04/05/2017 Newsround


04/05/2017

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Hello, welcome to Newsround with me, Leah.

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First, we're going straight to Buckingham Palace in London

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with news that Prince Philip will soon be stepping down

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Just behind me is Buckingham Palace, I'm in London and it's pretty cold

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and the atmosphere is nice with a lot of crowds and atmosphere.

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You might not think it's that much of a surprise that a 95-year-old man

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is going to be stopping work in the autumn, retiring

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But today's announcement about Prince Philip,

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the Queen's husband, is a really important one.

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So let's find out a bit more about him and what all this means.

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Prince Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh.

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He's probably best known to you as the Queen's husband,

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grandad to Princes William and Harry, and great-grandad

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to Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

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You also might have heard of the Duke of Edinburgh Award that

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And he has a lot of royal duties filling up his diary.

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As a key member of the Royal family, he gets invited to loads of events.

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He's usually seen out and about with the Queen

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by his side, meeting all sorts of people and animals!

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The Duke and the Queen have been married for nearly 70 years.

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Last year, he spent 110 days on visits around the UK.

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Chances are, he's been somewhere near you!

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I am the world's most experienced plaque unveiling!

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But he'll turn 96 next month, and so he gets to enjoy retirement.

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His jobs will be taken up by younger royals instead.

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He will be carrying on his duties until August but after that we will

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see less of him. The Queen will carry on as normal and she is said

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to be in full support of her husband which is pretty nice.

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Lots of people have been giving their messages

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for Philip, including Prime Minister Theresa May,

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who offered her "deepest gratitude and good wishes" on behalf

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All in all he has been getting a lot of support. Back to you in the

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studio. Next, we're taking a closer look

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at these things, fidget spinners! Have they been banned

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from your school? Ricky's been looking into the toy

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that everyone's talking about. Fidget spinners are

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taking over playgrounds. The small toys have become

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the latest must-have gadget. My spinner is a

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glow-in-the-dark one. You get relaxed when it spins

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and it's really satisfying. You can have challenges with other

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people, you can trade and you can These fidget spinners have got

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a rather surprising past. They were originally designed

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to help children with certain conditions like autism

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deal with stress. But these little things are causing

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big headaches for lots of teachers. Sometimes children

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they get distrac... Then they don't concentrate

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on the work, they try to rush it so they can play with it

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and they don't produce They have since been banned

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in a number of schools but here in Manchester teachers

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are a bit more relaxed. They are happy for kids

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to play with them but only You can play with them at lunchtime

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and playtime but you're not allowed They're banned in classes and around

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the school environment and you're only allowed them

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in break and lunch. The spinners only cost a couple

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of pounds but some websites have started to charge a lot more

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as their popularity increases. And which one is

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better for fidgeting? Online videos showing off tricks

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have had millions of views. Until the next big thing

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in the playground, it looks like the fidget spinners will be

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around until, well, Go online to tell us

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whether you think they should be banned at school and to send

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us your tricks! Finally, to the rare birds that

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are being counted from space! They're using really

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high-res satellite images The Northern Royal albatrosses

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come up as little white Otherwise it's hard to know how many

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there are as they only nest on remote islands

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near to New Zealand. We are back here tomorrow morning at

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7:40am. But at online and check out our website. I will see you this

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time tomorrow. Goodbye.

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