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PLEASE stay at home! unless their work means they have everyone that stayed away from communiti es safe.” That is the message from those to do so, or they have to shop for beauty spots and beaches today. Scotland’s chief medical tackling coronavirus, with fears that essenti al supplies, to exercise once We know it isn’t easy. We are offi cer, Catherine Calderwood, found the Easter sunshine is tempti ng a day or for health reasons. disappointed that two people will herself in trouble this week aft er people outdoors. “These are instructi ons” be summonsed to att end court aft er travelling with her family from their NHS England medical director Health Secretary Matt Hancock, breaching the Coronavirus Act 2020 town house to their seaside holiday Stephen Powis said: “The sun might who has recovered from COVID-19 by having a BBQ on Hove beach.” home. This was against her own be out, that does not mean you himself, said: “This is not advice, Government minister Michael Gove advice. She was given a warning by should be out.” these are instructi ons.” said there were signs that some young the police, then resigned from her Most people seem to be sti cking Brockwell Park in London closed on people were failing to follow the rules, job on Sunday night. to the rules. But photos from parks Sunday because so many visitors had perhaps because they are less likely to Everyone needs to do what they can and beaches across the country have ignored social distancing be seriously ill from the virus. not only to protect themselves, but shown people not only out for their the day before and He said: “Whatever the temptati ons also to protect the elderly and sick, daily exercise, but sitti ng down having were sunbathing or this weekend, please don’t go outside who can get very ill and die during this picnics – which is not allowed. in large groups. to visit the lakes, the beaches, the coronavirus outbreak. And, of course, The Government says people Meanwhile, in Sussex, countryside… take pride instead to protect the NHS workers who should not be leaving the house police tweeted: “Thank you to in keeping your own families and are caring for us all.
First News readership is 2,235,888. Source: Opinion Matters 2016. First News is the widest-read of all children’s publications audited in the UK. First News supports children’s charities – see page 17 2. CORONAVIRUS NEWS FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 “END THE SICKNESS SHOULD WE OF WAR” Getty UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for warring nations to stop and focus on fighting COVID-19. BE WEARING On 23 March, he said: “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly [foolishness] of war. It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of our lives.” Global ceasefires (a temporary stop MASKS? Getty to fighting) would allow aid workers to help people in need without entering a warzone. Since his announcement, 12 countries have said they will begin or continue ceasefires, THERE’S been a lot of debate over whether or not face masks can help stop the spread of this new while a petition to stop wars has received coronavirus, and while we may not have a definitive answer, here’s everything we know. almost 1.8 million signatures. “The virus has shown how swiftly it can Many of the first news stories you would have seen about the will offer different levels of protection, cloth face masks move across borders,” Guterres said. “We coronavirus outbreak will have likely been paired with an image are thought to provide a similar function to surgical ones. need to do everything possible to find the of someone in China wearing a surgical face mask – a thin, blue But they do need to be put on and taken off with clean, peace and unity our world so desperately piece of material that covers the mouth and nostrils. freshly-washed hands – as you’ll have to touch your face needs to battle COVID-19.” These face masks are worn by doctors, nurses and surgeons to while arranging the mask. stop germs from their mouth reaching a patient, but they’re not One thing that’s agreed by doctors everywhere is that really to protect the medics themselves from catching a disease. face mask or not, the best thing you can do to protect yourself However, studies have shown that these masks are better than and others is by washing your hands regularly and following GAMING SOARS wearing no face mask at all, as they can catch droplets, which social distancing rules. are thought to be the main way that the disease spreads. That said, due to social distancing, it’s very unlikely that you’ll be going near someone who’s spreading coronavirus droplets, An important reminder that the best way to Getty even when out on a shop, or walking for exercise. protect yourself and other people is by: The UK’s official advice suggests that these masks are really staying at home as much as possible, and keeping only needed for those who are in close contact with someone two metres apart from other people when you infected, or if you’ve got it yourself. For example, if a family are outside member needs to care for washing your hands (with hot water and soap) for the someone who is ill, both the length of time it takes to singHappy Birthday twice – patient and carer should have and using hand sanitiser if you have it a mask. Getty But in the US, the Centers coughing/sneezing into a tissue, then binning it. If you for Disease Control and don’t have one, cough into your elbow, not your hand Prevention (CDC) said this not touching your eyes, nose and mouth Fitted N95 masks offer the week that all US citizens getting the latest, accurate advice from reliable sources: should wear a cloth mask best protection, but are only really needed by tinyurl.com/whocv2019 when in public. health workers www.gov.uk/health-and-social-care While different materials VIDEOGAME usage has spiked dramatically since people have been told to stay at home. Online games site Steam has seen their all-time highest user figures, with CLIMATE CONFERENCE CALLED OFF 20,312,000 people logged in at the COP26, the United Nations’ international discussion about same time. US telecommunications climate change, has been delayed due to the coronavirus. company Verizon has reported a 75% spike in gaming usage on The 26th Conference of the Parties, commonly known as COP26, their network at peak times. was due to take place in November but has been pushed back to 2021. Getty But it’s not just the virtual world Glasgow’s SEC Arena, where the event was due to take place, has that is seeing success as people become a temporary hospital for up to 1,000 COVID-19 patients. at home look for fun ways to pass Climate experts have made clear that governments around the world the time. Sales of board games and “must use this [extra] time well”. Climate economist Nicholas Stern jigsaws skyrocketed by 240% during said: “There is an opportunity in the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis the first week of the UK’s lockdown. to create a new approach to [economic] growth that is a sustainable Monopoly Classic has proved the and resilient economy in closer harmony with the natural world.” most popular game, with Cluedo Meanwhile, Patricia Espinosa, the UN Climate Change Executive and Scrabble not far behind. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Secretary, reminded people that while COVID-19 is “the most urgent Arts and craft materials and Conte and Boris Johnson at the threat facing humanity today, we cannot forget that climate change construction toys like LEGO have COP26 launch back in February is the biggest threat facing humanity over the long term”. also seen big boosts in sales. 3. CORONAVIRUS NEWS FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 GIVING EASTER MEAL GRADES G e tt y VOUCHERS
