14/02/2017 Newsround


14/02/2017

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Hi, it's Ayshah here with your Tuesday afternoon Newsround.

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Stay tuned because you don't want to miss this.

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Catch that snitch - more on plans for a Quidditch Premier League.

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And catch that train - why steam power's making a mini-comeback.

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He's the world's most popular YouTuber,

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with more than 50 million subscribers.

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But it's not going too well for PewDiePie right now.

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He's been dropped by Disney and, this afternoon, YouTube's told us

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it's cancelling the release of the second series

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of his show, Scare PewDiePie.

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Here's what's going on.

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Hey.

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He's best known for his gaming and comedy videos.

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His sense of humour can be controversial,

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but that's what many of his fans like about him.

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Yep, you guessed it, we're talking about...

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Hey, hows it going, bros?

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My name's PewDiePie!

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But now a company called Maker Studios,

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which is part of Disney, has said it no longer wants

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to work with the YouTuber.

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It feels he's gone too far in recent videos,

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which contain things some people found offensive

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because they feel it's anti-Semitic.

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Anti-Semitism is when Jewish people are targeted

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or bullied because of their beliefs.

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Pewdiepie has responded by saying that he does not

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support hateful attitudes

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and that he didn't mean to offend people.

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The YouTuber will continue to make videos for his YouTube channel,

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but being dropped by Disney's Maker Studios

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is quite a big blow for him.

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Thank you, and as always, stay awesomesauce.

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Now how about this for a TREE-mendous mistake?

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These trees are part of a plan to boost nature

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in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.

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But the council's apologised after they were planted in the middle

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of a local football pitch!

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Oh, dear!

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I wonder if they are playing tree-a-side?

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Something you need more than three-a-side to play is Quidditch.

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Get ready to catch that snitch because a UK-wide

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Quidditch Premier League is set to start later this year

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and try-outs for teams are already taking place.

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There are no flying balls, witches and wizards

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or broomsticks here.

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This is Quidditch.

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Confused?

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Here are the rules.

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There are three chasers and a keeper who are trying

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to score with a quaffle, which is a slightly

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deflated volleyball, through one of three hoops.

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You can score either way through the hoop.

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There are two beaters, who are fighting for control

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of two of three dodgeballs.

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And lastly, there's the seeker, who is trying to catch the snitch,

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when the snitch is released onto the pitch

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at 17 minutes of game time.

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This game is inspired by the sport played by Harry

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and his friends in JK Rowling's Harry Potter stories.

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It's now played in 25 countries all over the world.

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So, what makes a good Quidditch player?

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The ability to laugh at yourself is always good.

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You can't take it too seriously, because at the end of the day

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we are running around with things between our legs.

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You've got to be athletic, sometimes games can go

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on for over an hour, just running up and down,

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sprinting back and forth.

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These guys are trying out for a new team that will be playing

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in the UK's Quidditch Premier League this summer.

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This is a big deal, it's going to be taking the best players

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across the country together to form super-teams to play each other

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all throughout the summer, leading to a big event

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where the champion of the Quidditch Premier League will be crowned.

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But why is the game so popular?

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It's very open and people are extremely nice.

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There's so many different positions, there's something to suit everyone.

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Like, I'm not so good at the physical side of it,

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I'm not clearly strong in any way.

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But I have got a decent throw on me, I can throw quite hard.

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With the right players, who knows, these guys just might be able

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to magic up a successful season.

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Now this might not be the Hogwarts Express,

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but it's kind of close...

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For the first time in nearly 50 years,

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a steam train is running a normal passenger service in the UK.

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Train fans are getting to ride the Tornado,

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between Skipton in North Yorkshire and Appleby in Cumbria.

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It's only for three days though

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to celebrate the reopening of the train line.

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If steam trains aren't your thing, then here are some more

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hi-tech engines.

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This is the lawn mower Ice Grand Prix in Finland.

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Competitors raced for a whopping 12 hours on a frozen lake.

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Temperatures were around -4 degrees Celsius,

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so just a bit nippy then!

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You can watch more of that lawn mower racing at Newsround online,

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where you can also find five facts about the woman

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rumoured to be taking over from Mary Berry

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on the Great British Bake Off

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and discover what fantastic prank astronaut Peggy Whitson played

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on the International Space Station

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Well, all that's left to say is roses are red, violets are blue,

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thanks for watching, and have a great evening too!

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