03/04/2014 Newsround


03/04/2014

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I am high above London, where air pollution has hit its worst level

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today. First, playground politics in Westminster. Year for at Dairwendeg

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primary school told us they thought they were acting like children. Alex

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thinks it is ridiculous and childish. Those are just some of the

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comments you have been sending in, telling us exactly what you think of

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two of the most important politicians in the UK hurling

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insults at each other in Parliament. Most of you are not too impressed.

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Yesterday, Ed Miliband called the Prime Minister this... And then

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David Cameron called Ed Miliband a Muppet. It is basic maths, not so

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much The Wolf Of Wall Street, more the dance of Downing street. I will

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take a lecture from almost anyone in the country about the sale of Royal

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Mail, but not from the two Muppets who advised the last Chancellor on

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selling the gold. This morning, David Cameron defended his use of

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Muppets, saying there is a lot of banter in Parliament, and it was not

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inappropriate. We have been to a school in London to see what they

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thought. Why do you think they are acting so childish, aren't they

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supposed to be setting an example? It is a great question. You would

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not expect your parents to behave like that, you should not expect the

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leader of the country to behave like that, or someone who wants to be the

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leader of the country. But remember, this is a one-off, a really rare

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situation. What do you think about the argument? I do not think there

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are any MPs who approve of it, and I suspect the Prime Minister does not

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approve, or the leader of the opposition. I think the fact that

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you, the younger generation, are making it clear that this is a bad

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example, is a pretty good lesson, not just to the two leaders, but to

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every MP in Parliament. How do you feel about the language that has

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been used in the House of Commons? We are not allowed even to call each

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other by our names. If you were an MP, I would be standing up, and if I

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wanted to comment on something you said, I would have to say, the

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honourable lady. I am not allowed to mention your name. That is designed

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to stop us trying to get too personal in our exchanges. I will be

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surprised if we see it again. Lots of you have been in touch online

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about this. Next, those high levels of air

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pollution we told you about yesterday. There has been another

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government warning today after some parts of England reached the worst

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level on the air quality scale. What is going on? We got a good view from

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high above the rooftops of London. Let's go over to Leah now. Over the

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past few days, London has been covered by a hazy smog. Today,

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things got worse, across Greater London and the South East, reaching

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the maximum of ten on the Government's scale, the highest

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level for air pollution. But it is not just here in London. The smog

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has been spreading across the country, hitting places like the

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north-west of England, the Midlands and north Wales. Joining me now is

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Benjamin Barritt, an air-quality scientist. Should we be worried? We

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should be worried, but not too alarmed. If you have asthma and you

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are outside, do not go running around too much. Carry your medicine

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with you at all times. It has been lingering in some areas, why is

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that? The dust in this pollution is so small, you cannot see it. It

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comes from all the vehicles, but it merges with the pollution from

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cities across Europe, which drifts across the UK. When was it this

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bad? In London we have episodes like this for five times a year, in the

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rest of the UK, maybe once or twice. We will have to wait until tomorrow,

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when we are expect in some wind from the Atlantic to blow this smog away.

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Back to you. That is all from Newsround today. There is loads more

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on the website, including a story about a cat that got stuck down the

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back of a sofa in a shop for five days. I will be back at ten to

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