08/01/2013 Newsround


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This is Newsround on Tuesday the 8th January, I'm Ricky.

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Smart spoons and waterproof bones - we check out some of the top new

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gadgets. And big cats cuddling Christmas

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trees. First, you're probably thinking

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about your tea right now, but we want you to think about breakfast.

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More and more children are leaving the house in the morning hungry and

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it is making their School Worksop up. Now one council is giving all

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of its 12,000 children a free breakfast. Kids in Blackpool will

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get see real fruit and toast at school before lessons. It is being

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trialed for three months to see if it will help them focus.

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If you have breakfast here, you don't get hungry halfway through

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your lessons. I get more than I do at home and I get to speak with my

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friends, it is much better. If you don't get breakfast at home you are

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really hungry most of the day. come from a big family so it is

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really rushed, it is better to come to school and it is provided for

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you. You can chat with your friends and you get more than at home.

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Hayley, how big a problem is this? Two children go to school without

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breakfast? The problem seems to be getting bigger. -- do children go

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to school without breakfast? 80% of children -- teachers surveyed by

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The Children's Society have had children arrive at school without

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eating breakfast, and 44% said they had seen children being hungry.

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Over half said it was a problem that had got worse over the last

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two years. 62% said of bears 62% of teachers said they thought it was

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because people had less money. Some schools give a free breakfast to

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children whose parents don't end quite enough, at some schools you

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can pay for a breakfast club. happens if you skip breakfast?

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nutritionists and doctors told me it is like putting fuel in your car

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to get a performance out of it. They say many children, especially

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if you are 12 or younger, need constant, regular food, because you

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use it up faster than adults and you need more energy. If you don't

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have it you can end up being tired and aggressive in your mood, you

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can't concentrate will join in activities, you don't have as much

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energy and you can fall behind in a school and sports. It is not just

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children, it is also adults, we Thank you. Let's get on to more

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news and head two Australia, where firefighters are battling some of

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the worst places they've ever seen. It is there some and large parts of

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the country are in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave -- it is

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somewhere over there now. 130 fires have broken out in the south-east

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of the country, mostly in the state of New South Wales. Some people

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have been told to leave their homes just to be saved. It was like Usain

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Bolt, so fast. It was more about the fact I could not do anything

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about it, it made me feel so helpless.

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More than 30 years ago this gadget, the Atari, would have been top of

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your Christmas list. Fast-forward a few years and tech lovers are

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geeking out over this lot, or try high-definition televisions, a

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mobile phone that is completely water-resistant and a smart spoon

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that vibrates if you are eating too quickly. They are all on show at a

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tech fair in Las Vegas in America. You don't often see a lion and a

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Christmas tree together but you will at Linton Zoo in Cambridge up.

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Its bosses are asking people to drop off their Christmas trees so

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they can be re-used as toys for big cats. They say lions, tigers and

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snow leopards love playing with the trees. If they do not have routes

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they are given to the animals, those which do are planted to

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decorate the animal enclosure. You can see that on the website and

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you can also check out 12 year-old DJ Jack, who is aiming for a world

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