18/04/2014 Newsround


18/04/2014

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Hi, guys. Ayshah here with the latest on this spewing volcano on

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the way. Plus: The ten-year-old shopper who's forced a big firm into

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some speedy changes. This is Newsround.

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Exciting space news first. A new planet's been discovered that

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scientists say is the most Earth-like one ever found. Watch

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this. 500 light years from our world - an

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Earth like planet that scientists think might have the right

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conditions to support life. It's called Kepler-186f and this is a

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computer generated image of what it could look like. Because it's so far

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away we don't know how accurate the image is, but the planet's discovery

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is still a pretty big deal. We've found what are called super earths

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planets that are much bigger than our planet is in a habitable zone.

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But this is the first time we have found a planet that is so close to

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the size of Earth and that means a lot. The comparisons with Earth are

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being made because Nasa say the planet has the potential to hold

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water - meaning there is an area on the surface where life could

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survive. But there are also some big differences. Kepler-186f orbits a

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star that is cooler and dimmer than the sun. So while we may have found

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a planet that's the same size as earth and receives a similar amount

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of energy to what Earth receives it orbits a very different star so

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perhaps instead of an earth twin, we have discovered an Earth cousin. The

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problem is that at trillions of miles away it's currently impossible

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to get any nearer to find out more. It may be pretty similar but for now

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it's a very distant relative. Next to the Volcano that's starting

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to rumble. Mount Oobeenas has started to spew out smoke and ash in

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Peru in South America. 4,000 people who live nearby have been told to

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leave their homes as a precaution. It's last big eruption was in 2006.

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Meanwhile in New Zealand a tropical storm's cut off power and even

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pulled giant trees out of the ground. Parts of the country's been

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hit by rainfall and gales left over from a cyclone. This tree was filmed

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topling in the city of Nelson. Next, we are getting behind the

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recent rumours that giant rats are starting to take over our towns. Are

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they really getting bigger and bigger? Rummaging in bins. Now,

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there are reports that the scavengers up on the increase in

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number and size. There are an estimated 10.5 million rats in the

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UK and it is the job of pest controllers to catch them. For the

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last nine to 12 months, the rats are definitely getting bigger. Everybody

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in the industry I have spoken to has reported the same. There is a

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growing problem of rats here. White-macro why are they getting

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bigger? Your macro it could be more people living in our cities. , the

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wet winter, the floods that we have had. How did they affected? The

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storms and the rivers affected. The rats move into the cities and don't

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want to go back and they have loads of food. Art that's getting bigger?

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What makes an animal change shape? It depends on what is around it. If

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there could well be rats that grow to be much bigger. I don't think

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they have evolved yet to become bigger on average. They haven't

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really changed from the rats of 100 years ago or a thousand years ago.

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They are simply very well fed rats. Rat catchers like Sean are calling

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on the government to allow the use of stronger poisons. Until then, it

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looks like they are in for a busy summer. If you ever get annoyed at

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people walking too slowly in front of you, take a leaf out of this

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girl's book. She wrote to the bosses of a shopping centre, suggesting

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they adopt a slow lane fast lane system and have introduced it. Our

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reporter spoke to her and found out what shoppers thought. If you are

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stuck behind slow person, it is annoying. Who do you think might use

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the slow lane? People with buggies. And older people.

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