20/08/2012 Newsround


20/08/2012

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Good afternoon friends. Hello. You've got Joe and Leah here

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tonight. Stayed tuned because some of this is on its way. The soldiers

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using helmet cams to record life on the front line. And, X Factor's

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back. Last year's winners tell Nel why you should always listen to

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your mum. But first to stiffer punishments for dangerous dog

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owners. From today, anyone in England and Wales who doesn't

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control their pet in public could face up to 18 months behind bars.

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Last year more than 6,000 people ended up in hospital in England

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after being bitten by dogs and the biggest victims were children under

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ten. So will the new guidelines on prison sentences keep dangerous

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pets under control? I've been finding out. There's about eight

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million pet dogs in the UK and most of the time if they're looked after

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properly they're a big part of our families. But that's not always the

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case. Sometimes dogs can get out of control. Last year the number of

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people attacked by dogs went up in England. Up till now there were no

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guidelines for judges sentencing owners of dangerous dogs. Now

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guidelines have been introduced and it should mean tougher punishments

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and more people going to prison. Owners who let their dogs hurt

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people in public will face six months behind bars and that could

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go up to 18 months in more serious cases. Do you think the new rules

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go far enough? We welcome them. They're a step in the right

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direction and it's a good idea that anybody who has a dog that's out of

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control can face stiffer sentences, but we would like to see further

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measures put in place. Responsible dog ownership has to be the way to

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go. If you know your dog has issues with other animals or gets nervous,

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you must keep it on a lead. I grew up with pet dogs around the house

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and this is our latest edition - Pebbles. I've been lucky enough to

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only have good experiences with dogs. But that's not the same for

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everyone. The best advice is if you don't know a dog, then it's best

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not to go near it. Good advice. Most dogs aren't dangerous, but if

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you do want tips on how to stay safe around them, head over to the

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Newsround website. Lots of helpful advice including what to do if you

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think a dog might be aggressive. The Duke of Edinburgh has been

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allowed to go home after spending five nights in hospital in Scotland.

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The Queen's husband thanked doctors and nurses who had helped treat him

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for an infection. It's the third time in nine months that the Duke,

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who's 91, has been in hospital. England are playing South Africa at

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Lord's and they have to win to remain the number one Test side,

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but it's not looking good. The score was 293-8. They need a total

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of 346 runs to win. Lots of work to do there. Next to Afghanistan, and

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some of the most dramatic home video footage you've probably even

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seen. Two years ago British soldiers involved in some of the

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fiercest fighting in Helmand Province decided to attach cameras

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to their helmets. British troops have been in the country for more

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than ten years, but this footage shows what life was like on the

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front line like never before. Now the videos are being turned into a

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television series called Our War. I caught up with two soldiers who

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were involved with the project. In 2010 the 2nd Battalion, Duke of

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Lancaster's Regiment was sent to one of the most dangerous areas of

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Helmand. They were trying to stop the Taliban. The regiment headed to

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a Taliban stronghold, fighting them on their own territory. The Taliban

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were really surprised how cheeky we were to go right into their area.

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When they established where we were, they really came for us. They would

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fire from one direction and see our reaction and move to another and

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fire from there and they took us on all day from different angles and

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exposed any weaknesses. They were very, very good fighters. What goes

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through your head? Are you scared? Yeah. Anybody who says they're not

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is a liar. There's a mixture of excitement and fear and you are

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walking into the unknown, but it's really exciting. Looking back, does

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it feel real to watch it back now, now you are perfectly safe and over

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here? It brings lots of memories and a lot of sad points, because

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two of our friends were killed and three wounded, but some of the good

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times and memories and it is good to reminisce and remember all the

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things we did in Afghanistan. you think the work you are doing

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over there is worth the lives of the men being lost? We are

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definitely improving Afghanistan. We completed the road for vital

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links and improved the locals' lives. The Curiosity Rover has

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zapped his first rock from Mars. It zapped a piece of rock the size of

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a tennis ball. Scientists hope that by zapping the rock they'll be able

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to figure out what minerals they're made of. Exciting. It's that time

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of year again and the X Factor is back on our telly. But did you

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bother to watch? More than eight million people tuned in for the

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opening show, but that's two million down on last year. But

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what's life been like for last year's winners Little Mix? Nel went

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to meet the girls to find out. Look out for the flash photography in

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this one. The winner of the X Factor 2011 - LittlAlism. Now you

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are the first and only girl group to ever have won X Factor. What's

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your secret? I think the secret is just to work very hard. We were

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just rehearsing 24/7. That was a factor and we are normal girls and

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everyone got to see that and how close we were at friends.

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relationship with Tulisa helped, because that was real and she

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really did want us to do well. you feel like it's not a golden

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ticket and it's not a free ride and you have to work your way? Loads of

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people have won it and come out loving it and done one single and

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crashed out. It gives you a platform and it's getting you

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started off, but you have to work for it. You can't just think that

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everything will be given to you and everything will work out, because

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it isn't. Everyone is your competition in this industry. You

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have to work really hard to be where you want to be. You've got a

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new single out? We have. # It's a happy, fun song, about

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believing in yourself and listening to your mum, because your mum knows

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best. How much influence does Simon Cowell have in terms of your image

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and style and songs? Is he quite involved in it? He's really

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involved. He always gets the final say on everything, so if he didn't

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like Wings it wouldn't have been our single. It's a good job old

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Cowell did like it. We've been asking you if you'll be watching

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Finally we've had some strange weather this summer, but take a

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look at this for strange goings on. Unusual conditions on Lake Michigan

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in America led to these water spouts. They're caused when cold

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and warm air come together. There were nine reported in total, but

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it's rare to see so many of them in the same place. This story has

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caused a stir in Australia. A group of people were unhappy about a lack

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of toilets on a beach, so they went to the loo on the beach. They got

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