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COULD hot countries control the weather to make it rain? by editor in chief Nicky Cox A team of scienti sts from the UK’s droplets inside the clouds big enough so The WWF charity says two-thirds of the University of Reading came up with the that when they fall out of the cloud, they world’s people could face water shortages That’s the questi on being asked by idea in 2017. Dr Keri Nicoll, one of the key survive down to the surface,” says Nicoll. by 2025. Other countries like China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where scienti sts, said they found that when cloud To test out the theory, Nicoll and her America are also funding science projects a harsh climate means only around 10cm droplets were zapped with an electrical team joined up with the University of Bath to see if they can change the weather. of rain falls in a year, mainly in winter. charge, the smaller droplets were more to build four 2m-wide aircraft with charge However, there are questi ons The UAE is one of the hott est countries likely to join together and grow to emitt ers to zap the clouds. over whether increasing rain in one on the planet – with daily summer become big raindrops. They carried out early testi ng in the UK place might take precious water temperatures over 40ºC – and it needs The size of the raindrops is and Finland but now the experiment is away from somewhere else. more fresh water. It is now experimenti ng important, says Dr Nicoll, because in being completed in Dubai (above). with using catapults to launch drones places like the UAE, which has high clouds As climate change causes the planet to What do you think? Should into clouds. The job of the drones is to and high temperatures, droplets oft en heat up, causing droughts in some places we try to control the weather? zap droplets in the clouds with an electric evaporate as they fall. and fl oods in others, there is a growing Vote at fi rst.news/polls charge to try to make it rain. “What we are trying to do is to make the interest in how to control the weather.
*First News readership is 2,626,625. Source: Opinion Matt ers 2020. First News is the widest-read of all children’s publicati ons audited in the UK. First News supports children’s chariti es, see p17. 2. QUICK NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 3. BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 ZOO FUND CLOSED SHELL MUST RADIOACTIVE REDUCE EMISSIONS Getty RHINO PLASTIC FOUND QUICK NEWS Media/Caladan Oceanic Verola TO READ YOURSELF AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS IN DEEP OCEAN The Government’s £100m fund HORNS A CLIMATE scienti st has become one of the fi rst people to explore the world’s to support zoos during the SCIENTISTS in South Africa are third deepest undersea trench – but instead of strange deep sea creatures, he Dr Deo Florence Onda pandemic has ended, but almost planning on injecti ng harmless only found plasti c waste.
90% of the fund has not been Getty radioacti ve material into rhino Climate scienti st Dr Deo Florence Onda, spent. Only £12m of the Zoo TINY PIGS ARE BACK AIRSHIP TRAVEL horns to discourage poachers. and Victor Vescovo, an explorer from private Animals Fund has been awarded explorati on company Caladan Oceanic, A company developing aircraft says its Oil company Shell has been told It’s thought that radioacti ve or is due to be granted. Of 300 descended more than 10,500m under the airships are an eco-friendly alternative by a court in the Netherlands material could be picked up by existi ng licensed zoos in the UK, just 34 surface into the Emden Deep, part of the to short-haul flights. UK-based Hybrid that it must do more to cut its scanners in airports across the globe have been given money, while Philippine Trench. Air Vehicles (HAV) say that one of its emissions. The court ruled that – making it harder for poachers to 23 applications for funds are Together, they found plasti c bags, teddy bears, Getty Airlander ships could carry up to 100 Shell needs to reduce its CO smuggle the horns. still being worked out. Jamie 2 passengers while reducing carbon The structure of a rhino’s horn clothes and packaging. Dr Onda said that at one emissions by 45% by 2030. The Media/Caladan Oceanic Verola Christon, from Chester Zoo, point he saw “white material fl oati ng around”. emissions by 90%. It has proposed ruling marks the first time a means that it’s very unlikely that any said the lack of cash awarded “I was saying: ‘Victor, that’s a jellyfi sh’. We a number of short-distance routes company has been legally told of the radiati on will end up in the was “extremely frustrating” went there and approached… and it was just Pygmy hog numbers are said to be that could be available from 2025. to meet the Paris Agreement on rhino itself. and had slowed the zoo’s a plasti c bag. booming again. The tiny pigs – which These include Liverpool to Belfast, climate change, which aims to James Larkin, a professor involved global conservation work. “Seeing [the trench] for the fi rst ti me was are only 25cm (10in) high – were once Oslo to Stockholm and Seattle to keep global temperatures less with the scheme, said that he “doesn’t a privilege as a human being. common in India, Nepal and Bhutan, Vancouver. HAV says its flights would than 2°C above pre-1900 levels. want to kill anyone”, and that the plan “But being a witness to the extent of polluti on, but after years of their habitats being take roughly the same time as planes is simply to “decrease demand for and being a witness to the [seriousness] of the £4M SEWAGE FINE destroyed, they were believed to be when you include getting to and from rhino horn and also make it easier plasti cs problem from the surface to the bott om Utility company Thames Water has extinct. A breeding programme was the airport. They have a much smaller to track”. NEW JAB APPROVED of the ocean, is another thing. been fined £4m after millions of started in 1971 after a small group carbon footprint though, and would Rhino horns are very popular in “It’s my responsibility to tell people their litres of sewage flooded a park and was rediscovered, and there are now be faster than alternatives like ferries. A new COVID-19 vaccine by Janssen Asia’s illegal markets, where they can garbage doesn’t stay where they put it. It goes Plasti c bags were found river in New Malden. The incident thought to be more than 400 in the has been approved for use in the UK. sell for over £50,000 per kilogram. on the deep sea fl oor somewhere else and it will sink.” occurred in 2016 when a sewage wild. Project director Parag Deka said: Unlike the other approved vaccines, In the last ten years, 9,885 rhinos treatment works couldn’t cope “It’s very important for me to save this those getting the Janssen jab will only have been killed by poachers. during a storm. Almost 50 warning species from extinction. We should all need one shot instead of two. The UK alarms were ignored, causing a mess look for a purpose in life. When I got has ordered 20m doses of the new that took 30 people almost a month involved in this project, I realised this vaccine that will arrive later this year. to clear. Gary Waddup, from the can give me that purpose.” AirVehicles/Twitter RECORD-BREAKING Environment Agency, said that better management “could have prevented HAIR-RAISING this catastrophic incident”. CAT ART RECORD SELF-DRIVE TRIAL EVEREST CLIMBERS CHILD GENIUS Electric vehicles that drive themselves are being trialled in Cambridge. Three bus-like Auto-Shuttles will be used around the city. They can carry ten iStock people and a safety operator will be catsy.of.wokingham/Instagram inside just in case. The vehicles can travel at 20mph (32km/h) and have a A mysterious artist going by the name range of 100 miles (161km) between of Catsy (Banksy but with cats!) has charges. Transport Minister Rachel G e tt y been winning fans in Wokingham Maclean said such vehicles could with their simple black cat artworks. provide “safer, greener and more TO joegrisamore/Facebook kashequest/Instagram £10 The cats have been popping up all reliable transport services” in the UK. WOW! over town, with Catsy saying they are simply “trying to spread smiles with the aid of some friendly cats”. MONEY TO HOWL! Tsang Yin Hung in Nepal’s A two-year-old has become the A man with the Guinness World LANCASHIRE arti st Jamie capital, Kathmandu youngest member of Mensa in the PLAY GAMES Record for the tallest fan mohawk Holman has paid 150 people £10 US. Mensa is a high-IQ society, which now holds the record for the tallest iStock each to howl like a wolf at a bus A TEACHER from Hong Kong has become the fastest woman to climb to basically means it’s for really smart Good news if you’re an adult in the US spike mohawk too. Joe Grisamore, people! The average IQ (intelligence – a company called Frontier is offering from Minnesota, got the fan mohawk stati on in Preston. the top of Mount Everest. quotient) in the US is 98 but toddler a pair of friends $2,000 (£1,400) to record last year with a height of The “mass howl” will make up part Tsang Yin Hung, 45, reached the top of the world’s highest mountain on 30 May Kashe Quest scored 146 on an IQ test. play videogames for 21 hours. The 108cm (42.5in). This time, he had of Holman’s upcoming exhibiti on, and in 25 hours and 50 minutes, beati ng the previous record by more than 12 hours. Kashe’s parents say she can read full chosen pair will be given a Nintendo his hair formed into a spike. After a will be a memorial to the last wolf But she isn’t alone in breaking an Everest record recently. Last week, Arthur Muir, sentences, count to 100 and identify Switch Lite along with snacks and lot of “trial and error” and “different killed in England. 