12/09/2012 Newsround

Hello there news fans, welcome to Newsround. She's Hayley, I'm Ricky,

and we're live over the next nine minutes. Coming up: Cameras in the

classroom. We'll hear your views on CCTV in schools.

And what's Richard III doing in this car park in Leicester?

But first, it's rare for a Prime Minister to make a public apology,

but today David Cameron has said sorry to the families of Liverpool

fans who died in the worst disaster in British football history. 96

fans at a match in Sheffield 23 years ago were killed because of

overcrowding. Today, important documents about those events have

been released for the first time. The Prime Minister said sorry for

two things - first, that the fans were blamed for the tragedy, and

secondly, for taking more than 20 years for the truth to come out.

behalf of the Government and indeed our country, I am profoundly sorry

that this double injustice has been left uncorrected for so lock.

The events at Hillsborough might have been 23 years ago, but

feelings are still very raw for the people of Liverpool. Ore's been

looking into what happened. It started like any other football

match, but ended in tragedy. The 1989 FA cup semifinal between

Liverpool and Nottingham Forest was stopped just a few minutes after

kick-off. Severe overcrowding at one end of the ground led to 96

Liverpool fans being killed. Hundreds more were injured. Too

many people were allowed into a small area of the Hillsborough

Stadium in Sheffield, with no way out. Back then, there were barriers

to keep fans off the pitch, so many of them simply had nowhere to go. A

newspaper story at the time blamed Liverpool fans, and that caused a

lot of anger. An official investigation afterwards, though,

said it was the police's fault for not controlling the crowd and

letting in too many fans. But lots of the victims' families thought

more should have been done. They believe lives could have been saved

if the police and ambulance services acted more quickly. For

more than 20 years they've been asking to see all the information

from the police reports. It is not about vengeance. It's about the

truth of Hillsborough, instead of blaming the fans and the people who

died, put the responsibility where it rightfully belongs. The events

of 23 years ago have had a major impact on football safety. Big

stadiums have to be all-serious. Barriers and fences are gone. Just

some of the action taken to try to prevent a tragedy like Hillsborough

ever happening again. Some of the families say today's

apology won't bring back those who died but they have expressed how

grateful they were to the people in charge of writing the report.

you so much for what they have done today, because they exonerated all

our fans. They've made our city proud today, but most importantly

they made them 96 rest in peace for the first time in all them years.

So thank you very much. To other stories now. How do you

feel about being watched at school? I'm not talking about teachers

keeping an eye on you during break time and lessons, but cameras

picking up your every move in the changing rooms and toilets. A

report by the campaign group, Big Brother Watch, says more than 200

schools in England, Scotland and Wales use cameras. They reckon it's

an invasion of pupils' privacy, but some schools say it keeps people

safe. Let's hear what they think about it at one school in

Oxfordshire. If something happened, having the cameras there might not

make a difference. It might make it quicker to identify someone but

they shouldn't be there in the in the first place. If something

happened in the schools that shouldn't happen, it could pick it

up on the camera. It would show a lack of trust with the pupils.

day you've been having your say on this on the Newsround website. This

message came in from Brunts School in Nottinghamshire. "We should have

cameras on the outside of the buildings, and in corridors, but

not in areas that are private, like toilets and changing rooms."

Taylor in Derbyshire says, "I think that school pupils should have ties

with microphones, not cameras, and somewhere to monitor and record the

pupils' voices." But Alexandra in Lancashire says,

"I don't think cameras should be used in schools, because pupils

should be trusted." Thank you for those, guys.

Time for an update now on one of the stories we were talking about

yesterday. A charity has lost its court battle to stop the killing of

thousands of badgers in England. It means a trial cull will now go

ahead in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset. The Badger Trust

think killing the animals wouldn't stop the spread of a deadly disease

that can pass to cows from badgers. But a judge has ruled that the

Government is right to go ahead with it.

Now, we all know him from CBBC's Horrible Histories, but the

whereabouts of Richard III's remains have always been a mystery.

But now we can reveal he's been found underneath a car park in

Leicester. Not the most glam place for a King! Experts started digging

there last month at the site of a Medieval church after they found

documents saying that's where he could be. And they've now found

bones, which they think are his. Nel's sent this report. Car parks.

Not usually the most exciting places on earth, but that one over

there is an exception. It is here in Leicester that the bones of

Richard third, the last King of York have been found. That's what

researchers hope. They've started digging here last month and there's

been a major break-through. found a skeleton in a grave, no

body. If it really is Richard III why is that important to us? He is

the only King in we don't know where he was buried. He was also

the last Medieval King of England. The last King to be killed in bat

until England. There's all sorts of mysteries involving him. If this is

him we may be able to answer some of those mysteries. Richard III was

not always a kind King, having been accused of killing his own nephew

to stay in power, and refusing to back down in the Battle of Bosworth.

He was killed and buried in Leicester church. The remains found

in the car park have been sent to a lab to test its deNA against the

descendants of his sister, Anne of York. How sure are you that this

could really be King Richard's body? As an archaeologist I'm not

sure. We have to wait for DNA to see if it is him. Until we have a

match, it could be anyone. We'll have to wait 12 weeks to see if the

DNA matches. The plan is to give him the burial that a King deserves.

We'll keep you updated on that one. Want to see the latest Ed toigs the

US Army? This is Alpha, the robotic dog. He's been developed to go out

with American troops into dangerous situations and is controlled bay

touchscreen computer. The robopup can stand upright and walk for 20

miles without a break. I could do with one of them!

They'll all be practising their foxtrots and cha-cha-chas right now.

Oh yes, the stars of the new Strictly are getting seriously

excited about the start of the new series this Saturday. So over to a

couple of our favourites here at Newsround. Victoria Pendleton,

who's swapping her cycle helmet for a much more glittery headpiece, and

Dani Harmer from Tracy Beaker, who's saying goodbye to the care

home and hello to the ballroom! Watch out for flashes here. I've

always wanted to be able to dance. I've never had a dance lesson, and

how glamorous it is. The dresses, all the music, the hair and make-up.

It is so different from what I'm used to. I just thought why not

give it a try. Everyone is brilliant, to be fair. The everyone

has rhythm. It could be any of us, to be honest. It is nice to be on

telly for so long that you have a fan base. I'm hoping they will back