04/04/2017 Newsround


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I'm Ricky with some of Tuesday's top stories.

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A new world record for skipping - on four legs.

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Plus, a sport specially designed for people who can't see.

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But first this morning, you might have heard of a place

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called Gibraltar being talked about in the news recently.

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But where is it and why is it important?

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Here's Jenny with everything you need to know.

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Gibraltar - somewhere you or your friends may have visited on holiday.

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It's famous for its sunshine, its large population of monkeys

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That means people living there share the Queen and are protected

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But it's also right next to Spain, which it used to be part of,

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and for hundreds of years there have been arguments about

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The people who live in Gibraltar have said strongly that they want

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The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, says that she'll support them.

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But now there is a new row over Gibraltar.

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The UK has voted to leave a club of countries called

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the European Union, so there will need to be discussions

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about how Gibraltar and the EU will do business in future.

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And the EU wants any decisions to be run by Spain first.

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But the British Government doesn't want Spain to have the final say

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about decisions that will affect Gibraltar.

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Have you heard of goalball? It is a team sport designed for people who

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cannot see. A reporter joins me this morning. Tell us a bit about it. I

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have a visual impairment and I wanted a sport I could play and

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luckily, goalball is one of them. It has been given money to find future

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medal winners and I went to find 14-year-old Amelia who hopefully

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might be one of them. Because you could be

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looking at a future gold Goalball was invented in 1946

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to rehabilitate visually impaired It's the only sport

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designed specifically for The aim of the game

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is to get this, pretty heavy ball, weighing over one

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kilogram, into the back of the opposing team's net,

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whilst wearing a blindfold. Because players cannot

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see, they have to use These are bells inside the ball,

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which help them track where it is. They also feel for markers

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on the floor to help them She can't see very

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well but is really good at goalball and has been

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spotted by Great Britain's I think that when I got the e-mail,

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I didn't actually go And it sort of make

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me realise that if I How does Amelia feel about becoming

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a possible Paralympic star of the future? It feels like my dream would

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come true because that is all I have ever wanted. That looks really fun.

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You've obviously plainness. Tell us more. Yes, it looks fun and it is

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quite hard as well. It can be painful when they play two hits you.

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You have to wear a blindfold. How the young kids get involved? There

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are 30 clubs across the country and the best thing to do is to go to the

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UK website where there is a club page. How is it painful? The ball

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can sting when it hits you. But it is good fun and I enjoy it. I am

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part of a club in Manchester called Lancashire Lions. Hopefully we can

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win. We just one day novice and intermediate tournament recently.

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Good to see you. Thanks for coming in.

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Meet the world's best skipper on four legs.

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This little Jack Russell called Jessica has shown she can skip 59

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If you thought skipping was hard on two legs, try doing it on four!

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That's all for now, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.

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Check out the website for more stories and our quiz.

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