04/04/2017 Newsround


04/04/2017

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Morning guys, it's Tuesday, I'm Ricky, this is Newsround.

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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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It's a team sport designed for people who can't see.

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Our BBC reporter, Salim, has been checking it out and joins me now.

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I have a visual impairment and I wanted a sport

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It has been given money to find future medal winners and I went

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to meet 14-year-old Amelia who hopefully might be one of them.

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Because you could be looking at a future gold medallist -

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in the sport of goalball. Play!

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Goalball was invented in 1946 to rehabilitate visually impaired

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It's the only sport designed specifically for

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The aim of the game is to get this, pretty

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heavy ball, weighing over one kilogram, into the back of the

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opposing team's net, whilst wearing a blindfold.

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Because players cannot see, they have to use

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These are bells inside the ball, which help them track where it is.

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They also feel for markers on the floor to help them

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She can't see very well but is really

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good at goalball and has been spotted by Great Britain's

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I think that when I got the e-mail, I didn't actually go

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And it sort of made me realise that if I tried, then I could do it.

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How does Amelia feel about becoming a possible Paralympic star of the

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It feels like my dream would come true because that is all I have

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Have you played the game? Yes, it is fun but it is painful when the ball

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hits you. It stings but it is good fun. What is special about goalball?

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You like it was designed for people like me who can't see. Are other

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sports like football and cricket which have been adapted. The players

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have to shout, so you know where they are. Goalball was made for

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people like me. It is a unique sport for us. How do young people get

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And if you want to know a bit more about how you play goalball,

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you can head on over to Newsround online....

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where you can also find out about the Undertaker retiring

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from WWE and have a go at our quiz of the week.

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And THIS is how you celebrate the launch of a new skyscraper...

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A huge fireworks display took place in Seoul, the capital

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of South Korea, to mark the opening of the Lotte World Tower.

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It's the world's fifth highest skyscraper.

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30,000 fireworks went off in 11 minutes!

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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 from me, Newsround's back at 4:20pm with Jenny.

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Check out the website for more stories and our quiz.

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

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