The NEWS Shed Issue No.11 www.literacyshedplus.com July 2-9, 2021

Is it a INSIDE this week car? NATURE Is it a plane? It’s both! The AirCar making its successful flight (above) and in ground Fight to save the mode (right) Scottish wildcat Pictures: see page 3 Klein Vision GAMES Flying cars in air ‘by end of this decade’ Pokemon marks flying car has made a successful flight ›› Inventor makes between two airports in the central Euro- 25th anniversary pean country of Slovakia. see page 4 successful test flight The AirCar made a 35-minute flight from Nitra to Bratislava and its inventor, otor industry experts say flying Professsor Stefan Klein, then drove it off SPORT cars could be in operation within the runway and into the city’s streets. Mthe next 10 years. Prof Klein said his AirCar can fly 600 It means by the time children now in miles (1,000km) at a height of 8,000ft Chaos primary school are old enough to take (2,400 metres). their driving tests, cars could be zooming It is powered by a normal car’s petrol over overhead instead of clogging up roads. engine and can carry two people. It con- Michael Cole, the European boss of verts from being a car to an aircraft in Lions car company Hyundai, said: “We believe just over two minutes. it really is part of the future. The AirCar needs a runway to take off rugby “We think that by the latter part of this and land like a normal aeroplane, but decade certainly, urban air mobility will others being developed – like the one tour offer great opportunity to free up con- planned by Hyundai – could be capable gestion in cities.” of vertical take-off and landing, making see page 6 His comments come as a prototype them easier to use in towns and cities. 2 The NEWS Shed July 2-9, 2021 Stolen Picasso is found at last COMING painting by artist Pablo Picasso SOON has been found, nine years after Abeing stolen from the National Gallery in Greece. The artwork, called Head of a Woman in Picasso’s famous Cubist style, was TOKYO one of three pieces stolen from the Athens gallery in a daring heist in 2012. OLYMPICS A 49-year-old builder was arrested by police, who found two of the paintings The final edition ofThe in good condition hidden in a dried-up News Shed for this summer riverbed. term, available on July 16, A painting by Dutch artist Piet Mon- will be a special edition given drian was also recovered, but the suspect over entirely to the Olympic said the third work had become damaged Games, which are due to and he had flushed it down the toilet. start on July 23. The Picasso work, painted in 1939, was donated to the people of Greece by It will be packed with the artist in recognition of their bravery information on what’s during World War Two. happening and when at the Famous masterpieces can be bought summer Games, and will and sold for hundreds of millions of focus on the great athletes, pounds, but the Greek government said Head of a Woman by Pablo Picasso feats and records in Olympic Head of a Woman could never have been Games history. sold because it had an inscription on the being shown off to reporters at a press back reading: “For the Greek people, a conference, it suddenly slipped off the Don’t miss it! tribute by Picasso.” shelf where it was being displayed and The drama did not quite end with the crashed to the floor. Fortunately, no recovery of the painting – when it was damage was done. Fact SHED The most expensive paintings ever sold Price Title Artist n £325 million Salvator Mundi Leonardo da Vinci n £216 million Interchange Willem de Kooning The NEWS Shed n £180 million The Card Players Paul Cezanne n £151 million When Will You Marry? Paul Gauguin n £144 million Number 17A Jackson Pollock n The News Shed is a digital newspaper, produced weekly to inform, entertain and educate pupils and to provide resources Taking it easy on our summer holidays for their teachers. Many people are planning to enjoy the people are planning a walk in nature, simple things in life on holiday this year, with 46 per cent planning to go barefoot. n It is among a whole host of according to new research. More than 40 per cent are aiming to educational resources at: With exotic foreign holidays still a enjoy a picnic, while 10 per cent are www.literacyshedplus.com tricky business because of Covid-19 looking forward to listening to the sound travel restrictions, people aim to take it of the sea. n For contact details please easy according to the survey carried out The Trust is asking people to look after see the website. for the National Trust. wildlife and landscapes by binning litter It found that 70 per cent of British or taking it home to dispose of. July 2-9, 2021 The NATURE Shed 3 Scottish wildcat IN BRIEF population is said to be ‘not viable’ Police raid home to save ‘pet’ lion

