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by editor in chief Nicky Cox A RECORD number of trees are being ripped up, while the planti ng of new ones is slower than it’s been for nearly 50 years, in our country. That’s the alarming news from the Woodland Trust, planti ng is done mostly by private landowners, using which manages more than 1,000 English forests. money from Government grants. The Trust warns that 780 ancient woods are at risk The Government promised to plant 11 million trees 19 from new homes, transport projects, quarries and between 2015 and 2020. The Prime Minister said last golf courses. month that planti ng trees was “at the heart of our work Numbers from the Forestry Commission show that only to protect the environment for future generati ons”. But THE 1,900 hectares of trees were planted across England in the she admitt ed they had much more to do. BACKPACK past two years. That is the smallest number since 1971. Right now about 13% of the UK is covered by forest. None of the planti ng has been done by the commission But the Woodland Trust’s boss, Beccy Speight, says the THAT CAN in England since 2008, or in Wales since 1992. Most of Government is failing and that planning laws need to be CARRY A the new planti ng done in Britain is in Scotland. Any new made tougher to protect our forests for the future. MAN!

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1 traffic free 6 mini break 9 Orangutans 15 The paradise London Mayor Sadiq Khan has A hippo that tried to make a break for Did you know this week is papers announced plans to turn part of freedom from Ramat Gan safari park Orangutan Awareness Week? From Oxford Street into a pedestrianised in Israel decided to change his mind 12-18 November, people across Secret papers have been leaked, road by the end of next year. If the and come back again! The hippo was the world will take part in events revealing where the Queen, big plans go ahead, cars, buses and black spied on CCTV cameras walking out to raise awareness about criti cally- businesses and wealthy fi gures cabs will be banned from driving down of the front gates at night, but aft er endangered orangutans. keep their cash. The papers the busy shopping street. a litt le wander he then turned back reveal accounts in ‘tax havens’ round and returned home. abroad – places where people keep their money so that they 7 Tooth decay can avoid paying taxes. Taxes are important, as they help to pay Tooth decay is the most common for things like healthcare and reason children aged between fi ve educati on. Ana Caistor Arendar, and nine need treatment in hospital, Oxfam’s Head of Inequality, according to analysis of NHS Digital says tax dodging “deprives poor data. Denti sts say tooth decay is countries of billions each year.” preventable and can be reduced 10 Paris Poem 2 teen awards by eati ng less sugar and regularly French President Emmanuel Macron Inspirati onal teenagers Ellie and brushing your teeth. has writt en a poem to a Briti sh 16 Shock exit Charlott e were honoured at BBC schoolgirl, aft er she sent her own Radio 1’s Teen Awards. The girls, poem to the Élysée Palace, the offi cial Pop star Aston Merrygold became the both supported by Barnardo’s, presidenti al residence. The girl, sixth celebrity to leave Strictly Come were recognised for their work Sophie, wrote about the Eiff el Tower Dancing, leaving fans in shock! Aston supporti ng others. They att ended the during a family holiday to France. The and his dance partner Janett e Manrara award ceremony and a recepti on at President wrote back with his own were among the favourites to win the Kensington Palace (below). poem about the famous tower. show, before being voted off . 11 bad broadband 17 most powerful Residents of Australia have something Anna Wintour has been named the rather unusual to blame for their bad most powerful woman in media and broadband – cockatoos! The naughty entertainment, by Forbes magazine. BBC birds have been found chewing Anna is the editor in chief of Vogue through expensive internet cables! magazine in America. Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and JK Rowling are also featured 3 WWE Academy 20 on the list. The fi rst-ever WWE Academy has arrived at KidZania London. It will give THINGS TO KNOW AND TELL 18 Bake off blunder young people the chance to transform Prue Leith had a bit of a nightmare into a WWE Superstar! Finn Bálor, who last week, aft er unveiling the winner we featured in last week’s First News, Quick news to read yourself of Bake Off before the show had aired! helped to launch it. and share WITH FRIENDS... Prue revealed on Twitt er that Sophie Faldo had scooped the top spot. 4 Lego house She later apologised for the error, explaining she was in Bhutan, where How would you like to win an there is a big ti me diff erence, and she overnight stay at the newly opened 8 Poll results 12 mistaken identity thought viewers already knew! LEGO House in Billund, Denmark? A robot has been granted citi zenship A man in Germany rang the police Well, now’s your chance! All you have in Saudi Arabia. We asked you: Can aft er believing he’d found a Second Hedgehog waTCH to do is describe one thing you would a robot have the same rights as a World War bomb in his garden. 19 build together with your family if you person? Loads of you voted, with But when offi cers arrived, they The once had an infi nite supply of LEGO bricks. 76% of you saying NO. discovered that the unusual object familiar Find out all the informati on and how was in fact a giant courgett e! hedgehog you can enter at www.airbnb.com/ has declined night-at/lego-house. “I think yes because Yes! it is just a robot. 13 biggest liar dramati cally What harm could it do? This over the past The world’s biggest liar competi ti on 5 Equality technology could help us in the few decades. Now, a Big Hedgehog survey future, so why stop this technology takes place in Santon Bridge on 16 Watch Project has been set up to help. from blossoming and growing?” says November. Each of the competi tors The Mammal Society wants you to let Have you taken part in our First News Live! user bingaling. has fi ve minutes to tell the biggest them know if and when you last saw equality survey? Equality is a and most convincing lie they can! a hedgehog. You can take part in the big issue in the news at the survey at www.mammal.org.uk. moment, so we want to know “I don’t think so. your thoughts. Do you think No! Robots are just 14 new phone boys and girls are treated the machines, and I think we’re going The new iPhone X is now on sale. It 20 milk prices same? Visit fi rst.news/equal to a bit too far, making ones that are doesn’t come cheap, though: fans will share your views and stories. like humans,” says First News Live! The cost of milk is going up, as lots of user woof04. have to fork out a whopping £999! dairies close and supplies are aff ected. 3. big news FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017

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KIDS FACE POVERTY SUBSCRIBE MORE than fi ve million children in the UK face living in poverty over the next fi ve years. for home That is the fi nding of a new report by the Insti tute especially in the north of England, the Midlands, Wales 3 ISSUES £1* For Fiscal Studies (IFS). The IFS says that the number of and Northern Ireland. This is because poor households Get for children living in poverty will increase from 4m to 5.2m. in these areas get a higher amount of their money from Call 0330 333 0186 They say that around a third of this is because of planned benefi ts. The rates of poverty for pensioners, and adults www.fi rstnews.co.uk/ changes to benefi ts and taxes, such as the new rule that with no children, will hardly change. subscribe means parents can claim benefi ts for no more than two These fi gures are based on esti mates, including how *followed by £16.99 every children. much earnings are expected to rise, so could change if the three months by Direct Debit The report says that poor households will be hit hardest, economy improves or the Government takes acti on. WINNING WORDS The big (online) burger debate BURGER then cheese, or cheese then burger? And where does the lett uce go? This was the big discussion online (and in the First News offi ce) this week. It all started when Google’s chief executi ve promised to rethink the cheeseburger emoji, aft er someone tweeted the diff erences between Google’s cheeseburger emoji and Apple’s version. Sundar Pichai off ered to discuss changes, as long as everyone could agree. This kick-started the

debate because, of course, no-one can agree! A few of us iStock thought that the burger should be on the bott om, with cheese on top and then the lett uce and tomato on top of COLLINS Dicti onary has that, but that started a big announced its word of the offi ce argument. VOTE IN OUR POLL year (although it’s actually two How do you stack your words): ‘fake news’. burger? Take part in our Which order should the The term has been used so much poll and share your ingredients be in? Vote Apple’s cheeseburger emoji (left ) next to Google’s alternati ve over the last year, oft en by Donald thoughts on this vital issue! at fi rst.news/polls Trump. It will be added to the next print editi on of the dicti onary. Other words and phrases that made Good week for... Bad week for... the shortlist include ‘Corbynmania’, a reference to Jeremy Corbyn’s Red squirrels Donald Trump popularity, and ‘fi dget spinner’. They will be added to the online version of

RED squirrels which were THE President of the y Gett iStock the dicti onary. moved to new areas of United States was silenced Scotland are happy and on Twitt er for 11 whole breeding, says charity Trees minutes. His Twitt er account For Life. They relocated 80 red was switched oﬀ by a squirrels to new areas to help Twitt er worker on his last expand the populati on and day. Twitt er says that there increase the areas where they can be found. will be an investi gati on. 4. big news FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 FALLON QUITS JOB SHOCKING! A TOP politi cian has left his job aft er admitti ng that he behaved badly ENDANGERED towards women. Sir Michael Fallon (below) stepped down from his role as the UK Government’s defence secretary, and has been replaced ANIMALS by Gavin Williamson. The scandal is big news at Westminster, with a number of other MPs being accused FOR SALE of similar oﬀ ences. Many of them are now being investi gated by their parti es. In response, Prime Minister Theresa May said: “Women and men should be able to work free from the threat or fear of harassment, bullying or inti midati on.” The leaders of the UK’s politi cal parti es met on Monday (6 November) to discuss the issue. At the meeti ng, the politi cians agreed new measures that will make it easier for people to report any incidents.

