22/03/2017 Newsround

Hi, I'm Ricky, and this is Newsround.

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

Martin McGuinness was Deputy First Minister

Last night, thousands of people gathered at a candlelit vigil

He was a significant figure who once supported violence

in Northern Ireland but later helped bring peace there.

Northern Ireland - one of the four nations that make

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

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

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

So was it scary when you went near Belfast with your

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

At this time, Martin McGuinness 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 United 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 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

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

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

but should classes like this be available in all schools?

The guys have been telling us what they think.

Sometimes I play with hearing children but it's hard

If they learned more sign it would mean I'd be able

If it's really loud in a room you can just

sign and they'll understand you and you don't have

I want to teach everyone British Sign Language,

Now although it's not compulsory for all schools to offer

sign language classes, the charity British Deaf Association

believes schools should offer it up to kids everywhere.

Well, joining us to talk more about this is Ashley Kendall.

He's a TV presenter and a member of the British Deaf Association.

Morning, Ashley, and good morning to your interpreter,

Firstly, Ashley, what do you make of this school in London where deaf

where deaf kids have helped hearing kids to sign?

and dear. I think it's something that really should happen across the

country because British sign language is an indigenous sign

language of the United Kingdom. If there is access to British sign

language across the country gives hearing children another language to

learn rather than perhaps germinal Spanish they can learn the British

language. I think it's a great idea and it should be happening

nationally. What was it like for you at school? I have always been

educated in British sign language across all of my subjects. I was

educated in mainstream schools with hearing people but there were limits

and barriers because I couldn't really communicate. I felt excluded

from my hearing peers which meant I was very limited to only talking to

my deaf friends. Why is that happening? I should have been able

to communicate with both. But that didn't happen. That is why I really

believe that British sign language should be taught everywhere. Well,

it's great to see you. Hopefully we'll see more of you in the next

few months. Thank you both for joining us this morning.

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

and now scientists have given him a new honour.

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

The tiny shrimp-like crustacean was discovered in ancient volcanic

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

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