75, became the oldest American to climb the mountain, while 46-year-old Zhang all 50 states. She’s also learning the catsy.of.wokingham/Instagram hairsprays”, Joe and his team hit “It’s about being a pack again,” Hong of China became the fi rst blind man from Asia to complete the challenge. games. Frontier wants to know if you Awoooo! periodic table and Spanish. play better with a friend by your side. a record of 129.4cm (50.9in) tall. Holman said. He is only the third blind man in the world to reach the top of Everest. 3. BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 RADIOACTIVE RHINO PLASTIC FOUND IN DEEP OCEAN Media/Caladan Oceanic Verola HORNS A CLIMATE scienti st has become one of the fi rst people to explore the world’s SCIENTISTS in South Africa are third deepest undersea trench – but instead of strange deep sea creatures, he Dr Deo Florence Onda planning on injecti ng harmless only found plasti c waste. radioacti ve material into rhino Climate scienti st Dr Deo Florence Onda, horns to discourage poachers. and Victor Vescovo, an explorer from private It’s thought that radioacti ve explorati on company Caladan Oceanic, material could be picked up by existi ng descended more than 10,500m under the scanners in airports across the globe surface into the Emden Deep, part of the – making it harder for poachers to Philippine Trench. smuggle the horns. Together, they found plasti c bags, teddy bears, The structure of a rhino’s horn clothes and packaging. Dr Onda said that at one Verola Media/Caladan Oceanic Verola means that it’s very unlikely that any point he saw “white material fl oati ng around”. of the radiati on will end up in the “I was saying: ‘Victor, that’s a jellyfi sh’. We rhino itself. went there and approached… and it was just James Larkin, a professor involved a plasti c bag. with the scheme, said that he “doesn’t “Seeing [the trench] for the fi rst ti me was want to kill anyone”, and that the plan a privilege as a human being. is simply to “decrease demand for “But being a witness to the extent of polluti on, rhino horn and also make it easier and being a witness to the [seriousness] of the to track”. plasti cs problem from the surface to the bott om Rhino horns are very popular in of the ocean, is another thing. Asia’s illegal markets, where they can “It’s my responsibility to tell people their garbage doesn’t stay where they put it. It goes Plasti c bags were found sell for over £50,000 per kilogram. on the deep sea fl oor In the last ten years, 9,885 rhinos somewhere else and it will sink.” have been killed by poachers. RECORD-BREAKING EVEREST CLIMBERS iStock G e tt y WOW! £10 TO
HOWL! Tsang Yin Hung in Nepal’s LANCASHIRE arti st Jamie capital, Kathmandu Holman has paid 150 people £10 iStock each to howl like a wolf at a bus A TEACHER from Hong Kong has become the fastest woman to climb to stati on in Preston. the top of Mount Everest. The “mass howl” will make up part Tsang Yin Hung, 45, reached the top of the world’s highest mountain on 30 May of Holman’s upcoming exhibiti on, and in 25 hours and 50 minutes, beati ng the previous record by more than 12 hours. will be a memorial to the last wolf But she isn’t alone in breaking an Everest record recently. Last week, Arthur Muir, killed in England. 75, became the oldest American to climb the mountain, while 46-year-old Zhang “It’s about being a pack again,” Hong of China became the fi rst blind man from Asia to complete the challenge. Awoooo! Holman said. He is only the third blind man in the world to reach the top of Everest. 4. NEWS IN PICTURES FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021
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very rare Coquerel’s sifaka lemurs, which have never been seen before ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA in Europe, have just arrived at Chester Zoo, following a nearly 4,000-mile (6,440km) journey from the USA. Beatrice and Elliott will be part of a new harbour seals are released into the Gulf of Finland aft er being cared for at conservati on breeding programme to help save the species from exti ncti on. the local water company’s Marine Mammals Research and Conservati on Centre. 3 ISSUES FOR £1 SUBSCRIBE.FIRSTNEWS.CO.UK 5. BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021
TIME TO THANK “ EDITOR’S “ COMMENT “ THERE has been a lot of talk about NHS heroes during the COVID-19 TEACHERS pandemic. Rightly so. But I have heard less about the educati on heroes who did their best in diffi cult circumstances to keep teaching – and took on a lot of extra work, too. So, First News is very happy to support Thank A Teacher Day this month. See left to fi nd out how you can send a card to your favourite teacher and enter the competi ti on. G e tt y
GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK BORIS JOHNSON & CARRIE SYMONDS G e tt y IT’S Thank A Teacher Day on 23 June. Aft er such a diffi cult year, there’s PRIME Minister Boris Johnson and his no bett er ti me to thank a special teacher who went above and beyond partner Carrie Symonds got married at to keep you learning throughout lockdown. Westminster Cathedral. The wedding was planned in secret and took place To celebrate, Gruff alo us e This year’s competi ti ons will be judged in a small ceremony last week. RENTERS Scheffl er has designed a free limited- by author Sir Michael Morpurgo, TV A BAN on evicti ng (removing) people editi on e-card for you to use. chef Nadiya Hussain and The Voice Kids from their homes, which was brought Send the card to your favourite coach Pixie Lott . in during the pandemic, is due to end. teacher and you’ll be able to enter This year, everyone’s being The Joseph Rowntree Foundati on said this year’s #HowWillYouSayThankYou encouraged to get sparkly on the day that 400,000 people in England have competi ti ons. You could bake a cookie, itself by showing off your best spangly been handed an evicti on noti ce or draw a picture or write a short story or outf its, jewellery and glitt er. told they may be evicted. Meanwhile, poem for your teaching heroes, then For more informati on, head to G e tt y 450,000 more are struggling to keep upload a picture or video to show it off . thankateacher.co.uk and get involved! up with paying their rent each month.
G e tt y THE WRONG WILLIAM ARGENTINIAN news stati on Canal 26 made a big error aft er a man ONE with a well-known name sadly passed away. William Shakespeare was the fi rst man to get the Pfi zer COVID-19 vaccine, but he died recently from an unrelated illness. As you’re probably aware, Mr Shakespeare shared his name with a rather famous playwright, and that’s who Canal 26 thought had died. Presenter Noelia Novillo announced the death of “one of the most important ROOF writers in the English language”, unaware that the Bard had died more than 400 FOR ALL years ago, in 1616!
RELIGIONS G e tt y THE fi rst stone has been laid in a ground-breaking building that will host places of worship for three religions under one roof. The House of One in Berlin will feature separate places for Christi ans, Muslims and Jews to worship, as well as a large hall designed to bring people from diff erent faiths together for events and festi vals. The foundati on stone was laid as part of a ceremony to begin the build, which is due to be completed in 2025. G e tt y The ceremonial moment was witnessed by a Christi an pastor, Jewish rabbi William ‘Bill’ and Muslim imam (above), who put objects from each of their religions into the Shakespeare A portrait of William gets his jab ‘the Bard’ Shakespeare concrete. Imam Kadir Sanci described it as “a very symbolic step forward for us”. 6. BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 SEARCH BEGINS FOR JOIN THE BUG NEXT CITY SPLAT OF CULTURE UK drivers are being urged to count the number of bugsCOUNT splatting onto their car number iStock plates. It might sound gross, but it’s actually for important scientific research! Ask most adults and they will say they remember a time that the app tracks. After the trip, you count the number of when bugs splatting on the front of the car was a common bugs on the plate and upload a picture so it can be checked. occurrence. Nowadays, that happens a lot less, which Buglife’s Andrew Whitehouse said: “The falling abundance suggests a worrying decline in insect populations. [a large number] of flying insects should be a major concern That’s why the charity Buglife has launched its Bugs to everybody, as these essential creatures are the small Matter app. The app is free to download and aims to help things that run the world.” scientists get an idea of insect numbers. Here’s how it works: So let your family know about this simple way to help users wipe their number plate clean, then go on a journey insects, and our environment as a whole, and get counting!
Coventry is the 2021 City of Culture THE Government is on the hunt for the next UK City of Culture. A competition was launched this week by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, who has urged towns and cities to apply. For the first time ever, groups of towns can join together and apply for the title to be awarded to their local area. This means even more people could benefit. Towns and cities will have to show their plans for the future, how they celebrate local heritage and how they use culture to bring iStock their communities together. The winner will be announced in spring
Getty 2022 and will take up the role in 2025. The title often means more funding for the town or city, more visitors and more jobs.
MUSEUM WEEK GOOD DIARY 7-13 JUNE A virtual event, Museum Week PROGRESS DATES is devoted to creativity. Get involved at museum-week.org. WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
FOR JUNIOR Getty 5 JUNE CHILD SAFETY WEEK This day encourages worldwide 7-13 JUNE JABS awareness and action to Child Safety Week is an annual THE European Union has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine protect our environment. campaign run by the Child Accident for people aged between 12 and 15. Prevention Trust. This year’s theme THE BIG LUNCH is Share Because You Care. The jab has already been approved for that age range in some other 5-6 JUNE countries, including the USA. It will be up to individual EU countries whether WORLD OCEANS DAY they roll out the vaccine, but Germany has already given it the green light. This great initiative wants us UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says NHS England is drawing up plans to celebrate our neighbours 8 JUNE to vaccinate secondary schoolchildren later this year, in a move to prevent and communities. Head to Go to unworldoceansday.org to school closures if infections rise following the lifting of lockdown. edenprojectcommunities.com/ see what steps are being taken Moderna has said its vaccine is safe for 12 to 17-year-olds. If approved, the-big-lunch to find out more. for a healthy ocean and climate. it will become the second vaccine available to young people in America. 7. BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 COOK YOUR WAY YOUR TO GOOD HEALTH SAY! RECENTLY we asked you if you think it’s too risky for Brits to go on holiday in other countries. Here are some of your thoughts… iStock
I think it’s quite risky still. I would allow people to leave and return to the country for family emergencies, though.
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I think visiting places like Cornwall or SCHOOLS across the UK have been invited to take part in this year’s Healthy Eating Week from 14 to 18 June. Scotland is OK as they are in the UK The week aims to encourage children and adults to think about what they eat and how they keep active. and have the same access to vaccines The theme for this year is Find Your Healthier You. The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) says it wants to as the rest of the UK. give you enough information so that you can look after your own health and have fun. There are five daily themes across the week, with activities for groups and individuals: mcgeorge1
Know the facts: information and advice Make a healthier choice: tips on making better food choices I think it is too risky to go on holiday Plan for success: ways to plan healthier meals abroad during this time because Be the chef: learning how to cook healthier options that are still really tasty Keep moving: the importance of keeping active and not sitting still for hours going abroad could risk creating new strains of the virus which could spread The BNF has urged people to remember that everyone is different when it comes worldwide. I think it’s wiser to go on to a healthy diet and lifestyle, so the aim is to find what works for you. holiday in the UK instead. To find out more about the week, visitwww.nutrition.org.uk/healthyliving/hew . avion14
Even though I want to go on holiday, BADGER CULLS TO END I think that it is too dangerous to THE Government has announced that it won’t give out new badger cull licences after 2022 and will look at other ways to prevent bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in England instead. go. If more people were vaccinated, especially kids, if more countries were This infectious disease often (NFU) is unhappy about the leads to cows having to be decision. The NFU’s Stuart on the green list and if you didn’t have killed. The Government says Roberts said: “The Government to isolate when you came back; but that badger culls have helped to should be making decisions until then coronavirus still has its grip reduce the spread of bTB by half based on the science and on holidays. in some areas, although experts evidence, which clearly shows strongly disagree on how that badger culling is effective.” effective the culls have been. Professor Rosie Woodroffe verdant Falling levels of bTB mean the from ZSL is working on a badger Government is now looking at jab. “Phasing out the cull isn’t iStock a new strategy. It’s working on just best for badgers – it should I think that you should only be a vaccine for cattle and plans to be the best approach for farmers able to go to countries on the vaccinate badgers (a protected and their cattle,” she told us. green list because it’s important species). It’s also developing “Vaccination is not just kinder to a system to track the badger badgers, it should also be more to see your family. population and disease levels. effective at eradicating TB to The National Farmers’ Union protect farmers and cattle.” ginny09876 8. HOME NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BIRMINGHAM Teen att empts world Third clean air fl ying record zone launches n 18 year old has set himself the irmingham has launched ngland s challenge of becoming the youngest third clean air one following in the pilot to fl y solo around the world. Travis footsteps of ondon and ath ome udlow from Ibstone aims to complete ehicles especially older cars will be the 24 00 mile 40 07 km trip in charged a daily rate for tra elling into around 4 days He started his journey the centre of town The aim is to help at ycombe ir ark and will tra el cut down on polluti on and promote across urope ussia and merica bett er air quality. It has caused Tra is wants to break the record held contro ersy though with some by ason ndrews from the who people saying it’s a bad ti me due to was 18 years and 1 days old at the iStock the corona irus pandemic thers Nick Ludlow end of his trip Tra is is 18 years and argue it needs to happen to protect 111 days old people s health CROYDON UK Cats Protecti on Protecti Cats
Cool cat cookies win baking competi ti on G e tt y 1 year old schoolgirl has been crowned the junior winner of Cats Protecti on’s Pawsome Baking Celebrati ons for hallenge The charity enlisted the Empathy Day help of Bake Off star im Joy to help number of famous authors and them pick the winner im chose illustrators are taking part in this Isobel a ies unusual cat themed year s mpathy ay i e e ent on meringue cookies Isobel re ealed 10 June. The huge festi val aims to y bake was inspired by the paws help young people learn more about of my two cats ola and harlie The what empathy is understanding competi ti on raised more than £1,600 and sharing the feelings of others to help Cats Protecti on look aft er and through the power of books alorie rehome unwanted cats lackman abo e ressida owell and ichael orpurgo are among those leading acti viti es. Families are also being encouraged to take their own empathy walks You can watch all the e ents li e at empathylab.uk/ empathy-day-live-2021 LONDON WALES iStock iStock Live music is back on E-scooter scheme races off i e music e ents ha e been allowed to new e scooter rental scheme launches in return in ales The elsh o ernment ondon on 7 June The electric scooters will confi rmed last week that venues can host live be a ailable across si areas in the capital performances as long as risk assessments as part of a trial to see whether they are a are carried out and strict rules are followed practi cal and safe way to travel on the roads. That includes limiti ng groups to a maximum eople will ha e to take an e learning safety of si people and using one way systems course to ride them and will be able to tra el The new rules do not apply to nightclubs only at speeds of up to 20km h 12 mph 9. FYI FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021