WWF, the wildlife charity, has revealed that millions of pounds worth of endangered animals are being illegally traded in the Golden Triangle area in Thailand. Tigers, elephants, bears and pangolins (believed to at Myanmar’s Mong La market alone. Many of the be the most illegally traded animal, pictured above) are animals’ parts are used in traditi onal medicines or four of the most widely-traded species in the Golden end up as luxury items and jewellery. Triangle, which is the name for the border areas in the The WWF is working with governments and north of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. The WWF says other bodies to stop illegal wildlife markets in G e tt y that there was £3 million worth of goods on display the Golden Triangle.

WILSON’S WINNER! BIG SLEEP OUT THE winner has been announced for Jacqueline Wilson’s IN London, people are Creati ve Writi ng Prize 2017, and First News helped pick him! swapping their beds Daniel Stockwell, from Leicestershire, won with his lett er to his for sleeping bags to pet dog, Bolt. Entrants were asked to ‘write a lett er to someone sleep rough for one who lives far away’, to ti e in with the theme of Jacqueline’s book night – and it’s all for Wave Me Goodbye, featuring evacuees in World War 2. a very good cause. Daniel’s lett er, ‘Woof from Antarcti ca’, was a highly original, Sleep Out London takes imaginati ve and extremely well-writt en lett er, which featured place on 16 November a boy writi ng to his dog from Antarcti ca! and is an event organised Daniel wins the money-can’t-buy prize of his lett er being by the Centrepoint published in an exclusive WH Smith editi on of the paperback charity. It gives people a small idea of what it’s like to sleep rough, of Wave Me Goodbye, out on 8 February 2018. He will also while raising money for young people who have to do it for real. meet Jacqueline Wilson, receive £100 worth of books, a year’s Centrepoint is the UK’s leading charity for homeless young people. subscripti on to First News and a bundle of Jacqueline Wilson They ﬁ nd people safe places to live, give them a health assessment books for his school (Burbage Junior School in Leicestershire). and support them in many ways. Prince William is a patron of the One of the judges, First News editor Nicky Cox, said: “It is charity and has even taken part in the Sleep Out himself, sleeping wonderful to discover that, in this technological age, lett er-writi ng rough next to wheelie bins by Blackfriars Bridge for the night. is not a dying art but safe in the hands of our youngest generati on.” 5. the week’s news in pictures FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 G e tt y

LHOKSEUMAWE, INDONESIA: A view of the moon at its closest distance to G e tt y Earth, when it’s known as a supermoon. November’s full moon is the second- largest supermoon this year, with the moon’s distance to Earth esti mated to be 364,000 kilometres (226,000 miles). SUZHOU, CHINA: An aerial view of a crab-shaped eco museum that is under constructi on. The stainless steel museum is 75m long and 16m high, with three ﬂ oors. It is expected to open next year. G e tt y G e tt y G e tt y

ARIZONA, USA: A hiker walks among the unique U-shaped troughs of the Wave rock formati on in the Coyotes Butt es North wilderness area. The Wave is a sandstone rock formati on that was formed by a combinati on of water and wind erosion. It is so fragile, only 20 hikers are allowed to walk there each day. G e tt y G e tt y

BIRMINGHAM, UK: A huge cake in the shape of a seahorse, with detailed icing patt erns, is set to wow visitors to Cake Internati onal at Birmingham’s NEC. The CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: People release lanterns into the air at the cake, which stands six feet (1.8m) high, has been created by Cornish luxury Yi Peng festi val, also known as the festi val of lights. Sending the lanterns cake makers, Peboryon. The cake will raise funds for the Marine Conservati on up into the air symbolises letti ng go of your worries and negati ve feelings. Society (MCS) when it’s cut up and sold off on the last day of the show. FIRST NEWS LIVE! SNAPPED! Whenever you see the Head to live.fi rstnews.co.uk to check Our daily TV bulleti n, First News Today, from our team at First News Live! icon on a page (left ), out the First News team’s top pic picks Sky News will tell you all you need to know each day in there’s a video that goes with the story (hee hee!) of the day – every weekday just 60 seconds! Come back every weekday aft ernoon at live.fi rstnews.co.uk on our website: live.fi rstnews.co.uk on First News Live! 3pm for a new bulleti n! Just head to live.fi rstnews.co.uk. 6. Home news FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017

Scotland UK glasgow Let it snow! Stop squishing spiders! NY makeover Streets in Glasgow were Overnight on Saturday 4 November, The RSPB is encouraging people to stop squashing spiders transformed into New York Britain experienced its fi rst snow of and to give them a home. The UK is home to 650 diff erent recently, as Doctor Strange star the year. People in Glencoe woke up species of spider and they are actually really useful. They eat bugs in your house Benedict Cumberbatch fi lmed on Sunday to a sprinkling of snow, and chomp on insects that feast on farmers’ crops, so they act as a natural scenes for his new TV show. The aft er temperatures tumbled across pesti cide. In fact, daddy long-legs spiders (also known as cellar spiders) eat around Barras was made to look like the UK. 700,000 tonnes of bugs every year. Do you let spiders live in your house? a New York meat market and yellow cabs drove around the roads. Cumberbatch was seen wearing an eye patch as he got into character in scenes for his new drama.

Manchester Disability help Kidz To Adultz North is returning to Manchester’s EventCity on 16 November. The free exhibiti on, organised by charity Disabled wales Living, oﬀ ers support, advice and informati on to young people with Tax talk disabiliti es and additi onal needs School pupils in Wales will get plus their carers. lessons in tax from next spring. Pupils aged 8-11 are going to be taught ‘Junior Tax Facts’ so that they know where the money comes from that pays for all the things in their BANBURY community, like the police and doctors. Kids create app As part of a ‘Where We Live’ topic, Year 2 children from Hanwell Fields Community School used Agents Of UK Discovery (an educati onal mobile game platf orm) to Hate crimes rising create an augmented reality A new report has revealed that game similar to Pokémon Go Islamophobia (hatred or fear of that locals and visitors will be Muslims) is increasing in the UK. able to use. The interacti ve A report from the charity Tell MAMA game, Banbury Historical Town suggests that there was a 47% rise in Mission – Agents of Discovery, Islamophobic incidents in the streets will help in 2016, mostly against women. london people to learn Paw-some party more Lots of stars turned out to celebrate the work of Batt ersea about IN Dogs & Cats Home at its Collars & Coats Gala Ball. BGT’s the NEWS Amanda Holden and TV presenter Paul O’Grady hosted historical the event in London, which featured a parade of past and places in NUMBERS present Batt ersea dogs. Banbury.

11,070 1,486 out of 7 hours is how 20% is the rise in barnacle geese have 2,838 speed cameras in long a man was applicati ons to food banks been recorded at RSPB Britain are turned on, stuck in the vent in Scotland, according Scotland’s Mersehead according to informati on of an extractor fan to The Trussell Trust. 20 years is how long The Snowman has been reserve in Dumfries and gathered by the Press while trying to rob The charity says that running in London’s West End at the Peacock Galloway. This is a record Associati on aft er data a chicken shop in the Government should Theatre. The show will tour the UK this winter, number for the reserve, was released by 36 out Birmingham. He had change how beneﬁ ts are with dates in Manchester, Glasgow, Southampton, which had 10,035 of the of 45 police forces. to be rescued by the paid so that people don’t Milton Keynes and Brighton. geese last year. ﬁ re brigade. become so desperate. 7. The Week ahead FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 REMEMBRANCE CHILDREN DAY IN NEED 11 NOVEMBER 13-17 NOVEMBER

PUDSEY is back for this year’s BBC Children In Need! Team Pudsey are calling on people across the country to ‘do your thing.’ Whether that’s running, cycling, trekking, baking or completi ng a challenge, they want you to have lots of fun while raising money for charity. The Big Spotacular is also returning, encouraging schools to get spott y! live.ﬁ rstnews.co.uk That might mean dressing in spots, selling spott y cakes, playing spott y games or taking part in spott y challenges. Ask your teacher to visit bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/schools. This year, the big TV appeal show will take place on 17 November on BBC1. Graham Norton, Rochelle Humes and Tess Daly are among those presenti ng on the night. The evening’s entertainment will include sketches, performances and loads more. All money donated through Children In Need is used to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. You can ﬁ nd out more informati on and order a fundraising kit at www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk.

REMEMBRANCE Day (or Armisti ce Day) marks the end of the First World War and is a day to remember those that fought and died to protect others. Throughout November, people buy and wear poppies to show their respect for those in the armed forces. The fl ower has come to mark remembrance, aft er Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote a famous poem called In Flanders Fields about poppies growing in the batt lefi elds. Each year at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, people hold a two-minute silence. On Remembrance Sunday (12 November), services and concerts are held throughout the country. This year, it has been announced that Prince Charles will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph memorial in London, on behalf of his mum. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will watch the proceedings from a balcony. To fi nd out more about Remembrance Day, make sure you see our I Don’t Get It video at fi rst.news/remembranceday.

