could split it up into a sports

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man and sports woman of the year. Thank you for coming in. Moving on

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to Egypt, where people are voting in the first free elections since

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President Hosni Mubarak was forced to stand down. Some people say the

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vote will not change things. Others are excited about their first real

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Election day in Egypt. There are huge queues, said to stretch up to

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two miles long in some places. People tonight mind because of how

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important this vote is. Earlier this year, Egyptians got so

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fed up with how their country was being run, they took to the streets

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in protest. Night after night, tens of thousands of people camped in

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Tahrir Square, in Cairo, finally bringing about a revolution, they

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hoped would change their country forever. This is the result, the

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first democratic parliamentary elections since President Mubarak

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was kicked out in February. He had ruled the country for 40 years and

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never allowed free votes. There were worries it would be delayed

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because of demonstrations last week, which left more than 40 dead. So

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far, there's a huge turnout of people. There's been no trouble. I

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have not seen the blatant bribery which used to go on under Hosni

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Mubarak's rule. It seems less chaotic. They've had a day to

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rettify mistakes of yesterday. The election -- rectify mistakes of

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yesterday. The election is going along well. Lots of people in Egypt

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cannot read or write. Voters will not find out who has won for a

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while. This is the first round of elections. They are held in stages

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and the results will not come out until next March. Some people are

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worried the military will still have too much power. Others are

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excited because Governments should have to take notice of what they

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think. Now, what is not loved about catching up with the latest

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blockbuster at the cinema? If you cannot see the picture well and are

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visually impaired it is hard to know what is going on. Audio

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disskription means you are told what is going on the screen.

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-- description means you are told what is going on the screen. I love

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to see the latest films at the cinema. There's one thing you may

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have noticed, I am visually impaired and use a cane, so I need

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these to enjoy a film. They are for audio description. I

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put them on and sit wherever I like. It is cool because it means I can

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enjoy the film, just like everybody else. When there is a gap in the

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characters talking the audio description tells me about the

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exciting stuff that is happening on the screen. He sees the baddies

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take their escape... But the problem is not all films

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have it. Some cinemas only use it for some screenings, which is not

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fair. I hope it will change soon and all films will realise how

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important it is. Do you think more films should have audio

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description? Absolutely. I am behind it 100%. The film companies

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are moving in the right direction. Hopefully the numbers will increase

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going forward and it will give the customer the opportunity to come

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out and see more audio deskripive films. It would be a great idea to

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have an award for audio description. It could encourage more to use it

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in their films. I hope they do. Now, tomorrow most of you will get

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a day off school because lots of teachers are going on strike. They

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will join other workers who are unhappy with the changes the

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Government wants to make to their pensions, that's the money you get

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to live on after you retire. have asked you to see what you

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think about the strike. That's it. You guys can still have

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