18/08/2017 Newsround


18/08/2017

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Hi, I'm Ayshah, it's Friday morning and this is Newsround.

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First today, British Prime Minister Teresa May has given her sympathy

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This is after an attack in the city of Barcelona yesterday evening.

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A van was driven at people on a busy street and 13 people have died.

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Police were on the scene very quickly to help keep people safe.

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Leaders from around the world have spoken to say they support

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the Spanish people and will do what they can to help.

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If you want to know more about happened in Barcelona then

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go to Newsround online where we have the full story.

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That's also where you can find advice on what to do

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Next, its time to talk about a big row over Big Ben's famous chime,

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it's going to be silent for a while and not

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..because you might not hear the dongs of Big Ben

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That's because there's a row over some repair work

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It's supposed to stop ringing on Monday for four years,

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except for special occasions, to protect the hearing of the people

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But not everyone was happy about the plan,

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Of course we want to ensure people's safety at work,

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but it can't be right for Big Ben to be silent for four years.

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Now the plans are a bit up in the air while politicians

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So while we've got a bit of time, your's all the things you might not

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Most people know Big Ben as the clock tower that's attached

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the Palace of Westminster, which is where Parliament sits.

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But actually, Big Ben is the name of the bell inside it.

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The clock tower used to be called the, erm, Clock Tower,

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but it as renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honour of the Queen's

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No-one knows exactly why it's called Big Ben.

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One idea is that was named after Sir Benjamin Hall,

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a politician who was around when it was built.

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But others think it could be named after a boxer called Ben Caunt.

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Big Ben doesn't swing like normal bells -

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instead, it's fixed and struck by a hammer from outside.

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The BBC first broadcast Big Ben's chimes to mark the New Year in 1923.

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The clock has seen every New Year sinse, apart from in 1962,

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We've got three very special guests with us today.

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The Downie sisters Ellie and Becky are with us and they've brought

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It's lovely to have you in the Commonwealth Games too!

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It's lovely to have you in the studio. Tell us about this baton?

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Basically, I think it's just bringing a all the Commonwealth

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nations together as it goes round all the nations. It's buried very

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exciting. And it has some cool lights, can we show the camera? I

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wouldn't be a good journalist evident as what's going on with your

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foot, is it OK? And it had minor surgery two weeks ago. Are you going

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to be OK, that's what the audience wants to know? Rob it's going to be

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fine. How was preparation going for the games? The Commonwealth Games is

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always and exciting competition for us, it brings the teams together and

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it's a multisport event with the paragraph leads and non-Paratore is

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being brought together. What's like being with your sister, I can see

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you during each other on in competition, so would you think it

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is going to be like in Australia? It's great having a piece of home

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with you all the time. That's so nice! Are you always there's nice to

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each other, most of the time! I'm glad you have a good relationship.

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We will be speaking to you at that later about hoax and other fun

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sisters stuff. Let's get an update

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on the Women's Rugby World Cup. England beat the USA 47-26, meaning

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they're through to the semifinals. They'll play France, who ended

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Ireland's semifinals chances. And Wales, who couldn't qualify

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for the last four, beat Hong Kong. That's all for now, but don't

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forget you can head online I'll be back here in half an hour

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with all the latest. We love CBBC. And we love The Next

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Step... And The Dumping Ground.

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