DIARY DATES THIS WEEK & TO DOs IN HISTORY MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS Sunday 12 November Rita Ora is hosti ng this year’s award ceremony, which will 11 NOV 1992 honour top music stars. The Church of England COVENT GARDEN CHRISTMAS SWITCH-ON voted by a narrow margin Tuesday 14 November to allow women to It’s offi cially the most wonderful ti me of the year, as the Christmas lights are switched on in become priests. The London’s Covent Garden. Pudsey will be there, too! fi rst female priests were CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK 13-17 November ordained (offi cially BookTrust is teaming up with schools, libraries, children, parents and carers to celebrate books appointed) at Bristol and reading for fun! Cathedral in March 1994. 8. WORLD NEWS FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017

usa switzerland Germany SAUDI ARABIA Texas shooti ng On the loose Wind for days Corrupti on clear-out As First News A seven-year-old managed to board King Salman has ordered the arrest went to press, an easyJet fl ight to Corsica without of dozens of high-ranking offi cials, at least 29 a ti cket or a passport. Luckily, the including the head of Saudi Arabia’s people had been crew spott ed the girl before the Nati onal Guard, Prince Abdullah, over killed and 20 plane took off , and they were able charges of corrupti on (dishonest and others injured G e tt y to alert authoriti es. Now there are illegal behaviour), bribery and tax in a shooti ng serious questi ons being asked about fraud. The arrests were made shortly at a church in Texas. The shooti ng the security at Geneva Airport. It is iStock aft er King Salman created an anti - happened at the First Bapti st Church corrupti on committ ee, led by his son, believed staff thought the litt le girl A stormy weekend in Germany in Sutherland Springs during a Sunday Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. was with adults, which is why she meant that the wind turbines service. The suspect – named as Devin It’s thought that the arrests will help managed to get through checks. produced way more electricity Kelley – was found dead following the to strengthen the Crown Prince’s Bertrand Stämpfl i, a spokesman than usual. Around 40 nuclear incident. The shooti ng has sparked positi on for the airport, said the incident reactors’ worth of power was more debate on America’s gun laws. as next in was “regrett able.” produced, reaching around 39,000 President Trump said: “We have a line to the G e tt y megawatt s. Power stati ons were lot of mental health problems in our throne. shut down, so that supply and country, but this isn’t a guns situati on”. demand were kept steady.

OUR WORLD Name: Tawhid Age: 10 Lives: Bangladesh TAWHID, ten, lives in Bangladesh. NIGERIA Cataracts in USA Football his eyes meant for good he couldn’t see, Russia’s electi on vietnam so playing and infl uence The Nigerian army has begun using the country’s favourite sport, making friends was diffi cult. The US Congress Flood alerts football, to care for boys who are But surgery corrected his vision. was this week At least 49 people have died aft er vulnerable to radicalisati on (when His father said: “If Tawhid stayed shown just Typhoon Damrey hit Vietnam, someone begins to agree with blind, he would not be able to go how infl uenti al causing heavy fl ooding. Thousands extreme points of view). The idea of people have been evacuated to school or get a job. It will give Russia was in G e tt y is that young men and boys won’t him a new life.” the 2016 US from the UNESCO World Heritage join Boko Haram if they’re busy Sightsavers, supported by the UK electi on, when senators revealed site, and many buildings have been playing football. Boko Haram is an Government, has launched a fi nal the many diff erent adverts that had damaged. Around 30,000 people Islamic extremist group based in push towards providing a million been bought by Russians and shown had to be evacuated. Nigeria, and is linked to the Islamic cataract operati ons. The Million to Americans on Facebook. Many State terrorist group. They have Miracles UK Aid Match appeal adverts were supporti ng Donald killed and kidnapped many, and supports projects in Pakistan, Trump and hateful towards Hillary push their extremist and violent Bangladesh and Clinton. It’s claimed that the aim views. Many terrorists are said to elsewhere. G e tt y of the adverts was to spread anger have been radicalised, which is and fake news, and to cause division why they commit terror att acks. To fi nd out more, visit among voters. millionmiracles.org. 9. SCIENCE NEWS FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017

This report is DID YOU from our friends at the Science KNOW? Museum, part MONSTER of the Science SCOTLAND’s rugby union team has Museum Group. started using drones to analyse PLANET players’ performances. Formati ons BEAT THE BUG and tacti cs will be captured from WE share our world with lots above by the drones, then studied of bacteria. by performance analysts

FOUND Garlick of Warwick/Mark University at ground level. Trillions live inside you, and although many are harmless they can also cause infecti on and, rarely, death. Thanks to anti bioti cs, millions of people PYRAMID each year are cured of bacterial diseases. But bacteria have fought PUZZLE back, developing into superbugs resistant to our anti bioti cs. This week we opened a new An arti st’s impression of planet iStock exhibiti on, Superbugs: The Fight NGTS-1b with its nearby star For Our Lives, which explores how we are responding to the by Eddie de Oliveira huge challenge of superbugs. In the exhibiti on you can see nine A ‘MONSTER’ planet that has been discovered by a team deadly bacteria and learn why of astronomers wrecks a theory that giant planets can’t be researchers are studying Komodo formed by a very small star. THE mysterious pyramids dragon blood, examining bacteria It is the largest planet compared to the size of its companion star ever living on ants and diving into of Egypt have just got a discovered in the universe. Icelandic fj ords to fi nd bit more mysterious, aft er NGTS-1b, as the planet has been named, is 600 light years away from new anti bioti cs. scienti sts discovered a large Earth. It is a gas giant, just like Jupiter and Saturn, but it orbits a star only empty space deep inside the half the size of our own star, the sun. Great Pyramid of Giza, the The planet is about the same size as Jupiter, which is approximately 143,000 kilometres wide at its equator – big enough to fi t more than oldest of the seven wonders 1,300 Earths inside. of the ancient world. The Science Museum NGTS-1b sits very close to its star – just 3% of the distance between The curious cavity is thought Earth and the sun. It orbits its star every 2.6 days, meaning a year on the to be 30m long and several planet lasts just two and a half days. That’s a lot of New Year’s Eve parti es! metres in height. A team of Previously, experts thought that a planet of this size could not be formed Japanese and French scienti sts by such a small star. According to the theory, small stars can form rocky found the void aft er two years of Escherichia coli bacteria planets (similar to Earth or Mars) but they don’t gather enough material studying the pyramid. They used together to form Jupiter-sized planets. The new discovery by a team led by a technique called muography, You can see Superbugs: The scienti sts from the University of Warwickshire blows that theory to bits. which can detect changes Fight For Our Lives for free at NGTS-1b orbits a red M-dwarf star, which is the most common type of of density inside large rock the Science Museum in London star in the universe. This means there could be many more giant planets structures. It is the fi rst major from 9 November 2017. Find out like NGTS-1b out there, orbiti ng small stars. structure found in the pyramid more at sciencemuseum.org.uk/ since the 19th century. superbugs. The Great Pyramid has fascinated people for centuries. To this day, nobody is certain The latest zebra poos how the 146-metre structure SCIENTISTS from the University of Manchester and Chester Zoo have was built. Constructi on took DID YOU been studying zebra poo to fi nd out what an animal’s response to place during the reign of Pharaoh KNOW? climate change and habitat destructi on will be. Khufu between 2509 and 2483 BC. It is known to contain three The team has been looking at the eff ect of ‘stressors’ (upsetti ng or challenging large chambers and a series NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission events) on South Africa’s Cape mountain zebra species. The research found that of passageways, including a will contain 23 individual ‘eyes’ stressors including habitat changes are likely to aff ect the zebra’s health and 47m-long, 8m-high one known to observe the Red Planet – more ulti mately could damage the animal’s chances of long-term survival. as the Grand Gallery. than any other rover ever. The To measure levels of stress in the zebras, the Scienti sts are now debati ng cameras, which can take 3D scienti sts have been analysing something in zebra what the purpose of the space images, will be placed all over droppings called glucocorti coid hormones. These might be. Some think it may be the litt le vehicle. It’s a big leap hormones reveal an animal’s stress level. there to act as a kind of support forward for NASA’s Mars rovers: As the average temperature of the planet increases, for the pyramid, preventi ng the when Pathfi nder landed on the animals’ natural habitats are at risk of being shrunk heavy stones from collapsing. planet in 1997, it had just fi ve or destroyed altogether. The stress caused by such Further tests, involving robots, cameras on board! a situati on could lead to severe drops in populati on will hopefully reveal more. iStock sizes, or even exti ncti on. 10. Game Zone FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017

BRING YOUR ART TO LIFE! LAST week was Paris Games Week, and Sony took the opportunity to showcase some of the brand-new games coming to the PS4 and PSVR. While a ton of new games were shown, the one that really grabbed our something beauti ful in the game, no matt er how good or bad their art skills interest was Concrete Genie, an adventure game that’s all about transforming may be in real life. the world around you with the power of art. Set in the small, empty and As Ash progresses, his brush will be powered up, unlocking new areas of the polluted town of Denska, you play as Ash, a young illustrator who spends town of Denska. You might come up against a boarded-up door, but aft er doing his days doodling in his notebook. some doodling and solving a new puzzle, you’ll unlock a special red paint that A group of bullies take issue with Ash and steal the book, tearing out the can burn away the boards. pages and scatt ering them across the city. As he sets oﬀ on his journey to The enemies can really screw things up for Ash, destroying his artwork restore his notebook, Ash comes across a magic paintbrush that has the as you play. And, as the player, that’s your artwork they’re destroying. The power to bring his drawings to life. developers hope that the game will help players understand what it’s like to With his paintbrush, Ash sets out to light up Denska with his art and ﬁ nd be bullied, and encourage bullies to stop what they’re doing and think about his missing notebook, all while avoiding the bullies on patrol. how it feels. The game is played using the moti on controls built into the PS4 controller, We’ll probably hear more about Concrete Genie in December, during and the developers have promised that everyone should be able to make PlayStati on’s third massive live show of the year, PSX. Stay tuned!

