04/04/2017

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:00:08. > :00:09.Morning guys, it's Tuesday, I'm Ricky, this is Newsround.

:00:10. > :00:12.A new world record for skipping - on four legs.

:00:13. > :00:24.Plus, a sport specially designed for people who can't see.

:00:25. > :00:27.But first this morning, you might have heard of a place

:00:28. > :00:29.called Gibraltar being talked about in the news recently.

:00:30. > :00:31.But where is it and why is it important?

:00:32. > :00:35.Here's Jenny with everything you need to know.

:00:36. > :00:38.Gibraltar - somewhere you or your friends may have visited on holiday.

:00:39. > :00:41.It's famous for its sunshine, its large population of monkeys

:00:42. > :00:49.That means people living there share the Queen and are protected

:00:50. > :00:56.But it's also right next to Spain, which it used to be part of,

:00:57. > :00:59.and for hundreds of years there have been arguments about

:01:00. > :01:02.The people who live in Gibraltar have said strongly that they want

:01:03. > :01:10.The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, says that she'll support them.

:01:11. > :01:12.But now there is a new row over Gibraltar.

:01:13. > :01:15.The UK has voted to leave a club of countries called

:01:16. > :01:17.the European Union, so there will need to be discussions

:01:18. > :01:22.about how Gibraltar and the EU will do business in future.

:01:23. > :01:25.And the EU wants any decisions to be run by Spain first.

:01:26. > :01:28.But the British Government doesn't want Spain to have the final say

:01:29. > :01:36.about decisions that will affect Gibraltar.

:01:37. > :01:43.It's a team sport designed for people who can't see.

:01:44. > :01:50.Our BBC reporter, Salim, has been checking it out and joins me now.

:01:51. > :02:00.I have a visual impairment and I wanted a sport

:02:01. > :02:04.It has been given money to find future medal winners and I went

:02:05. > :02:07.to meet 14-year-old Amelia who hopefully might be one of them.

:02:08. > :02:12.Because you could be looking at a future gold medallist -

:02:13. > :02:18.in the sport of goalball. Play!

:02:19. > :02:21.Goalball was invented in 1946 to rehabilitate visually impaired

:02:22. > :02:23.It's the only sport designed specifically for

:02:24. > :02:34.The aim of the game is to get this, pretty

:02:35. > :02:37.heavy ball, weighing over one kilogram, into the back of the

:02:38. > :02:39.opposing team's net, whilst wearing a blindfold.

:02:40. > :02:40.Because players cannot see, they have to use

:02:41. > :02:52.These are bells inside the ball, which help them track where it is.

:02:53. > :02:55.They also feel for markers on the floor to help them

:02:56. > :03:03.She can't see very well but is really

:03:04. > :03:06.good at goalball and has been spotted by Great Britain's

:03:07. > :03:10.I think that when I got the e-mail, I didn't actually go

:03:11. > :03:17.And it sort of made me realise that if I tried, then I could do it.

:03:18. > :03:20.How does Amelia feel about becoming a possible Paralympic star of the

:03:21. > :03:25.It feels like my dream would come true because that is all I have

:03:26. > :03:50.Have you played the game? Yes, it is fun but it is painful when the ball

:03:51. > :03:57.hits you. It stings but it is good fun. What is special about goalball?

:03:58. > :04:01.You like it was designed for people like me who can't see. Are other

:04:02. > :04:07.sports like football and cricket which have been adapted. The players

:04:08. > :04:11.have to shout, so you know where they are. Goalball was made for

:04:12. > :04:30.people like me. It is a unique sport for us. How do young people get

:04:31. > :04:59.And if you want to know a bit more about how you play goalball,

:05:00. > :05:01.you can head on over to Newsround online....

:05:02. > :05:03.where you can also find out about the Undertaker retiring

:05:04. > :05:10.from WWE and have a go at our quiz of the week.

:05:11. > :05:13.And THIS is how you celebrate the launch of a new skyscraper...

:05:14. > :05:16.A huge fireworks display took place in Seoul, the capital

:05:17. > :05:19.of South Korea, to mark the opening of the Lotte World Tower.

:05:20. > :05:20.It's the world's fifth highest skyscraper.

:05:21. > :05:30.30,000 fireworks went off in 11 minutes!

:05:31. > :05:33.Meet the world's best skipper on four legs.

:05:34. > :05:36.This little Jack Russell called Jessica has shown she can skip 59

:05:37. > :05:45.If you thought skipping was hard on two legs, try doing it on four!

:05:46. > :05:48.That's all from me, Newsround's back at 4:20pm with Jenny.

:05:49. > :06:00.Check out the website for more stories and our quiz.

:06:01. > :06:05.Join us for The Gamers' Room every Saturday from 9:30 on CBBC.