19/02/2013 Newsround


19/02/2013

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Good afternoon. I'm Hayley and here's Newsround to add a bit of

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sparkle to up your Tuesday afternoon. A huge diamond robbery

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in Belgium. And. The new bionic limbs for wounded soldiers. But

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first, power, and news that the UK is heading towards an energy

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shortage. Today, Ofgem, the people who regulate Britain's power supply,

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warned that we soon won't have enough power stations to meet our

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energy demands. I've been looking into our energy gap. Energy -

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pretty handy stuff, but according to the people who keep an eye on

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the UK supply, Ofgem, soon we won't be producing enough of it ourselves.

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A lot of our energy comes from ageing oil and gas power stations,

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but many are shut down because they don't meet environmental standards.

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The Government have planned to use more resources like wind and water

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and nuclear power stations, but are still trying to work out the mix

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and how to pay for it. With no new power stations actually being built

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at the moment, and the old ones being phased out, the UK faces

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losing as much as 10% of the energy capacity. Within a month's time 10%

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of the capacity basically old coal and other systems will go off and

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we'll be tight. That doesn't mean the light are going out. We

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normally have reserve energy supplies of 14% to fall back on,

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but these will shrink to just 5%. If we are unable to produce our own

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energy, we may need to buy more from abroad. We already buy gas,

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but that is shrinking and increasing demand across the world

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means it's getting pretty expensive. That win mean your mum and dad's

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energy bills will go up, but the advice from the experts is don't

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panic. They want households to help out by only using the energy that

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you need until new power stations can be built. Next to Belgium,

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where robbers have stolen over �30 million worth of diamonds from

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Brussels Airport. The gang snatched the gems last night as they were

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being loaded onto a plane destined for Switzerland. Local police say

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they are looking for eight suspects, after what has been described as

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one of the biggest diamond robberies ever. Next, soldiers who

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lose limbs in battle have been promised new bionic legs by the

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Government. Members of the Armed Forces who have been injured in

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Afghanistan or Iraq will now be able to get the most up-to-date

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artificial limbs available thanks to �6.5 million of new funding.

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Joining us in the studio to explain all about artificial legs is John

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Head from Salford University. Getting downstairs is a particular

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function to be highlighted. I'm looking forward to that, but you

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have to learn the legs, so there are lots of functions that we have

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not been told about. What exactly is this new technology and what can

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it do before? I can show you this simple limb. It's solid and does

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the job and allows the person to stand and walk. In contrast, if we

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look at these two, again, this is a simple knee unit and allows a

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person to flex and straighten their knee. In contrast with this new

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device, which effectively not only does what the old one does, but

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stops a person from stumbling and adapts to their natural walking

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speed, allowing them to walk more naturally and allows them to walk

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upstairs, like Dave said in the clip. Are they expensive or

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available for everyone? They are expensive, but they're not really

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suitable for everyone. There are others that are just as useful.

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Those who will need it will get it? I think so. Thank you. Fascinating.

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If you've ever had a cold, flu or chicken pox you'll know viruses can

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be nasty. But scientists have just started using diamond laser

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technology to try and understand more about some the deadliest

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viruses on the planet. Here's Joe. This is a particle accelerator.

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Tiny atoms are flying so fast they can travel around the world seven

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times every second. The light this produces is what scientists are

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using to look at the viruses. It's here in the labs that they are

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being analysed. It's too dangerous for us to come anywhere near these,

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