:00:20. > :00:23.Hello. Welcome to Newsround with Hayley and Ore. We're live, it's
:00:23. > :00:28.just after five and we've got everything you need to know.
:00:28. > :00:33.Coming up: We speak to Helen Skelton as she takes her first
:00:33. > :00:38.steps towards the South Pole. And as the dust settles on
:00:38. > :00:42.yesterday's gale-force winds, we've got some amazing images. But before
:00:42. > :00:46.any of that, our top story. 18 years ago teenager Stephen Lawrence
:00:46. > :00:52.was killed in a racist attack, now two men have been sent to prison
:00:52. > :00:55.for the murder. Gary Dobson was sentenced to 15 years and David
:00:55. > :01:00.Norris to 14 years for a crime which the judge called terrible and
:01:00. > :01:03.evil. Stephen's murder shocked Britain. The case has led to
:01:04. > :01:07.changes in the law and it's had a huge impact on the way people in
:01:07. > :01:11.this country think about race. I've been looking back at why it's taken
:01:12. > :01:15.so long for his family to get justice. In April 1993, Stephen
:01:15. > :01:20.Lawrence was waiting near a bus stop in London when he was killed
:01:20. > :01:23.by a gang of white teenagers. He was just 18 when he died. Stephen's
:01:23. > :01:32.mum and dad, Doreen and Neville, demanded justice, but the police
:01:32. > :01:35.failed to act quickly. I have one more son and have saved well Hebe
:01:36. > :01:38.until these killers have been caught?
:01:39. > :01:41.It was weeks before anyone was arrested, and then there was not
:01:41. > :01:44.enough evidence to put the suspects on trial. Across Britain people
:01:44. > :01:47.were getting angry that not enough was being done, and many people
:01:48. > :01:50.thought it was because Stephen was black. An inquiry into the case was
:01:51. > :01:53.ordered and it found the officers in charge had made big mistakes.
:01:53. > :01:56.The report also accused the police force of being racist. Eventually
:01:56. > :02:01.three men, including Gary Dobson, were put on trial for Stephen's
:02:01. > :02:04.murder but the case collapsed and no-one was found guilty. Under
:02:04. > :02:07.British law at that time he couldn't be tried for the same
:02:07. > :02:14.crime twice. But anger about this helped convince the Government to
:02:14. > :02:18.change to law in 2005. Then in 2007 there was a breakthrough. Police
:02:18. > :02:21.used new forensic technology to look again at all the evidence.
:02:21. > :02:25.They examined clothes belonging to two suspects, Gary Dobson and David
:02:25. > :02:35.Norris. On them they found tiny traces of Stephen's blood and
:02:35. > :02:41.fibres from his clothes. The most significant finding was a stain on
:02:41. > :02:46.the back of the collar. It was a microscopic bloodstain that would
:02:46. > :02:49.not be apparent to the naked eye. For The change in the law meant
:02:49. > :02:54.that Gary Dobson could be put on trial again alongside David Norris
:02:54. > :02:57.and now they've both been jailed. It is the beginning of starting a
:02:57. > :03:00.new life because we have been in limbo for so long.
:03:00. > :03:02.It took nearly 20 years for Stephen's family to get justice,
:03:02. > :03:06.but they hope it's helped change Britain's attitude to racism
:03:06. > :03:08.forever. Now joining us is John Amaechi, the
:03:08. > :03:13.former basketball player who now works with young people in
:03:13. > :03:16.Manchester. It's nearly 20 years since the racist attack on Stephen
:03:16. > :03:26.and it's always attracted lots of attention - how has it changed
:03:26. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:33.people's attitudes to race and racism in this country? The attack
:03:33. > :03:37.and this trial has shone a light on how different things are now from
:03:37. > :03:44.before. People are looking at 20 years ago, the conversations people
:03:44. > :03:47.were having about this case as if they can't even recognise it. It is
:03:47. > :03:53.a real positive that we have come so far that we don't recognise our
:03:53. > :03:58.past. Do you think more needs to be done? Yes, the biggest mistake
:03:58. > :04:02.would be to look at this trial unsafe the problem is over. There
:04:02. > :04:07.is still so much going on. Young people in schools know that nearly
:04:07. > :04:11.every day they will hear comments they should not be said. We have a
:04:11. > :04:17.responsibility to make sure things keep getting better. If there is
:04:17. > :04:21.something we can do to help stop racism, what do you think it is?
:04:21. > :04:26.People can stop bringing assumptions to school with them. We
:04:26. > :04:31.look at people's skin colour, the way they dress, their hair, and we
:04:31. > :04:41.imagine we know stuff about them. Look at them like human beings and
:04:41. > :04:41.
:04:41. > :04:43.it will make the world a better place.
:04:43. > :04:47.The Antarctic, a frozen desert where temperatures can drop to
:04:47. > :04:57.minus 50 degrees and icy winds can reach up to 100mph. And, for now,
:04:57. > :05:05.
:05:05. > :05:10.what Blue Peter's Helen Skelton calls home. The Antarctic, here. It
:05:10. > :05:15.is so good to hear your voice. What is the weather like in the
:05:15. > :05:20.Antarctic right now? We have had a couple of days of being stuck in a
:05:20. > :05:27.tent because of storms, but overall it has been cold with bright blue
:05:27. > :05:33.skies. The weather has affected the challenge, hasn't it? Yes, because
:05:33. > :05:37.we haven't been able to make as much progress as we like. We have
:05:37. > :05:42.got about 20 days to get to the South Pole so the pressure is on.
:05:42. > :05:48.The challenge was supposed to be 500 miles tracked by three modes of
:05:48. > :05:54.transport, which sounded hard but it has got even harder, hasn't it?
:05:54. > :06:00.It has not been windy enough to use the kite, and the snow has been too
:06:00. > :06:07.soft for the bikes. I am determined to use it. What will help pull you
:06:07. > :06:14.through 500 miles to the South Pole? If I can raise 10p or �10,
:06:14. > :06:20.then it has been worth everything. We are right behind you and we
:06:20. > :06:27.can't wait to see you come home. appreciated. I will do you proud.
:06:27. > :06:30.She always does. An incredible person, an inspiration.
:06:30. > :06:33.The television programme and Downton Abbey was popular over
:06:33. > :06:38.Christmas but have you ever imagined what it would be like to
:06:39. > :06:44.live in a castle? Meet these children who lived in
:06:44. > :06:49.Castle Howard near York. It has been named one of the top 10
:06:49. > :06:57.mansions in the world. They have been showing us around so look at
:06:57. > :07:02.the Newsround website for some behind the scenes Peking. Just
:07:02. > :07:07.before we go, yesterday we reported on the storms that caused chaos