05/07/2017 Newsround


05/07/2017

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Hello, I'm Jenny, you are live with Newsround.

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And you're not going to want to miss all this...

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Could geckos save the International Space Station?

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And don't look down!

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We'll check out the world's longest sky walk.

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First up to Wimbledon and not a bad day for the Brits.

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Heather Watson has made it through to the next round beating

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Anastasija Sevastova in two sets.

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Aljaz Bedene also beat Damir Dzumhur three sets to one.

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Great news for British number one Johanna Konta as well who has

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literally just beaten Donna Vekic from Croatia.

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Sticking with Wimbledon - picture the scene.

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You've just watched your favourite player, they throw their towel

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into the audience, it's heading right for you.

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But then...

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It's pinched by someone else!

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That's exactly what happened to this guy after watching

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American Jack Sock play.

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Luckily Jack is onto it and wants to send the fan a new towel.

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Hopefully a clean one.

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And of course one match we're looking forward to is Andy Murray,

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who should be on court soon.

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But what does it take to make a Wimbledon champion twice over?

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We've been finding out.

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We are the mini Murrays!

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I'm Andy, nice to meet you.

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Shall we hit a few balls together?

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Wow!

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That was bigger than me.

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What is the best moment of your life so far?

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Best moment of my life would be

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when my daughter was born.

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It ended up being a good year on the court, but, yeah,

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it was a better one off it for sure.

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Who inspired you to play tennis, and what would your advice be

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if someone wanted to be a tennis player

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just like you?

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I'd say my mum inspired me, and my brother,

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to play tennis.

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She used to play when she was younger and she really

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coached me and my brother until we were like nine or ten years old.

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Best piece of advice I could give to anyone

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wanting to play tennis would be

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to have fun when you are a kid, enjoy playing,

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and to listen to your coach.

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There we go, that's excellent!

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Whose cooking do you prefer?

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Your gran's, mum's or wife's?

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PS, I have tasted your gran's cooking at the Dunblane tennis

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courts, and it is delicious.

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HE LAUGHS Lucky you!

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That's a really tough question.

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My gran has got a lot of experience getting so I would

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say it'd just, JUST be her, but my wife is also a good, good cook.

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It isn't my mum, she would definitely be

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third on the list.

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Poor Judy.

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Next, if you think rubbish can be a problem here on Earth,

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imagine the trouble it can cause out in space!

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Step in super gekko...

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It'll all make sense when you watch this.

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Here's Whitney.

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There's a big problem up in space.

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Right now, about 500,000 pieces of human made debris are whizzing

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around space and orbiting our planet at speeds of up to 17,000 mph.

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This debris poses a threat to our satellites and space stations.

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And it is getting scientists thinking,

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the solution, super robot space geckos.

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What?!

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Top scientists have developed a tool to grab objects in

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space.

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It has been inspired by gecko feet and how they grab onto surfaces

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when climbing.

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Geckos' toes can hold on to almost any smooth surface,

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their feet are covered in tiny rubbery hairs

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that grip the surface

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tightly, are also super easy to remove

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when force is applied in the

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other direction.

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This allows a gecko to climb almost anywhere.

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The scientists copied these tiny, tiny

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hairs for their grip.

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It has wedges one tenth of a millimetre wide.

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The robotic grabber can grip, hold onto

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and move around even large smooth surfaces

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in zero gravity and the

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vacuum of space.

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A possible solution to a big problem up there from a tiny

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little creature down here.

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If you're not a fan of heights, I'd look away now.

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This glass walkway in China is the world's longest.

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It hangs more than 120 metres above a gaping

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chasm, and is delighting and terrifying visitors.

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Presenters Phil and Holly were in for a bit of a surprise

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during their daytime tv show,

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a pony poo'd live on air, in the middle of their set.

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Not so cute now!

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Holly said it was the best thing she'd ever seen.

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Frankly, it's left me a little HOARSE.

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That's all from the team today, but set your alarm clocks,

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I'll be right here tomorrow morning at 7:40

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with even more Newsround for you.

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