30/08/2016 Newsround


30/08/2016

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Leah here live on CBBC with your Tuesday Newsround.

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Coming up: We bring you the birds that could teach drones to fly.

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And we'll show you what Pokemon burgers look like.

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So our top story this Tuesday - air pollution in cities hasn't

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improved enough over the last 20 years.

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A new report by the Royal Geographical Society says

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pollution caused by cars, buses and lorries makes the air

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in some cities bad enough that it could make some people ill.

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The Government says it's trying to reduce air pollution

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but experts say more needs to be done to encourage people

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The government has tried to encourage people to walk or cycle

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but perhaps they have not been pushing it enough.

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Ever wondered how birds manage to fly in

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Well, a team of scientists in the US has created a special wind tunnel

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BBC science reporter Victoria Gill went to see it.

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Scientists have a lot to learn from this little lovebird.

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How such tiny birds fly smoothly through gusty air

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So scientists at Stanford University have built this.

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We worked for four years to design this

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It was put together specifically to study how birds fly.

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We can use the best possible techniques.

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Those techniques include cameras that film in extreme slow motion,

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capturing tiny wing adjustments that keep the birds steady in the wind.

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It is the latest ambitious experiment in a lab here in

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California that is dedicated to unravelling the secrets of flight.

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Diana works with these birds every day.

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She uses clicker training and food rewards

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so they will fly to wherever she points her finger.

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The ultimate aim is the design of tiny flying robots like these.

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By copying what birds do, engineers can build

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much smaller, steadier robots that they could then send out

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after a disaster to search for people who might be trapped.

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So these scientists will aim to create robotic copies

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of what nature has perfected over millions of years.

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Sport now, and Manchester United's Wayne Rooney will stay

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New England manager Sam Allardyce says it was an "easy decision"

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And Big Sam's number one goalie, Joe Hart, has moved a step closer

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to joining Italian side Torino on loan for a season.

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He's fallen out of favour at Manchester City and he's

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due to have a medical in Italy later today.

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And thousands of people turned out for a homecoming

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celebration to honour Ireland's newest sporting stars.

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Paul and Gary O'Donovan won a silver in the rowing.

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They got massive cheers and said they were overwhelmed

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Now to the incredible Australian teenager whose become the youngest

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person ever to fly by himself around the world in a single engine

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54 days after taking off, Lachlan Smart arrived back home.

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Crowds of people welcomed him at the airport

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on the Sunshine Coast, eastern Australia.

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It was from here on July 4th that the 18-year-old took off

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And he now returns home a world record breaker,

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almost a year younger than the previous record holder.

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It's so amazing to finally be back here in my home town

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in the Sunshine Coast and landing back on the runway

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that I did my initial flight training on was just very special.

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Lachlan travelled more than 24,000 air miles and stopped

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at 24 different airfields around the world.

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Starting on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, his first stop

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He then made stops in the US, Canada and Europe, where he took

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a week's break and visited family in London.

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He continued his journey on to North Africa, the Middle East

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and through to South East Asia, where he had some

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But undefeated, he carried on his journey back home to Australia.

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As well as breaking the record, he hopes his epic journey gets

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When we are told we are too young, you are not good enough,

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it's too hard, when with enough hard work you can get there and hopefully

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I've started to prove that as an 18-year-old.

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Two and a half years planning this trip around the world

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After many hours of hard work, I'm trying

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to prove the sky is not the limit so, yeah, dream big.

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And finally, yes, it's breakfast but we promised you this one

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This is what Pokemon burgers look like.

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A restaurant in Sydney, Australia cooked up the creations.

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There are also veggie options and it got lots of fans excited -

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And there's just enough time to tell you what's happening over

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Check out our pics from the weekend's Notting Hill Carnival.

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Or if you want to exercise your brain why not have a go

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That's all from me and the morning team.

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Newsround's back with Martin at 4:20pm.

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