Police in Cambodia have confis- cated a lion that was being kept as a pet. The animal was imported into the Asian country specially to be kept as a pet, and police were on the case when the owner posted a video of the creature on social media site TikTok. “People have no right to raise rare wildlife as pets,” said a gov- ernment spokesman. Animal rescue charity Wild- life Alliance helped in the raid to Major cash boost rescue the lion. Its canine teeth and claws had been removed, “which drastically reduces a lion’s quality of life,” the charity said. to save wildcats Counting a whole with several wildlife groups. It aims to ›› Project to protect breed more Scottish wildcats and release country’s wildlife them into the wild. endangered species Now the project has been handed a Authorities in Kenya are to £400,000 grant from the Scottish Gov- carry out a massive survey of ork to save Scottish wildcats ernment to help the work. wild animals in the country. has been given a big helping Funding for the project had been hit Planes, helicopters and 4x4 Whand. by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced vehicles will be used to count A report in 2019 said the population of the closures of Highland Wildlife Park animals in nearly 60 wildlife the animals in the wild was “not viable”, and Edinburgh Zoo, costing RZSS more reserves and national parks. meaning there were so few of them they than £1.5 million. The government and other were in danger of becoming extinct. Conservation experts are hopeful organisations will then be able A project, Saving Wildcats, was the first wildcats can be released in to use the information to plan launched by the Royal Zoological Soci- 2023, with potential locations being future policy to protect animals ety of Scotland (RZSS), in partnership explored in the Cairngorms mountains. such as endangered primates and rare birds. Tortoise sisters get Go wild for kids’ luxury new home art competition

London Zoo’s three giant Galapagos tor- London Zoo ZSL Picture: The RSPB (Royal Society for the toises are to have a brand new home. Protection of Birds) has launched a Giants of the Galapagos is a new WildArt competition. island home for sisters Dolly, Polly and Artwork can be in traditional Priscilla, who will have a choice of two paint, pens or pencil or could use lagoon pools to cool off in and a tropi- materials such as textiles or col- cal forest to explore on the island, which lages. Entries are only by photo- opens in August. Dolly, Polly and Priscilla graphs of the artwork on email. Visitors can walk through the island There are three categories: under with the tortoises only feet away in the Children can learn about the long life eight, eight to 12 and 13 and over. warmth of the 30°C tropical atmosphere cycle of a giant Galapagos tortoise, to For more details, go to: – the perfect temperature for the 26-year- discover how tiny hatchlings the size of www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/ olds, who have an expected life span of a hamster eventually grow into the big- for-kids/rspb-kids-competitions/ more than 100 years. gest tortoises in the world. wild-art/ 4 The ARTS Shed July 2-9, 2021 Game review SHED

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart PlayStation 5, Insomniac Games/Sony 25 years old and Out now – £69.99 A brilliant example of how the PlayStation 5 console can make games look amazing. Two aliens battle to save the universe from a robotic villain in a still going strong game which is easy to follow and great fun at the same time. One of the most popular spin-offs has ›› Video game which been Pokemon trading cards, with more than 34 billion cards sold around the became huge business world. Very rare cards are bought and sold ne of the world’s most popular for big money, with the most expen- and successful children’s com- sive card sold for more than $350,000 Oputer games is celebrating it’s (£250,000) on eBay. 25th anniversary. The original video game is the The first Pokemon game, called Pocket second most popular of all time, Monsters Red and behind the Mario franchise. It Green, was played on has sold more than 380 million a Nintendo Game Boy copies, while mobile Game Builder Garage and was launched in Japan in downloads have topped Switch, Nintendo 1996. a billion. Out now – £27 It was two years before the There have been You actually get to be a Nintendo game was released in the many versions of the game maker with this package, which United States and more than game released over the past gives you the tools to build games three until it came to Europe. 25 years, and the anniversary yourself. Pokemon has since gone on to will be celebrated in Novem- A detailed tutorial gives you all the become a massive global fran- ber with the latest version, information you need to create your chise, including television series, Pokemon Brilliant Dia- own unique games. films and even a stage musical. mond and Shining Pearl. Iron men get that sinking feeling The famous iron statues on Crosby work to its original state. beach in Merseyside have been given Powerful metal detectors a makeover. pinpointed the missing men, and The artwork, by sculptor Antony diggers and cranes were used to bring Gormley and called Another Place, them back to the surface. features 100 iron men dotted around Barnacles were removed from the a two-mile stretch of the sands. sculptures and the artist then made They were first installed in 2005 sure they were all at exactly the right but, since then, 10 of the men had angle. sunk beneath the surface of the The artwork was originally only beach. meant to stay for just over a year, but Now Mr Gormley has personally Mr Gormley now hopes they will be overseen an operation to restore his in place for a thousand years. One of the statues sinking in the sand July 2-9, 2021 The HISTORY Shed 5

