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WITHOUT THE Morris/Apex David IINTERNET?NTERNET? IISS IITT A BBIRD?IRD? by editor in chief Nicky Cox IISS IITT A PLANE?PLANE? DKZƚŚĂŶĂďŝůůŝŽŶLJŽƵŶŐƉĞŽƉůĞĂĐƌŽƐƐƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚĚŽŶ͛ƚ have the internet. NNOO, IIT’ST’S A SSHIPHIP dŚĂƚĨĂĐƚŝƐŚŽůĚŝŶŐďĂĐŬŐůŽďĂů ĂƌĞĨĂůůŝŶŐĞǀĞŶĨƵƌƚŚĞƌďĞŚŝŶĚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ƐĂLJƐƚŚĞtŽƌůĚtŝĚĞtĞď ŽƚŚĞƌĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͕ǁŝƚŚǀĞƌLJůŝƩůĞ inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJƚŽĐĂƚĐŚƵƉ͘ /ŶĂůĞƩĞƌŚĞ͛ƐǁƌŝƩĞŶĨŽƌƚŚĞ dŽĚĂLJ͛ƐůĞƩĞƌ͕ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚďLJ^ŝƌ IINN THETHE SKY!SKY! ǁĞď͛ƐϯϮŶĚďŝƌƚŚĚĂLJƚŽĚĂLJ;&ƌŝĚĂLJͿ͕ dŝŵĂŶĚZŽƐĞŵĂƌLJ>ĞŝƚŚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ ^ŝƌdŝŵŝƐĐĂůůŝŶŐĨŽƌĂŐůŽďĂůƉƵƐŚ tĞď&ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͕ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐLJŽƵŶŐ ƚŽĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĂůůLJŽƵŶŐƉĞŽƉůĞƐĂĨĞůLJ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐǁŚŽĂƌĞƵƐŝŶŐĚŝŐŝƚĂů to the internet. ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJƚŽƚĂĐŬůĞƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞ ^ŝƌdŝŵ͛ƐůĞƩĞƌĞĐŚŽĞƐĂƌĞƉŽƌƚ ǁŽƌůĚ͛ƐƉƌŽďůĞŵƐʹůŝŬĞŝŶĞƋƵĂůŝƚLJ͕ ĨƌŽŵhE/&ĂƚƚŚĞĞŶĚŽĨůĂƐƚ Ks/Ͳϭϵ͕ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂůŝƐƐƵĞƐ LJĞĂƌ͕ǁŚŝĐŚƐŚŽǁĞĚƚǁŽͲƚŚŝƌĚƐŽĨ ĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌŐůŽďĂůĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ͘ ƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚ͛ƐƐĐŚŽŽůͲĂŐĞĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶʹ ƵƚZŽƐĞŵĂƌLJƐĂLJƐƚŚĞƐĞ W,KdKŽĨǁŚĂƚĂƉƉĞĂƌƐƚŽďĞĂŇLJŝŶŐƐŚŝƉǁĂƐ Žƌϭ͘ϯďŝůůŝŽŶĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶĂŐĞĚϯƚŽϭϳ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐŶĞĞĚƚŽďĞŽƉĞŶƚŽ taken this week. LJĞĂƌƐŽůĚʹĚŽŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞĂŶŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ Ăůů͗͞/ĨŚĂůĨĂŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶŽĨLJŽƵŶŐ ĂǀŝĚDŽƌƌŝƐƚŽŽŬƚŚĞƉŝĐƚƵƌĞŶĞĂƌ&ĂůŵŽƵƚŚ͕ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶŝŶƚŚĞŝƌŚŽŵĞƐ͘ people are unable to use the tools ŽƌŶǁĂůů͕ďƵƚŝƐƚŚĞƐŚŝƉƌĞĂůůLJŇŽĂƟŶŐŝŶŵŝĚĂŝƌ͍ dŚĞĨĞĂƌŝƐƚŚĂƚƚŚŝƐůĂĐŬŽĨ ƚŽƚŚƌŝǀĞŝŶĂĚŝŐŝƚĂůǁŽƌůĚʹƚŽ EŽ͕ŝƚǁĂƐĂŶŝůůƵƐŝŽŶ͕ƐĂŝĚǁĞĂƚŚĞƌĞdžƉĞƌƚĂǀŝĚ internet access could cost the ůĞĂƌŶŶĞǁƐŬŝůůƐ͕ƌƵŶďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͕ ƌĂŝŶĞ͘,ĞƐĂŝĚƚŚĞ͞ƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌŵŝƌĂŐĞ͟ƚŽŽŬƉůĂĐĞďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŶĞdžƚŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƚŚĞŝƌĨƵƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶĚďƵŝůĚĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐʹƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ͞ƐƉĞĐŝĂůĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌŝĐĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐƚŚĂƚďĞŶĚůŝŐŚƚ͘͟ ďLJŝƐŽůĂƟŶŐƚŚĞŵĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ as a whole will miss out on their ,ĞƐĂŝĚƚŚĞŝůůƵƐŝŽŶŝƐĐŽŵŵŽŶŝŶƚŚĞƌĐƟĐ͕ďƵƚ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ĂŶĚŬĞĞƉŝŶŐĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƚĂůĞŶƚƐ͕ŝĚĞĂƐĂŶĚĞīŽƌƚƐ͘͟ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ͞ǀĞƌLJƌĂƌĞůLJ͟ŝŶƚŚĞh<ĚƵƌŝŶŐǁŝŶƚĞƌ͘ out of reach. ^ŝƌdŝŵŝƐĂůƐŽĐĂůůŝŶŐĨŽƌƚĞĐŚ ͞^ƵƉĞƌŝŽƌŵŝƌĂŐĞƐŽĐĐƵƌďĞĐĂƵƐĞŽĨƚŚĞǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ hE/&ƐĂLJƐĂĚŝŐŝƚĂůĚŝǀŝĚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐĂŶĚŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐƚŽ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶŬŶŽǁŶĂƐĂƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞŝŶǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ͕ǁŚĞƌĞ ŵĞĂŶƐĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶĂŶĚLJŽƵŶŐƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŽƌŬŽŶǁĂLJƐƚŽƉƌŽƚĞĐƚLJŽƵŶŐ Children in a doorway of a remote ĐŽůĚĂŝƌůŝĞƐĐůŽƐĞƚŽƚŚĞƐĞĂǁŝƚŚǁĂƌŵĞƌĂŝƌĂďŽǀĞŝƚ͕͟ from the poorest households and people from harms online and school in northern Ghana, where ŚĞĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚ͘͞^ŝŶĐĞĐŽůĚĂŝƌŝƐĚĞŶƐĞƌ΀ŵŽƌĞĐůŽƐĞůLJ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐĂƌĞŵŝƐƐŝŶŐŽƵƚ͘dŚĞ ŵĂŬĞLJŽƵŶŐƉĞŽƉůĞ͛ƐƌŝŐŚƚƐĂŶĚ the levels of poverty are some of ƉĂĐŬĞĚ΁ƚŚĂŶǁĂƌŵĂŝƌ͕ŝƚďĞŶĚƐůŝŐŚƚƚŽǁĂƌĚƐƚŚĞĞLJĞƐ ĐŚĂƌŝƚLJŝƐĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚƚŚĞƐĞĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐĂƚŽƉƉƌŝŽƌŝƚLJ͘ the worst in the world ŽĨƐŽŵĞŽŶĞƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐŽŶƚŚĞŐƌŽƵŶĚŽƌŽŶƚŚĞĐŽĂƐƚ͕ *First NewsƌĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉŝƐϮ͕ϲϮϲ͕ϲϮϱ͘^ŽƵƌĐĞ͗KƉŝŶŝŽŶDĂƩĞƌƐϮϬϮϬ͘First NewsŝƐƚŚĞǁŝĚĞƐƚͲƌĞĂĚŽĨĂůůĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛ƐƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐĂƵĚŝƚĞĚŝŶƚŚĞh<͘First NewsƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛ƐĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ͕ƐĞĞƉĂŐĞϮϰ͘ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐŚŽǁĂĚŝƐƚĂŶƚŽďũĞĐƚĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ͘͟ 2. QUICK NEWS FirstNews Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021 FAIRY TALE MUSEUM UK CENSUS TIME Households in England and Wales are being asked to complete a special survey this month. QUICK NEWS Known as the census, the survey happens every ten years, and ƚĞůůƐƚŚĞ'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ TO READ YOURSELF AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS ĂďŽƵƚĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͕ůŝǀŝŶŐƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ and work. The answers help ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶƐĚĞĐŝĚĞĂďŽƵƚƚŚŝŶŐƐ in your area, such as transport, ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂŶĚŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞ͘ 'ĞƩLJ FOOD BANK CRISIS MUSEUM IS JAB HUB

