12/04/2014 Newsround


12/04/2014

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It's just after midday, Ayshah here with your weekend Newsround

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headlines. Coming your way: Archaeologists have a mammoth task

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to move a one million year old skeleton.

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And a lost baby seal finds itself in the middle of a Swedish city.

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First up - It's FA Cup semifinal weekend and right now thousands of

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Arsenal and Wigan fans are on their way to Wembley. All eyes will be on

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger - the Gunners haven't won a major trophy

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in nine-years and have only won four of their last 13 games. Arsenal

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still go into the game as favourites, although Championship

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side Wigan did win the trophy last year. The match kicks off just after

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five. We are favourites, yes, but it

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doesn't mean that you will win. You win when you produce a quality

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performance. We have, in this competition, produced top quality

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performances and let's continue with that.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are continuing their tour in New

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Zealand. The royal couple went to pay their respects at a war memorial

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in a town called Cambridge. Thousands of people lined the

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streets to see them. The Duke and Duchess will leave for Australia

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next week. Cyclone Ita battered the coast of

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Queensland in north eastern Australia, overnight. The storm

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brought winds of up to 230 km per hour and left thousands of homes

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without power. Cyclone Ita weakened as it moved down the coast and

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although it caused some damage to buildings, there were no reports of

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any casualties. Next up, archaeologists had a

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"mammoth" task just before the weekend as they moved a skeleton

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which was more than one million years old. The remains of a mammoth

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- nicknamed Vika - were discovered in a coal mine in Serbia five years

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ago. The archaeologists had to encase the beast in 60 tonnes' of

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sand and rubber - to stop the bones moving about. Then, cranes and

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bulldozers moved in - to transfer the remains to an exhibition.

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Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and Rita Ora just some of the people you

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think could be the next judge to replace Kylie Minogue on The Voice.

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The pop singer announced she was quitting the show after only one

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series yesterday. Watch out for the flashes. Kylie says she can't commit

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to another series of the talent show because she's going on tour. There's

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no news yet on who'll replace her but you've told us some of the big

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names you'd like to see in that chair. Holly wants to see Jade from

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Little Mix on the show because she loves the band. And James is hoping

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it'll be Pharrell Williams because he thinks he'll make a great mentor.

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Head over to the website to tell us who you think should fill Kylie's

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shoes - and we'll read out more of your suggestions later this

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afternoon. Thousands of people from all over

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the country are getting ready for tomorrow's London Marathon. One of

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those is Holly McHugh. The six-year-old was determined to

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support her mum but, because she's too young to take part, she's spent

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the past few months chalking up the miles so she can complete the

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distance. BBC Sports Mike Bushell caught up with her.

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It is 12 years before Holly McHugh can take part in the London Marathon

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but that hasn't stopped her being inspired by the event. And one way

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or another she was going to join mum in doing 26.2 miles this spring. For

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over three months now Holly has been running mile after mile. What do you

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love about running? I can go very fast. You can. I'm shocked to be

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honest she has to stuck at it. From the age of six you think she will do

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a few miles and say I have had enough now. She hasn't, she has

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stuck to it. By Sunday afternoon Holly will have completed her 26.2

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miles, doing her final 20 metres near the parade on the streets of

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London, albeit away from the marathon course. What is it about

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the London Marathon? Have you watched it on the TV before? Yes.

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What do you love about it? It is funny because some people walk all

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the way. Some people walk all the way, but you won't. What would you

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say to people who say they can't do it? I imagine the finish line at the

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end of the marathon. That is a great tactic. Holly is putting on a sprint

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finish and I got left behind chatting. I will catch up. Holly!

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Wait!. She has gone, there's no stopping here, and look, at the end

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there is a musician here who has written a song dedicated to Holly's

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marathon attempt. # Keeping up the fight as we crossed

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the finish line. In other sports news - one of the

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most successful coaches in British sport, Cylcing's Sir Dave

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Brailsford, has been talking about his fond memories from his job after

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announcing yesterday that he was stepping down. He was performance

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director for British Cycling for eight years - helping Team GB to 16

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Olympic Golds but there was more to his role than winning medals.

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A lot of what we did over the last period was about getting more people

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cycling and more people engaged in cycling, moving the sport forward,

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winning at the highest level, and I'm sure it will keep on going. It

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was nice to be able to play a role in that and hopefully set up a great

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team who can continue that success going forward.

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A baby seal has been attracting a lot of attention in Sweden. It was

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spotted in Sundsvall city's harbour after apparently losing it's way

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while swimming in the Baltic sea. It's not unusual for baby seals to

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leave their parents when they are two to three weeks old. The seal

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population in the Baltic is big at the moment, so sightings like this

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could become more common. That's your lot for now, last update

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just after 2pm.

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