14/02/2018 Newsround


14/02/2018

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Morning, guys, it's Newsround,

it's Wednesday and I'm Ricky!

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Tony Abbott... Happy Valentine's

Day.

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But

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did this idea actually come from the

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Coming up...

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Happy Valentine's Day -

but where did this idea

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actually come from?

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Plus, the teenagers taking

the Winter Olympics by storm!

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OK, guys, straight to South Korea

and the Winter Olympics,

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where today is all about curling,

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which is a bit like

bowls but on ice!

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Team GB's women have just

won their first match

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at the Olympics after they thrashed

the team of Russian athletes 10-3.

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They won bronze last time out.

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Team GB's men -

who took silver fours year ago -

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played earlier and beat Switzerland

in a very exciting match.

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They'll play defending champions

Canada at 11 o'clock.

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And meet the

"Flying Tomato", Shaun White.

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The American has become a three time

Olympic champion after producing

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some outstanding twists and turns

to take gold in the halfpipe final.

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But the Flying Tomato isn't the only

snowboarder making headlines.

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The sport is producing some

of the youngest names to rule

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the Winter Olympics.

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Meet the 17-year-old American sports

stars everyone is talking about.

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First up is California

girl Chloe Kim.

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is a

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Her mum and dad were born and raised

in South Korea before they

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moved to the States,

so where better for Chloe

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to win her first Olympic gold

than in her parents' home country?

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She was amazing in the women's

halfpipe snowboarding final.

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On her first run, she was already

in gold place position, but by her

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third, she was ahead

of her competitors by 8.5 points.

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Pretty fantastic for a 17-year-old

who has been tweeting more

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about wanting to eat ice cream

than win Olympic golds!

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Next up, Red Gerard.

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He's 17, from America, and happens

to be amazing at slopestyle.

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But it nearly went wrong.

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He overslept on the morning

of his final, missing

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his 6am wake-up call!

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But the extra 20 minutes

obviously did him good.

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He went on to win.

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Not only did he claim

America's first gold at the

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Winter Olympics, but he has made

history as the youngest

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American man to win gold since 1928.

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And these two winning teenagers

could be the tip of the iceberg.

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Keep your eyes peeled

for more teen superstars

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ruling in the snow in South Korea.

Nice one, guys!

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Now, it's the most loved up day

of the year for some...

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Happy Valentine's Day!

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But where did it come

from and why did it start?

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It's time for the Big Question.

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You caught me writing my

Valentine's Day card!

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That's terribly convenient

when we take a look at this week's

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Big Question.

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Who invented

Valentine's Day and why?

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What a LOVE-ly Big Question.

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See what I did there?

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Sorry!

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Well, Valentine's Day actually

gets its name from a famous

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Saint called Valentine.

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But there are a lots of different

stories about who he was.

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The popular belief is that he was

a priest from Rome in the third

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century AD.

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Emperor Claudius II had

banned marriage because

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he thought married men

were bad soldiers.

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Valentine thought that this

was wrong, so he broke the

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rules and arranged

marriages in secret.

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When the Emperor found

out, he was furious!

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He threw Valentine in jail

and sentenced him to death!

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But Valentine fell in love

with the jailer's daughter,

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and when he was taken to be

killed, he sent her a love

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letter signed,

"from your Valentine".

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But why in February, you ask?

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Well, there used to be

a Roman festival in

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the middle of February to mark

the start of spring.

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As part of the celebrations,

boys drew names of

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girls from a box.

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They would be boyfriend

and girlfriend during the

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festival, and sometimes,

they would get married.

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This developed into a festival

in the middle of February

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to remember Saint Valentine too,

and Valentine's Day was born!

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A day to express feelings

to those you love.

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Finally, when I say

"pig" you probably think

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about mud

rather than paints and brushes -

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but THAT is about to

change - watch this.

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and

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yes, this is real.

There is something unusual about

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this page. This is a caso or

Pig-casso! What else would she be

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called? She lives in a farm

Sanctuary in a small town in South

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Africa. Their owners say she loves

painting landscapes, and most

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recently tried her snout at a

portrait of US President Donald

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Trump. Is it that one or this one?!

She is famous around the world for

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her PE pics. Trust me, it is not

hogwash! She even got her own art

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exhibition. Let's hope she does not

run out of oink. I mean, Inc!

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She made

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