26/03/2014 Newsround


26/03/2014

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Good afternoon. Ricky here with everything you need to know this

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Wednesday. Here's what's coming your way: Why Facebook's paid over a

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billion pounds for 3D gaming technology.

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I am happy that he's doing it but I am sad that he is gone.

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We hear from a front line family about missing their Dad fighting in

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Afghanistan. First up, lots of kids in England

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and Wales have been off school today after thousands of teachers went on

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strike. Members of the National Union of Teachers have been out of

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the classroom protesting over how much they work and changes that the

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Government wants to make to their pay. The Government says by going on

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strike, teachers are damaging children's learning, but the union

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says they've been forced into it because talks about the issue were

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not working. Next, later this year British forces

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will pull out of Afghanistan, where they've been fighting for more than

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12 years. For the families of those serving in war zones, it can be a

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worrying time but modern technology helps to stay in touch. We asked

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three sisters what life is like for them when their Dad is away in

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Afghanistan with the Royal Air Force.

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Sisters Emily, Keira and Lucy are used to their dad working away with

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the RAF, but sometimes life in a military family is hard. My dad is

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in the RAF and when he is in Afghanistan, it is surrounded by

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Pakistan and Iraq, which are desert places. His job is to make sure the

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runways are safe before certain aeroplanes fly off. I am proud of

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him but I wish he was here, that's the thing. I am happy that he is

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doing it but I am sad that he has gone. It is hard to cope with him

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being away. Lucy and Keira have the charts that they look at to show

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where he is and we look at that once in a while. The girls can keep in

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touch with letters, phone calls and video chats. Their dad even managed

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to make an appearance at Christmas dinner despite the fact he was in

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Afghanistan. I miss you all. We miss you, too. On Christmas Day, we tried

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not to look at the down side of things and be happy. We were lucky

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to get through to him. Even with the help of technology, the girls say

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that missing their dad and worrying about him is difficult. We love

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you. Goodbye. I don't like watching the news because I don't like seeing

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what is happening there if something bad happens. I get upset. He might

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get hurt or injured. When they are feeling upset, the girls pull

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together to cheer each other up. I tell him not to worry because he

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will be home soon. We all have a big hug and say that he will be all

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right and we are very proud of him. At last the waiting is over. Their

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dad is arriving home early from his tour but the girls don't know he is

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back so soon. And for some people, serving in the

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forces is a family tradition. We've been to meet Army Cadet Baz who

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comes from a family of soldiers going back generations.

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It feels right to be in the army. It is so easy for me because my brother

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and sister are in the army and they told me what to expect and what not

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to expect. My grandad definitely inspired me to do it because of the

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stories I have been told of him. They are just amazing and that is

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what I want to be like. I want to pass it down to my kids and for them

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to pass it to theirs. It is protecting my family, everyone

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else's family, and protecting the people in Afghanistan. And you can

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catch front line families, our special programme all about children

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from military families, here on see BBC in just over an hour.

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Next, Facebook has been spending lots of money again. The social

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network giant has announced it's buying Oculus, a virtual reality

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company, for ?1.2 billion. Their big product is a headset where users

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enter a virtual gaming world. So why would Facebook want to buy into this

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kind of tech? We don't see Facebook as a gaming company, certainly, but

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some people think that as well as playing games, then if you are at

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work you can go to a meeting and feel like you are in the room even

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if you are not, rather than using a webcam when you feel removed. You

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can use something like this and feel part of the action. That is what

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many people think face pack will use the technology for rather than

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games. -- Facebook. Last up, Chelsea and England footy

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legend Frank Lampard has been telling us that he likes scribbling

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stories as much as he does dribbling past defenders. Not only has he

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written his own kids' books, but he's teamed up with the Premier

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League and National Literacy Trust to encourage more boys to start

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reading. He says that even top football stars can be into books. I

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loved my football and I was younger. I was lucky that my parents always

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guided me and told me to do reading and basic own work and the basic

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skills. I did enjoy my reading and I always try to do an hour with my

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children, whether it is an hour or 20 minutes a day, very small bits,

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reading is so important. I was a good boy and I used to read. I will

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be back just before seven o'clock. But stay

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