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A u ce e e meals scheme. irec r e er l T ll he e cher – h s u l he er e s e ilies h re he ree e ls has called the content “the biggest really tough.” r s i h s u e s ill e sche e ill recei e 1 uchers educati on eff ort the BBC has ever ul ure ecre r li er e ce re ssess e r e r u The uchers c e undertaken.” Aimed at years one to said that the BBC’s eff orts would heir e chers i s e spe i s ur s Tesc As e i ill c er c re su ec s li e “make a big diff erence to millions This e s ll h e r c rris s i r se lish hs scie ce chil re cr ss he hile e resul s cl ss r ill e The Government initi ally refused The c e ill e ccessi le schools are closed.” c si ere i eci i he r e pr i e sch l e ls u si e r he i l er l i h he r s h e s i h usic term ti me, but aft er pressure from Red Butt on, BBC Four and BBC r r es ill h e e c p i ers e chers i is ers u s s i ill e h s e based on parti cipati on. ch e heir i CBBC presenters, like Oti Mabuse, ll llier hie e ul r G e tt y Educati on Secretary Gavin Kati e Thistleton and Karim Zeroual. u l r e ess e s u e s Williamson said: “I recognise that ri e pl i e e pl i i h espi e he s r e he u prece e e e er h ppe e re s us h he push help situati on, Ofqual “will do everything before] acti on this Government is he s ilies i h sch l r he c e sure h s r i pr ec he c u r r s s i p r s p ssi le r es re ir h c r irus i clu i cl si sch ls “Lots of people will be enjoying pupils re is e i is dramati cally aff ecti ng the lives of ei h e i h heir chil re heir pr ress si h r c lle e ilies chil sh ul u p re s re r i uil Oti Mabuse will be hosti ng university, apprenti ceships, training or some of the programmes hu r s resul he e sures diff erent roles – the mum and dad r ec use hese u prece e e i r uce eep pe ple h e [never happened before] conditi ons.” protect the NHS and save lives.” THE NIGHTINGALE OPENS LAST week, the Government offi cially opened the NHS Nighti ngale, a new ‘fi eld hospital’ in East London, with a special socially-distanced ceremony att ended by Prince Charles via weblink. G e tt y Built in just ten days inside the 80,000ft 2 with 42-50 beds each. ExCeL centre in Stratf ord, the NHS Nighti ngale The hospital is the fi rst of six opening around has been described as a “remarkable feat of the country, and is named aft er Florence planning and executi on.” Nighti ngale, the ‘lady with the lamp’ who is The h spi l h s sp ce r 00 I 1 credited with the inventi on of modern nursing. pati ents, but can expand to hold 4,000 if Prince Charles said that “it shows how the re pe ple e sic i p ssi le c ul e e p ssi le h The NHS says the Nighti ngale hospital will e c chie e he u hi le hr u h need around 16,000 staff to keep it running. hu ill i e ui Health Secretary Matt Hancock If it reaches maximum capacity, the 4,000 “In this dark ti me, this place will be led the way at the ceremony pati ents will be spread across 80 wards, a shining light.” 4. QUICK NEWS FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 1. EPIC BEAR HUNT 16. 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T Queen made a rare address to the nati on on Sunday evening as the country strives to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. The monarch thanked people for following Government rules to stay at home and praised those “coming together to help others”. She also thanked key workers, saying “every hour” of work “brings us closer to a return to more normal ti mes”. G e tt y AVIGNON, FRANCE PARIS, FRANCE I conduct drone surveillance to see if people are respecti ng the T message “Stay at home” is displayed on the Eiff el Tower at night to lockdown. The country is issuing fi nes for people caught breaking the encourage people to remain indoors during the coronavirus pandemic. nati onwide lockdown rules, which are intended to stop the spread of COVID-19. 3 ISSUES FOR £1 SUBSCRIBE.FIRSTNEWS.CO.UK 6. HOME NEWS FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 ISLE OF LEWIS EDINBURGH UK Nature photo winner Art festi val cancelled Big push for Big Issue The Scotti sh Nature Photographer of The Edinburgh Fringe, the biggest arts festi val in The i Issue he i e s l he e r h s ee u ce u h he rl h s ee c celle ue he i h eless pe ple is s le i ri r r r l i h her coronavirus pandemic. It is the fi rst ti me in more i s ur s c ll s les ere i pic ure Three c s e h 70 e rs h i ill h e e pl ce irs s ppe 22 rch pr ec he G e tt y he Isle e is i c l he Minister Nicola Sturgeon described the cancellati on as he l h sellers s i is h pe h s i I ill e er il e e ci e he r re i u s i i s he ri h ecisi super r e s les c e up r he Performers at last s e he es l sc pes Four more festi vals in the city have been cancelled, l s i c e help he h eless year’s Fringe festi val se sc pes i he rl e i illi isi rs ill iss u BIRMINGHAM Railway discovery Arch e l is s h e u e r he r il r u h use i ir i h h es c he 1 0s The isc er i clu es he ur le h s use ur r i s r u The scotti shnaturephotographyawards/ scotti Facebook dig is part of preparati ons for HS2, a e hi h spee r il ill r r 2 s i The isc er is LONDON extraordinary and fi tti ng as we build ‘Grandfather the next generati on of railways.” of allergy’ dies r illi r l h s p sse he e 10 e s pi eeri i u l is h i pr e he li es
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T’S been another week that oronavirus ANCIENT or COVID-19, is leading the news bulleti ns across the world Although it’s now the Easter Holidays, it’s not as diff erent s usu l r s i s ul s h h e ee r i FOUND h e uri he p e ic I s h r ei le see FOREST friends and doing lots of the acti viti es that we enjoy. But it’s a s ll price p s e he li es h se s ris r the disease. Enjoy each day and set yourself small tasks. et irst ews delivered to your home! TRY 3 ISSUES FOR £1 isit subscribe.fi rstnews.co.uk
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i he ell i sch l he to measure the country’s light polluti on. The G e tt y ell i li e e T experiment, called Science on the Balcony, had sh s le i s h parti cipants use a special app created by the Italian i s li e h lle es cres Nati onal Research Council. They were asked to turn The u ces he sh ill p ir all their lights off and point their phones at the Shen hen chan es up s ru li pupils i h success ul ri h es li h s urce heir s ree The pp use The ci he he h s ec e celebriti es, scienti sts, and business he s r ph e s ri h ess se s rs e sure the fi rst in China to ban the sale and pe ple h i ell sch l he u li h c i r he s ree consumpti on of dog and cat meat. In a The sh s pr ucer s i he h pe s e e he he he er e represe pe ple h h e s i s c s s pe s h e a diff erent experience at school established a much closer relati onship but who have enormous gift s”. i h hu s h ll her i ls and banning the consumpti on of dogs c s her pe s is c practi ce in developed countries.” The ls c ers he s le consumpti on of protected wildlife species i clu i s es li r s