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FIVE new Olympic sports will be making their fi rst appearance in Tokyo: baseball/soft ball, FROM STREET SPORT karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfi ng. This makes a total of sports for the Tokyo Olympics and sports at the Tokyo Paralympics. TO THE OLYMPICS Two new Paralympic sports will YI presenter Declan meets skateboarder Bombett e, who is hoping to make it onto Team GB in one of the be badminton and taekwondo. new sports for this year’s Olympic Games. Declan: So, the Tokyo Olympics have been delayed for a year, but people to be able to watch. I think it’s going to be worth the wait. We’re going to see a lot of Declan: ither way you only ha e to head down to your local skate new sports like surfi ng and karate. But one of the sports I’m excited park to be able to see a whole lot of hopefuls hoping to make the to see is competi ti ve skateboarding. So, skateboarding is no longer cut to be part of the Olympic team. You might have guessed that just a street sport. It’s now an offi cial Olympic sport. I don’t stand street boarding originated from, well, the streets! And the Olympic a chance but all eyes are on Bombett e Marti n. Bombett e, 14, is committ ee has promised to respect the origins by keeping the based in New York in the USA but she’s part Briti sh and, news just tricks and the obstacles similar to what you might see at a park. in FYI can reveal Bombett e has qualifi ed to represent Team GB at However, the competi ti on will be really tough for Team GB, as the Tokyo Olympics later this year. She took ti me out of training street skateboarding is massive all around the world. to catch up with FYI. So, hey Bombett e, what are your goals for the Olympics? hat makes a sport a sport Bombett e: The maths says that I’m going to go, but it’s not quite o you think it’s right that offi cial yet. But, just the fact that for the rest of my life I’ll be able to say: “I’m an Olympian”, I don’t think I could be more happy skateboarding is an Olympic with myself sport? Is it about the fi tness, Declan: Skateboarding being an offi cial sport hasn’t gone down agility and ability that are well with everyone. Some skaters believe it should stay a street required in most sports? Or sport while others like you want to make a career out of it is it more about how much Bombett e: I know some people don t agree with it and say that training you do, and how maybe it shouldn’t be a sport. But, you know, I think it’s going to much you push yourself? Bombett e help a lot of people and I think it’s just going to be a great thing for eclan
See Bombett e in acti on on YI episode 1 4 at fi rst.news/Educati onTV 10. WORLD NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 FRANCE CANADA NORTH KOREA Stand-off over old-growth trees More than 130 people have been arrested for blocking the logging of ‘old-growth’ trees on Vancouver Island. In the state of Vancouver, an old-growth tree is one that’s more than 250 years old, but some are over 1,000 years old. Some of these trees are more than 60 metres (almost 200ft ) tall. Conservati onists say that forests with old-growth trees can help protect against future climate change disasters, since they have thick, tough bark, large root systems and space between them, which all helps to prevent the spread of forest fi res, and can reduce the G e tt y eff ects of landslides and fl ooding. Old-growth forests also encourage biodiversity, as they’re home to lots of wildlife species that don’t thrive elsewhere. Canada’s
G e tt y forestry industry says that it needs the wood, due to its value. Wood from old- growth trees is oft en used in expensive products such as high-quality furniture and Skinny jeans banned musical instruments. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has oving on from meat banned citi zens from wearing skinny France’s environment minister has jeans or branded T-shirts, or having announced plans to help people move either spiky, dyed or mullet hairstyles. away from meat. Meat will be off The secreti ve country’s state-run the menu at least one day a week in news agency says that the rules are schools, and vegetarian opti ons will be to stop the country from “falling like a standard. Chefs will be trained in how damp wall” to western culture, which to prepare healthy and tasty plant- is “decadent” (having no morals and based meals. only being interested in pleasure).
GERMANY G e tt y AFGHANISTAN enocide in Namibia Interpreters welcomed Germany has recognised offi cially A scheme has been announced to help that, between 1904 and 1908, it killed fghans who worked as interpreters tens of thousands of amibians for Briti sh troops to come to live in the erman Foreign inister Heiko aas UK. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace described the killings as a genocide, said that, with family members which is when a whole community or included, this would mean more race is targeted ermany promised than 3,000 people. He said it’s the more than €1 billion in fi nancial aid right thing to do for “the people who o er the ne t 0 years amibian supported the Briti sh Armed Forces politi cians said it’s “the fi rst step in and the Briti sh Government over the right directi on”. Namibia was a many many years in fghanistan who German colony from 1884 to 1915. feel they are in danger”. Earlier this year, the UK announced that it would join the US in starti ng to remove all troops from the country G e tt y G e tt y
BRAZIL CHINA
Protests against president G e tt y Three-child limit introduced Tens of thousands of Brazilians have marched China has announced that couples are allowed against President Jair Bolsonaro, demanding to have up to three children. From the end of his impeachment (removal from offi ce). Since the 1970s, lots of couples in China were limited the beginning of the pandemic, Mr Bolsonaro to having one child, while others were limited has said no to eff orts to fi ght the disease, to two. If they had more than the limit, they calling it a “litt le fl u” and refusing to take the could face a fi ne. This was introduced by the country’s government to take control of China’s COVID-19 vaccine. Many protestors carried G e tt y homemade signs dedicated to loved ones increasing populati on, which is the largest in they have lost to the virus, which has killed the world. However, China’s 2020 census found more than 460,000 people in Brazil. that there has been a sharp decline in births. 11. SCIENCE NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 STILL
iStock STRUGGLING TO PROBING THE SEPARATE FAKE PUZZLE OF FROM FACT
A FALCON’S iStock TER years of warnings about the dangers of fake news, it seems as though we’re not really FACE STRIPES A peregrine falcon getti ng any bett er at spotti ng it – showing off its best side even though we think we are. and its malar stripes In a study in ol ing more than SCIENTISTS in South Africa say that they now have evidence that proves 8 000 merican adults researchers the purpose of the dark stripes under the eyes of many falcons. found that 0 of them claimed to be above average at detecti ng fake It’s been claimed for years that the dark patches, known as The researchers iStock news Howe er those who o er rated malar stripes, help to reduce light from the sun being refl ected measured the size their abiliti es were the ones who into the birds’ eyes while hunti ng. However, no-one had ever of each bird’s malar were more likely to visit sites that are backed the theory up with any evidence. stripes and looked “known to spread false or misleading Three scienti sts from the FitzPatrick Insti tute of African up fi gures for how news”. The same people are also more Ornithology in Cape Town decided to test the theory by much sun that part likely to share fake news, especially studying pictures of peregrine falcons, as the species is of the world gets on when it backs up their politi cal views. common around the world and li es in a wide ariety of a erage each year The scienti sts say their study shows environments. Since peregrines hunt their prey in the air, they They found that that overconfi dence in our own need to be able to pick out targets in bright skies, so reducing peregrines living in A peregrine falcon with dark malar abiliti es “may be a crucial factor” glare from the sun should be a big ad antage for them sunnier parts of the stripes (above), compared to the pale stripes of a prairie falcon (below) in the spread of fake news. world have stripes that are wider and darker, which suggests that the theory is correct DID YOU ne argument against the theory
G e tt y is that other KNOW? species, such as
the prairie falcon iStock Moon dust is a big problem for (right), have pale astronauts and equipment, as it sti cks malar stripes. to everything and is really abrasive However, the researchers say that since prairie falcons (scratchy). In fact, the dust is so harsh mainly hunt prey on the ground, such as rabbits and squirrels, that N S says it even broke the any athletes use black grease to darken under their eyes. It’s reducing glare isn’t as important for them. vacuum cleaner that was designed to been claimed that it frightens opponents, but some research clean moon dust off spacesuits during has shown that it does reduce glare The research was published in Biology Lett ers the Apollo manned moon missions! BIRD BRAINS AREN’T
FOOLED BY MAGIC Elias arcia Pelegrin NE study in US science ournal PN S shows that crows are harder to fool than humans The scienti sts used three common magic techniques to see if six Eurasian jays a member of the crow family could tell which hand a worm was in In all three experiments, humans picked the wrong hand most of the ti me, whereas the jays chose the correct hand when they were watching the palm transfer or ‘French drop’ techniques. However, the jays were sti ll mostly fooled by a fast pass. iStock The scienti sts say that birds don’t have the same expectati ons as humans, so just choose based on what they can see. They also say it’s possible that crows use ay makes its choice fast movements to hide their food, as they know that other crows will be fooled. 12. ANIMAL NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 TERRIFIC TORTOISE DISCOVERY A GIANT tortoise found on the Galápagos Islands is from a species that was thought to have become exti nct more than 100 years ago. The female tortoise was discovered during an expediti on on Fernandina Island in 2019. The team took samples from her and sent them to scienti sts at Yale University in America. They have now confi rmed that the tortoise is from the Chelonoidis phantasti cus species. This type of tortoise, also known as the Fernandina giant tortoise, was last spott ed in 1906! Ecuador’s Environment Minister, Gustavo Manrique, celebrated the news by tweeti ng:
“Hope is alive.” It’s believed there could be more of the species left in the wild, so G e tt y another expediti on is set to take place. PONDS FOR POOL FROGS TRY 3 ISSUES JUNE is one of the best ti mes to spot one of the TELL YOUR UK’s rarest frog species, the pool frog.
