25/11/2011 Newsround


25/11/2011

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Hello, everyone. Newsround has officially invaded BBC One. We have

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seven minutes to get you bang up to date with everything you need to

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know to kick-start the weekend. On the way it tonight, Press Packers

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march on Parliament for kids in Afghanistan.

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And remember this? We hear from the pilot who escaped unharmed.

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Before all of that, it has been six years since celebrity chef Jamie

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Oliver started his big drive to make school dinners healthy. He got

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the Government to force schools in England today to turkey twizzlers

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for fresh and nutritious meals. But now he has worried some schools are

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putting fatty foods back on the menu. Love them or hate them, the

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chances are you eat them. Like most schools, food here is made

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according to strict rules set out by the Government. Because it is

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Friday, there are treats like pizza and fish and chips. Which will they

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choose? In 2006, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was so shocked by the

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food in British schools, that he launched a campaign to change

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things. He said that good school dinners made healthier and smarter

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kids. But it was not easy. Crisps with this one, please. These

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parents rebelled against him and delivered takeaways to the school

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gates. Eventually it did work, and a law was brought in putting

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healthier menus in English schools. Now Jamie is worried that things

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could be slipping back. They are taking away the nutritional

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standards that are now the law, which is a vision for young

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people's health and the future. It could be a disaster. The problem is

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with Academy Schools, which can now choose whichever food they like

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which could mean they go for cheaper junk food. These kids think

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it is good to have a balance of healthy food. If I had a healthy

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lunch at school it would get me through the day more easily. It up

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to be stronger and healthier. Campaigners like Jamie Oliver it so

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they expected this fight to take many years, but unless they clamp

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down now, school dinners could get worse.

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We have been asking for your thoughts on this and they have been

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flooding in. Joshua from Derbyshire says that his school dinners used

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to be amazing but suddenly they switched to cheap and nasty

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solutions. Lawrence says that her school meals

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used to be horrible and unhealthy but now they are healthy apart from

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when they have pizza on a Friday. Charlie from Southampton says that

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their school has a cafe which is great. You choose what you like,

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and their sandwiches and pasta, but it is too expensive. Krystian from

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Yorkshire agrees. It is not that they are healthy, but they cost too

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much to buy, even the pudding. Thank you for those comments.

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If there was a prize for the most amazing pictures of the week, I

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know what I would pick. Do you remember this? The pilot of his

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helicopter in New Zealand had a lucky escape after his machine span

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out of control when he was tried to put up a Christmas tree. He was OK.

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He has been speaking about what happened. Because it happened so

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quickly it was like a dream, really. Just like bang. The belt which is

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attached to the floor of the aircraft. If I was not wearing that,

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I would have been all over. From one extraordinary story to another.

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Monique van der Vorst was paralysed after an accident as a teenager.

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She went on to represent the Netherlands in hand cycling,

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winning two Paralympic silver medals. Last year she was hit by

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another cyclist and unbelievably that accident has reversed the

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effects of the first one. She can now walk and has been offered the

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chance to compete for their country as an able-bodied athlete.

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spasm relaxed. Why was sent to hospital and nobody really knew

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what was going on. I felt something in my feet but they were feet I had

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not felt the 13 years. After three- and-a-half months I got movement

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back in my legs. Now, education in Afghanistan. The

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country has been affected by war for decades and lots of children

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don't get the chance to go to school, especially girls. Charities

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are trying to help and 150 schoolkids from Britain and Europe

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have travelled to Afghanistan to raise awareness of the state of

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education there. They included our Press Packers.

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I am Nina. I am Joe. We are raising money for kids and Afghanistan to

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help them go to school. We are about to join 150 kids from Europe

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at the House of Commons. We are handing over a letter of to the

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Minister for International Development to see if he can help

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more children get education. For decades Afghanistan has been

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affected by war. British troops have been operating there for 10

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years. The Taliban, who ruled the country from 1996-2001, stop girls

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from going to school at all. They were overthrown and now more girls

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are getting an education but lots of children cannot read or write.

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What is it like for the children over there? What are you trying to

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do? Life is very tough for children in Afghanistan. Lots of them have

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to go and work and lots of them live where there is fighting. If

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they do manage to get to school, there is often a building and they

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have to sit outside. Our aim is to get all children into fantastic

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schools of high quality by 2020. What would you like to happen to

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your country? First of all I would like peas to come. I would like to

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see doctors and engineers of the future, especially girls. They face

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a lot of obstacles in Afghanistan. Luck, we are nearly there. We're

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going into the House of Commons to give our letter to the minister,

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Alan Duncan. We went into the House of Commons a

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few hours ago and the minister to our letter. There are still

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millions of children that cannot even go to primary school and we

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want to change that. This is Nina. And Joe reporting for Newsround.

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The great work. We know that David Beckham is one

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of the best players on the pitch, but check him out with his eyes

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closed. He managed to score this blindfolded during a training

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session with the British Olympic visually-impaired football squad.

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He was also put through his paces trying out different schools and he

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got the hang of it pretty quickly. Check this out. Impressive. That is

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