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Welcome to Newsround. Stick around for some of this.

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Thousands of British troops are coming home early from Afghanistan.

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I'm Barney. We are here to check out the new film, The Snowman and

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the Snowdog. And: Is it true? Really? Find out what surprised

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First, it was a disaster which happened to people going to a

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football match more than 20 years ago. 96 Liverpool fans lost their

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lives at a FA Cup semifinal in 1989. The latest part of their families'

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campaign is this song, tipped to be this year's Christmas Number One.

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Two developments have brought justice a step closer. It follows a

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report earlier this year which found some police officers had lied

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afterwards about what happened on that day and tried to blame the

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fans for causing the deaths. it's been announced the original

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investigations into how each fan died are to be re-opened. There is

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also going to be a new police inquiry to try to finally get to

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the truth. We are delighted. We thought this

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would be the result. But we have got it now. So I think it is clear

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now justice is on its way. We could come out with something like a

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small step for mankind, but it's a huge step for the families. I think

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a lot of us will have a much happier Christmas.

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Next, the number of people who have been poorly because of the winter

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vomiting virus has risen. The bug called Norovirus causes sickness

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and upset tummy. There have been 880,000 cases in England and Wales

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since the summer. More than 60 hospitals have had

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outbreaks and some schools have closed. Well, here to tell us more

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about this is Dr Tom Cullen. Thank you for coming in. What is

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Norovirus and how can we catch it? It's a virus which affects your gut.

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That is why you feel sick and people vomit and go to the toilet a

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lot. If somebody does have it and comes into contact with someone

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else, it is likely to spread. girlfriend had it, my dad had it.

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Lots of people have had this. Should they be going to the doctor?

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The symptoms might last a day or two. They will feel unwell. After

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that, they will start to get better. If people aren't getting better

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after that time, we might recommend going to see the doctor. What

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should people do if they get it? you do have it, it is important

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that you eat lots and try and drink a lot to build your fluids back up.

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Hygiene, so if you wash your hands, try and stay away from people who

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might get more unwell if they catch it. Stay away from Ricky's family!

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They are OK now. Next, for the thousands of families in the UK who

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have relatives in the Armed Forces, there must be no better feeling

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than seeing them again after months of being in another country. While

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British troops have been fighting in Afghanistan for more than ten

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years now, but the Government has announced that thousands of them

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will be back home sooner than expected. Afghanistan, a

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battleground for more than a decade. A conflict that's claimed thousands

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of lives. We will be able to see troops come home in two even steps.

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The plan is for nearly all 9,500 British troops to leave in the next

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two years. 500 will be back home in time to see their families this

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Christmas. Another 4,000 troops will leave by the end of next year.

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We are surprised about how many are going. It is such a large

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proportion, almost half the force here currently leaving. But 500

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have already gone. We caught up with some of those getting on the

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plane back to the UK. It was a surprise for them. They will be

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spending Christmas with their families. Forces from the UK and

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other countries were sent to defeat Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

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Britain and America thought the Taliban, who were then in control

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of the country, were protecting terrorists who had attacked the USA.

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Since then, it is thought up to 20,000 Afghans have lost their

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lives. More than 400 British troops and 2,000 Americans have also been

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killed. After years of heavy fighting, many British servicemen

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and women have been training local Afghans to protect the country for

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themselves ready for when the UK troops leave in 2014. The UK troops

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have been there for many years now. What difference have they made so

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far? They have made some of the areas that are heavily populated

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here in Helmand safer so you have seen markets open, you have seen

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people going to school. They haven't defeated the Taliban. There

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will be parts of the country that will remain insecure. America will

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decide when to pull out the rest of its 60,000 troops next year. But

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today's announcement marks a major step along the way to Britain

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pulling out of Afghanistan completely.

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If you want to know more about the conflict, you can head over to the

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Newsround website. What are you looking forward to on

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the Christmas telly? Well, The Snowman? Yes. It's not Christmas

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without the classic film, The Snowman. It has been a massive

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favourite since it was made. Now, they have made another one, The

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Snowman and the Snowdog. So we sent some presspackers to a special

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screening to find out how it compares to the original.

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Barney. We are here to check out the new film, The Snowman and the

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Snowdog. # We're walking in the air. #

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I hope it's as good as the first one. It is time to watch the film

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now. Quiet! Hit the lights! Snowman and the Snowdog tells a

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story of a boy who moves house and finds a box in his bedroom. There's

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a snowman building kit in the box so he builds a snowman and a

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snowdog. I thought the film was incredible. I liked the bit where

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the boy finds the box with the picture of the snowman. Really

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liked the film. I loved it as much as the first film. The ski race was

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incredible! We are here with Robin, who drew lots of pictures for The

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Snowman and the Snowdog. How hard was it to draw all the characters

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the same? That is a good question. A lot of people think with the

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snowman he is going to be easy to draw, but he is very difficult. If

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you have got fewer lines to draw to make someone's face, it means that

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if you get one of those lines slightly wrong, the face looks

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wrong. There is an amazing twist at the end. We are not allowed to

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reveal it. So make sure you watch on Christmas Eve.

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Thank you. Lots of you will have been acting this week in your

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school Christmas play. You have been on the website telling us

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which part you played. Here are Finally, check out these lovely

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lion cubs. The pair have been named after Olympic superstars Victoria

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Pendleton and Jessica Ennis. Victoria went along to Knowsley

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Safari Park to visit the animals. We caught up with her. It is such

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an honour that somebody chose my name to name a tiny lion cub in the

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UK. When I found out I was like, "Is it true?" I have been wanting

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to come here and see them ever since. I have got up very close and

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seen them in real-life. That is it from us for now. It is the last

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