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LATEST iStock AS scienti sts around the world conti nue their research, here’s a round-up of some of the latest scienti fi c news on COVID-19. S E T STS in America have • Vaccine research makes progress – There re developed arti fi cial intelligence more than 40 teams worldwide working on creati ng (AI) that can translate brain acti vity a vaccine to prevent people from catching COVID-19. into words. Early tests from one research facility in Pitt sburgh, ur lu eers he i ersi USA showed their vaccine can create anti bodies that li r i h elec r e rr s i pl e kill the new coronavirus. This is great news, and it’s i heir r i s These e ices e sure been developed very quickly because the scienti sts h es i si e he r i THESE bright orange dots are h lre e l rese rch uri e rlier The parti cipants had to read 50 two asteroids in our solar system c r irus epi e ics The cci e is i e usi sentences aloud several ti mes, while called Klotho and Lina. a patch on the skin, like a plaster (right). Human University of Pitt sburgh School of Medicine sburgh of Pitt University scienti sts monitored their brain acti vity. clinical trials will not begin for a few months, however. Their e e s ere s ppe The s i ser e i by a NASA infrared-wavelength • Trump under fi re over drug – US President AI s s e h ur e i i lis s r ic l sp ce elesc pe Donald Trump has repeatedly told Americans to u ers This s he e i her h hese s er i s re i r i take a drug to treat COVID-19 – despite his own p r he AI s s e h ec e i si e he i s er i el e ee pu lic he l h e per s r i i s he i e The h se u ers i r s rs upi er medicine, called hydroxychloroquine, is usually used The results were impressive, but
to treat other conditi ons, including malaria and G e tt y per ec e se e ce re l u arthriti s. There is no reliable s Th se usici s h r ise scienti fi c evidence yet that it marvellously,” but the AI translated it can treat COVID-19, and it can as: “The spinach was a famous singer”! e u s e i e pr perl Overall, though, scienti sts were very • Isolate for longer? – The offi cial advice in the UK is that h pp i h he AI s ccur c r e people who think they have COVID-19 should isolate at home parti cipant, only 3% of translated r se e s e sure he c spre he irus u sentences needed correcti ng. iStock the World Health Organizati on (WHO) advises 14 days. New The AI was only working with 50 set research from Germany backs up the WHO approach: pati ents sentences, though. It can’t quite translate with COVID-19 were found to be most infecti ous in the fi rst r se e ces e A i h u seven days, but some sti ll conti nued to have high levels of the implanted electrode arrays, there’s no risk irus i heir s li up 11 ur mind being read any ti me soon!
This report is from our friends INNOVATIONS at the Science Museum CHEMISTRY has always played an CHEMISTS in America have come up with an inventi on important role in the food we eat. that captures the sun’s energy to convert carbon dioxide e use che is r i e er hi r iStock and water into building blocks for molecules. baking to producing arti fi cial food colouring Those molecules could, in turn, be used to create a huge range of to making substi tutes for sugar. compounds, from fuels to drugs. This would be useful for astronauts on But the fi rst arti fi cial substi tute was margarine. It was a future mission to Mars – and even more helpful if humans decide to sett le invented in 1869 following Napoleon III’s request for a per e l he e l e Th s ec use i cheaper alternati ve to butt er, which was scarce at the ti me. ul c s l ship hi s r r h rs T e re ll ili r i h he ell hue r ri e e The device (left ) uses bacteria and nanowires spread on our morning toast, but did you know that it was once pink?! (super-thin wires) to capture and reduce carbon Margarine is actually white but then arti fi cially made yellow to imitate butt er. dioxide into a molecule called an acetate, which is Around 100 years ago, laws were passed in the USA that made it illegal to make a building block for fuels, plasti cs and medicines. margarine any colour except pink, so that people would not be misled into thinking
The device Yang UC Berkeley/Peidong it was butt er! Discover more at ti nyurl.com/tbuet58 10. CORONAVIRUS DIARIES FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 THE CORONAVIRUS DIARIES T’S not ust the that’s on lockdown because of the coronavirus – this is something that’s aff ecti ng young people all over the world e’ve been hearin from irst ews readers who go to schools in lots of diff erent countries, about the way their lives have chan ed over the last couple of months and how they are feelin about it The full arti cles can be read online at fi rst.news/myworld
DAVID, AGED 11 VIENNA, AUSTRIA Three weeks a o all the schools FARIDA, AGED 11 in Austria closed and now we must work from home includin my CAIRO, EGYPT own wi ere ha es School o to airo En lish School which has At the be innin everybody was been closed for three weeks and there is happy but that chan ed very uickly y parents wouldn’t allow a curfew from pm am which is a reat me to o out alone and wasn’t allowed to visit my friends any more idea in my opinion We do try to keep to a routi ne. Every weekday my family and I get out of My routi ne has changed a lot, especially bed at about 7:30am, then we eat breakfast together. We have two study over the weekend would normally o sessions in the morning and two in the aft ernoon. At 10am we break for and meet friends and family members or ust o to a workout session live on ouTube the mall etc But now barely o out or see my randparents There are positi ves and negati ves about the lockdown. It’s nice to decide Things that are diffi cult: the internet, boredom and toilet paper! But which sub ect can study each day and in which order However personally there are positi ve things: more family ti me, ti me to create things and read. prefer it if a teacher e plains the sub ect to me in their own words eanwhile miss all of my teachers and friends am makin myself more I also really miss playing football and tennis. What keeps me positi ve positi ve by listening to music. is talkin to my friends on hatsApp and drawin every day so when As long as I am washing my hands frequently, eati ng healthy and staying ’m older will have a record of the corona crisis at home there is a hi h chance am safe
