0:00:15 > 0:00:18Hi, I'm Hayley - and this is Newsround.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21It's thought here in the UK we use more than 8 billion
0:00:21 > 0:00:24plastic straws every year.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So a group of kids in Scotland are on a mission to get them banned.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32It's because they want to help protect our planet and cut
0:00:32 > 0:00:34the amount of plastic that gets thrown away.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Whitney has this...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38They've already convinced Glasgow Council, the biggest
0:00:38 > 0:00:41in Scotland to ditch
0:00:41 > 0:00:43plastic straws but their mission
0:00:43 > 0:00:45doesn't stop there.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47These kids are taking the ferry to the Isle of
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Arran.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Around 5000 people live there and they want them to quit using
0:00:52 > 0:00:54them too.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56There is, like, animals out there in danger because they are
0:00:56 > 0:00:58eating plastic.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01What do you hope to do with this campaign?
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Try and stop plastic straws from being used.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06And start using, like, paper straws.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08It's our future and we need to make sure
0:01:08 > 0:01:12that it's not all gone when we grow up.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16They call themselves the Ocean Defenders.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18A lot of plastic when it's thrown away ends
0:01:18 > 0:01:20up in the sea.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22It can stay there for hundreds of years because it doesnt
0:01:22 > 0:01:25rot like a paper straw would.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30This means it's harmful to both animals and the environment.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32They're talking to other kids about what
0:01:32 > 0:01:36they're doing so they can do the same.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I hadn't really thought about it but now the presentation has
0:01:38 > 0:01:43taught me a lot more about it, it's very different now.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45I think the most surprising and interesting thing is
0:01:45 > 0:01:49how much this does affect the environment.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53You wouldn't expect that from wee, tiny plastic straws.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55We could to speak to some
0:01:55 > 0:01:56of the cafes on the island
0:01:56 > 0:01:59because I know a lot of
0:01:59 > 0:02:02the cafes sell plastic straws so if we could maybe get them
0:02:02 > 0:02:04to change to paper straws it would be really
0:02:04 > 0:02:05good.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08We're trying to make people stop expecting a straw in their
0:02:08 > 0:02:10drink.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13They are so knowledgeable and they're are really confident and
0:02:13 > 0:02:14passionate, the way they speak.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Did you find the arguments persuasive, you got plastic
0:02:16 > 0:02:17straws...
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Absolutely.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Absolutely.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21This is my naughty pot, naughty pot no more.
0:02:21 > 0:02:29You go, guys!
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Thanks, guys, good work.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34The FA Cup dream is over) for League 2 side Newport County.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37They played premier league giants Tottenham at Wembley last night.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38But lost 2-0.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Spurs will now face Rochdale.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Next, meet the extreme ice skater from Saudi Arabia -
0:02:42 > 0:02:45who's moved to Liverpool in England to share his incredible skating
0:02:45 > 0:02:48skills with the world.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Growing in Saudi Arabia you don't really see much ice.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00When I came I first came to Liverpool people
0:03:00 > 0:03:02doesn't expect someone from an Arabic country to come
0:03:02 > 0:03:09and present something new.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27I got into ice skating as a boy, my sister started
0:03:27 > 0:03:29ice-skating as figure skater when I was young and since then
0:03:29 > 0:03:31I started going there with her.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Every time I go the coach would see me starting to do flips
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and I started watching aggressive skating and line
0:03:38 > 0:03:41skating and nobody knew there was
0:03:41 > 0:03:44something in the middle called extreme where you could just jump,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47break dance.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54It's a physical sport.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57You train your hands, your legs, your blood circulation, it
0:03:57 > 0:04:00helps your fitness wise, it helps in your confidence
0:04:00 > 0:04:03once you get used to it, the first basic thing I tell
0:04:03 > 0:04:06everybody that's never skated, your mind is your
0:04:06 > 0:04:08boundaries, try a jump, if
0:04:08 > 0:04:11you don't like it, try footwork, you don't like it, try
0:04:11 > 0:04:18spinning, you don't like it, you got brakes.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24I would love to go to the Olympics, my dream at the end is to
0:04:24 > 0:04:27reach if I can to the best ice skater, extreme ice
0:04:27 > 0:04:30skater in the world.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36That's so impressed that.
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