Pool frogs were once exti nct in the UK but have bounced Froglife back from the brink in East Anglia. They breed later in the year than normal frogs and around this ti me of year will FRIENDS be looking for somewhere to lay their frogspawn. FOR £1 Mirran Trimble, from UK charity Froglife said: “All of our nati ve frog species are dependent on freshwater habitats in order to breed successfully, and we can provide this habitat by creati ng ponds in our gardens. Even mini-ponds can make wonderful habitats and can be created from any old container you might have lying around, whether it’s a washing-up tub, a bucket or even an old bath!” SINGING IN THE SEA HU PB CK whales have been recorded singing off the coast of New York. CS Sighti ngs of humpback whales in the area have increased in recent years, but the recordings show that whales are in the waters off New York all year round. Scienti sts from the Wildlife Conservati on Society and from Cornell, Columbia and Syracuse universiti es recorded the whale Sti ll delivering the news to your door every Friday song using special underwater equipment. Learn about the changing world around you while keeping up to date Their full report is published in the journal with the latest science, sport and entertainment news. Marine Mammal Science and highlights how important it is for the area to get proper Follow-on price: www.fi rstnews.co.uk/subscribe 13 issues for £22.99 conservati on status to help protect the whales. 13. SPECIAL REPORT by aron Henderson FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021
Build your own webcam KEEPING like this one! WATCH ON 30 DAYS WILD THE WILD! 1-30 JUNE Phillips Dr Rob
THIS month, the Wildlife Trusts’ This year, the challenge kicked off on 1 June with 30 Days Wild challenge returns. It the Big Wild Breakfast – a nati onwide outdoor event. challenges people to do one ‘wild thing’ You can sti ll download the free breakfast placemat, every day for 30 days. There are loads of which has been designed as a wildlife spotti ng guide. fantasti c live events being held, including Take it outside, and record what you see on the placemat as you munch your breakfast. how to build a wildlife webcam! This Sunday (6 June), there’s a look at how you can watch the wildlife around you, by building your own webcam! Dr Rob Phillips (left ), who designed it, told us all about it.
So, what’s the Wildlife Webcams event on 6 June all about? I ll be joining pringwatch presenter Hannah Sti tf all and a number of ecologists to talk wildlife cameras. There’s a competi ti on, where you have a chance to win one of fi ve My NatureWatch DIY camera
kits. It’s an open event, so people don’t need any Gregory e Berti wildlife or technology knowledge before they turn up. Experts will be sharing their experiences of how to set This snap of a things up, and some common mistakes. I don’t want to majesti c falcon was sound cheesy, but it’ll be good, family, garden-watching taken by a wildlife entertainment! webcam! What have you seen with yours? Our cameras are down by our family allotment, and we make a good quality one for £35! found that there were deer running around; we never Do you have a favourite UK wild creature? knew they were there! We saw a lot of tawny owls, I’d probably say a purple emperor butt erfl y. I’ve only which we didn’t know were there either, and then a ever seen one. They only come out at certain ti mes lot of badgers! Someone described it as the mundane of the year, and they’re really beauti ful! wonderful – everyday stuff that we don’t really see. But it’s not just about what you photograph, it’s Do you have any advice for readers who This camera caught an osprey might want to work in product design one day? on fi lm! What will yours see? about setti ng it up and learning how it’s done. Tell us about your design for an aff ordable First of all, give it a go! If you want to make something, wildlife webcam start with a prototype. It’ll be terrible – they’re always terrible – but that’s how it is the fi rst ti me you do I’m a product designer, I’ve done everything from kids’ anything! So don’t stress about it too much. You also toys to bulletproof jackets, including the world’s fi rst don’t need to make a product for the world; it could bulletproof wallpaper, which you can see at the United solve a problem for a neighbour, or do something like Nati ons. We started a project at the Royal College capture a badger on camera at night. of Art, where I work, looking at how we could use technology for good, get people outside and engaging You can fi nd the instructi ons and a list of everything with the natural world. Wildlife cameras usually cost you need to build your own My Naturewatch webcam around £200, so we wanted to fi nd out if we could for around £35 at mynaturewatch.net
To learn more about 30 Days Wild and take part in the Wildlife Webcams event, head to Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust and Rutland Wildlife Leicestershire www.wildlifetrusts.org 14. ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK
Trips to the cinema are back on nd this Studio Ghibli 1 week, legendary Japanese animati on Studio Ghibli is releasing a brand-new fi lm that’s set in the UK Earwig and the itch follows an orphan called Earwig, who is adopted by a strange couple with magical powers. While sett ling into her new home, she uncovers a world of poti ons and magic DRAW The Nati onal Theatre has this week launched a new 2 creati ve writi ng initi ati ve calledStory Seekers. Primary WITH school pupils from around the UK are invited on a mission to fi nd the best stories from around the world. Find out how you and your school can get involved (for free) at ROB! www.nati onaltheatre.org.uk/storyseekers. TO celebrate Empathy Day LIVE! on 10 June, author and illustrator Rob Biddulph has given First News Olivia Rodrigo broke a UK music record this exclusive, step-by-step guide to drawing a kindness monster! 3 last week, aft er she topped the album and singles chart at the same ti me. The 18-year-old actor turned singer became the youngest solo arti st ever to score an Offi cial UK Chart double. 1. Let’s start with Her debut album Sour made it to the top spot, an upside-down G e tt y alongside her latest single ood 4 U. U shape. Make it nice and shaggy, as I’ve done here. Then join it up at the bottom with a straight line, with two rectangular PICS OF THE WEEK bumps for the legs.
Netf lix Netf 5. dd two 4 Above the eyes, draw curved two shaggy rectangles rectangular tilted upwards for some shapes friendly eyebrows. underneath the Add a square with mouth to give curved edges at each your monster end of the mouth for some arms. your monster’s teeth. These should be shaggy too.
IF you like fantasy and acti on, then check out weetS Tooth, a brand-new series that launches on Netf lix this week. This uirky ad enture is set in a world where a mystery irus has caused chaos sounds familiar and children are all born as 7. Let’s give your half human half animal hybrids The show follows us a young boy who has spent monster some most of his life hiding out in the woods n encounter with a mysterious stranger sends enormous ears – all Gus off on a big adventure across America to fi nd out what on earth is going on. the better for listening Sweet Tooth launches on 4 June on Netf lix. (a very important empathetic skill). Draw a big circle on each side of the head, with
Netf lix Netf another big shaggy circle around it.
The Kindness Monster is a preview from Rob’s new book Draw with Rob: Monster Madness, out 22 July Empathy Day takes place on Thursday 10 June. For more on this year’s free acti viti es and digital events, visitwww.empathylab.uk FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 .15 KI BOP KI
FIVE MINUTES TWINKLE WITH… The KIDZ BOP star tells us about the band’s fi rst UK concert, which is showing now on Sky Kids. TO celebrate Empathy Day LIVE! on 10 June, author and illustrator Rob Biddulph has given irst News this exclusive, step-by-step guide to drawing a kindness monster! What was it like fi lming your fi rst concert for UK audiences? We were so excited to perform together again! We were nervous at fi rst, but once we got out on stage, it was so much fun. Some of our fans got to watch the show from home with their families. Even though it was a virtual audience, they all had KIDZ BOP banners watching from home – it was so awesome! . Above the mouth, . big curved What’s your favourite thing about performing? line right draw two circles and colour them in. Then I love to sing and dance, but being able to perform with the other KIDZ BOP Kids is my across the favourite part! We’ve grown up together over the last few years – they’re some of my middle gives draw two more circles around the first two. best friends – and we’re like one big family. We had so much fun making the whole your monster a show. Blinding Lights was a new number we learned, so I’m excited for fans to see it! smiley mouth. Voilà! Our Kindness Monster is awake! You fi lmed a behind-the-scenes documentary at the same ti me… It was so great to be able to see the other KIDZ BOP Kids again in person! We loved being able to show fans every step of the way from putti ng together the show and rehearsing, right up to the big performance!
