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Hello, welcome to Newsround with me, Leah. | :00:12. | :00:14. | |
First, we're going straight to Buckingham Palace in London | :00:15. | :00:16. | |
with news that Prince Philip will soon be stepping down | :00:17. | :00:18. | |
Just behind me is Buckingham Palace, I'm in London and it's pretty cold | :00:19. | :00:34. | |
and the atmosphere is nice with a lot of crowds and atmosphere. | :00:35. | :00:36. | |
You might not think it's that much of a surprise that a 95-year-old man | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
is going to be stopping work in the autumn, retiring | :00:40. | :00:42. | |
But today's announcement about Prince Philip, | :00:43. | :00:44. | |
the Queen's husband, is a really important one. | :00:45. | :00:46. | |
So let's find out a bit more about him and what all this means. | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
Prince Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh. | :00:50. | :00:52. | |
He's probably best known to you as the Queen's husband, | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
grandad to Princes William and Harry, and great-grandad | :00:57. | :00:57. | |
to Prince George and Princess Charlotte. | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
You also might have heard of the Duke of Edinburgh Award that | :01:03. | :01:04. | |
And he has a lot of royal duties filling up his diary. | :01:05. | :01:11. | |
As a key member of the Royal family, he gets invited to loads of events. | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
He's usually seen out and about with the Queen | :01:17. | :01:18. | |
by his side, meeting all sorts of people and animals! | :01:19. | :01:29. | |
The Duke and the Queen have been married for nearly 70 years. | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
Last year, he spent 110 days on visits around the UK. | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
Chances are, he's been somewhere near you! | :01:38. | :01:46. | |
I am the world's most experienced plaque unveiling! | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
But he'll turn 96 next month, and so he gets to enjoy retirement. | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
His jobs will be taken up by younger royals instead. | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
He will be carrying on his duties until August but after that we will | :02:01. | :02:08. | |
see less of him. The Queen will carry on as normal and she is said | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
to be in full support of her husband which is pretty nice. | :02:13. | :02:13. | |
Lots of people have been giving their messages | :02:14. | :02:15. | |
for Philip, including Prime Minister Theresa May, | :02:16. | :02:17. | |
who offered her "deepest gratitude and good wishes" on behalf | :02:18. | :02:19. | |
All in all he has been getting a lot of support. Back to you in the | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
studio. Next, we're taking a closer look | :02:26. | :02:27. | |
at these things, fidget spinners! Have they been banned | :02:28. | :02:29. | |
from your school? Ricky's been looking into the toy | :02:30. | :02:31. | |
that everyone's talking about. Fidget spinners are | :02:32. | :02:42. | |
taking over playgrounds. The small toys have become | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
the latest must-have gadget. My spinner is a | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
glow-in-the-dark one. You get relaxed when it spins | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
and it's really satisfying. You can have challenges with other | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
people, you can trade and you can These fidget spinners have got | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
a rather surprising past. They were originally designed | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
to help children with certain conditions like autism | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
deal with stress. But these little things are causing | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
big headaches for lots of teachers. Sometimes children | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
they get distrac... Then they don't concentrate | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
on the work, they try to rush it so they can play with it | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
and they don't produce They have since been banned | :03:26. | :03:27. | |
in a number of schools but here in Manchester teachers | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
are a bit more relaxed. They are happy for kids | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
to play with them but only You can play with them at lunchtime | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
and playtime but you're not allowed They're banned in classes and around | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
the school environment and you're only allowed them | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
in break and lunch. The spinners only cost a couple | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
of pounds but some websites have started to charge a lot more | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
as their popularity increases. And which one is | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
better for fidgeting? Online videos showing off tricks | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
have had millions of views. Until the next big thing | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
in the playground, it looks like the fidget spinners will be | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
around until, well, Go online to tell us | :04:11. | :04:12. | |
whether you think they should be banned at school and to send | :04:13. | :04:20. | |
us your tricks! Finally, to the rare birds that | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
are being counted from space! They're using really | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
high-res satellite images The Northern Royal albatrosses | :04:28. | :04:28. | |
come up as little white Otherwise it's hard to know how many | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
there are as they only nest on remote islands | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
near to New Zealand. We are back here tomorrow morning at | :04:40. | :04:57. | |
7:40am. But at online and check out our website. I will see you this | :04:58. | :04:59. | |
time tomorrow. Goodbye. | :05:00. | :05:01. |