AUDREY, AGED 12 SHAOXING, CHINA ARIFEOLUWA, Hello my name is Audrey live in family ti me and can chat more Shaoxing, China, and att end school with my friends – we like to talk AGED 11 at Wellington College Internati onal, about funny stories However ’ve Han hou live with my mum and been fi nding it diffi cult to complete LAGOS, dad and have three do s and two my homework because have a lot NIGERIA cats y hobbies are drawin miss seein all my friends and badminton and sin in Because of teachers face to face try to ue to the COVID-19, school has been shut for keep positi ve – I oft en video call lobal pandemic two and a half months my friends play Minecraft of COVID-19, am happy that have more and draw pictures my school St Saviour’s School koyi was shut on Friday 20 March. Bein part of a lar e family has had advanta es and disadvanta es but there’s ANNABEL, AGED 9 DUBAI, UAE never a dull moment y school umeirah olle e has Everyone can spend more ti me with their have played ames with my four year old chan ed and every child has had to families e like board ames y family brother and baked with my older sisters e’ve start home schoolin has been doin pu les non stop even had the ti me and pati ence to complete There are lots of downsides to have also been spendin a lot more two 500-piece puzzles together. online learnin like not seein any ti me with my pets. I have three cats Also as a family we’ve played football of my friends have some friends and one very cute dachshund that loves endured enforced’ family walks and even that live in the same nei hbourhood cuddles. Our animals spend a lot of ti me ridden our hitherto dusty bike thin s we rarely as me and used to see them almost with us because we are at home all all do to ether any more with our a es ran in every day now can only see them the ti me, so this has been good from 4-17. on video chat Home schoolin has news for them hat has not been fun is cabin fever’ made me feel really anti -social. hope we will never e perience anythin like this a ain but have en oyed the to etherness’ – But with the bad comes the ood So for now I enjoy the ti me at home with my family and my pets. even if it’s enforced 11. CORONAVIRUS DIARIES FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 HIPPOLYTE, AGED 15 VERSAILLES, FRANCE KOKI, AGED 9 nstead of bein at my school Thankfully all my family St Jean Hulst, I’m quaranti ned members are helpin each other HYOGO, JAPAN with my parents my brother and out and actually think am more my randmother who usually producti ve than in class. lives on the west coast hen will look back on this e are not allowed to o out ti me, I think I will remember two unless we have a certi fi cate stati ng thin s: music and clappin for the the reason for leavin home French healthcare staff at 8pm My daily routi ne has changed a every ni ht from my balcony lot like to lie on my bed readin I think we need to stay positi ve news because think it’s very during this special ti me and help important given the situati on. each other
ANDREW, AGED 11 OSLO, NORWAY now do online learnin from my with relati ves in America. school, Oslo Internati onal School. For the last month, my routi ne COVID-19 has had a signifi cant impact has been: waking up, sitti ng on the on my life here couch to do schoolwork and oin e are allowed to o outside but outside during breaks. Aft er school Hello everyone Schools like mine St have to stay two metres from people code or read and then play board Michael’s Internati onal, have been closed in public ostly don’t leave my ames like onopoly y family since early arch Since then have been nei hbourhood and my mum runs to has had a onopoly marathon stayin home and doin distance learnin a nearby grocery store for necessiti es. hen ’m bored ump on the ur teacher r reen has been comin only o outside to e ercise and trampoline Soarin in the air up with diff erent experiments for us to try stay sane e do weekly oom calls takes my mind off things! at home which has been a lot of fun ’ve been really happy to stay in touch with friends online when playin video ames Most days aft er my schoolwork, my mother INÊS, AGED 9 LISBON, PORTUGAL takes me and my sisters to a park e’re y school St ulian’s has been miss my teachers friends lucky in Japan, as we can sti ll go out a bit! closed since arch Bein in family and horse a lot but it have been watchin the news more lockdown has been diffi cult, has to be like this for now oft en than before to stay current with the but think it is necessary for y mum has been workin news talk about it with my everyone’s safety from home She has tau ht me parents so I have a bett er understanding have kept thin s simple: lots of thin s about medicines of what hear wake up reet my family and and as she’s a doctor do s make myself breakfast I have tried to keep positi ve by and head back to my room keepin myself busy and it has to do schoolwork have worked realise that when this been wakin up later is over we are oin to value our I stay fi t by running 1km freedom more around my condominium It is just a matt er of ti me.
STELLA, AGED 15 MALLORCA, SPAIN t is no secret that Spain is one of the have the rest of my day free most aff ected countries by this virus. The reason I am keeping positi ve My were given noti ce on a Tuesday that is the thou ht of keepin everybody there would be chan es due to the virus safe to ether with our healthcare so they started to prepare us ur teachers professionals The comin to ether were ust like the stewardesses before of the people is what like most take-off giving the instructi ons in case about this situati on. oki’s schoolmate skar added that: the plane crashed hen ’m asked about what the “Although the situati on seems bleak, By Thursday, it became offi cial that we outbreak was like by my randkids there are some positi ves. Fewer people would not att end classes physically at will say that althou h it seemed like a outside means fewer vehicles which Agora Portals Internati onal for some ti me. ni htmare we overcame it in union means less polluti on. Random acts of During weekdays, we have to att end six No matt er how far away the kindness are also increasin : read in the hours of online classes hen they end problem seems to be it can come news how everyone is moti vati ng others I take a siesta [an early aft ernoon snooze] knockin on your door any day will to stay positi ve. Perhaps it is really one and then do my homework in order to never take my life for ranted a ain bi reset for other Earth 12. AMAZING OFFERS! ADVERTISEMENT
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HOME LABORATORY! iStock SCHOOL may be closed, but there are sti ll loads of fun science experiments you can carry out in the comfort of your own home! Our friends at the Science Museum in London have come up with another brilliant bit of ‘kitchen science’ for you to try out. Make sure you ask a grown-up for help, though!
Banana tatt oos! 1. Using your pencil and paper, design a simple image or patt ern, making sure that it will fi t on Have you ever wondered why the side of the banana. You could draw a face, or sti ck men, bananas turn brown from the or a cat, or anything you like! What’s the outside? In this experiment, you 2. Using a safety pin, carefully carve the design by making will learn why, simply by using ti ny dots on the banana skin. science? a banana and a safety pin! 3. Leave it for 30 minutes and Bananas contain enzymes – substances What you will need: see what happens! produced by plants and animals (including Pencil iStock humans) that are needed to speed up the Paper vital chemical reacti ons that take place A banana inside us. If the banana skin is bruised or A safety pin pierced, one of these enzymes (polyphenol Your imaginati on! oxidase) reacts with oxygen in the air, producing a brown colour. Thankfully, the banana sti ll tastes good – it’s just mushier!
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SILLINESSSTE HE ulhern is here to bri hten up our Saturday evenin s with the latest series of the brilliantly funny n or A enny We caught up with Stephen to fi nd out more.