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Direct debit o er followed by £16.49 every three months. Calls are charged at your standard network rate. Order before 17 December to guarantee pre-Christmas delivery. 11. TAKEOVER DAY FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 TAKEOVER DAY 2017! WHAT would you do if you could take over any job for a day? Every November there’s one day dedicated to letti ng children take charge. It’s called Takeover Day and it lets you take over an adult job for the day. This year, Takeover Day is on 24 November. Takeover Day helps adults listen to children and young people’s opinions when they make important decisions – it’s ti me your voices were heard! Last year, 44,000 of you took part in the Takeover Day challenge, with more organisati ons than ever before opening their doors to young people. Sam and Mark, presenters of Sam & Mark’s Big Friday Wind-Up on CBBC and now published authors, are also urging you to take over your school’s next Scholasti c Book Fair! There are prizes to be won, including an iPad, an engraved trophy, £500 worth of books for your school and a chance to meet Sam and Mark. Why not ask your teacher about taking over your next Book Fair? You can ﬁ nd out more at bookfairs.scholasti c.co.uk/takeover. Anyone can join in Takeover Day; you just need a willing company to open their doors to you – some ti me near 24 November. One company doing that is publisher Scholasti c. Find out below how you could be a Children’s Book Publisher for a day.

JOB SPEC: Children’s Book Publisher at Scholastic

Are you a bookworm? Do you love it when the Scholasti c Book Fair rolls into school? Do you like being in charge? If the answer’s yes, don’t miss your chance to be a Children’s Book Publisher for the day as part of Takeover Day! You’ll spend the day at Scholasti c HQ, where you’ll be able to see how books are put together, how covers are designed and how books are adverti sed, with the chance to create a real promoti onal campaign yourself. You’ll meet the teams responsible for publishing books such as Tom Gates, Horrible Histories and The Hunger Games and get the inside gossip on what’s new and exciti ng in the world of kids’ books. So, what skills are required for this job? You’ll need to be creati ve, a good team player, a strong decision-maker, be happy to get stuck in and, of course, love books. If this sounds like you, then send your applicati on, telling Scholasti c why you are a perfect ﬁ t for this job, to vacancies@scholasti c.co.uk by Friday 17 November 2017. Include your name, age and a parent or teacher’s contact details. The successful applicant will need to travel to Scholasti c HQ in London on Friday 24 November 2017, have parental permission and be accompanied by an adult. Travel costs are not included.

WE TOOK OVER IN 2016! In 2016 First News teamed up with the Children’s Commissioner for the Takeover Challenge. We oﬀ ered a group of lucky readers the chance to take on their dream jobs. We called them Dream Takeovers, and some of these experiences were ﬁ lmed for First News Live! Check out the cool jobs they took over. Can you do something just as fantasti c this year?

FACT FILE FACT FILE FACT FILE Name: Sam Dalgliesh. Name: Lamech Tiamiyu. Name: Edward Cecile. Age: Nine. Age: Ten. Age: 13. Takeover role: Match Takeover role: Sky Takeover role: Science Day Event Manager at News Presenter. Museum Explainer. Manchester City. Takeover Day included: Takeover Day included: Takeover Day included: Helping to produce the Talking museum visitors Spending the day behind the scenes, reading out bulleti n with Sky News’ through the awesome experiments on display at match day stats and handing out the Women’s Claire Bridge and to be the Wonderlab. Super League trophy. the newsreader for it. Edward said: “Being an explainer is a lot harder Sam said: “It was a really great day. I’d deﬁ nitely Lamech said: “It felt like than you think it would be. I think I did a good job, like to work there when I’m older because there I was a news presenter although probably not as good as the people who are a lot of nice people who work there and presenti ng the news live. I had a brilliant day; work here!” exciti ng things to see.” I even got a VIP taxi to the studio!”

Check out these Takeover Challenge fi lms at live.fi rstnews.co.uk/takeover-challenge LIVE! 12. ANIMAL NEWS FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 PENGUINS IN PERIL MONKEY A WHOLE colony of Adélie penguins in Antarcti ca is at risk aft er an internati onal commission refused to MOUSTACHES protect their home. Early this year, penguins in Adélie Land suff ered a catastrophic loss, when only two chicks survived during breeding season. Unusual amounts of sea ice meant that the adult birds had to travel further for food, meaning most of the chicks starved. It was hoped that the Commission For The Conservati on Of Antarcti c Marine Living Resources would establish the penguins' home in the South Pole as a Marine Protecti on Area. Conservati onists wanted krill (ti ny shrimp-like creatures that penguins eat) fi sheries to be banned from the area, to protect the foraging and breeding grounds of the penguins. However, the plans did not get the go-ahead at an important meeti ng, due to several issues, including fi shing rights.

THE Emperor tamarins at Drusillas Park have got a head start on Movember! This Movember (moustache + November), These monkeys have been growing theirs for people across the world will grow moustaches quite some ti me, and hope to provide a litt le and facial hair to raise money for charity. inspirati on! What do you think?

BIRD CRIME THE RSPB has released a new report on bird crime in 2016, which features some shocking fi gures. All birds of prey (known as raptors) in the UK are protected by law. This includes hen harriers, peregrine falcons, red kites and buzzards. However, raptors are sti ll deliberately killed in the UK. There were 81 known incidents of birds of prey being killed in 2016, but many others are thought to have gone unreported. The RSPB is calling on police PAWFECT PROTECTORS? and other authoriti es to protect birds of prey, as well as introduce a licensing IT would seem that dogs really are man's, or a kid's, best friend. New research has revealed that system for grouse shooti ng. The RSPB says having a pet dog can protect some young people from getti ng asthma or eczema. that grouse-shooti ng estates are to blame Two new studies were presented at the American children were reacti ng to, and then things like for many illegal raptor deaths. College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual bacteria that dogs carry. They discovered that Scienti fi c Meeti ng in Boston. They fi rst found that while urban children's asthma got briefl y worse children of mums who were in daily contact with a dog when they were exposed to the allergen, exposure for at least an hour when they were pregnant had a to the bacteria led to an overall protecti ve eff ect lower risk of eczema by the age of two. against asthma symptoms. The second looked at children with asthma who were Other studies have shown that dogs can help in allergic to dogs. They examined two probable sources lowering people's blood pressure, reducing stress, for the allergy – the protein (or allergen) that the losing weight and batt ling diseases. 13. SPECIAL REPORT FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 13-17 NOVEMBER ANTI-BULLYING WEEK BULLYING happens to people of all ages, races and backgrounds, which is why it is important to remember this anti -bullying week that we are all diff erent but all equal.

THE AIM OF THE WEEK Anti -bullying week aims to raise awareness of bullying and the need to stamp it out for good. This year’s theme is all about recognising our diﬀ erences and appreciati ng uniqueness.

WHAT IS BULLYING? Bullying can happen anywhere, whether it’s online, at school or at home. There are lots of diﬀ erent types of bullying. People might bully others because of their race, religion or gender. There are lots of other reasons, too. Bullying can include being called names, having rumours spread about you, being threatened, being left out or ignored, or being physically hurt. The important thing to remember if it happens to you is that you are never alone. Nobody has the right to bully another person and there are ways to get it stopped.

CYBERBULLYING The internet can be a great source of fun and informati on, but it can also be used as a platf orm to cyberbully. You might get sent nasty comments or messages on social media, online games or email. Someti mes bullies ﬁ nd it easier to target others by using technology to hide behind. This doesn’t make it okay, though. In fact, it can make the bullying seem harder to escape from. If you receive anything that makes you feel sad, worried or uncomfortable, don’t reply to it and instead let a trusted adult know. The same applies for messages received on a mobile phone.

TACKLING BULLYING ODD SOCKS DAY Bullying can make people feel very sad and lonely. It can On Monday 13 November, it’s Odd Socks also take away their self-confi dence. If you, or someone you Day. All you have to do to take part is wear know, is experiencing bullying, these ti ps might help you. odd socks to school and show off your • You might have heard of the phrase ‘Two heads is bett er than individuality! If everyone in your class or one.’ Telling a friend or adult will mean you get some support, school donates £1, you can also help to and they can give you advice. Teachers can also help to tackle raise money for the Anti -Bullying Alliance bullying. You should even have an anti -bullying policy at – a group of organisati ons and individuals your school. that are united against bullying. Parti cipati ng schools can even enter • Build your confi dence and wellbeing by arranging things to a competi ti on to meet children’s TV look forward to, trying new hobbies and writi ng positi ve presenter, Andy Day! Ask your teacher to things down. visit www.anti -bullyingalliance.org.uk • Block and avoid the bullies if you can. Most phones will let for more informati on. you block numbers, and social media sites have butt ons to block, delete or unfriend other users.