6. Draw five Do KIDZ BOP have any rituals before a show? rectangular We all do a pre-show warm-up together to make sure we’re ready to sing and dance. shapes on the Ashton defi nitely loves the pre-show warm-ups more than all of us. end of each arm for fingers, What things do you always pack from home when you’re off touring? and four on the When we’re performing, I always have my phone, camera to take pictures with the end of each other KIDZ BOP Kids, and a water bott le. foot for toes. Colour them Which other live acts inspire your performances? all in, ust like Some of my favourite arti sts are Ariana Grande, Anne-Marie, I have. and Litt le Mix.
8. Finally, it’s time Extract taken from for some colour. I’ve Draw with Rob: Monster Madness by Rob Biddulph, published by given my monster HarperCollins Children’s Books a heart design right in the middle of his tummy. Be as imaginative as you like, but don’t forget the scribbly shadow underneath.
The Kindness Monster is a preview from Rob’s new book Draw with Rob: Monster Madness, out 22 July KI BOP Live in Concert Empathy Day takes place on Thursday 10 June. For more on this year’s free acti viti es and digital events, visitwww.empathylab.uk is available to watch now on Sky Kids 16. COLLINS Adverti sement feature FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 LEARNLEARN BRILLIANTBRILLIANT THINGSTHINGS WITHWITH YOU CAN
MAKE A MAKE AN OUTDOOR PLASTIC BOTTLE OBSTACLE COURSE Get creati ve and make an obstacle course in the garden PENCIL CASE or park. You can use anything you have in the garden, or you can head to your nearest playground and use the 1. You’ll need two identi cal plasti c . Use the screw top to draw a circle e uipment that is already there. Here are some ideas: squirty sauce bott les. Cut the screw on the front of your bott le. Draw a line top off one bott le. halfway down each side and a line across If you’re at the park, the back slightly above halfway. Use a use the climbing Use hula skipping rope frame, monkey bars hoops to and slide as part of front back as part of jump in, crawl the course your course through or hula hoop with
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4. Cut the top secti on off Plan out your obstacle course by drawing it on a your second bott le where piece of paper. Then have a go at making it for real! it starts to get narrower. Time yourself and see if you can get faster each ti me. Cut out a shape to match the picture here. Make the width as wide as your screw top.
. Smooth any pointy edges with a nail fi le. Push the second bott le over the fi rst with the screw top sliding into the slot. Tighten the cap to hold WIN! the bott les together. A FULL SET OF Enter the ALL TEN YOU CAN competi ti on at The competi ti on closes on 0 une 0 1 collins.co.uk/ Entry is open to residents of the UK and Republic of Ireland only. Please make sure you have your parent or guardian’s permission to youcanwin enter. Ask a parent if entering via social media. Alternati vely, click the envelope icon to enter via email. Full terms and conditi ons can BOOKS! be found at collins.co.uk/youcanwin 17. BIG INTERVIEW FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 Tell us a bit about Twitch Tell us about the setti ng of the book. The book idea came before the character hen It s based on a real place in Yorkshire called romwell eetle oy came out I met a lot of children who like Bott om, which is a nature reserve. I like to do my insects and a lot of them liked birds as well uite a research in real places so I took my kids there in 201 lot of them seemed like outsiders people who weren t for a summer holiday and to go bird spotti ng. None necessarily the most popular kid in school or the most of us had done it before and I said whate er birds we outgoing ut a lot of those children also seem to be identi fi ed I would put in the book. I got up really early uite self assured so I wanted to create a character like one morning and bumped into this chap who told me that a child who knew e actly who he was and what he to go and stand on a bridge in the middle of the ri er cared about and was less concerned about the social and I’d see some kingfi shers. The fi rst thing I saw was stresses of popularity and friendship this ery weird blue streak I just thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. I kept sti ll and eventually the bird How much research did you have to do stood sti ll on a branch and I caught sight of it. It was uite a lot I spent si years studying beetles and I feel almost like a spiritual e perience because it felt like real like that s my subject I m not that way about birds at magic. It was so awe-inspiring that I can sti ll remember all. I can sti ll look at a litt le brown bird and not be sure how it felt now, several years later. The kingfi sher did what I’m looking at while desperately fl icking through something to my insides and I want to see more birds my fi eld guide, then the bird has gone and I don’t know now. It’s defi nitely given me the bug. what I saw. I’m sti ll learning how to identi fy birds but it takes ti me. One of the joys about being an author is that Do you att ract birds to your own garden? you do get to learn You pick a subject that your book s I ha e feeders ne t to my bug hotel in my garden but going to be about and then you fi ll your head with as I li e in righton which is uite built up and gardens much knowledge as possible I e been learning about are very small here. I’ve seen blue ti ts and robins and birds, watching documentaries, going bird spotti ng garden birds, but mostly my feeders are att acked by with my kids and doing as much bird-based acti vity crows The seagulls aren t that interested they mostly as possible which during lockdown was perfect and prefer the chips and doughnuts they steal from the it really helped because it lift ed my spirits. seafront! I do live near Pulborough Brooks Nature Reserve though and I saw a great spott ed woodpecker Is there one bird that surprised you there on Sunday – they have litt le red bott oms and are I was really surprised by how ama ing pigeons are I’M A just a delight I go there ery regularly and that s where They are one of the most intelligent creatures I had I also heard a nighti ngale. the general iew that most people ha e that they are vermin and pests, but now I have a very, very diff erent BRILLIANT Twitch builds an incredible den in the woods, iew of pigeons but how are your own den-building skills? I am a brilliant den builder! When I was litt le I lived in Hertf ordshire and we backed onto a local wood, and I built a den with adjoining rooms that I tried to camoufl age. It was a work in progress for the best part DEN of three or four years and then my family mo ed hen I was about 1 my mum asked what I wanted to do for my birthday and I said I really wanted to ha e a picnic back by the old woods where we used to li e e went back and my den base was sti ll standing, fi ve years later! BUILDER! I feel like I would be fi ne surviving on a desert island. MG Leonard’s new book follows a keen bird watcher called Twitch, who stumbles Your other books have all been part of across a mystery involving an escaped a series, so will Twitch be a series too bank robber and some missing cash. We I’m writi ng book two at the moment but I don’t know talked to her about the book, bird if there will be more than two Twitch is like the origin spotti ng and building dens. story of the Twitchers this bird watching group of kids o Twitch is Twitch s story and the origin of the Twitchers and the ne t book will be about the Twitchers ll of it orbits around the relati onship between Twitch and Jack which I think is ery special and interesti ng. iStock
Twitch by Leonard A kingfi sher is out now CHARITIES SUPPORTED BY FIRST NEWS 18. SPECIAL REPORT FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 EAT THEM TO DEFEAT
THEM! IT and Veg Power’s award-winning healthy eati ng campaign is back for a third year – and the gang is looking fi ercer than ever! We found out what the veg have in store for you all this year…
WHAT’S THE CAMPAIGN ALL ABOUT? at Them To efeat Them is all about encouraging It’s kids versus veg! young people to eat healthily and enjoy more eg The campaign was fi rst launched in January 2019 and is said to ha e led to sales of o er 17 million WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? additi onal children’s porti ons of vegetables. That As well as the TV advert (which is airing on ITV, adds up to million worth of eg STV, Channel 4 and Sky), the campaign will pop up in other ways too. A total of 1,900 primary schools will WHAT’S THIS YEAR’S THEME? get to enjoy veg tasti ng sessions, posters, resources The theme for this year’s campaign and TV advert and games. A further 500,000 children are also being given a vegetable reward chart and sti cker pack, TAKE PART IN OUR POLL! is Prepare For Batt le It sees an army of warrior kids We’re on a mission to fi nd out what alongside a pu le book co created and funded by ow to defeat a legion of e il egetables The kids First ews readers’ favourite veg are! Head to Public Health England’s Change4Life campaign. go through intense training using e eryday kitchen fi rst.news/polls to take part in our poll and share utensils e entually s uaring up against the eg on the your thoughts batt lefi eld. Aft er a terrifying tomato gets forked, all hell breaks loose THE FACTS Fun fact: ITV’s The asked ancer included a eetroot character inspired by the campaign There’s lots of evidence to show that young people aren’t eati ng enough of the WHO’S TAKING PART? green stuff . It’s become even more of a A whole host of celebriti es is joining in the fun for concern during the pandemic, with research this year’s ad and voicing the villainous veg. They conducted by YouGov fi nding that 35% of include Dame Emma Thompson, Amanda Holden, parents are worried about their children’s diets. Jamie li er tephen ulhern io anna Fletcher Check out these interesti ng stats, too: and an ir ingh new report called Veg Facts 2021, released by The Food Foundati on and Peas Please Partnership, shows that almost a third (29%) of children aged 5-10 years old eat less than one porti on of veg a day. 89% of children aged 5-10 eat less than the Government’s Eat Well Guide G e tt y G e tt y recommendati ons for veg. One in three children leaves primary school Giovanna Fletcher and Stephen Mulhern, the voices overweight or obese. of Broccoli and Sweetcorn! 19. CRAZY BUT TRUE FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 THE POWER A BEARY FUN OF POTTER PARTY! Ewbank’s Aucti ons Aucti Ewbank’s
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YouTube/Michelle Johnson YouTube/Michelle a staggering £27,300 at aucti on. The uncorrected proof copy of Harry Pott er and the Philosopher’s Stone features JK Rowling’s name as JA Rowling. Only 200 of these copies were sent out by A GROUP of bears crashed a school pool party in Tennessee, USA, last week. publishers Bloomsbury. They were designed only for reviewers to see, before the offi cial Michelle Johnson and her friends from Jeff erson County students (who were all standing a safe distance away) and release of the book in 1997. High School were at the Chalet Village pool in Gatlinburg, the footage was uploaded to YouTube. It’s now been viewed Aucti on house Ewbank’s valued the rare when their unexpected guests showed up for a swim. hundreds of thousands of ti mes. copy between £2,000 and £4,000, so the The seven bears enjoyed cooling off in the pools, playing Staff at the Chalet Village say it’s not unusual to see end result was magically eye-watering! with each other and checking out the tennis courts. bears in the area, but that they had never seen so many Their funny anti cs were caught on camera by the together at once!