July 3, 1928 John Logie July 3, This Baird, inventor 1886 of the television, The engineer and demonstrated the inventor Karl Benz first colour demonstrated WEEK transmission. the first car. 3 July in 4, 1892 July The International 3, 1936 Date Line was moved, Fred Perry won HISTORYcausing July 4 to happen his third consecutive July twice in Samoa. It was Wimbledon men’s singles 9, 1922 also a leap year, so title. He would be the last Johnny there were 367 days British winner until Andy Weissmuller, later there that year. Murray 77 years later, known for playing in 2013. Tarzan in films, became the first man to swim 100 metres freestyle July in under a 4, 1776 minute. The United States declared independence 4July 5, from Britain. 2012 The Shard in London was opened. At 1,020ft (310 metres) high, it became the tallest building in 9July Europe. 9, 2011 South Sudan July became the newest 6, 2002 July 5, country in the world Serena Williams 5 when it gained 1994 beat her sister, Online delivery independence Venus, to win her from Sudan. firm Amazon was first Wimbledon founded by Jeff singles title. Bezos. July 9, 1877 July 6, The first ever 1919 Wimbledon tennis An airship – a craft championship suspended beneath a began. huge gas-filled balloon – landed in New York after the first crossing July of the Atlantic by 8, 1976 6 such an aircraft. Sailor Ellen 8MacArthur was born. July 7, She went on to set a 2011 Harry Potter and new record for the fastest the Deathly Hallows: circumnavigation of the Part 2, the eighth and globe, sailing her trimaran final film in the series, Castorama around the had its premiere in world in 71 days London. in 2005. 7 6 The sport Shed July 2-9, 2021 RUGBY UNION Lions chaos as captain is injured and South Africa locks down

The British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa was thrown into chaos even before it started. The Lions, made up of players from the England, Ireland, Marianne Vos has been world champion 12 times and has two Olympic gold medals Scotland and national teams, had a comfortable 28-10 win over Japan in their warm-up game in Edinburgh, but it came at a huge cost. Lions captain Alun Women cyclists suffered a dislocated shoulder only seven minutes into the game, and was quickly ruled out of the entire tour. Jones has played for the return to Tour Lions in nine Test matches across three tours, and his ›› fourth tour was to have been Female version of Fact SHED his first as captain. And the bad news did not stop big race to run again Tour de France Femme winners there as another Welsh forward, , also suffered an he world’s leading female cyclists n 1984 Marianne Martin USA injured shoulder and was also will have their own Tour de France n 1985 Maria Canins Italy ruled out of the tour. Tonce more from next year. Coach A Tour de France Femme (women) n 1986 Maria Canins Italy named Ireland scrum-half was held for six years in the 1980s but, n 1987 Jeannie Longo France as the new Lions since then, there have been a variety of captain, and called up two more different events for women cyclists, none n 1988 Jeannie Longo France Welsh forwards, of which have had the high profile of the and Josh Navidi, to replace n 1989 Jeannie Longo France men’s version of the Tour de France. Jones and Tipuric. The most recent women’s event asso- And as the Lions were ciated with the Tour has been La Course, preparing to leave to start the a one- or two-day event which has run one of the greatest female cyclists of all tour, further bad news came out during or just before the Tour. time. Vos won the first La Course in 2014 of South Africa. This year’s La Course, won by Dutch and has been world champion in various First, the South Africa squad rider Demi Vollering, is likely to have disciplines a dozen times as well as the had training delayed when three been the last as the Tour de France winner of two Olympic gold medals. of their players tested positive Femme has been confirmed for 2022. She said: “It’s very nice that the Tour for Covid-19. It will be an eight-day stage race and de France for women is coming back to The country’s president, Cyril will start on the famous Champs Elysees the calendar as a full-fledged stage race, Ramaphosa, then announced avenue in Paris, on the same day the with opportunities for different spe- a new lockdown as cases of the men’s Tour finishes there. cialists and all the elements that make virus in the country increased, The return of the race after 33 years cycling so beautiful. So boys and girls meaning the tour schedule may has been welcomed by Marianne Vos, can dream of the yellow jersey.” have to be changed. NEXT WEEK IN THE NEWS SHED ›› FULL PREVIEW OF THE RUGBY LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP FINAL