If you, or anyone you know, is experiencing bullying, you can get support and advice at www.childline.org.uk or by calling 0800 11 11. 14. entertainment FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 .15 Five THIS WEEK minutes RAVEN’S with HOME CREW Beyoncé is set to be the voice of Nala in the new DOUBLE 1 version of Disney’s classic movie, The Lion King. The superstar will star as main character Simba’s best friend That’s So Raven used to be a huge show in the live-acti on version of the ﬁ lm. on Disney Channel, and now the lead character has returned with a whole new

G e tt y spin-off show. We caught up with the cast TROUBLE to quiz them about it. What’s Raven’s Home all about? Raven-Symoné: In Raven’s Home, Raven and her DENNIS thethe MenaceMenace isis causingcausing chaoschaos againagain on our screens in best friend Chelsea [played by Anneliese van der a new TV show, Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed. We caught up Pol] live in Chicago. Raven has 11-year-old twins with the new voice of the cheeky schoolboy, Freddie Fox, to and Chelsea has a son, so we see a new kind of BBC/Beano Studios fi nd out more. family with these two best friends raising their kids together under one roof. In my eyes, I think it’s a I wouldn’t want to know about. prett y cool situati on. I’d love to raise my kids with Tell us a secret about the set. my best friend. Raven-Symoné: If you look closely at Raven’s They may not be a band any more, but One Directi on Home, you might spot some of my artwork are sti ll making history. The band have joined The What can we expect from the show? 2 hanging around the place. You know Hidden Beatles as the only other group where three members have Raven-Symoné: You can expect to see Raven and Mickeys at Disneyland and Disney World? Well, achieved a solo number one album in the US. Harry, Zayn Chelsea get into fun situati ons. You can expect lots I like to call them Hidden Ravens in Raven’s Home. and now Niall have all topped the charts in the States. of laughs. You can also expect to have some great family fun watching Raven’s son Booker [played by Within the show, there are pieces of clothing and artwork that I did myself. Speaking of Harry Styles, the sweet singer sent pizza Issac Ryan Brown] deal with psychic visions, just Tell us about Dennis. and hot chocolate to fans camping overnight outside like his mother! 3 Who’s got the coolest dressing room the Hammersmith Apollo in London so that they could get Dennis is the schoolboy mischief-maker Would you like to have psychic powers backstage? a good spot at his solo show. you can’t help but love. He’s the bundle of energy with a heart of solid gold who will in real life? Issac Ryan Brown: Raven has the best dressing Raven-Symoné: Of course! How cool would that do anything for his mates. He’s a litt le part room. She has a Wii and an exercise machine in Miranda Hart is set to host this year’s Royal Variety be? You would get to see into the future. I’d love it. of every schoolkid, me very much included! one room. In another, she has three cool couches. 4 Performance. The comedian will host the event at Anneliese van der Pol: I agree. I would love Given that he’s been going for well over half It’s super cool. the London Palladium, which will feature acts including BBC/Beano Studios psychic powers, although I would much rather a century, he’s a ti meless monument to fun, the Britain’s Got Talent winner, pianist Tokio Myers, Jason be able to ti me travel or have some other form Catch the fi rst episode of Raven’s imaginati on and friendship. Manford and The Script. The show takes place on Friday 24 of superpower. I think psychic abiliti es can be Home, Monday 13 November at November and will be transmitt ed on ITV in December. dangerous at ti mes. There are certain things 5pm on Disney Channel. How did you come up with his voice? The voice came prett y much immediately. It was the fi rst voice that came into my head. with Gnasher! I didn’t have a dog growing up, so PIC OF THE WEEK His laugh is borrowed a bit from a friend IT’S nearly ti me for Olaf! Gnasher is about as close to a substi tute as I had. of mine but, other than that, it was just The new short fi lm, Olaf’s Frozen gut insti nct. I guess that it comes from the What do you think about two Adventure, will be screened before the extremely high quality of the writi ng. When new strong female characters original Frozen movie at cinemas across the scripts are that good and the character being central to Dennis’ gang? the UK on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 is so clear on the page, it makes my job of Awesome! And essenti al! Dennis needs foils November. The 21-minute mini-movie sees Olaf on a providing the voice a lot easier. THE MUSICAL-SAURUS mission to fi nd the best festi ve traditi ons for Anna, Elsa [contrasts], as he’s such a strong personality. and Kristoff . What could be bett er than two whip-smart, THIS week, First News was invited to a very special, very Christmassy Do you have anything in hilarious girls to provide brilliant parallel preview of songs from The Christmasaurus Live, with Tom Fletcher common with Dennis? storylines and help keep his feet on and some very special guests. I think, perhaps, the thing I most admire the ground!? Tom used the preview to make a very exciti ng Christmasaurus announcement about the release about Dennis is his amazing energy and wild of The Christmasaurus: The Musical Editi on on 16 November. Tom said: “This book all began with a imaginati on – two things I’ve very much tried What was the most song. It was called… The Christmasaurus! That song inspired this whole story and as I began writi ng to culti vate in my life as an actor/director. mischievous thing you the book I wrote more songs that helped me tell the story and bring the characters to life. The did as a child? book was released last year, but I knew that somehow I wanted to get these songs out there. I see

Did you love Dennis when you Umm, I used to sti nk-bomb peoples’ them as a soundtrack to the book and, while the book can be read on its own, just as the songs can were growing up? lett erboxes on the weekends when their be listened to without reading the book, you only get the full story when you combine the two.” I used to read Dennis in The Beano when I newspapers were delivered. And my best At the launch, Tom also announced some of the cast members joining him in The Christmasaurus went to have my hair cut. I was obsessive and friend and I used to build a lot of booby-traps Live, which opens in London on 21 December. He’ll be joined by his sister, Carrie Hope Fletcher,

made my parents take me to the hairdressers around our dens in the woods. We used to wife Giovanna Fletcher, former McBusted band-mate Matt Willis, McFly band-mate Harry Judd and y Gett way more oft en than I needed to. It would test them out on our sisters. It didn’t make Santa Claus! The cast performed songs from the new show for the ﬁ rst ti me and we can conﬁ rm take a lot of persuasion to get me out of the us universally popular! they are brilliantly festi ve. Our favourite was I Ho Ho Hope It’s Santa, which we’re sti ll singing! chair! I guess as a kid you love the fun. The “Christmas is about family,” says Tom, “so it’s amazing that my family and friends can join me to adventures. The rebellion against authority. Catch Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed be a part of The Christmasaurus Live.” And most of all the friendships, not least every day at 6pm on CBBC. We can’t wait to see it! Look out for an exclusive interview with Tom and Matt Willis in a future

©2017 Disney. All Rights Reserved.Studios All Rights ©2017 Disney. issue of First News. FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 .15 Five minutes RAVEN’S DOUBLE with HOME CREW That’s So Raven used to be a huge show on Disney Channel, and now the lead character has returned with a whole new spin-off show. We caught up with the cast TROUBLE to quiz them about it. What’s Raven’s Home all about? Raven-Symoné: In Raven’s Home, Raven and her DENNIS the Menace is causing chaos again on our screens in best friend Chelsea [played by Anneliese van der a new TV show, Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed. We caught up Pol] live in Chicago. Raven has 11-year-old twins with the new voice of the cheeky schoolboy, Freddie Fox, to and Chelsea has a son, so we see a new kind of fi nd out more. family with these two best friends raising their kids together under one roof. In my eyes, I think it’s a I wouldn’t want to know about. prett y cool situati on. I’d love to raise my kids with Tell us a secret about the set. my best friend. Raven-Symoné: If you look closely at Raven’s What can we expect from the show? Home, you might spot some of my artwork Raven-Symoné: You can expect to see Raven and hanging around the place. You know Hidden Chelsea get into fun situati ons. You can expect lots Mickeys at Disneyland and Disney World? Well, of laughs. You can also expect to have some great I like to call them Hidden Ravens in Raven’s Home. family fun watching Raven’s son Booker [played by Within the show, there are pieces of clothing and Issac Ryan Brown] deal with psychic visions, just artwork that I did myself. like his mother! Who’s got the coolest dressing room Would you like to have psychic powers backstage? in real life? Issac Ryan Brown: Raven has the best dressing Raven-Symoné: Of course! How cool would that room. She has a Wii and an exercise machine in be? You would get to see into the future. I’d love it. one room. In another, she has three cool couches. Anneliese van der Pol: I agree. I would love It’s super cool. BBC/Beano Studios psychic powers, although I would much rather be able to ti me travel or have some other form Catch the fi rst episode of Raven’s of superpower. I think psychic abiliti es can be Home, Monday 13 November at dangerous at ti mes. There are certain things 5pm on Disney Channel.