BRITISH people living overseas A FAMOUS can now buy bott led rainwater YouTube video of a boy biti ng from the UK – yes, really! DID YOU his brother’s Travel company My Baggage is fi nger has sold selling the bizarre item this summer as a digital NFT y Baggage KNOW? to help those who are missing the for £538,000! great Briti sh wet weather. The viral Charlie The bott les are being sold for £20, Bit My Finger with the label reading “pour over video, featuring Harry and Charlie your head for an authenti c feel of from Buckinghamshire, has millions RAIN Briti sh weather”. of views on the site. It’s now a non- The company said it’s been fungible token (NFT), which means it collecti ng rainwater from the roof of is a completely unique digital asset ON ME! its offi ce building in Belfast for the that can’t be replaced. past couple of months. Erm, lovely!
Writt en and illustrated by Paul Palmer 20. DESIGN A LORRY Adverti sement feature FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 ALDI AND TEAM GB LAUNCH THEIR NEW DESIGN A LORRY COMPETITION TO celebrate the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, Aldi and Team GB are challenging young people aged 5-14 to get creati ve and design an Aldi lorry that celebrates fresh, healthy food. By taking part in the competi ti on, students have the chance to see their designs come to life – with the two winning designs each used on their own Aldi lorry, ready to deliver produce to Aldi stores around the country! The winning students will also receive a Team GB goody bag and £50 of Aldi vouchers to spend on fresh produce or kitchen equipment, and their school will win £1,000 of Aldi vouchers for kitchen equipment or ingredients. The winning design will be selected by a judging panel including Aldi’s Team GB Athlete Ambassadors such as triathlete champions the Brownlee brothers, Olympic gymnast Nile Wilson and sport climbing star Shauna Coxsey. The judges will be on the lookout for an inventi ve, exciti ng and eye-catching design that celebrates good food and will inspire others.
Students can submit their entries up unti l Friday 25 June. To download the entry template and cover sheet for entries, please visit getseteatf resh.co.uk/designalorry
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combinati on of anti bioti cs, the disease can have a There are many themes within Island aria’s serious eff ect on a person’s livelihood, mental health this story that are as relevant to and even their place in the community. Lepra visits adults as to children – shame, Lepra ill Smith, schools across India and Bangladesh to screen for sti gma, isolati on, loss; diffi cult leprosy and teach children, their families and teachers themes, but they about where to get diagnosed and treated. can touch the lives of children as well as adults. GET INVOLVED! Lepra needs your support to conti nue helping people and to achieve our goal of beati ng leprosy! You could help spread the word, fundraise or even aria’s Island by ictoria Hislop, get your school involved in a challenge – fi nd out more at www.lepra.org.uk. illustrated by ill Smith and published by alker Books, is out now. 22. PUZZLE FUN FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 WORD FARM SUDOKUCAN you complete our sudoku puzzle, fi lling in the numbers one to nine? LADDER SEE if you can get from the top 9 6 3 8 of the ladder to the bott om by changing one lett er at a ti me to make PETS 5 7 3 a new word. 3 2 8 4 7 6 8 5 9 CROSSWORD 7 2 5 3 C N you complete our crossword pu le using the clues below 1 2 3 4 5 9 5 7 2 2 3 6 1 5 6 7 8 4 2 9
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www.everythingwithwords.com 25. GAME ZONE FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 30 YEARS OF SONIC! THIS week, the Sonic the Hedgehog 8 Nintendo series celebrated its 0th anniversary The world’s most famous hedgehog fi rst
appeared in 1 1 s onic the Hedgehog for Sega the ega ega ri e console Since then, he’s been in tons of diff erent games comics animated series and a mo ie – with more on the way SWITCH During a special livestreamed celebrati on of Sonic, a few exciti ng things were announced. MIITOPIA Firstly the intendo ii game onic olors is getti ng a re-release for modern consoles, with a bunch of new features MAKE yourself, your friends, or anyone you like and fi ght There s also onic rigins, a collecti on of classic onic ti tles. It will include the games onic alongside them or against them in this madcap RP adventure. the Hedgehog 1 2 and onic nuckles plus onic . They’ll be getti ng new features too. In iitopia all of the characters are iis intendo s silly customisable astly there was the news that a big new onic game from onic Team the main de elopers characters You e got to assemble your own gang of ii characters to of the onic series, would be out next year. What are you most excited for? take on the ark ord who is also a ii to take back the stolen faces of iitopia s residents aking iis for the game is a lot of fun since iitopia s ii creator has had a serious upgrade. By using the shapes and lines in the ‘make-up’ part of the creator, you can get very creati ve, and make prett y much anyone! POKÉPLANS You could make your grandad the hero of the game and your brother THE Pok mon Company has announced the illain r swap them around at any point should you fancy when its ne t games are being released. The actual game part is a turn-based RPG, which means each character ok mon rilliant iamond and ok mon takes a turn to att ack, use a skill or heal. You only control your hero hining earl remakes of the iamond and character, leaving the game to look aft er everyone else. The fi ghts aren’t earl games will be out on 1 o ember always parti cularly exciti ng, but you can speed through them if you want ok mon egends rceus, the fi rst open-world to make things faster ok mon game set in a past before professors Between the batt les, your party members can bond and build their
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BOOKS National Literacy Trust’s irtual School Library ISCO ER your shiny magical YOUR READS! powers with Harry Heape reviewed Harry is our irtual chool ibrary author THE STORM by Olivia of the week isit the irtual chool ibrary Peate, from the Nati onal Literacy Trust and the KEEPER’S ISLAND aged 11 Oak Nati onal Academy to read hiny ippin and the roken Forest for free CATHERINE DOYLE Harry recommends these three reads The torm eeper s Island is a You re a ad an r um by ndy magical and ad enturous story which tanton illustrated by a id Ta yman is full of mythical worlds and stormy Fantasti c Mr Foxby oald ahl seas It is set on a fantasy island illustrated by Quenti n Blake called rranmore where a boy called eries of nfortunate Fionn spends his summer ents by emony nicket At fi rst he feels homesick and alone, tep inside the library to but aft er a while his confi dence watch an exclusive video with grows. However, he sti ll had no clue Harry Heape and read a about what ad entures awaited him His new book Indiana ones A mysterious batt le takes place illustrated by ebecca agley between two tribes but not in the is out on June way that you think it will or in the present It is a great book and the fact that it is part of a series makes you want The enti re to read the next part of the story, Storm Keeper’s but the language can be uite series is FOR MORE TIPS AND ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE YOUR READING, WRITING, challenging so I think it is aimed available now SPEAKING AND LISTENING AT HOME, VISIT WORDSFORLIFE.ORG.UK at a very confi dent reader. 