:00:10. > :00:12.Hi, I'm Ricky, and this is Newsround.
:00:13. > :00:15.First, one of the most important people in Northern Ireland has died.
:00:16. > :00:19.Martin McGuinness was Deputy First Minister
:00:20. > :00:23.Last night, thousands of people gathered at a candlelit vigil
:00:24. > :00:28.He was a significant figure who once supported violence
:00:29. > :00:31.in Northern Ireland but later helped bring peace there.
:00:32. > :00:37.Northern Ireland - one of the four nations that make
:00:38. > :00:43.It's a place which has been mostly peaceful for almost 20 years.
:00:44. > :00:48.In the years before that, life was very different.
:00:49. > :00:50.The country was divided and torn apart by a conflict
:00:51. > :00:57.If we'd maybe gone into the city centre, you would have had
:00:58. > :01:03.Thre were soldiers on the streets, there were bombs going off.
:01:04. > :01:05.So was it scary when you went near Belfast with your
:01:06. > :01:11.It was and it wasn't, because you became so used to it.
:01:12. > :01:14.But it was scary - I can remember being in Belfast with my granny,
:01:15. > :01:18.and I was maybe about your age, and I was running
:01:19. > :01:20.down the street because there were explosions happening.
:01:21. > :01:23.You live a very different way than I did, growing up
:01:24. > :01:30.At this time, Martin McGuinness supported violence in
:01:31. > :01:34.Northern Ireland as a way to bring about change.
:01:35. > :01:37.Martin McGuinness always wanted to achieve one thing -
:01:38. > :01:39.he wanted Northern Ireland to no longer be a
:01:40. > :01:44.part of the United Kingdom but instead a part of Ireland.
:01:45. > :01:47.When he was a young man he tried to achieve that by
:01:48. > :01:48.being a senior figure in something called
:01:49. > :01:56.The IRA killed lots of people and frightened many more.
:01:57. > :01:59.But as Mr McGuinness got older he turned to
:02:00. > :02:03.peace and to talking, and that's why some people love him and other
:02:04. > :02:07.But there's no doubt he is a massively important
:02:08. > :02:11.figure in the history of Northern Ireland and rose to be
:02:12. > :02:18.one of its most senior politicians - the Deputy First Minister.
:02:19. > :02:21.And if you want to find out more about Martin McGuinness
:02:22. > :02:25.and Northern Ireland there's lots of information online.
:02:26. > :02:28.Now to a school in London where deaf children help to teach hearing
:02:29. > :02:33.For many of them it's a way to learn a new language and make new friends,
:02:34. > :02:37.but should classes like this be available in all schools?
:02:38. > :02:44.The guys have been telling us what they think.
:02:45. > :02:46.Sometimes I play with hearing children but it's hard
:02:47. > :02:52.If they learned more sign it would mean I'd be able
:02:53. > :02:56.If it's really loud in a room you can just
:02:57. > :02:58.sign and they'll understand you and you don't have
:02:59. > :03:07.I want to teach everyone British Sign Language,
:03:08. > :03:15.Now although it's not compulsory for all schools to offer
:03:16. > :03:17.sign language classes, the charity British Deaf Association
:03:18. > :03:20.believes schools should offer it up to kids everywhere.
:03:21. > :03:23.Well, joining us to talk more about this is Ashley Kendall.
:03:24. > :03:29.He's a TV presenter and a member of the British Deaf Association.
:03:30. > :03:32.Morning, Ashley, and good morning to your interpreter,
:03:33. > :03:47.Firstly, Ashley, what do you make of this school in London where deaf
:03:48. > :03:53.where deaf kids have helped hearing kids to sign?
:03:54. > :04:03.and dear. I think it's something that really should happen across the
:04:04. > :04:07.country because British sign language is an indigenous sign
:04:08. > :04:10.language of the United Kingdom. If there is access to British sign
:04:11. > :04:14.language across the country gives hearing children another language to
:04:15. > :04:18.learn rather than perhaps germinal Spanish they can learn the British
:04:19. > :04:24.language. I think it's a great idea and it should be happening
:04:25. > :04:32.nationally. What was it like for you at school? I have always been
:04:33. > :04:38.educated in British sign language across all of my subjects. I was
:04:39. > :04:43.educated in mainstream schools with hearing people but there were limits
:04:44. > :04:47.and barriers because I couldn't really communicate. I felt excluded
:04:48. > :04:53.from my hearing peers which meant I was very limited to only talking to
:04:54. > :04:57.my deaf friends. Why is that happening? I should have been able
:04:58. > :05:00.to communicate with both. But that didn't happen. That is why I really
:05:01. > :05:07.believe that British sign language should be taught everywhere. Well,
:05:08. > :05:11.it's great to see you. Hopefully we'll see more of you in the next
:05:12. > :05:14.few months. Thank you both for joining us this morning.
:05:15. > :05:17.He has won Baftas, Emmys and been knighted by the Queen,
:05:18. > :05:19.and now scientists have given him a new honour.
:05:20. > :05:20.Researchers have named a 430-million-year-old fossil
:05:21. > :05:24.The tiny shrimp-like crustacean was discovered in ancient volcanic
:05:25. > :05:33.I was once a scientist but I left these things behind, science behind.
:05:34. > :05:38.So I'm very honoured and flattered that the professor should say such
:05:39. > :05:49.Newsround's back at 4:30pm this afternoon.
:05:50. > :05:53.Don't forget to check out the website for all the rest