THE MUSICAL-SAURUS THIS week, First News was invited to a very special, very Christmassy preview of songs from The Christmasaurus Live, with Tom Fletcher and some very special guests. Tom used the preview to make a very exciti ng Christmasaurus announcement about the release of The Christmasaurus: The Musical Editi on on 16 November. Tom said: “This book all began with a song. It was called… The Christmasaurus! That song inspired this whole story and as I began writi ng the book I wrote more songs that helped me tell the story and bring the characters to life. The book was released last year, but I knew that somehow I wanted to get these songs out there. I see them as a soundtrack to the book and, while the book can be read on its own, just as the songs can be listened to without reading the book, you only get the full story when you combine the two.” At the launch, Tom also announced some of the cast members joining him in The Christmasaurus Live, which opens in London on 21 December. He’ll be joined by his sister, Carrie Hope Fletcher,

wife Giovanna Fletcher, former McBusted band-mate Matt Willis, McFly band-mate Harry Judd and y Gett Santa Claus! The cast performed songs from the new show for the fi rst ti me and we can confi rm they are brilliantly festi ve. Our favourite was I Ho Ho Hope It’s Santa, which we’re sti ll singing! “Christmas is about family,” says Tom, “so it’s amazing that my family and friends can join me to be a part of The Christmasaurus Live.” We can’t wait to see it! Look out for an exclusive interview with Tom and Matt Willis in a future issue of First News. 16. BIG INTERVIEW by Shelley Moulden FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 “I GOT INTO MAGIC TO STOP GUYS PICKING ON ME” BY getti ng the school bullies off his back and earning him millions of fans (including celebs like Liam Payne), magic has changed Dynamo’s life. Now, in his new book, he’s promising to teach you how to be a magician. Maybe it’ll change your life, too.

What made you want to write your new book, Dynamo: The Book Of Secrets? It started oﬀ as an idea over a couple of years. I wanted to put together this guide that if I was a young magician (rewind 20 years ago when I was ﬁ rst getti ng into magic), what would I wish I had to help me. I started to make notes on my iPad when I was on tour, and slowly over ti me it’s grown into something that has become a real manual for magic. It’s great to be able to introduce magic to a whole new generati on.

How did you pick which tricks to include in the book? It was hard to narrow it down. But, also, there are things in the book that, if I’m being honest, I’m quite reluctant to give away. But, then I thought, if I’m gonna do this right, if I’m gonna create the best book of secrets, then I have How did you discover magic? to give them some real gold. Give the I started to see magic when I was like nine or ten. My grandpa people that read the book the ability would show me. But I didn’t learn my fi rst bit of magic unti l to really do amazing things. There’s I was 12. I actually got into it to stop some guys from picking a thing called mobile magic, which on me at school. They used to push me around, throw me in is great because it involves mobile the wheelie bin, beat me up and take my dinner money. So phones. There’s magic that uses bott les my grandpa showed me some magical things that look a bit and mind-reading stuff , and things freaky, to scare people away! It kind of made them think I was that just use your fi ngers. There’s a bit weird, but it got people off my back. Then, as I got more enough stuff in there that, if you study confi dent with it, rumours around the playground spread it correctly and take your ti me to learn that I had these special powers. Then I really got into magic everything, then you can actually put and learned things I could go and impress everyone with. It on a magic show yourself. But, then, changed my whole reputati on around school and gave me the even if you just want to learn some confi dence to come out of my shell. I was a really shy, ti mid simple magic to amaze your friends in kid before then and it gave me the skills I needed to survive. the playground, there are things you Now it’s turned into how I make my living, which is amazing. can learn just by reading it once. You’ll have that skill for the rest of your life.

How do you come up with the ideas for your tricks? How do you come up with the ideas for your tricks? I was good at maths but I can’t say I really enjoyed it. Although I was a Some of the ideas take a long ti me. ForThe Book Of Secrets, some of these skinny kid and not necessarily built for sport, I did like PE. I also liked music. things are tricks I’ve been doing for years. I thought, how can I simplify one I used to play the piano; I played for ten years and I got to grade six. I was of my routi nes so that anyone can pick it up and learn it? I’ve also been lucky always fascinated by my music. At one ti me I learned how to play the fl ute, to get the backing of the Magic Circle, and some of their top magicians have the piano, the guitar and the drums at the same ti me. donated routi nes especially for this book. I think we all agree it’s important I was a bit of a shy kid but I had big ideas and big to get young people into magic now and keep magic alive for the future. dreams, even back then. Even back then I believed Young people getti ng into it now could be the future of magic. that anything was possible. In a way, I haven’t really grown up because, in some respects, I sti ll believe that today. I think that’s partly why I get such mad magic ideas. I was always a dreamer. I probably CHARITIES SUPPORTED BY FIRST NEWS didn’t pay as much att enti on in class as I should have done. I think I was misunderstood. But I think we Dynamo: The are all diff erent and, if we were the same, life would Book Of Secrets be boring. If you have your own ideas and you are is out now. diff erent, then I think you should embrace it. 17. SPECIAL REPORT FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017

MY STORY I was diagnosed with a brain tumour at 17 months old. The tumour left me with a conditi on BBC/CTVC/Georgia Smith BBC/CTVC/Georgia called hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and epilepsy. I have at least ﬁ ve seizures a day and it is very exhausti ng, as they make me feel unwell aft erwards. As I MAKING PLANS have so many seizures, I need to have someone with me 24 hours DJ Nick Grimshaw invited me a day every day to make sure I’m MY to Radio 1 to talk through some okay. That can be annoying, but of the entertainment ideas for I know it’s to keep me safe. the prom. I have spent most of my I adverti sed the prom in childhood in hospital, which schools, community centres, meant I missed a lot of school. groups and online. People School isn’t just a great place to from across the UK nominated learn; it’s also where we learn amazing and very deserving how to communicate and play young people. It was at this with others. It’s where we make IN 2016, Lewis Hine won Radio’s 1 Teen Hero award for starti ng moment I realised what a truly friends. I missed a lot of that LIFE special and rewarding thing Friend Finder and helping hundreds of young people to make I was doing. because of my illness. friends. Here he tells us about his extraordinary journey and However, growing up at why everyone needs a friend. school, I had no friends and I felt very isolated and alone. A few years ago, I decided to reach out to my local community, to see if there were other children like

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PROM NIGHT On 2 June 2017, I held the fi rst ever Friend Finder Prom. 150 young people (with a carer or parent) came to Portsmouth Guildhall where they were greeted by a red carpet, cameras and a welcome drink. A team of fi re dancers started the entertainment, making the room glow. We served a delicious three-course meal and had photo booths, sweet stalls, candyfl oss

BBC/CTVC/Will Moore Moore BBC/CTVC/Will and popcorn machines, and gift bags, to make everyone smile. The hardest part of the night was MY 16TH BIRTHDAY that I had to give a speech. I was FRIEND FINDER On my 16th birthday, my mum couldn’t aff ord to do a lot, so I decided I so nervous, but I went on stage. Aft er fi nding out there were would celebrate it in a more modern way. I made a video about my life, to Aft er the prom, we were fl ooded so many other children like me mark the moment I turned 16, as this was a big achievement! I asked my with thank you messages and who missed school through big sister Chloe if she could help me make a very short video about what it’s cards from young people saying it illness or disability, I decided to like to be disabled and together we created the video My 16th Birthday. We was the best night of their lives. do something about it. I created posted it online and overnight it went viral. I will always remember my 16th an organisati on called Friend birthday as the day the whole world said “Happy birthday” to me. Well, 31 Finder to bring disabled and million people in the world anyway, including Sir Elton John and many other sick children together so they celebriti es! My life overnight turned into a whirlwind of press and media MAKING FRIENDS can make friends. We share fun att enti on. I told them about my idea for prom and, within one day, the target One girl said she had made events like skiing, football and of £15,000 was hit and we could organise it. more friends at the prom parti es but the one thing I always than she had in her enti re life. wanted to be part of, and to Having a friend is good for your share with my new friends, was Find out more about Lewis’ story in My Life: My Big Prom at 4.30pm mental health – everyone needs a prom. So I was determined to on Tuesday 14 November on CBBC. For more informati on on Friend someone to talk to, to laugh organise the Friend Finder Prom. Finder, visit www.friendfi nderoffi cial.com. with and create memories with. 18. JUST THE JOB FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017

How I use SIAN HARRIS technology in my job I mostly use soft ware. Audio designer I have one set of programmes for IN our interviews and online fi lms, you’ll creati ng sound eff ects, live.fi rstnews.co.uk meet lots of diff erent people with lots of then I use Frostbite to diff erent jobs! BT has been fi nding out put them in the game. I also have a modular how technology is changing jobs and what synthesiser that I use to create sounds. skills people need to make the most of it. How that has changed over my career What I do Diff erent places use diff erent programmes, I’m an audio designer at Criterion, who so I’ve had to constantly learn new ones. develop videogames for publishers like EA. The soft ware is always being updated and improved, so you have to learn to adapt to How I got my job awesome getti ng to work with its iconic sounds. new versions and new features. I studied music and sound technology at Portsmouth Where young people should start if they want University. While I was there I did a gap year What is diffi cult about my job to do the job, too designing the audio for a student-run indie developer It’s quite specialised, so there’s a lot of audio soft ware Look for courses that specialise in sound design. that was funded by the university. I then got a job that I’ve needed to learn. I’m sti ll learning now! EA Practi se making your own sound eff ects at home – with Criterion in the QA (quality assurance) has its own game development tool called Frostbite, Reaper is a great tool that off ers a long free trial and department, testi ng games for audio bugs. I got to so I’ve had to learn that, too. Everyone has an opinion many professionals use it. know the audio team really well and moved on from on what they think something should sound like, so that positi on into an audio designer role. someti mes it can be tricky to make everyone happy. To see Sian working on the latest Star Wars game, watch our brand-new Just The Job fi lm What I love about my job What skills I need at fi rst.news/videogame. I love that I get to work with a team of extremely Be passionate. Be analyti cal – what games do you think talented people. I also just love everything about sound the best and why? Being able to pick out and audio, so getti ng to create sound eff ects on a daily describe which parts of a sound you think work or need basis is great. Also, I’m a huge Star Wars fan, so it’s improvement will help you become a bett er designer.

