02/04/2012 Newsround


02/04/2012

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Hello and welcome to Newsround with me, Hayley. And me, Ricky. We've

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got a jam packed show to kick start your week, including this:

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It's Newsround's 40th anniversary on Wednesday and we've been taking

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a look at Newsround past. And I've been running the 100

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metres in the Olympic stadium. But first, 30 years ago today,

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Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands. People

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around the UK are remembering those who died in the conflict. The war

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started when Argentine forces invaded the islands, and British

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forces were sent out to defend them. Even though the Falkland Islanders

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are British, many people in Argentina believe the islands

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belong to them. And we'll be looking closer at how

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Newsround covered the Falklands War 30 years ago in our 6.55 bulletin

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tomorrow. Next, this is a really special week

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for Newsround. Our very first programme went on air 40 years ago

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on Wednesday. All this week, we'll be looking back at how the world's

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changed since that first broadcast. To kick off, Leah's been back to

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Welcome to the 70s. In 1972, when Newsround first went on air, most

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people watched it on black-and- white TV's and more than half of

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phones did not have one of these, a telephone. He is a look at what you

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missed. In 1972, Newsround started. It looked a bit different to how it

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does nowadays and so did the children who watch it. It was a

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decade with a lot to report on. Man first set foot on the moon in 1969.

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During the 70s, there were five more manned moon landings. And they

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even took up bodies. Technology was changing and it was all thanks to

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this, a silicone chip. It meant computers could get a lot smaller

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and cheaper. Doing maths suddenly got a whole lot easier with the

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first pocket calculator and digital watches became the must have a

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high-tech gadget. The idea of this is to be able to stand a one-legged

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the longest. On TV there were only three challenge -- channels to

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watch and only an hour of judges TV each day. Blue Peter was already a

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favourite and do you recognise this guy? Noel Edmonds did a lot of

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presenting on children's TV back there, too. A law comes into force

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today to protect the world's rarest animals. From the beginning the

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programme always covered the importance stories, but we have

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also covered some rather silly things, too. 60 for women and 102

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men have been helping search for that perfect lavatory seat. They

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will test out different seats and help the government decide which

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seat is best for the British bottom. Every night this week we will be

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looking back at what else has changed since we've been on air.

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Tune in at 6:55pm on CBBC. Du Kunitsyn at 655 on the Sidibe

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Channel And tune in at 6.55 on the CBBC

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Channel for much more of that in the first of our special

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anniversary programmes. Next to this - Mount Etna. It's the

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biggest active volcano in Europe and yesterday it erupted again. It

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didn't cause any damage and no-one has been hurt, but what's amazing

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is it's the fifth time Etna has erupted this year! Sounds a lot,

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but Mount Etna has always been pretty busy.

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Firing molten lava high into the sky, Mount Etna is an amazing and

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frightening sight. But for the people of Catania, the town that

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lies 18 miles below the top of the volcano in Sicily, this is nothing

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new. There are about 1,500 active volcanoes in the world, but Etna is

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one of the most active and records of its eruptions stretch back as

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far as Roman times. But why is Etna so busy? Well, it's all down to

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what's happening underground. The Earth's crust is made up of moving

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plates. Underneath these plates is magma. An eruption happens when a

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plate moves and the magma is allowed to push its way to the

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surface. One of the plates underneath Etna is being pushed

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under the other, which makes it so explosive. Being so explosive makes

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living nearby pretty worrying and it's because of what happened here

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almost 2,000 years ago. The Roman city of Pompeii on the mainland was

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destroyed by a huge eruption from Mount Vesuvius and people are

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worried that Etna could one day do the same in Sicily. But should they

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be worried? A thing possibly not. The magma is flowing down the Mote

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in -- Mountain, building a new layers, which is what happened with

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the sort of volcanoes. Of volcanoes are unpredictable and who knows

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what will happen? So while Etna might be quiet now, you can expect

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to more amazing pictures like this very soon.

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Yesterday saw the biggest event to take place inside London's Olympic

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Stadium so far. 20,000 people were invited to warm up the track in

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east London ahead of the Summer Games. And I was lucky enough to

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take part in a 100m race. But as you'll see, I wasn't quite the

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We've been through security, I've got my special pass, thousands are

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making their way into the London Olympics Stadium with a very -- for

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the first time. But I'm not here to watch, I'm taking part. I'm here to

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win. Thousands of people took part in the Gold Challenge charity run,

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raising a serious a matter of cash. This is one of the first test

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events to take place inside the stadium. In a few months it will

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see some of the biggest sporting stars like Usain Bolt, Jessica

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Ennis and now me. Get ready for some real competition. I've been

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invited to a special 100 metres charity race. Are you excited to be

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here? Yes. We've never been before. Ready! Then it was my turn. Can you

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see me? By men purple. You can just about see me at the back. I didn't

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come first but it was a day of firsts. The first marriage proposal

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to place inside the stadium, I met the first deaf person to run on the

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track and it is the first time a Newsround presenter has competed

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inside the Olympic Stadium. Champion!

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I didn't come last. I came in 6th place. And I had a cold.

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Now, this kid might be dizzy after this stunt, but he's also a record

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breaker. He's the first ever skateboarder to successfully

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complete three full spins after taking off from a ramp. Tom Schaar

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is from Malibu in California, and get this, he's only 12 years old!

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