17/03/2016 Newsround


17/03/2016

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Hi, I'm Martin with all the news for you this St Patrick's Day.

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Seaworld announces an end to its controversial killer

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And I'm live in London, taking a closer look at the most expensive

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cawing in the world. -- coin. First, to the spectacular sight

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that's been lighting up our skies. This epic meteor was captured

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on film speeding through the atmosphere in the early

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hours of this morning. Those lucky enough to catch it

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described seeing a beautiful green flash, which left

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a white trail behind it. It even lit up these

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cars on the ground. Experts say the meteor was probably

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the size of a tennis ball and travelling at around

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30 miles a second. And from one sparkling

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sight to another. This silver coin is worth

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around ?7 million! It's the most valuable coin

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in the world and it's about to go Good afternoon, Martin. This coin is

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incredibly valuable. Lots of you at home

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may collect coins. If you had this coin

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in your collection, you would be extremely rich because

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this is the most It was sold at auction for around ?7

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million in 2013. It is a silver dollar cawing created in 1794 and

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the owner of this coin is Bruce. We are not allowed to hold this coin

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because it is so valuable but if you can pick it up, I don't want to drop

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it. Tell us what is so special about it. This is the first Silver dollar

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ever struck for the United States in 1784. And I understand George

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Washington actually picked this up all stop he would have approved the

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cornet of these dollars so he probably held this coin. Can you

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tell me who is on the front? Liberty is on the front representing the end

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of pendants of the US and the Eagle as well. What attracted you to

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collecting coins? I started at six when my great-grandmother gave me

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three coin she kept in a teapot for decades and I fell in love with the

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history and the beauty and the possibility of making money. The

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only coin I can hold is a replica so I will keep hold of this. Thank you.

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The controversial American theme park SeaWorld is ending its killer

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This means those whales who live there at the moment will be the last

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to be kept in captivity by the company.

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Animal rights groups are celebrating the news,

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but some want SeaWorld to release its orcas

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The company says that the whales wouldn't be able to survive.

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Some of the best British athletes are in America today

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for the World Indoor Athletics Championships,

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One member of Team GB told Newsround what she's expecting this summer.

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I'm Dina Asher-Smith, the current British record-holder

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I want to do as well as I can, frankly, I know that sounds

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boring but sometimes you feel like you're in really good shape

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and can't quite put the time down or put

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the race together, so I want to go out there and do what I feel

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If that gets me to a final, that will be it,

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but I really want to get that and if I do as well as I possibly

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can, that's a really good stepping stone to work on for,

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touch wood, qualifying for the Olympics.

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Now, archaeologist say they may be a step closer to solving one

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of ancient Egypt's biggest secrets, by finding Queen Nefertiti.

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The Queen ruled in Egypt during the 14th Century BC,

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but the location of her tomb has remained a mystery.

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Now special radar scans have revealed hidden spaces in the tomb

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of Tutankhamun, which experts think could contain her mummified body.

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More scans will be done later this month to try to discover

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if the spaces are in fact burial chambers.

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There's loads more of the day's news online, including this guide

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to everything you need to know about St Patrick's Day,

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Liverpool against Manchester United Old Trafford in a Europa League tie.

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Hayley's back in the morning with everything you need to know.

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