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I'm Ricky with some of Tuesday's top stories. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
A new world record for skipping - on four legs. | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
Plus, a sport specially designed for people who can't see. | :00:10. | :00:22. | |
But first this morning, you might have heard of a place | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
called Gibraltar being talked about in the news recently. | :00:26. | :00:27. | |
But where is it and why is it important? | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
Here's Jenny with everything you need to know. | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
Gibraltar - somewhere you or your friends may have visited on holiday. | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
It's famous for its sunshine, its large population of monkeys | :00:39. | :00:40. | |
That means people living there share the Queen and are protected | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
But it's also right next to Spain, which it used to be part of, | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
and for hundreds of years there have been arguments about | :00:54. | :00:55. | |
The people who live in Gibraltar have said strongly that they want | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, says that she'll support them. | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
But now there is a new row over Gibraltar. | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
The UK has voted to leave a club of countries called | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
the European Union, so there will need to be discussions | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
about how Gibraltar and the EU will do business in future. | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
And the EU wants any decisions to be run by Spain first. | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
But the British Government doesn't want Spain to have the final say | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
about decisions that will affect Gibraltar. | :01:27. | :01:39. | |
Have you heard of goalball? It is a team sport designed for people who | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
cannot see. A reporter joins me this morning. Tell us a bit about it. I | :01:45. | :01:53. | |
have a visual impairment and I wanted a sport I could play and | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
luckily, goalball is one of them. It has been given money to find future | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
medal winners and I went to find 14-year-old Amelia who hopefully | :02:04. | :02:04. | |
might be one of them. Because you could be | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
looking at a future gold Goalball was invented in 1946 | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
to rehabilitate visually impaired It's the only sport | :02:12. | :02:19. | |
designed specifically for The aim of the game | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
is to get this, pretty heavy ball, weighing over one | :02:25. | :02:33. | |
kilogram, into the back of the opposing team's net, | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
whilst wearing a blindfold. Because players cannot | :02:37. | :02:38. | |
see, they have to use These are bells inside the ball, | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
which help them track where it is. They also feel for markers | :02:41. | :02:50. | |
on the floor to help them She can't see very | :02:51. | :02:52. | |
well but is really good at goalball and has been | :02:53. | :03:01. | |
spotted by Great Britain's I think that when I got the e-mail, | :03:02. | :03:03. | |
I didn't actually go And it sort of make | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
me realise that if I How does Amelia feel about becoming | :03:08. | :03:22. | |
a possible Paralympic star of the future? It feels like my dream would | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
come true because that is all I have ever wanted. That looks really fun. | :03:27. | :03:33. | |
You've obviously plainness. Tell us more. Yes, it looks fun and it is | :03:34. | :03:40. | |
quite hard as well. It can be painful when they play two hits you. | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
You have to wear a blindfold. How the young kids get involved? There | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
are 30 clubs across the country and the best thing to do is to go to the | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
UK website where there is a club page. How is it painful? The ball | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
can sting when it hits you. But it is good fun and I enjoy it. I am | :04:04. | :04:12. | |
part of a club in Manchester called Lancashire Lions. Hopefully we can | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
win. We just one day novice and intermediate tournament recently. | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
Good to see you. Thanks for coming in. | :04:23. | :04:30. | |
Meet the world's best skipper on four legs. | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
This little Jack Russell called Jessica has shown she can skip 59 | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
If you thought skipping was hard on two legs, try doing it on four! | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
That's all for now, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour. | :04:45. | :04:51. | |
Check out the website for more stories and our quiz. | :04:52. | :04:59. |