Tell us about the new ames in the second he sh e ee pu ur i e s r r he series of n or A enny c e c e her r e i h pr ps es u e uri e es is ele ri ri e h A the games. The funniest ones make the show; the ri e hr u h u e he cus er hi e her es is ppe r re e er he r i he her e he spe er is ell cele i heir r ers All he cus er h s is s hich ame would you love to play on selecti on of yes/no questi ons to try to guess who the your celeb friends? would you cope in the game? cele ri is I he uess c rrec l e p r heir I hi hec I u ul e e pl I u I hi I e h re i r er i he l se he h e p r i he sel es on celebriti es. In that game we line up items from I s u er pressure h cre chi e We have some great celebriti es taking part and they sh ppi r lle ll u h e is uess i and cameras fi lming me. I certainly don’t think I would ere ll e r l u h hich s rilli he i e is hi her r l er i price h he pre i us e s s s e pe ple I e see uri his series item. We’d be able to fi nd out if celebriti es really know u here i I hi I e s s s e hat’s been your favourite their stuff or live in celeb land! the others. There are a lot of very messy cars out there moment from fi lming this series? and the things people keep in their cars is someti mes e uri e e s r his series re hat’s your favourite thin baffl ing. One lady had a tube of silly string in her car, for r e e e h e c lle r ss ressi I s to spend your pennies on? her re s h she s lu el l es sill s ri se i e I use i s e sh e I hi e ls u I li e i e c uple pe ple – he her h s rie ice res ur i h rie s il As lots of people pay with contactless irl rie hus i e her u h er Als e er e r I e il h li cards now, is it hard to fi nd people with s r p r ership – h he i ressi r i s re ll ice r us ll e e her a penny in their pocket? h e us 60 sec s s p cl hes e h e c er s es l i s he e hi h pl s i in the dressing rooms capturing all of the acti on, which Another ame is called ou Are hat ou Eat We’d have to come up with a new catchy ti tle, as In For they were all aware of before fi lming. The cameras allow so which food best describes you? A Penny, In For A Grand really works. I’m not sure Tap you to see everything from start to fi nish, and the things I i s s e ice uic Your Contactless And Win A Grand has the same ring! u see ill e ur e es er an you tell us any other funny stories from fi lming? It has to be while fi lming our new game r ss ressi e h u u h er he i he ch i r s s r s ppi cl hes I e e er seen someone take their clothes off so fast! The mum was like lightning getti ng the clothes off , but it wasn’t as easy getti ng her daughter’s clothes back on!
ne of the new ames is called o you test out the ames on any rive e Round The Bend which friends and family? tests people on their parkin I es e h e s s e i pl ce i h he e How’s your parkin and how CHARITIES SUPPORTED BY FIRST NEWS
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PERRI ITV
DIVERSITY star Perri Kiely wowed us on the rink as part of this year’s Dancing On Ice. He talked to First News about life in lockdown, what he’s doing to stay busy and acti ve, and COOL how you can join in with some Diversity dance routi nes!
I’m back at it now. Anything I can do: LEGO, a puzzle, Hi erri how are you Since you’re so Perri in acti on acti ve normally, staying home must this year on ITV’s I’ve been doing it all. I feel like every cupboard has been be strange for you! Dancing On Ice empti ed and I’m using everything I’ve been given for I sti ll can’t believe that it’s real. Looking out the Christmas over the last fi ve years. I would like to say window now, the street is empty. I don’t know what that Hogwarts only took me a couple of days, but it’s to do with myself. I’m just getti ng on with it, like taken months and it makes me feel really bad because everyone! I have literally gone from the busiest ti me it says 6+ on the box! It’s not the greatest achievement. Gett y Gett of my life to nothing. I went from a tour with Diversity, The picture on my Instagram is the best angle – it’s then straight into panto and then Dancing on Ice. Now a shambles from the other side. People keep asking I’m just sitti ng at home, it’s so odd. I spend most of my to see the fi nished thing but it’s not done yet! ti me with the boys normally, so that is really weird, not being able to see them. Perri with his awesome from people who have been dancing for years LEGO Hogwarts! Are you sti ll dancing? and are just smashing it! It’s really nice to see. Yeah, it was getti ng to the point where I couldn’t not dance, which sounds really weird. I’ve just been So it’s not just for people who can dancing about in the kitchen and the garden. We’ve also already dance? Beginners can join in too? just launched our 20DV website too, which is our online Oh yeah, there are beginner dances, intermediate dance school. There are a few of the dances on there and advanced. It’s so nice because people are really that I don’t know, so I signed up and learnt some of the challenging themselves and you get all these videos new ones. I sent them to Ash [Ashley Banjo] and he told where people have done our choreography but have me what I needed to work on. He’s sti ll 100% telling me added their own bits on at the end, making it into this what I’m doing wrong; I can’t get away from that! whole big routi ne. Yes, everyone is stuck indoors, but it’s nice to put your mind to it and to do something acti ve Tell us a bit without having to leave your house. I did one of Ash’s about 20DV. dances on there the other day and I won’t lie, it was 20DV Instagram/realperrikiely 20DV is literally quite hard. I did send him a video and he did approve, a virtual Diversity. but litt le did he know that there were about 25 videos It’s our online before that that I didn’t send him! That’s what I mean, dance school, there’s stuff for all levels. You can be really challenged What message do you have for which we’ve or, if you’ve never danced a day in your life, Diversity fans at the moment? been planning you can jump on there and learn. Although these ti mes are crazy and scary, you just and prepping for have to try to stay as positi ve as possible. Try to a long while now. Everyone seems to be learning new have as much fun as you can at home, stay acti ve, We always get skills, so what will you be learning? stay positi ve and stay safe! It’s all we can do. Hopefully requests to go I didn’t want to be on my own, so I’m isolati ng we’ll all push through and get through this together and and teach dance with my dad, which is really cool. My dad is learn some cool dance routi nes classes but we a chef so I’m getti ng the best food ever. I’ll on 20DV too! never really have defi nitely be doing some chefi ng with my dad. I also the ti me, so it’s have a guitar that was gathering dust, so I’m going to try nice to have this to work on that. I’ve told myself that if I don’t become Do you have any burning questi ons out there that Ed Sheeran in the next couple of weeks, I’m going to for your favourite celebriti es? If people can use to learn from. Of course, during this be raging! I’m going to be a dancing, ice skati ng, chef, so, we want to hear them. The crazy ti me, people are stuck indoors, people want to go guitarist. I’m aiming high! You have to at ti mes like this. sillier they are, the bett er. Send out and dance. Or if they’ve never danced before, they your questi ons and the name of want to give it a try, and we just wanted to help people We saw an impressive LEGO Hogwarts the celebriti es you’d like to answer during this period, which is why it’s free. We’ve had so on your Instagram page too. Have you them to newsdesk@fi rstnews.co.uk many videos from people who have just started and are been building a lot of LEGO? and we’ll do our best to get them loving learning the routi nes, and then we’ve had videos Yeah! It was kind of sitti ng half-built for a litt le bit, but answered in First News or on our website! Join in at home and learn some new dance routi nes with Diversity at www.20dv.co.uk 19. ENTERTAINMENT FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 THIS WEEK Producti on has been 1 paused on a number of big Hollywood fi lms OF THE WEEK as the world tackles the
