15/04/2014 Newsround


15/04/2014

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Hello. You're live with Newsround this Tuesday afternoon. I'm Leah

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with some of this on the way. Find out why these children have no

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problem with going into the sea. And the rabbits hopping for victory.

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This is Newsround. But first to Liverpool where a

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special memorial service has just finished at Anfield, Liverpool's

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football ground. It was to mark 25 years since a disaster in which 96

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Liverpool fans, who had gone to watch a match, lost their lives. The

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tragedy became known as the Hillsborough disaster. The families

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of the people who died say they're still fighting to find out what

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really happened that day. Here's Martin. Liverpool captain Steven

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Gerrard overcome with emotion after Sunday's win over Manchester City.

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He says it wasn't just down to his team taking a big step towards the

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Premier League title. It was also because of today's 25th anniversary

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of the Hillsborough disaster. His 10-year-old cousin was one of the

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people who died that day. On April 15, 1989, 96 Liverpool fans lost

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their lives after part of a stadium got overcrowded during an FA Cup

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semifinal. It happened at Hillsborough in Sheffield. Back

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then, there were barriers at the front to keep fans off the pitch.

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But this meant that many fans couldn't escape. 25 years on,

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families are still fighting to get answers to questions about how this

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tragedy happened. Investigations are still going on today, as the

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families say they want to get justice for their loved ones. The

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anniversary is a difficult day for them. It is like going to a funeral

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every year. You have the heartache that is their most of the time but

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it seems worse on the anniversary. The disaster had a major impact on

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the safety of football grounds. Standing isn't allowed in big

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stadiums any more and barriers and fences have been removed. This was

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all done in the hope that a tragedy like Hillsborough never happens

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again. Next if you're brave enough to take

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a dip in the sea this Easter, we've got some good news. A record number

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of UK beaches have achieved a top water quality award. It means more

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of our beaches are cleaner than they were last year. Ricky's spent the

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day on Formby beach in Merseyside to find out more.

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Sometimes I love to jump over the waves. I get to go in the sea. I go

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on the sand dunes. But it is freezing. There's nothing quite like

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a relaxing day by the coast, especially when the weather is this

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good. I am informed beware the beach has been given an excellent quality

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rating. Every Summer, between May and September The Marine

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Conservation Society test the quality of the water by taking a

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series of samples. They will come out with a plastic bottle and take

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samples and put it in the van and drive off to the lab. They say 548

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out of 734 UK beaches reached the top standard for water quality

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including beaches in Cornwall, Pembrokeshire in Wales and The

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highlands in Scotland. And a lot of the improvements are down to the

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weather. When you get sunshine, the UV berms of bacteria in the sea and

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it helps and with less rain you get less water running off the land and

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washing pollutants into the sea. Heavy rainfall can contaminate the

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sea. Many sewers carry both human waste and rain water and if they

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become overloaded after a heavy downpour some of that dirty water

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can overspill into rivers and the sea. The results were taken last

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summer. How do we know our beaches are still keen? Checked the website.

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The Marine conservation Society will continue to put pressure on those

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who look after the water to make sure the sea is less polluted, so

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that we can enjoy days like this. Now while most of you were still in

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bed this morning people in America got to witness this rare sight The

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moon changed colour from orange to red in a total lunar eclipse and it

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lasted for about three hours. The spectacular sight happens when the

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earth's shadow falls across the moon and because of the change in colour

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some people call this unusual sight the blood moon.

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And we couldn't leave without a mention of the bunny hopping

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competition in the Czech Republic. Pet owners led their rabbits around

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the course which organisers say was inspired by horse jumping. The race

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ended early though because a hail storm swept through the city of

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Prague where the race was being held.

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That's all for now but join me at 6:50pm to find

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