22/03/2017 Newsround

Hi, I'm Ricky and this is Newsround.

Should signing be taught in schools?

And the fossil being named after Sir David Attenborough.

First, one of the most important people in Northern Ireland has died.

Martin McGuinness was Deputy First Minister

of the country for ten years.

Last night, thousands of people gathered at a candlelit vigil

in Belfast to remember him.

He was a significant figure who once supported violence

in Northern Ireland but later helped bring peace there.

Jenny's been finding out more.

Northern Ireland - one of the four nations that make

up the United Kingdom.

It's a place which has been mostly peaceful for almost 20 years.

In the years before that, life was very different.

The country was divided and torn apart by a conflict

known as the Troubles.

There were bomb scares.

If we'd maybe gone into the city centre and you would have had

to had your bag checked.

Thre were soldiers on the streets, there were bombs going off.

So was it scary when you went near Belfast with your

friends and family?

It was and it wasn't because you became so used it to it.

But it was scary - I can remember being in Belfast

with my granny and I was maybe about your age and I was running

down the street because there were explosions happening.

You live a very different way than I did, growing up

in Northern Ireland.

At this time, Martin McGuiness supported violence in

Northern Ireland as a way to bring about change.

Martin McGuinness always wanted to achieve one thing -

he wanted Northern Ireland to no longer be a

part of the kingdom but instead a part of Ireland.

When he was a young man he tried to achieve that by

being a senior figure in something called

the Irish Republican Army, or IRA.

The IRA killed lots of people and frightened many more.

But as Mr McGuinness got older he turned to

peace and to talking, and that's why some people love him and other

people hate him.

But there's no doubt he is a massively important

figure in the history of Northern Ireland and rose to be

one of its most senior politicians - the Deputy First Minister.

And if you want to find out more about Martin Mcguinness

and Northern Ireland there's lots of information online.

Now to a school in London where deaf children help to teach hearing

children British Sign Language.

For many of them it's a way to learn a new language and make new friend,

but should classes like this be available in all schools?

The guys have been telling us what they think.

And my sister's like, what are you doing?

And I basically just try and teach them.

And they will understand you and you don't have to use

your voice at all.

Because, when you are older, if you were to go deaf or if

you had a child that was deaf it would be easier to remember your

signs because you would have learned it at a young age.

He has won Baftas, Emmys and been knighted by the Queen,

but now Sir David Attenborough has received the ultimate accolade.

Researchers have named a 430-million-year-old fossil

after the nature broadcaster.

The tiny shrimp-like crustacean was discovered in ancient volcanic

rock in Herefordshire.

I was once a scientist but I left these things behind, science behind.

So I'm very honoured and flattered that the professor should say such

nice things about me now.

And for loads more stories go to Newsround online.

You can find out why this parrot has an infectious

laugh, and what exactly is the cup blowing challenge?

That's all from me, Newsround's back right

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