Gett y Gett PICS coronavirus ilmin on ATT ucas soon to be seen on The reat urassic orld: ominion Briti sh Bake Off has released a brand new Batman and The Litt le Mermaid has stopped sin le called Thank You Baked Potato to while the new Spider an fi lm (starring Tom raise money for eed HS Holland) was due to start fi lming in July, but this has now been postponed. It’s important to keep The si le is re r e ersi his e everyone safe during this ti me, so it does mean which has been rewritt en with advice on how to we’ll have to wait longer to see these new fi lms. s s e uri he c r irus u re The i e i e i clu es ice u shi ur h s s i h e s i 2 p r r e ch her All he e Singer Fleur East has writt en a rap about made from the single will help buy hot meals for NHS staff . 2 staying home during the lockdown. The singer Thank You Baked Potato is out now with all performed the rap for the fi rst ti me on The One proceeds oin to eed HS Show. It includes the lines: “Look at toilet paper, what is wrong with us? You can wash your bum in the shower what’s the fuss
There seems to be a lot of bad news in the 3 world ri ht now but also a lot of ood Radio presenter and ambassador Cel Spellman is fi lming a daily happy news show from his house) for his YouTube channel. There are lots of happy news stories in irst ews too, so look out for our happy news stamp scatt ered throughout the paper. y Gett
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HOUSE sparrows are the most common bird spott ed in UK gardens, ennedy RS B Ray accordin to data from RS B’s Bi arden Birdwatch Almost 1.3 million house sparrows of smaller birds like this, who oft en were spott ed by the 500,000 people suff er in extremely cold winters. who took part in the annual count RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch has in January. Everyone who took part been running for 41 years and is a spent an hour outside counti ng and great way for scienti sts to monitor recording the birds that they spott ed. the overall health of the UK’s birds. Other frequent visitors to UK gardens While we are all spending so much this year were starlings, blue ti ts, ti me at home, now is an excellent wood pigeons and blackbirds. ti me to see how many diff erent types Lots of smaller species of bird like of birds you can spot in your garden wrens, coal ti ts and long-tailed ti ts or out of your window. were seen in many more gardens Why don’t you get involved? than in 2019. Experts think the mild There’s an easy guide to identi fying winter is to thank for the increase birds at rspb or uk. MANATEES ON THE MEND SEA R rlando have rescued their th and FROGS NEED FRIENDS th manatees of Sea orld R E of the Sea and riend of the Earth have launched a campai n The 12th was a young calf who was taken to SeaWorld aft er to help save a rare fro species that can only be found in eru being found by the Florida Fish and The c p i l u che rl r 20 rch c lls he eru i Wildlife Conservati on Commission government to off er more protecti on for the Titi caca water frog, which lives (FWC) with cold stress (it was too cold exclusively in Lake Titi caca. It is the largest lake in South America and sits to functi on properly). The calf has been 3,810m above sea level in the Andes Mountains. treated with anti bioti cs and will be cared for by experts at SeaWorld Orlando unti l it Titi caca water frogs are fully aquati c, which means they spend their enti re life is strong enough to return to the wild. The 13th manatee is also expected to return to cycle in water and even lay their eggs in shallow water around the edge of the the wild aft er a short stay to make sure it is well enough. lake. Experts believe that the populati on has shrunk by as much as 80% in recent SeaWorld Parks are currently shut, but the team behind the scenes are sti ll years. The drop is being blamed on a number of factors, including water polluti on, working to rescue and rehabilitate injured and sick animals. Since the world went poaching by humans for food and traditi onal medicines, and an increased number into lockdown they have helped rescue a northern elephant seal, a number of sea of invasive species that eat the frogs’ larvae. lions and some seabirds. They have also released eight rare sea turtles into the wild aft er treatment at their rescue centres.
riend of the Earth THE ZOO NEEDS YOU! S around the are callin for donati ons to help feed the animals G e tt y durin lockdown All zoos are currently closed, meaning that people aren’t visiti ng the zoos and buying ti ckets. Even without visitors, the animals sti ll need to be cared for and fed daily. If you and your family want to help, please visit your local zoo’s website for details on how to donate. 22. BOOKS FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 EGGCELLENT YOUR READS! EVERNIGHT EASTER ROSS MACKENZIE ACTIVITIES Reviewed by Amelia Ranson, aged nine er i h is ull ic e ure T pes i ches batt le against each other unti l r ess c es er he rs es er le er he hi e i ches es souls aft er they are born and they are under her c r l he her si e r ell TH S week we’re celebrati ng all things Easter and u sher s e e h li es i he se ers welcoming the beginning of spring. fi nds an enchanted locket that changes her life. Al h u h e c e u u here re l s s I defi nitely recommend this book! It’s full of h e u i pr e ur re i s ills h e e e friendship, magic and darkness. It’s a fantasti c book for the imaginati on. got some eggcellent book suggesti ons, which you could I re ll li e h i sh s h u irl s li e is c ple el r s r e download as audio or ebooks, and an eggciti ng selecti on of e er i u re ui e s ue ish he i s pr l he r u s i has lots of death inside! Probably best not for younger readers aged eight or below. ti tles to win as part of a giveaway! There are a whole load of Easter and spring-related acti vity shee s cr c i r c r s er recipe e s r speci l BECOME A FIRST NEWS BOOK REVIEWER! Easter bunny card-craft ing acti vity and free audio stories to HAVE you read a book recently that you desperately want to tell people about? cele r e he se s Write us a review! We’ll need around 100 words on a book you’ve been reading – good or bad – and a picture of yourself (with parents’ permission!). Email your FIND OUT MORE AT WORDSFORLIFE.ORG.UK review to bookreviews@fi rstnews.co.uk FIRST NEWS QUIZ FirstNews QUIZ LEARNTWHAT THIS HAVE WEEK? WE HAVE a go at our First News Challenge! Why not set yourself and your friends or family a ti me challenge to see who can get the highest score in the quickest ti me? Good luck! See how well you did by using the answers at the bott om.
1 How long did it take 2 What has the new hospital 3 Which football team does 4 In which city have Muhammad Rashid to at the ExCeL centre in Jordan Henderson play for? archaeologists recently crush 256 walnuts with Stratf ord been named? unearthed a railway his elbow? roundhouse?
5 Matt Lucas has released 6 Who is the new leader of 7 Which city has become the 8 The Titi caca water frog a song to raise money for the Labour Party? fi rst in China to ban the sale can only be found in which FeedNHS. What’s the name and consumpti on of dog and country?
