18/02/2016 Newsround


18/02/2016

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Hey, morning, everyone.

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Leah here with today's Newsround.

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Coming up:

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The weeds taking over homes in rural Australia.

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The wonky veg that's finally making it into our supermarkets.

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First, a lot of you might be sitting next to your brothers and sisters

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right now having breakfast but can you imagine not having any

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at all because it wasn't allowed in the country where you live?

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Well, that's what life has been like in China for the past 40 years

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- but now there's a big change.

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All these schoolkids in China have something pretty big in common,

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they are all only children.

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For some of them that might change soon.

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For the past 40 years the Chinese Government

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have only allowed couples to have one child.

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They made the decision because the number of the people

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living in the country was growing too quickly and families were having

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lots of children.

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Because the country was poorer back then, the Government

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was worried there would not be enough food to go around.

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On New Year's Day this year the law changed.

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Families are now allowed to have a second baby

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if they want to.

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Lee Ying is 12 years old and now thinking

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about whether she will have a brother or sister.

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TRANSLATION: There are three people in my family.

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That is my father, mother and me.

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I am a so-called one child in the family.

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Most of my friends and classmates around me are like me,

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they are the only child in their families.

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I feel pretty good to be the only child in the family but personally

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I would like to have a brother.

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The Government changed the law because

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there were a lot of elderly people in China and they were worried

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they would not be enough younger people

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to do all the jobs in the future.

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Now lots of mums and dads are thinking about having a

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second child.

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Because me and my husband were single kids in family

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and we want more kids to have the experience of having

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a brother and sister.

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For so many children in China might have a brother or sister

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to share things with in the future.

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Now to Peru's Amazon region in South America where emergency

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teams are working to contain an oil spill.

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There are worries it could affect the local water supply for people

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living close to the boarder with Ecuador.

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It's thought a pipe burst and at least 3000 barrels

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of oil has leaked into the water.

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The country's president says the company responsible

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could face a heavy fine.

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To Italy now where divers have discovered the relict

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of a World War Two plane lying on the seabed nine miles off

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the Sicilian coast.

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The team took pictures of the plane and experts believe the aircraft

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was shot down in 1942 by the British Army.

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Now, a question for you this morning.

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Would you eat wonky vegetables?

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Well, some shoppers do prefer more perfect fruits and veg

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but a trial by one supermarket found that lots of customers are now happy

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to buy lumpy, bumpy and curved vegetables.

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I think it's a brilliant idea because lots of these are getting

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thrown away.

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It's a good idea, isn't it?

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Don't they look funny?

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No.

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Definitely, yes.

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I think there is a character to it.

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So we want to know if you'd eat wonky veg or not or do you prefer

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straight sided fruits and vegetables.

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Go online and let us know.

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Lets look at some sport now and Wayne Rooney won't be playing

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any football until after Easter because of a knee injury.

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That's a real blow for Manchester United BUT the England

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captain should be available for Euro 2016 which starts in June.

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Star Player Cristiano Ronaldo steered Real Madrid

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towards the Champions League quarter-finals after beating Roma.

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And it's a new record for Lionel Messi.

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The Barcelona striker has become the first player in history to score

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300 goals in Spain's La Liga.

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Lots of houses in rural Australia have been invaded by a strange form

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of weed called 'Hairy Panic.'

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It's clogged up homes

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in the town of Wangaratta in Victoria.

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People have had to spend hours clearing the weeds.

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A nearby farmer has been blamed for not looking after his fields.

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That's all from me for now I'll be back in half an hour

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with more great stories.

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