31/05/2016 Newsround


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Good morning, I'm Ayshah with Tuesday's Newsround.

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This is what we've got for you.

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The baby elephant rescued from a drain in Sri Lanka

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and rolling down a big hill for cheese.

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First, today marks 100 years since Britain and Germany fought

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each other in the Battle of Jutland, the biggest fight to take place

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on sea during the First World War.

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It happened just off the coast of Denmark,

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where British ships had set sail to stop the German Fleet.

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Today ceremonies are taking place to remember those

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who lost their lives.

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The BBC's Robert Hall is in Jutland for the anniversary and sent

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Newsround this report.

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It was the largest naval battle of the First World War.

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More than 200 ships took part, carrying over 100,000 men.

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The two huge fleets first came into contact early in the

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afternoon.

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And for the next few hours they tried to outmanoeuvre

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each other and to gain an advantage.

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The British tactic was called crossing the T and involved getting

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their skips, their biggest ships, ahead of the German column.

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That would enable them to concentrate their fire in a

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huge broadside.

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To villages here on the Jutland peninsula, the gunfire

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sounded like thunder over the horizon.

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Thunder which was punctuated, though, by huge explosions.

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At this new memorial in Denmark, the large stones represent

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the 25 ships which were lost.

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More than 8000 men, British and German, were killed.

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Gert Andersson owns a museum which tells the story of the battle.

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It's a special place because this is the land closest

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to the battle of Jutland.

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I think it's very sad because it was young

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people, just 20, 22 years old.

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But some sailors were even younger.

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16-year-old Jack Cornwell was badly wounded but he stayed by his gun.

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He was awarded Britain's highest military honour,

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the Victoria Cross, for his bravery.

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Just one of the Jutland stories which will be told, a century on.

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If you want to know more about the Battle of Jutland then go

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online where we have loads more info.

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Cricket now and England captain Alistair Cook

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made history yesterday. He became the youngest ever player

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to score 10,000 Test runs, and only the 12th

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person ever to do so.

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He reached the milestone yesterday during the England match

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against Sri Lanka.

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To top the day off, England then cruised to a comfortable win

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and managed to complete a series victory.

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Cook seemed pretty pleased with his new record.

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For people to say it's just happened, there's a lot of hard

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work, and obviously, to put it in to get there,

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it's very special.

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Back in 2003, surfer Bethany Hamilton lost an arm

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when she was attacked by a tiger shark in Hawaii - she was just 13

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years old at the time.

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But Bethany didn't let it hold her back,

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she kept on surfing.

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Now, 13 years on, she is competing in the Fiji Womens Pro competition

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where she recently defeated the current world number one,

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Tyler Wright of Australia, to sail through to today's quarter-finals.

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To the amazing rescue of this baby elephant in Sri Lanka

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in South East Asia (TAKE WALL FF) Rescuers pulled the calf to safety

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after it got trapped in a drain.

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Elephants in this area are known to roam free on the streets.

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Port workers and vets all worked together to get it out.

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And then it was taken away for medical treatment.

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If you're out and about and need the loo then you might

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have to cross your legs.

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It's because lots of public toilets are disappearing

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from Britain's streets.

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The BBC has discovered that four in five councils across the UK

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have had to close public toilets since 2011, with some areas

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in the UK having none at all.

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Figures show almost 1,800 public loos have closed in the last decade.

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Councils say it's because of a lack of money.

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Finally, fancy chasing some cheese down a big hill?

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No, me neither.

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But that's exactly what these guys did in Brockworth

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in Gloucestershire yesterday.

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Every year people take part in the event where they chase

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a massive Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill.

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28 year old Chris Anderson won, but admitted he won't be eating

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the cheese because he doesn't like it.

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Even though he's won the event 17 times.

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And stay tuned for our next bulletin at 8.15 when we introduce you guys

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to the world's biggest ever space experiment.

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You can head online right now to get a sneak peak and find out how

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a radio telescope works.

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That's all from me, Newsround's back in about half an hour.

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