26. YOUR NEWS FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 WE WANT TO MAGAZINE FOR NATURE HEAR WHAT by Libby Greenhill YOU/YOUR I AM extremely honoured to be part of The Green Fuse, a nature magazine created by SCHOOL IS UP TO young naturalists for young naturalists. rite in to let us know what It was originally started by a small group of young you e been up to lately Ha e people from Carmarthenshire, and was named aft er JUNIOR you been getti ng creati ve? Been a beauti ful Dylan Thomas poem about the area. JOURNALIST for a great day out? How has Since then, the editorial team has grown to six the coronavirus aff ected your (new members are not from Wales). The magazine school, friends and family? Why comes out quarterly and is available to download not share your experiences with from our website, thegreenfusemagazine.com. First ews readers? We are all home-educated young people. We all have diff erent skills that we bring to the team, from Email your report photography to website design. Because of this, the (including pictures) to magazine is created enti rely by us. yournews@fi rstnews.co.uk The magazine has had some truly wonderful Don’t forget to include your opportuniti es to interview inspiring naturalists, name and age (and your school’s including Kate Humble and Chris Packham, for name and address for school features in the magazine. We not only have a passion news reports). By writi ng in, for the natural world, but are dedicated to doing you give consent to First ews what we can to ensure that this beauti ful world we printi ng details and photographs Libby live in, is sti ll there for future generati ons to enjoy. of those involved in the report. HELPING REFUGEES BULBS IN BOTTLES by Sienna and Sebasti an Getti ng ready for planti ng AFTER I read No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton, I decided I wanted to raise money for refugees, as they go through such a tough ti me fi nding new JUNIOR homes where they can JOURNALIST live safely. Sienna and Sebasti an I asked my brother if he wanted to between us. When I was running help me, and he said he would love to. I tried to think about the money we We also wanted to split the money with were raising and how it would help NHS Chariti es Together, to thank the those who really needed it. NHS staff for helping in such a diffi cult In total we raised £1,721 and we felt ti me during COVID. so, so happy we had raised that much We decided to run 50km in ten days money for the chariti es.
by Year 5, Ysgol Esgob Morgan SCHOOL WE have been busy being creati ve, using recycled plasti c bott les to enhance the positi ve feeling in NEWS the eco area and refl ecti on garden. SNAPPED! We were asked to bring in a plasti c bott le. We then cut out the centre of the bott les and fi lled them with compost. We chose bright colourful bulbs to place WE asked you to send in photos of you inside – fi ngers crossed for a beauti ful display of fl owers for the summer. with your copy of First News, and to Here’s Nikhil and We are excited to see how this will brighten up our eco garden, where we can tell us why you and your family like Kirti ka enjoying refl ect and take ti me to enjoy the outside, as wellbeing is so important to us here reading the paper each week. their weekly copy of First News at our school. SUBSCRIBE FOR SCHOOL – FIND OUT MORE AT SCHOOLS.FIRSTNEWS.CO.UK CALL: (020) 3195 7256 EMAIL: [email protected] 27. SPORT FirstNews Issue 781 4 – 10 June 2021 SPORT PIC OF THE WEEK G e tt y
Chelsea att acking midfi elder Kai Havertz skips past Man City goalie Ederson before placing the ball into the empty net for the only goal of the game in the Champions League fi nal. It was Havertz’s fi rst ever goal in the competi ti on. He got a bit carried away on live TV aft er the game and said some naughty words, so he had to tweet: “Sorry for the swearing” aft erwards!
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IN previous weeks we’ve reported on the problem of footballers being targeted on social media with racist and se ist abuse, and now BT has put together a team of pros from around the UK called Hope United, with the aim of tackling online hate. One team member is Watf ord and Wales striker Helen Ward, who told us about her negati ve experiences online, but also why she’s hopeful that things can change. hat kind of abuse do you get Is the abuse mostly anonymous ost social media sites say you have I don’t get too much, but it’s general sexist stuff , to do You do get people who openly talk to you to be 1 to sign up, but what advice with women not knowing anything about football or using their real name and picture but would you have for any readers who shouldn t be able to play football ut whether you the worst is oft en from accounts where are thinking about it get lots of it or just get one or two it s ne er nice to you don t know who they are The trolls
BT on t belie e e erything you read If see. Getti ng involved in this campaign was just a way of this world don t want to gi e away there’s anything you’ve got a questi on of saying to anyone children and adults that words their identi ty too easily. It’s too easy to about ask a parent or guardian or can be hurtf ul, but not to feel like you can’t go and create a fake account and go and churn somebody you trust nd don t try to tell someone or report it if it’s aff ected you. out whate er it is you want to say ome hide behind a false name f course when of these things oft en break the law, but I’m you re young you ha e to be careful Ha e a Is most of it from men and boys just not sure how it can be policed ut if you re pri ate account if you think that s safer but just It does tend to be males, especially the sexist stuff . But an honest and genuine person you shouldn t ha e any make sure that what you write won t get you into there are women as well who ob iously aren t fond of problem with your account being verifi ed. trouble It s not nice to recei e abuse but you don t football and they don t like other women being fond want to be the person sending something you don t of football and talking about it ould it help if people are educated from really mean If you re not going to say it to someone s a younger age about this kind of thing face, you shouldn’t be writi ng it online either. o you think social media companies Yeah e talk in schools about bullying and how things genuinely want to do something about it you say can hurt other people and I think it should re you hopeful that things can change ocial media is a massi e money making business and be no diff erent. The world is ever evolving in terms of I am. There’s so much att enti on on it now that things the more people that are on it whate er they re saying technology and I think the more kids know about it ha e to change There are so many people trying to on there the more money the companies are going the bett er. Someti mes it can be a bit scary to say how call out things that aren t right and that s what Hope to be making It s a shame because they say a lot of horrible it can be online, but at the same ti me, I think nited can do e want to bring e eryone together to the right things but when you look is there e er any we need to prepare children for that ut not only for realise that the good things can outweigh the bad and acti on? I’d like to think they do care, but I’m not sure what might come towards them but also making sure that if we do it together, it’ll be much more eff ecti ve. that they do or at least not as much as they should they think about what they’re saying and writi ng. You can hide behind a screen but just think about who s BT’s Hope United will rally the UK to tackle online on the other side of that and how it makes them feel abuse as part of BT’s commitment to improve the how you would feel in the same situati on. Just making nati on’s digital skills. DID YOU KNOW? sure that they are aware of how damaging their acti ons To fi nd out how you can play your part, watch and their words can be I think it s really important that BT’s Tech Tips at bt.com hopeunited. Together Helen ard has children know that from an age where they re able to we can beat online hate. scored more goals understand how to use social media and computers for ales than any G e tt y other player male or Has it made you want to ditch social media female in history. In It hasn’t got to that point. Someti mes it’s made me 89 games she’s scored uite angry and I e had to resist trying to respond 43 ti mes. In second I do respond to a few things but I always try to do it place is areth Bale, in a respectf ul and polite way. I usually try to ignore it with in 90 games. Helen smashing in and put my phone away for a litt le while. It does make a goal for ales you wonder if it s worth scrolling through