29/06/2016 Newsround


29/06/2016

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I'm Hayley and here's what's going on in the world today.

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It's 100 years since a team of football players went to fight

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And the coolest things you footy fans should know about Iceland.

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Marcus Willis, who is ranked 772 in the world, will face world number

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Johanna Konta will also be hoping to finish her match which started

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Next, this Friday marks 100 years since the battle of the Somme,

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one of the biggest battles of the First World War.

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Martin is in France where it all happened.

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Understood at a memorial which commemorates dead British soldiers.

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It's quiet right now but in World War I some of the fiercest battles

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took place right here. With a war of this side everyone was expected to

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their bit. Imagine your favourite footy players and football teams

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like Celtic or Leicester leaving the football pitch and going to fight

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for Britain. That's what happened 100 years ago. Check it out.

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Hearts of Midlothian, or Hearts, were at the top

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of the Scottish league having started the season with eight

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But across Europe the war is breaking out.

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Britain desperately needed volunteers to fight.

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Everyone was called upon to do their bit, even

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In November 1914, just months after the war had started, 16

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of the first-team squad signed up to go and fight.

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They became known as

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Having such sporting celebs sign up was a

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clever tactic by the army, a great advert for becoming a soldier.

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Within days, hundreds of men who were inspired by the heroes

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I think the players back then were braver than

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I don't think you'd see Ronaldo or Messi or anyone like that

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Men didn't come back and they left to fight for us.

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The battalion inspired my grandfather to

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He went every Saturday and watched the football

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and for them to throw away

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the title for a war, for the country,

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The team came here to fight the Germans

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in one of the bloodiest and biggest battles of the war

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Though they managed to free this village

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from German control, the victory came at a cost.

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Seven of the team died in battle and another three

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suffered such injuries that their lives would never be the same.

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Being a Hearts fan, nobody will forget what

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they did for the club and for the country.

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Giving away the title, which is unbelievable, to go and

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defend your country is just phenomenal.

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If I was asked to describe the

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The sacrifice they made was unbelievable

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and it's more than what anyone could have asked of them.

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On Friday despite be busy because there is an anniversary to mark 100

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years since this massive battle took place but I will speak giving you

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special reports before that. In the meantime, head to the website

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because we have everything you need to know about World War I and the

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Battle of this song. Finally, how much do

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you know about Iceland? Yep, we know they knocked England

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out of the Euros but there's a lot more to the country

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than you might think. Home to some of the largest glaziers

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in Europe and some of the world's Just 320,000 people

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live on the island. More people live in Leicester

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here in England. This is Bjork, one of the most

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famous singers from Iceland. She had a couple of hits

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the way back in the '90s. These days, the kids are talking

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about Fridrik Dor and Retro Stefson. The country has only a handful

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of TV channels. In fact, 99.8% of the viewing

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population watched Iceland beat Newsround's back tomorrow

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morning with Ayshah.

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