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A STORY ebra Hurford Brown WITH CRESSIDA COWELL AST week ressida owell the aterstones hildren’s aureate and the author and illustrator of the How To Train our ra on and i ards of nce series be an a new story in irst ews Then she handed over to YOU to write what happens next. We’ll be carrying on the story every week, writt en by our readers – 250 words at a ti me. The way Cressida started the story is below and she chose the next instalment, writt en by George, aged nine, which follows on at the bott om of the page.
said Ferocity fi rmly. Ferocity was not the worrying type and she Guggalugs, before getti ng into bed. old. And boggarts change their minds easily, so looking into her Guggalugs was not convinced. He was about the size of bright hypnoti c eyes calmed the litt le creature, and the smoke much more jolly yellow. what happens when boggarts get anxious. ‘You’re right!’ squealed Guggalugs trusti ngly, and he Ferocity’s father had gone out hunti ng, so it was fell instantly asleep, ti pping forward and snoring loudly into the bedclothes. Ferocity made him comfy, before falling Seeker’s Cott age, surrounded by the tangle asleep herself. of the forest. But much later, the smoke drift ing out of Guggalugs’s sleeping ears turned from yellow to midnight black.
G e tt y hibernati on,’ whispered Guggalugs. although the boggart slept on. Ferocity picked Guggalugs up. ‘I spelled that window so The sound was coming from the window. ti ght, that not even a dust-sprite could wriggle their way in,’ ‘Tap,’ went the sound. ‘Tap… tap… TAP…’ Cressida shared her top ti ps for conti nuing the story CONTINUED… BY GEORGE KAUDERS each week. Read them at fi rst.news/cressidacowell Tap… tap… TAP! ‘Come with me, litt le child,’ whispered a voice. fi gure, whose face was shrouded now pitch black, and was starti ng to choke Ferocity, was pulled through the window. ‘AARGH!’ screamed in black mist. ‘I am a hunti ng Tapper, who woke with a start. ‘Guggalugs, what was that?’ Guggalugs, as he too was pulled through. Once they and us hunti ng Tappers hunt and asked Ferocity. were outside, they were bundled into a sack. track down kids.’ ‘Tappers!’ hissed Guggalugs, nervously. ‘The boss will pay a prett y penny for you two,’ ‘But why would you take kids? We’re kind!’ ‘KIND!? PAH! EONS AGO, YOUR ANCESTORS And then they were off . First at a jog, then at a WALKED UPON OUR LAND, AND TREATED IT LIKE A grabbed Ferocity’s wrist ti ghtly. sprint, and then fi nally at a speed so fast it would DUMP. ALL HUMANS WERE BANISHED FROM OUR ‘GUGGALUGS, HELP ME!!!’ screamed Ferocity. have beaten a jet plane in a race. LAND, UNTIL YEARS LATER, ONE OF YOU CAME BACK, Aft er what seemed like an hour, but what must AND AS A PUNISHMENT, EVER SINCE, WE HAVE BEEN replied Guggalugs. TAKING CHILDREN!’
WELL DONE, GEORGE! And well done to all of you who sent in your versions of how you thought the story should conti nue. e e e re i e ch e er e he h l le e ri ers Keep going every week. We could choose you to conti nue the story next ti me! All you have to do is write us the next 250 words – along with your name, age and parent/guardian’s contact details. u c su i ur p r he s r e il newsdesk@fi rstnews.co.uk p ppi Story i he su ec li e r fi rst.news/cressidacowell. Each Monday, we’ll choose one entry to conti nue the story that week. GOOD LUCK! 24. CRAZY BUT TRUE FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 BEST POSTMAN EVER? uinness orld Records uinness orld
All pics: on the vikin matson nsta ram EPIC ELBOW ES this man have the stron est elbow in the E postman has been oin above and beyond to brin world? He’s certainly in the running, aft er using a bit of cheer to local residents durin the coronavirus lockdown his ri ht elbow to crush walnuts 39-year-old Jon Matson, from West Boldon, has been dressing in diff erent It took marti al arti st Muhammad Rashid just one minute outf its when he does his rounds. As long as he wears his ID and his company to achieve the feat. He did it in December, but Guinness shoes while working, Royal Mail has given the thumbs-up to his fancy-dress fun. World Records has just made it an offi cial record. The dad-of-two has dressed up as a cheerleader, an ancient Egypti an and Rashid has other strange physical records to his name. Litt le Bo Peep. He admitt ed his Where’s Wally? idea didn’t achieve the desired In the world of walnuts, he also set the speed record for success (“Everyone found me!”) but made up for it with a brilliant gladiator get- crushing them with his hand. His epic elbow has also set up. He even turned his trolley bag into a noble steed! a record for crushing drinks cans, while he also managed Matson said: “It’s lift ed the spirits of the enti re community and got a lot of to crush 35 coconuts with his head in just 60 seconds. people connected and talking, which is a vital lifeline while we’re stuck inside.” Oww! Please don’t try any of this at home! YOU’RE KIDDING ME? orth ales the streets started to empty as everyone obeyed advice to stay inside That’s when the oats made their move DON’T That’s right – a herd of over 100 Kashmiri goats have taken over the town of Llandudno. The goat AndrewStuart/Twitt er AndrewStuart/Twitt gang (and some kids) have PANIC! been wandering around the SH ERS around the country empty town centre, tucking into tasty bushes. iriam Haas have been criti cised for stockpiling Town councillor Carol Marubbi said: “They are curious and I food but it seems the panic has er AndrewStuart/Twitt think they are wondering what’s going on. There isn’t anyone reached the animal kin dom too around so they probably decided they may as well take over.” Miriam Haas was visiti ng Bristol Zoo on the day before it closed temporarily. As she reached the gorillas, she saw one of the apes grabbing loads of food and refusing to share. She was able to snap some hilarious pictures of the incident. WHO LOOKED AFTER THE WHAT DOES A GORILLA She said: “It made me think about all the panic-buying photos [I’d seen]. ANCIENT EGYPTIANS? CALL ITS BEST FRIEND? I couldn’t believe it, so I had to take a picture of her. My favourite picture is the one where she looks like she’s thinking: ‘Damn, caught in the act!’” ALL THE MUMMIES! ITS PRIME-MATE! The greedy gorilla in questi on is a 15-year-old called Kera. Let’s hope the zookeepers explained to Kera that there’s plenty of food to go around, as long as the other apes don’t take more than they need. SHARE YOUR JOKES WITH US AT [email protected]
Writt en and illustrated by Paul Palmer 25. YOUR NEWS FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 WE WANT TO AFRICAN ADVENTURES HEAR WHAT by Rafael Rafael with his family YOU/YOUR HA E recently come back from six months of travelling in Africa with my parents and brother. SCHOOL IS UP TO We visited Ethiopia, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, JUNIOR In these unusual ti mes, we sti ll Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. My favourite country want to know what you’re up was Malawi, where we swam in the lake every morning before we JOURNALIST to! How have you been learning went to school. at home? Have you made up I spent three days kayaking up Lake Malawi, and cliff jumping any great games? Helped out might be my favourite sport. I enjoyed climbing the sand dunes in vulnerable neighbours? Why the Namib, and I felt like the only person in the world looking at the not share your experiences desert from the top of the dunes. i h First News readers? In Mafi a Island Marine Park, I snorkelled with endangered whale Email your report sharks, the largest fi sh on Earth at 15m long, hiked across uninhabited i clu i pic ures islands to see sea turtles hatch and snorkelled in incredible reefs. yournews@fi rstnews.co.uk In South Luangwa Nati onal Park, aft er charging through the bushes Don’t forget to include your knocking down whatever was in our way, we fi nally found criti cally- name and age (and your school’s endangered painted wolves, one of the rarest animals in Africa. name and address for school Etosha is also an amazing nati onal park where, in the middle of a news reports). By writi ng in, desert on what seems to be a suicidal salt pan, water comes up from you give consent to First News underground and all of Namibia’s wildlife comes together to drink. printi ng details and photographs It was an amazing experience and the trip of a lifeti me. of those involved in the report.
