18/01/2014 Newsround


18/01/2014

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Hi guys - Jenny here with all the stories that matter most to you this

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Saturday. On the way. We want your questions for the teenager about to

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become the youngest person ever to reach the South Pole. And... I like

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this one, I have had it since I was eight. We meet the kids who can't

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get enough of pigeons. But first to America where there's

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big worries that one of the worst droughts in California's history

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could cause more wildfires to spread. Emergency services have been

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responding to a major blaze near LA. It's believed to have been started

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on purpose but was made worse because forest areas there are much

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drier than usual for this time of year. The LA County Fire chief

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explained the extent of the damage. We have identified that five single

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family dwellings were destroyed, 17 additional buildings, including

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outbuildings, Barnes, garages and summer homes, were damaged.

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Well, this is why the authorities are so worried about more fires

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spreading. This satellite footage shows the amount of snowfall on

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nearby mountains last year compared to this year. The one on the right

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shows far less snow this year and without that melting and running

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down to soak the land, the dry conditions are much more likely to

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catch alight. California's governor Jerry Brown is so worried he's

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declared a state-wide drought and called in extra fire crews to help.

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We are facing perhaps the worst drought that California has ever

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seen since records begin, and they have been kept for 100 years. Back

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home in the UK it's too MUCH water that continues to be the problem in

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lots of areas with warnings of more floods on the way today. Heavy

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rain's expected to add to problems in some areas and major roads in

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Surrey, West Sussex and Kent are already closed. The Met Office - who

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predict the weather - have issued a yellow flood warning for parts of

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South-West England and South Wales. In other news a teenager from

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Bristol is about an hour away from making history! Lewis Clarke is on

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the brink of becoming the youngest person ever to reach the South Pole.

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We believe he's close to finishing the final stages of his 7000-mile

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charity trek through the Antarctic. All being well, the 16-year-old is

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expected to arrive at the South Pole at around three o'clock. We'll be

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speaking to Lewis about his achievement. And we want to you to

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send in your questions for him. Head to the website now to give us your

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suggestions. And from extreme conditions

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thousands of miles away, to an extreme sport a little closer to

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home. Aeroball is the latest craze sweeping schools across the UK. It

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combines trampolining with basketball and volleyball, and as

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I've been finding out, anyone can play. If you find it hard to reach

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the net in PE, then maybe you just need a bit of bounce! It's

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trampolining and you get to play basketball at the same time. It's

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fun and it gets you really tired. And it gets you really competitive.

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Aeroball has become one of the most popular sports for school activity

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weeks. They are very accessible, you don't have to be a big fan of

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heights greater football or rugby, everyone can have a. Young or old,

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it is very easy. The sport was created by a former gymnast in

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America who wanted to make trampolining safer and more fun. You

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score points by either getting a ball into your opponent's basket, or

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onto the bottom of their trampoline before they can stop it. There are

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several balls on the go - and you can play in doubles - so it involves

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plenty of tactics. We think our jobs I too low, so we are trying to pull

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ourselves up. As well as making you think, Aeroball can also help kids

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improve in other sports such as basketball... It's sort of helps you

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name for the net. At the junior level, it is hard to teach the

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skills and it can be demoralising, but here, they can see a result. The

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results seem to be that Aeroball is helping some of you guys reach new

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heights when it comes to school sport! Well sticking with sport -

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the big guns have all been firing at the Australian Open today. Britain's

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Andy Murray breezed into the fourth round with a straight sets win over

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Spain's Feliciano Lopez. Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer also won easily.

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And in the women's draw, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova are

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also through. Pigeons can be pests to some people

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- but for others the birds are a prized pet. Up to 25,000 pigeon

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fanciers are in Blackpool this weekend showing off their beloved

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birds at a huge show. Some of these racing pigeons are worth up to

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?10.000, and they're all hoping to be named top bird of the year.

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Competitors come from countries as far away as China, and are of all

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ages. I like this one, I have had it since I was eight. I have loads more

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down here, so we have a good chance to win. I have had pigeons since I

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was two years old. I love waking up on race day, when I'm going to a

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show, waking up and not knowing if you are going to win. I like to

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CeBIT is my favourite pigeon coming. Finally - to the dogs and their

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owners who've been making waves in Brazil. This lot are in practice for

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a special competition in Rio de Janeiro. Pet and human are both

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supposed to stand up and paddle round a range of obstacles. Looks

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like some need

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