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RILEY Brooks, a Senior 8am – Time for the daily visual check-up Trainer at Discovery to ensure the dolphins look fi t and healthy – Cove in Florida, has the they all look great! Throughout the year, we amazing job of working do additi onal medical checks to look for signs with nearly 50 Atlanti c of pregnancy and overall health. bott lenose dolphins. 9am – We have our fi rst dolphin interacti on starti ng! Dot and I are with several 5am – First job of the day: excited guests. Dot is full of energy and loves scuba dive to clean Dolphin back rubs and playing games. She receives lots Lagoon. All dolphin trainers of kisses and takes the guests swimming across need to be scuba dive the lagoon. certi fi ed, great swimmers 11am – Play ti me! We give our dolphins all and preferably have types of enrichment, including hoops, buoys, experience working balls, ice and even gelati ne. with animals. Noon – A baby calf is learning some new 7am – The dolphin pods behaviours with her mother, Astra. This calf gather for breakfast, which was born in the pouring rain and, instead of is a bucket of restaurant- being led to the surface for her fi rst breath, quality fi sh! Dolphins eat she leapt out of the water and jumped for air. 5% of their bodyweight That’s why we named her Skye! in fi sh a day. 1pm – Home ti me. I can’t wait for tomorrow! TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT WWW.SEAWORLDPARKS.CO.UK 19. Love wins FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 CARRYING KEVAN A NEW backpack isn’t the sort of thing we’d normally bother telling you about. However, this one is prett y special, because it’s designed to carry a person! To explain what we’re on about, we need to take you back to the summer of 2015, when a group of seven friends in America wanted to go on a huge tour of Europe, including some prett y hard-to-reach places. The tricky thing was that one of them, Kevan Chandler, has to use a wheelchair. He has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a geneti c conditi on that weakens muscles and limits movement. So, Kevan’s friends decided to invent and make their own backpack, so that they could take turns carrying Kevan, as you can see from these pictures. The guys went to Paris, but also came over to the UK and Ireland. That included a trip to Skellig Michael, Kevan and his friends on Skellig Michael and (above the island off the southwest coast right) outside the Royal Albert Hall in London of Ireland that’s a UNESCO World Heritage site and a locati on for the upcoming Star Wars fi lm, The Last Jedi. “I remember sitti ng on the boat aft er hiking Skellig Michael, sti ll strapped to my friend Tom’s back,” Kevan told First News. “It hit me just what kind of crazy love these guys had for me. I can WAVE OF LOVE tell you with confi dence that experiencing that kind of love is bett er than any cure, healing, or A SIMPLE wave was all that it took to melt sense of independence the world could possibly off er.” people’s hearts last week, when a girl tweeted The story could have ended there, but the internet is great at spreading good news as well as a four-second clip fi lmed from a bus. bad, and word soon got around. As well as becoming minor celebriti es, Kevan and his friends have since set up a non-profi t organisati on called We Carry Kevan, which aims to help disabled and Rio Smith lives in Methil in Scotland, and said that able-bodied people to work together to make more places accessible for everyone. either her gran or grandad stands outside their house And that’s where the backpack comes in, as We Carry Kevan have been working with rucksack every day to wave to her as she rides the bus to work. company Deuter to create a backpack design that can be sold everywhere, helping more disabled She att ached a short clip, showing her grandad giving people to get out and about and see the world. an enthusiasti c wave. The latest prototype (early design) was sent to Kevan and the gang last week so, hopefully, The clip quickly went viral, and was menti oned on there’ll be a version available to buy soon. news sites from America to Australia. Rio said that her grandparents started doing it when she got her fi rst job, and that the whole family was overwhelmed with the nice comments they got, which included a lot that Why we launched the were similar to this one: “This is the cutest thing I’ve Love Wins campaign seen in my life”!

The news over the last year has seemed to feature a lot of diﬃ cult, sad stories, but we know that the world isn’t just about terrorists, natural disasters and other tragedies. So, instead of focusing on negati ve stories, like a lot of the media, we want to give as much att enti on to the good things that people are doing, like in all the stories on this page – and several throughout the rest of the issue. SHARE YOUR STORIES If you’ve been involved in, or seen, something that’s shown you the nicer side of people and life, we’d like to hear about it, whether it involves your family, friends, total strangers or animals! Send

us a photo and tell us your Love Wins story by emailing us at newsdesk@fi rstnews.co.uk. Make iStock sure you get a parent or guardian’s permission fi rst. LET THEM KNOW! For anyone who’s done something amazing, you can download a certi fi cate from fi rst.news/ lovewins. Print it out and fi ll it in, then show someone that you appreciate what they’ve done by presenti ng it to them. You could even ask a teacher if you could do it in assembly! #FNLoveWins 20. CRAZY BUT TRUE FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 FUN PIC OF THE WEEK! FURRY FRIENDS Noisy noodles DOES it annoy you when people ‘slurp’ their noodles? If it does, we might have found just the answer! A Japanese food fi rm has developed a special fork that cancels out noise. Yep, you did read that right! The Otohiko fork uses a microphone to detect users’ unpleasant slurps. This triggers a smartphone app that plays a sound to hide the noise. Astra and Elza cuddle up together cute! The unusual gadget was created by Nissin and will be widely made only if WE’VE heard of puppy love, but this is ridiculous! it gets enough pre-orders. IS it a bird? Is it a plane? Would you order this smart fork? No, it’s a fi sh! A puppy and a two-month-old lion cub have become the best of friends at a zoo in Russia. We’ve just been told that Lumiere The pair struck up their unlikely friendship aft er keepers at the Sadgorod London is returning in January, Zoo brought in Elza the Central Asian shepherd puppy to keep Astra the lion with more than 40 amazing light cub company as she grows up. FUN installati ons like this one! The pals have been inseparable ever since, and like nothing more than Lumiere London is the capital’s running around and playing outside together. FACT! largest (and brightest!) arts festi val, Oft en, they can be found snuggling up on the sofa and keeping each other bringing colour to buildings, streets warm, which is perfect for the upcoming cold Russian winter. THE fork doesn’t come cheap: and public spaces. We’re already Elza and Astra might just be the cutest friends we’ve ever seen. Aww! at the moment it costs around excited to see what’s coming! $130 – that’s a whopping £98!

QUICK CHUCKLES RECORD OF THE WEEK HA! Q: What do you call a rich elf? MOST JENGA BLOCKS A: Welfy! REMOVED BY WHIP IN ONE MINUTE THE most Jenga blocks removed by Q: What’s a cheerleader’s a whip in one minute is four and was favourite food? achieved by April Choi (USA) in Peoria, A: Cheerios! HA! Illinois, USA, on 27 September 2016. HA! For info on this record and hundreds Share your jokes with us at newsdesk@ﬁ rstnews.co.uk more, go to guinnessworldrecords.com

Written and illustrated by Paul Palmer 21. Family Fun FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017

LEARNEDWHAT THIS HAVE WEEK? WE FirstNews Quiz HAVE a go at our First News Challenge! Why not set yourself and your friends or family a ti me challenge and 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.

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All S C R E W T O R C H and age. winners will be noti fi ed accordingly and their names and addresses will be available on request. No cash alternati ve for any Word wheel: shipwreck. E L A I 9 3 7 2 8 1 4 5 6 ENTER NOW! MARK YOUR ENTRY FRIENDS prizes will be off ered. The winner may be required to partake in media acti vity relati ng to the competi ti on. D A Y D R E A M 6 4 2 5 3 9 1 7 8 fi rstnews.co.uk/competi ti ons or see page 23. The closing date is 30 November 2017. WWW.STABILO.CO.UK 24. Focus on you FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 FEELING LOW SOMETIMES we can all feel a litt le upset or down. These feelings are completely natural and normal, but can be quite diffi cult to deal with. School and study stresses can make us feel low, fi nd it diffi cult to talk about these problems especially if work and assessments are piling up. to friends or teachers, or you might just want It might feel like you are not good enough, or you someone else to talk to as well. If this is the case, might be worried about failing. These feelings remember that there are always confi denti al and can aff ect anyone, and aren’t unusual or wrong. free services such as Childline, which you can use What is important, however, is how you deal with whenever you need it, for anything at all. these feelings. You might lose moti vati on for your It could be the news and stories from across school work, which can aff ect your studies, and/ the globe that are making you feel low. It can be a or your enjoyment of other acti viti es. struggle to understand why things are happening One way to deal with these feelings is to talk to that might be upsetti ng. You could tell a trusted someone about them. Someti mes just venti ng to adult, such as a teacher, parent or carer, or those around you can take a huge weight off your counsellor. Remind yourself that, while there are shoulders. Your teachers may also be able to help horrible events happening in the world, there are with ti me management or workload if this is the also happy and fascinati ng things happening, too. cause of your stress, and may understand more You might not be able to pinpoint a reason for than you think. feeling low, and that’s okay, too. Feeling low can Family and home life may also be causing you to aff ect anyone at any point. If you fi nd yourself I’m Esther Rantzen, President of Childline, feel low, especially if there are lots of arguments feeling low more frequently, or feeling especially which helps thousands of children every at home between family or carers. This can leave low, then talk to people you trust. week. If you ever need to talk, you can visit you feeling upset or out of control. You might Writt en by NSPCC ambassador, Chloe. www.childline.org.uk or call us on 0800 11 11.

