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Hi guys, Ricky here. The 17 mile per hour hovercraft without any breaks | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
coming up. Plus, the full-size house printed in 3-D. This is Newsround. | :00:10. | :00:17. | |
But let's start with something that loads of you have been getting in | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
touch about today, whether you prefer e-books or traditional paper | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
ones. Jessica in Peterborough has told us: | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
"I prefer to read the paper book because the words are much clearer | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
than on the screen and the pictures have more colours." | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
And Holly in Hebden Bridge says: "I don't mind reading the books | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
occasionally, but will always prefer real, proper books." | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
Well, that debate was kicked off by a report we ran first thing this | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
morning. Sales of paper books are at an 11 year low, so BBC reporter Tim | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
Muffet asked leading children's author Judith Kerr if paperbacks | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
have a future, as well as more about her career as a writer. | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
The reporter who came to tea. "Suddenly, there was a ring at the | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
door. Sophie's mummy said, I wonder who that can be?" | :01:07. | :01:13. | |
Hello, Judith. I have been invited to Judith Kerr's house, creator of | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
The Tiger Who Came To Tea, Mog, and many other famous children's books. | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
So this is the room where The Tiger Who Came To Tea and Mog all came to | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
life. Everything I've ever done, I've done | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
in this room. The Tiger Who Came To Tea is the story of a young girl, | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
Sophie. And Tiger, who comes round, uninvited, to her house. He helps | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
himself to all the food and drink they have. He even drains all the | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
water from the taps. We had the children and I made up | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
stories for them. And one of them was the story about a tiger, which | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
my daughter liked and made me tell her again and again. | :01:48. | :01:57. | |
The book was first published back in 1968 and still sells lots of copies | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
today. Judith's stories have remained popular through the years. | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
Does she still think there is a place for paper books? Some children | :02:05. | :02:13. | |
are accessing books through electronic devices. | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
It is not the same. Some books are all right as an e-book. Which you | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
would maybe read once and never read again. I do not think that printed | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
books will ever disappear. They are a different thing. | :02:27. | :02:56. | |
In other news, fighting to control parts of Ukraine's continuing today. | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
The Government there says they'll carry on with plans to try and | :03:03. | :03:05. | |
retake several towns and cities from Russian supporting groups, despite | :03:06. | :03:07. | |
violent clashes yesterday. The pro-Russians have taken over | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
Government buildings and airports in the east of the country. It's all to | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
do with a split between those who want nearby Russia to have more | :03:15. | :03:17. | |
influence in Ukraine and those who want to be closer to Europe. | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
And a mountain in the Lake District has been put up for sale for almost | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
?2 million. Blencathra, in Cumbria, is being sold off by its owner to | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
help him pay off a large bill he owes the Government. The land | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
belongs to the Earl of Lonsdale. His family bought the | :03:34. | :03:33. | |
belongs to the Earl of Lonsdale. His ago. Whoever buys it would own 2677 | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
acres, these amazing views and the title, Lord of the Manor of | :03:39. | :03:39. | |
Threlkeld. Sweets, pants, and now the homes we | :03:40. | :03:52. | |
live in. Apparently there is not much people want to try to print in | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
3-D. Architects in Amsterdam have started work on a full-size 3D | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
printing house that they said could be a more environmentally friendly | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
way to construct cities in the future. Could this be the year | :04:03. | :04:11. | |
houses are made any future. No brakes are tiles, just a massive 3D | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
printing machine. This is the first project of its kind. How do you | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
print a huge house? The BBC's Anna Hollick and took a look at how it | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
works. It is built inside a huge shipping container. Here, we have | :04:28. | :04:34. | |
the latest parts of the Amsterdam 3-D house. This will be the balcony. | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
The machine is layering, almost like a glue gun. Only one section has | :04:42. | :04:48. | |
been made so far. But the people behind it hoped that eventually the | :04:49. | :04:50. | |
pieces will slot together like a giant Lego building. It is expected | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
to take years to complete but could one day become a more eco-friendly | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
form of construction. Just imagine that you could turn materials into | :05:00. | :05:07. | |
printable material and suddenly you have sensible materials from waste. | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
These children were given a first-hand view. What do they think? | :05:13. | :05:19. | |
It is good because it doesn't need to chop down trees. | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
The architects on the project hope it will make people at least went | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
about how we build things in years to come. | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
Finally, it can reach speeds of 70 miles per hour, it hasn't got any | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
breaks, and it travels on land and water. The drivers of the UK's top | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
hovercrafts are gearing up for the first race of the British | :05:43. | :05:44. | |
championship in Lancashire today. The hovercraft can go from 0-60 in | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
less than four seconds. The sport is popular amongst teenagers and the | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
action can get incredibly heated. There is more on that back here just | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
before 2pm. In the meantime, head to the website for loads of cool stuff. | :05:57. | :06:01. |