28/06/2011 Newsround


28/06/2011

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Hello! You have got two of us. Ore and Leah here for you in the

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Newsround studio today. Stick around for this. The boy battered

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by the tail of a whale. And we talk about the campaign to stop rain

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forest materials being used in toy packaging.

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First, to the news that will affect millions of you - the teachers'

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strike. They have had the desperate last-minute talks to try to stop it,

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but it looks like the strike will be going ahead. Not all teachers

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are involved, but lots of schools are expected have to close for a

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day later this week. I have been looking into it.

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Thousands of classrooms across the country could be quiet this

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Thursday. No teachers means no lessons and lots of you will have

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the day off whether you want one or not. Lots of teachers are set to go

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on strike. They are angry about changes the government is planning

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to make to the amount of money they will get when they retire. Many say

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they do not want to walk out of school but it is the only way of

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getting the government to listen to them. I certainly do not want to go

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on strike. It is our last-resort. The government are not listening to

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us. Parents have different opinions. It will be a hassle for the parents

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who have to work with some having to take a day off. It means I will

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have to get childcare. I think the teachers have got a point. I feel

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sympathy for them but it does not help me because I will not get paid

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on Thursday either. The government has asked all strikers to

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reconsider. I would say to you, the strikes are wrong, for you, for the

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people you serve, for the good of the country. Some schools are

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expected to stay open on Thursday and there may even be parents

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covering in some classrooms. Unless the government and some teachers

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come to an agreement soon, there are likely to be more strikes in

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the future. Next, an animal charity is warning

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people not to leave dogs and parked cars after the death of two police

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dogs. An investigation has begun into the deaths of the dogs which

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were left in a car at a police training centre in Kent. The Dogs

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Trust charity has said nobody should leave their dog in a vehicle,

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especially during a heatwave. Lions, tigers, sharks, even an

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angry hippo - all animals you would not mess with. But on your list of

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dangerous animals, you probably would not have a humpback whale.

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Well, maybe it is time to rethink that list, because a boy in

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Australia is recovering after a meeting with the whale that was

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little too close for comfort. 13-year-old Drew Hall is one lucky

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boy. Nursing a broken bone in his shoulder, he is on the mend after a

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run-in with one of the giants of the sea. Drew was out fishing with

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his mum and dad. In this area of Australia, they are used to seeing

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humpback whales but went one appeared next to Drew's boat,

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disaster struck. The tail came down and hit everyone and smashed the

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boat. The tail landed untrue and badly damaged the boat. The race

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was on to get him to shore when an ambulance was waiting. Usually,

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humpback whales are friendly towards humans. Experts do not

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think it was intentional but the giant creature could have become

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frightened and panicked. Humpback whales have huge tails which can

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propel them out of the water. With some of them measuring the size of

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a bus, this combination of size and power means getting on the wrong

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side of a waving tail is a bad idea. For true, as soon as the bone heals,

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all he wants to do is get back out and go fishing.

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Next, to the toys that are damaging the environment, and no, that is

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not the main story line for Toy Story 4! We have heard that toys

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like Barbie and Lego could have paper packaging made from trees in

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a rain forest that is home to endangered tigers and orang-utans.

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Ricky has got the details. This is some of the last remaining

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rainforest in Indonesia. It is also home to the critically endangered

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Sumatran Tiger. Other endangered wildlife like elephants also live

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here. But campaigners say these forests are being cleared by

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loggers. It is claimed that the pulp from the wood is used in the

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paper which wraps some of the toy is week by here back in the UK.

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Greenpeace, which campaigns for the Environment, tested the packaging

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for popular toys and say they found traces of wood fibres from

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rainforest in Indonesia. We found what was coming from Indonesia's

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rainforest and that was going to companies which was turning the

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wood into paper and packaging and supplying that to some of the

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world's most well known toy companies. These products are

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shipped around the world and sold in our shops. The the way we have

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proved their using rainforest in their packaging is by having them

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tested by scientists and scientists found there were would species

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coming from Indonesia's rainforests. Campaigners are putting pressure on

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some of the toy companies out there. They want to make sure packaging

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has made from recycled material and sourced in the right way.

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We got in contact with all the manufacturers. Mattel, which makes

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Barbie and also Lego have told us that they are looking at the paper

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they use so that they do not harm the environment. Hasbro who make

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Transformers and My Little Pony has said it will make sure that paper

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from the rain forest is not used in its packaging. And Disney also told

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us that looking after nature is their top priority. Newsround, once

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again, get to the bottom of the story!

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Now, just in case you missed it, here are some pictures from Blue

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Peter's latest record attempt today. Hundreds of people broke the record

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for the most hula-hoopers in one place. It was all to celebrate Blue

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Peter's last show made here in London after more than 50 years.

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Along with the rest of CBBC, it is moving to a new home in Salford.

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More than 50 years is a long time. Yep, when they started TV was black

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and white. Can you imagine everything on TV being black and

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white? I think it's better now - but Blue Peter have done loads of

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shows and had dozens of animals in their London studio over the years.

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We couldn't resist quickly showing you these pictures. Have a look at

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the misbehaving elephant who made a mess of the studio - a load of

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unruly dogs. And some angry cats who weren't very pleased to see

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each other. Let's finish with tennis and if

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you're an Andy Murray fan, you decide whether this is good news or

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bad. Because if he gets to the semi-final of Wimbledon, it does

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look like he'll play world number one Rafael Nadal! The Spaniard

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injured his foot yesterday put in his match against the American

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Mardy Fish in doubt but he has had a scan and he is ready to play

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