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BE COOL, BE NICE Words for Life LAUNCHING this Anti -Bullying Week is a brand-new book that aims to conquer VICKY Woodgate has been illustrati ng for cyberbullying with kindness. over ten years. Her fi rst author-illustrated Be Cool, Be Nice is an interacti ve journal book, Urban Jungle, is out now, published by that aims to encourage you to refl ect, learn, Big Picture Press. Her second book, A World and create positi vity both on and offl ine. Of Birds, is out in March 2018. Vicky told The Be Cool, Be Nice book is part of a us which storybook character she wider campaign supported by celebriti es would most like to be: including Kendall Jenner and Willow Smith, and is the fi rst book to be linked with Snapchat! Scanning the Snapcode on the front will unlock two exclusive Be Cool, Be Nice lenses, which you can then Snap your friends with. For your younger brothers and sisters, The Tigon and the Liger (by Flat Stanley, First News’ Keilly Swift ) is all about celebrati ng diff erence and loving because he was the skin you’re in. It was the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award able to post himself pick for Anti -Bullying Week 2016, who called it “A pur-fect story for an anywhere in the world. How important week!” cool would that be? BECOME A FIRST NEWS BOOK REVIEWER! HAVE you read a book recently that you desperately want to tell people about? Write us a review! We’ll need around 100 words on a book you’ve been reading – good or bad – and a picture of To read Victoria’s full interview, visit wordsforlife.org.uk/author-interviews. yourself (with parents’ permission!). Email your review to For book recommendati ons, acti viti es and games, go to wordsforlife.org.uk. bookreviews@fi rstnews.co.uk

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SCHOOL PADDINGTON PREMIERE NEWS by Noah and Freya Robson ON Sunday 5 November, we were lucky enough to be invited to the Paddington 2 world premiere by UNICEF. Paddington is going to be the face of Bonneville, Julie Walters and Paul King, UNICEF’s OutRight campaign, helping the writer/director, who told us that UK children to understand basic human he’d always hoped there would be rights that all children, including refugees, a Paddington 2 and that (hopefully) should have. there will be a Paddington 3, too! On the red carpet we spoke to Syrian Aft er the red carpet, we got to watch the refugee Muzoon Almellehan and Mike fi lm, which we hoped would be as good Penrose, the executi ve director of UNICEF. as the fi rst. It completely surpassed our Mike said: “The kindness that the Brown expectati ons – it was brilliant. Paddington family show Paddington when he arrives was as charming, kind and generous as is a great role model for what the UK and ever and Hugh Grant made the whole thing families need to do to refugees.” very funny! We recommend you go and We also spoke to Ben Miller, Hugh watch it yourself – you’ll defi nitely enjoy it! Noah and Freya with Muzoon

WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT DISNEY ON ICE junior by Emilia Gough journalist YOU/YOUR I WENT to see Disney On Ice: SCHOOL IS Passport To Adventure in Birmingham. Firstly, Disney On Ice was really good and I defi nitely recommend UP TO that you go to see it, if you can. They had quite a few acts on from ARE you doing something fi lms like Frozen, Peter Pan sponsored for charity? and The Litt le Mermaid. Starti ng your own school There were lots more Disney newspaper? Putti ng on characters, too. My favourite part of the a show? Are you off on an show was the Lion King bit. amazing holiday or did you It was really good how the have a great day out? Why skaters do all of the tricks not share your experiences on the ice. with First News readers? Emilia getti ng excited for the show It was a very good day out! Email your report (including pictures) to yournews@fi rstnews.co.uk Don’t forget to include your junior name and age (and your STABILO WINNER journalist school’s name and address by Rory Lewis for school news reports). By writing in, you give consent to WINNING STABILO’s Young Journalist Of The Year feels absolutely brilliant! First News printing details and It is so wonderful that the judges thought my arti cle was worthy. I have always photographs of those involved loved reading and writi ng, and I enjoy keeping up with what’s happening around in the report. the world, which is why I read First News. I wrote about a subject that I feel very passionate about: young people making their voices heard and forming their own opinions. Here’s an extract from my winning entry. Be A Voice, Not An Echo the way. These people will How oft en do your parents read a newspaper that they do have reinforced this idea so not agree with? Do they go out of their way to read views much they will be unwilling SUBSCRIBE diff erent to theirs? In the rapidly changing world that we to read, hear or learn about Rory FOR SCHOOL live in, people may not want to hear about the opinions of contradicti ng beliefs, as they others, only listening to views and opinions that they agree now only agree with that one belief. Find out more at with, within their echo chamber. You may be wondering how this is related to children schools.fi rstnews.co.uk An echo chamber is a metaphorical term for when beliefs, and pupils like us. But you might be in an echo chamber of Call: (020) 3195 7256 views and ideas are reinforced. One person will express their a diff erent kind yourself. Do you ever listen to the views of beliefs, and many like-minded people will then reinforce pupils that you don’t know as well? Only you can change Email: schools@fi rstnews.co.uk this belief several ti mes, exaggerati ng and distorti ng it along your views. 27. SPORT in pictures FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 SPORT G e tt y OF PICS THE WEEK

Shalane Flanagan crosses the fi nish line to become the fi rst US woman to win the New York City Marathon in 40 years. The race was run fi ve days aft er eight people were killed in the worst terrorist att ack on New York since 11 September 2001 G e tt y

Julia Görges of Germany celebrates aft er Joy for Everton (in blue) and despair for Watf ord beati ng CoCo Vandeweghe of the USA in as Tom Cleverley (centre) misses a penalty in the the ﬁ nal of the WTA Elite Trophy in China 101st minute, meaning Everton won 3-2 G e tt y G e tt y G e tt y

The Olympic torch arrives in South Korea 100 days before the start of the Grace Brooker of Canterbury pulls Serai Murray-Wihongi of Winter Olympics Counti es Manukau during the ﬁ nal of the Farah Palmer Cup 28. SPORT by Eddie de Oliveira FirstNews Issue 595 10 – 16 November 2017 SPORT IN NUMBERS PARALYMPIC G e tt y 872 games were played by Italian midﬁ elder Andrea Pirlo in his career. The 38-year-old has announced his reti rement from football aft er SCANDAL stacking up 116 caps for Italy, a 2006 World Cup winner’s medal, two Champions League wins and six Serie A ti tles. The ex-Milan and Juventus legend’s most recent club was New York City FC in the USA.

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The Paralympic logo in London’s Olympic Park during the 2012 Games DID YOU PARALYMPIANS are being told not to speak out about classifi cati on KNOW? G e tt y cheati ng, which is when para-athletes deliberately compete against others who are more disabled than they are to gain an unfair advantage. PARALYMPIC athletes are The claim was made by Baroness Grey- classifi cati on system. classifi ed according to ten 556 points were won by Thompson, Britain’s 11-ti me Paralympic Charlie Bethel, the former boss of physical or intellectual Northern Irish rider Jonathan Rea this champion. She compared the scandal to Briti sh Wheelchair Basketball, has said disabiliti es. A classifi cati on season – a new record for the most Olympic athletes taking drugs to boost that he was told “everyone was at it,” panel assesses each para- points scored in a World Superbike their performance. She said she has been when he was asked about Paralympic athlete. If the para-athletes season. Rea’s race victory in Qatar, told some Paralympians were not being classifi cati on cheats. are not honest about their his 16th win of the season, means he honest about their disabiliti es. The Internati onal Paralympic disabiliti es, a more able-bodied has won four points more than Colin The former wheelchair racer said that Committ ee denies that athletes are person who competes against Edwards, who has held the record para-athletes were threatened with deliberately competi ng in the wrong less able-bodied competi tors since 2002. Rea sealed his third world losing their place on teams if they spoke class. New rules on classifi cati on will gains an unfair advantage. championship ti tle in September. He out against abuse of the Paralympic come into force on 1 January 2018. now has 54 career World Superbike race wins, just fi ve behind record- holder Carl Fogarty. FERRARI TO QUIT? G e tt y G e tt y

5 tries were scored by England against Lebanon as they cruised to Ferrari driver Sebasti an Vett el their ﬁ rst win at this year’s Rugby League World Cup. England won 29- THE president of Ferrari has said the team could quit Formula 1 if they do not approve of changes 10. Their next match is against France suggested by the sport’s new owners. on Sunday 12 November. Sergio Marchionne said that if proposals for a new has taken part in Formula 1 since the championship engine design from 2021 go ahead, he doesn’t “want was created in 1950. They are the most successful G e tt y to play any more”. Ferrari and most other teams have team, with 15 drivers’ ti tles. contracts with F1 unti l 2020. Mercedes and Renault In other F1 news, Brazilian driver Felipe Massa will have also criti cised the new plans, recently announced reti re at the end of this season, and McLaren have by the sport’s owner, American company Liberty Media. promoted Briti sh teenager Lando Norris to be their Ferrari, which is based in Italy, is the only team that oﬃ cial test and reserve driver in 2018.