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Serena’s life story is closely connected to that of her older sister enus who is another le end of the game. Here are 11-year-old Venus (left ) and 9-year-old Serena on the court with their parents G e tt y G e tt y SERENA IN PICTURES The greatest of all ti me? Tennis le end Serena illiams has won 73 singles ti tles, including 23 Grand Slams (seven Australian pens seven imbledons three rench pens and si S pens The American star is one short of the all-ti me record of 24 Slams, held by ar aret ourt n this Sport in ics special we take a look at the career of one of the greatest athletes of all ti me
Teenagers Venus and Serena lift the trophy aft er winning the fi rst of their 14 Grand Slam doubles G e tt y ti tles together at the French Open in 1999 G e tt y
Later in 1999, Serena won her fi rst Grand Slam singles ti tle, aft er Serena celebrates winning her fi rst WTA ti tle, beati ng Marti na Hingis in the fi nal of the US Open. The 17-year-old when she beat France’s Amélie Mauresmo in the G e tt y became the fi rst African-American woman to win a Grand Slam fi nal of the Open Gaz de France in February 1999 tournament in the ‘Open era’, which began in 1968
Her most recent victory on the clay courts of the rench pen was in when she beat the Czech Republic’s Lucie Šafářová in the fi nal G e tt y G e tt y G e tt y
Serena has won four lympic old medals – three of them in the doubles with enus Here she is on her way to winnin sin les In 2017, Serena defeated her sister Venus in the fi nal of the Australian Open. old at the ames in ondon t’s her most recent rand Slam victory but will it be her last 28. SPORT FirstNews Issue 721 10 – 16 April 2020 SPORT IN NUMBERS FOOTBALL IN FOCUS i e s e chi u h e el p G e tt y G e tt y e is s ills h e ee rele se 12 G e tt y he Te is Associati on. Coaches and fi tness e per s h e cre e he i e s r chil re ilies e p r home or in a small garden. You can see he ti nyurl.com/LTAVideos. Jordan Henderson is leading Liverpool owner JW Henry a group of footballers has been criti cised for using Crystal Palace star Andros Townsend donati ng money to the NHS a Government scheme has hit back at the Health Secretary LTA THERE are major disagreements about how English football clubs should be run during the COVID-19 crisis. The football season is suspended and, for now, nobody setti ng up a fund to donate money to the NHS, while others are knows when – or if – it will start up again. That means clubs organising their own donati ons and support for health workers. are missing out on huge amounts of money from ti cket sales, But there has been a lot of criti cism of clubs who have asked matchday merchandise and sponsorship deals. Premier League for Government support to pay the wages of non-playing staff . sides could also lose a further £750 million if TV channels ask Newcastle, Liverpool, Tott enham, Norwich and Bournemouth for their money back for games that can’t be broadcast. have all said they will take up the Government’s off er to pay is he ll s Premier League offi cials suggested players take a pay 80% of a person’s wages. Criti cs say the support scheme ur pe e s cut of 30%, but this idea has not gone down well with the shouldn’t be used by wealthy football clubs. 2022 Championship, organisati on that represents them, the Professional Footballers’ Some current and reti red players hit back at Health Secretary hosted by England, Associati on (PFA). It says that if players take a big cut, they will Matt Hancock for comments he made regarding Premier ill pr l e end up paying £200 million less in tax, which means less money League players. Mr Hancock said footballers should “play their held. The tournament was due to take available for the Government to spend on the NHS. The PFA part” by taking pay cuts. Crystal Palace’s Andros Townsend place in 2021, but aft er the men’s has said it is “working to fi nd a soluti on”. responded by saying the minister was “defl ecti ng blame” ch pi ship s e r his Some players, led by Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson, are and that “NHS workers have been underpaid for years”. year to next, organiser UEFA has said shift ing the women’s competi ti on is “likely”. The reigning champions are the Netherlands (below). SPORT
G e tt y ON TV hle es eel G e tt y their sport acti vely SPORT may be on hold due to COVID-19, but the BBC and ITV are e c ur es he keeping the acti on on the airwaves. 62% rep r pi The BBC has announced a long list of re-runs of classic sporti ng events to fi ll off ences. That’s the their schedules in the coming months, while ITV is going to air an enti re football result of a survey of 301 Briti sh and tournament from 24 years ago. US elite athletes across 54 sports. Nearly a quarter of those questi oned All 1 es r ur 6 ill e Also on the BBC, April’s snooker Team GB’s Jessica Ennis-Hill e r ei l elle s i ch i he ell available for streaming on the ITV World Championship will Hub. ITV4 will broadcast the fi ve e repl ce s e he celebrates her heptathlon gold at authoriti es about someone who is London 2012. The Olympics will be games that featured England, as well es ches r pre i us using drugs to improve performance. re-run on the BBC this summer as the fi nal. The BBC will broadcast tournaments. some Euro 96 games as live, along i hli h s r h he with highlights. 2012 i 2016 l pics ill e ch The will conti nue broadcast on the BBC instead of the to broadcast, with BBC pundits Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which have ch si heir uri e p s been postponed unti l next year. Premier League matches The BBC’s Football Focus ill ir and moments. every week, with classic matches iStock Classic Wimbledon tennis matches broadcast every Saturday and will be shown on BBC TV in July. Sunday aft ernoon.