KŶĞŝŶĮǀĞƐĐŚŽŽůƐŝŶƚŚĞh<ŚĂƐƐĞƚ dŚŝƐǁĞĞŬ͕ƚŚĞ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞDƵƐĞƵŵ ŶĞǁĨĂŝƌLJƚĂůĞŵƵƐĞƵŵŝƐŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ MUDDY POTATOES ƵƉĂĨŽŽĚďĂŶŬĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞƉĂŶĚĞŵŝĐ͕ ŝŶ>ŽŶĚŽŶƌĞŽƉĞŶĞĚĂƐĂŶE,^ ŝŶĞŶŵĂƌŬƚŚŝƐLJĞĂƌ͕ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚďLJƚŚĞ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƚŽĂŶĞǁƐƵƌǀĞLJďLJzŽƵ'Žǀ͘ ǀĂĐĐŝŶĂƟŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĞ͕ĂƐƉĂƌƚŽĨƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬŽĨ,ĂŶƐŚƌŝƐƟĂŶŶĚĞƌƐĞŶ͘dŚĞ More than a third of teachers also said ĮŐŚƚďĂĐŬĂŐĂŝŶƐƚƚŚĞĐŽƌŽŶĂǀŝƌƵƐ͘ famous author wrote more than 100 ƚŚĞŝƌƐĐŚŽŽůŚĂĚĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚĨŽŽĚƉĂƌĐĞůƐ dŚĞŵƵƐĞƵŵ͕ǁŚŝĐŚǁĂƐĐůŽƐĞĚĚƵĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐĨĂŝƌLJƚĂůĞƐ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐdŚĞhŐůLJ ƚŽƉƵƉŝůƐ͛ŚŽŵĞƐ͘dŚĞŶĞǁƐĨŽůůŽǁƐ ƚŽKs/Ͳϭϵ͕ŝƐĂůƐŽďƵŝůĚŝŶŐĂŶĞǁ Duckling and dŚĞ>ŝƩůĞDĞƌŵĂŝĚ. The ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐĂďŽƵƚŚŽǁƚŚĞĐŽƌŽŶĂǀŝƌƵƐ ĐŽƌŽŶĂǀŝƌƵƐͲĨŽĐƵƐĞĚĞdžŚŝďŝƚƚŽŐŽŽŶ ŵĂŐŝĐĂůŵƵƐĞƵŵǁŝůůƌĞͲƚĞůůƚŚĞƚĂůĞƐ ŚĂƐĂīĞĐƚĞĚĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͕ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJƚŚŽƐĞ display once the museum reopens ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟǀĞĞdžŚŝďŝƚƐ͕ŐĂƌĚĞŶƐ ůŝǀŝŶŐŝŶƉŽŽƌĞƌĂƌĞĂƐ͘ ĨƵůůLJ͘/ƚ͛ƐƚŚĞĮƌƐƚŶĂƟŽŶĂůŵƵƐĞƵŵ ĂŶĚƐŽƵŶĚŝŶƐƚĂůůĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ƚŽŚŽƐƚĂŶE,^ǀĂĐĐŝŶĂƟŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĞ͘ BLOOMING LOVELY WEDDING SCANNER

Please put your marriage in the ďĂŐŐŝŶŐĂƌĞĂ͊ŶĞǁƐĞůĨͲƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƐĐĂŶŶĞƌŚĂƐďĞĞŶƐĞƚƵƉŝŶŚŝŶĂ͛Ɛ :ŝĂŶŐƐƵWƌŽǀŝŶĐĞƚŚĂƚĂůůŽǁƐĐŽƵƉůĞƐ iStock ƚŽŽĸĐŝĂůůLJŐĞƚŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ͘dŚĞĐŽƵƉůĞ ƐŝŵƉůLJƐĐĂŶƚŚĞŝƌ/͕ŝŶƉƵƚƚŚĞŝƌ Tesco has announced plans to sell unwashed potatoes to help cut down 'ĞƩLJ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶĂŶĚŚĂǀĞƐŽŵĞ photos taken. The machine then prints ŽŶĨŽŽĚǁĂƐƚĞ͘WŽƚĂƚŽĞƐĂƌĞƚŚĞh<͛Ɛ ŽƵƚƚŚĞŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞĂŶĚƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞŵŽƐƚǁĂƐƚĞĚĨŽŽĚŝŶƚŚĞŚŽŵĞ͕ ĐŽƵƉůĞĂĚĚƚŚĞŝƌĮŶŐĞƌƉƌŝŶƚƐƚŽŵĂŬĞ ƐĂLJƐƚŚĞĐŚĂƌŝƚLJtZW͘ĂĐŬŝŶƚŚĞ ŝƚůĞŐĂů͘/ƚƚĂŬĞƐũƵƐƚϭϱŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͊ ϭϵϳϬƐ͕ŵŽƐƚh<ƐƵƉĞƌŵĂƌŬĞƚƐĂŶĚ greengrocers sold potatoes with soil PANTO IS BACK… ŽŶƚŚĞŵ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĞdžƉĞƌƚƐƐĂLJďůŽĐŬƐŽƵƚ OH, YES IT IS! POP-UP PLAYGROUND light and makes the spuds last longer. A primary school in Tower Hamlets, East London, is set BANKSY BREAKOUT to turn a road into a ‘pop-up’ iStock playground for pupils this term. Dorchester on Thames in Oxfordshire Chisenhale School is taking over has come up with a unique way to the street in front of the building, ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞŝƚƐĂŶŶƵĂůŇŽǁĞƌƐŚŽǁʹŝƚ͛Ɛ Searle Andrew ǁŝƚŚĂůŝƩůĞŚĞůƉĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ ŐĞƫŶŐƚŚĞǁŚŽůĞǀŝůůĂŐĞƚŽũŽŝŶŝŶ͊ community, to transform it into /ŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨĚŽŝŶŐƚŚŝŶŐƐǀŝƌƚƵĂůůLJĚƵĞ a fun outdoor space with plants ƚŽĐŽƌŽŶĂǀŝƌƵƐƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟŽŶƐ͕ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ and drawings. It will be used ĂƌĞďĞŝŶŐĂƐŬĞĚƚŽĚŝƐƉůĂLJŇŽǁĞƌƐ for play and learning, as well ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞƚŚĞŝƌŚŽƵƐĞƐ͕ĚĞĐŽƌĂƚĞƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƐŚŽƐƟŶŐĂŶĂƌƚƐƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͘ ǁŝŶĚŽǁƐĂŶĚŐĞƚĐƌĞĂƟǀĞŝŶƚŚĞŝƌ ŐĂƌĚĞŶƐ͘/ƚ͛ƐŚŽƉĞĚƚŚĞǁŚŽůĞƉůĂĐĞ ǁŝůůďĞďůŽŽŵŝŶŐĨŽƌƐƉƌŝŶŐƟŵĞĂŶĚ the Easter weekend. 'ĞƩLJ ƉĂŶƚŽŝŶƐƵŵŵĞƌ͍dŚĂƚ͛ƐƌŝŐŚƚ͕ SNOW WAY! ĨŽůŬƐ͊<ŝŶŐƐdŚĞĂƚƌĞŝŶWŽƌƚƐŵŽƵƚŚŝƐ

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It’s thought the sharks glow to protect ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐĨƌŽŵĂƩĂĐŬĨƌŽŵďĞůŽǁ SCIENTISTS have discovered that three species of deep-water shark can glow in the dark – including the largest known THIS week there’s been lots of debate around whether you should be wearing luminous vertebrate. face masks while at school. Here’s what the Government has been saying. /ƚ͛ƐǁĞůůŬŶŽǁŶƚŚĂƚƐŽŵĞĮƐŚĐĂŶƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ Government advice is that primary school children don’t ŚĂǀĞƚŽďĞǁŽƌŶĂƚĂůůƟŵĞƐ͕ǁŚŝůĞŝŶtĂůĞƐĂŶĚEŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ƚŚĞŝƌŽǁŶůŝŐŚƚ͕ďƵƚŵĂƌŝŶĞďŝŽůŽŐŝƐƚƐǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŚĂǀĞƚŽǁĞĂƌĂĨĂĐĞŵĂƐŬ͘dŚĞĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚĨŽƌĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ /ƌĞůĂŶĚ͕ĨĂĐĞĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐƐǁŝůůŚĂǀĞƚŽďĞǁŽƌŶǁŚĞŶƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŶĞĂƌEĞǁĞĂůĂŶĚǁĞƌĞƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƚŽĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ (DfE) says primary pupils need “to see facial expressions to ĐĂŶ͛ƚďĞƐŽĐŝĂůůLJĚŝƐƚĂŶƚ͘ ƚŚĂƚƚŚĞŬŝƚĞĮŶƐŚĂƌŬ͕ďůĂĐŬďĞůůLJůĂŶƚĞƌŶƐŚĂƌŬ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉƚŚĞŝƌĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶĂŶĚůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐŬŝůůƐ͘͟ ŽƚŚƉƌŝŵĂƌLJĂŶĚƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJƐĐŚŽŽůƐĂƌĞůŝŬĞůLJƚŽďĞ and southern lanternshark were also /ĨLJŽƵ͛ƌĞŝŶƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJƐĐŚŽŽůŝŶŶŐůĂŶĚ͕ƚŚĞĨƐĂLJƐLJŽƵ ĂďŝƚĐŚŝůůŝĞƌƚŚĂŶƵƐƵĂů͕ĂƐƚŚĞ'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚŚĂƐĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ďŝŽůƵŵŝŶĞƐĐĞŶƚ;ĂďůĞƚŽŐůŽǁŝŶƚŚĞĚĂƌŬͿ͘ ƐŚŽƵůĚǁĞĂƌĂĨĂĐĞĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐŝĨLJŽƵ͛ƌĞŶŽƚĂďůĞƚŽƐŽĐŝĂůůLJ ƚŚĂƚŝŶĚŽŽƌƐƉĂĐĞƐ͞ǀĞŶƟůĂƚĞ͕͟ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ dŚĞƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƌƐ͕ĨƌŽŵhŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚĠĂƚŚŽůŝƋƵĞ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ͕ĨŽƌĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ŝŶƚŚĞĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ͘ you should open ĚĞ>ŽƵǀĂŝŶŝŶĞůŐŝƵŵĂŶĚEĞǁĞĂůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ Children’s Minister Vicky Ford said that secondary school ĂǁŝŶĚŽǁŽƌĂĚŽŽƌ͕ EĂƟŽŶĂů/ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞŽĨtĂƚĞƌĂŶĚƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌŝĐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƐŚŽƵůĚďĞ͞ƐƚƌŽŶŐůLJĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ͟ƚŽǁĞĂƌŵĂƐŬƐŝŶ to let fresh air in POLL OF ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ͕ǁĞƌĞŵŽƐƚƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚƚŽĮŶĚƚŚĂƚ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵƐ͕ďƵƚŚĂƐŶ͛ƚŵĂĚĞŝƚĐŽŵƉƵůƐŽƌLJ͕ĂƐƐŽŵĞƉƵƉŝůƐ and stale air out. ƚŚĞŬŝƚĞĮŶƐŚĂƌŬǁĂƐůƵŵŝŶŽƵƐ͕ĂƐŝƚĐĂŶƌĞĂĐŚ ĐŽƵůĚďĞ͞ĂŶdžŝŽƵƐĂŶĚŶĞƌǀŽƵƐ͘͟ŶŽƚŚĞƌDWŚĂƐǁĂƌŶĞĚ ŶĚLJŽƵŵŝŐŚƚ THE WEEK ƐŝnjĞƐŽĨϭϴϬĐŵʹŵĂŬŝŶŐŝƚƚŚĞůĂƌŐĞƐƚŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŚĂƚůĞĂǀŝŶŐŝƚƵƉƚŽƐĐŚŽŽůƐƚŽĚĞĐŝĚĞĐŽƵůĚĐĂƵƐĞĐŚĂŽƐ͘ ǁĂŶƚƚŽďƌŝŶŐĂŚĂƚ Are you happy to wear face ůƵŵŝŶŽƵƐǀĞƌƚĞďƌĂƚĞ;ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞƐǁŝƚŚƐƉŝŶĞƐͿ͘ dŚĞƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶŽĨ^ĐŚŽŽůĂŶĚŽůůĞŐĞ>ĞĂĚĞƌƐŚĂƐƐĂŝĚŝƚ and scarf into school masks while at school? ^ĞĞŶĨƌŽŵďĞůŽǁŝŶƚŚĞĚĂƌŬŽĐĞĂŶ͕ĮƐŚĂƌĞ ǁŽƵůĚďĞŵƵĐŚĞĂƐŝĞƌĨŽƌŚĞĂĚƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐŝĨƚŚĞ'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚLJŽƵ͕ĂƐůĞƐƐŽŶƐ ƐŝůŚŽƵĞƩĞĚĂŐĂŝŶƐƚƚŚĞƐƵƌĨĂĐĞŽĨƚŚĞǁĂƚĞƌ͘ ĐŽƵůĚŵĂŬĞƚŚĞŝƌŐƵŝĚĂŶĐĞŽŶŵĂƐŬƐ͞ďůĂĐŬĂŶĚǁŚŝƚĞ͘͟ ŵĂLJďĞŚĞůĚǁŝƚŚĂůů VOTE AT FIRST.NEWS/POLLS /ƚ͛ƐƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƚŚĞƐŚĂƌŬƐŐůŽǁĨƌŽŵďĞůŽǁĂƐ /Ŷ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ͛ƐƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ĨĂĐĞĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐƐǁŝůů the windows open! ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƚŽƉƌŽƚĞĐƚƚŚĞŵĨƌŽŵĂƩĂĐŬ͘ YEMEN AID HALVED BY UK

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the amount of money it sends to help Yemen each year by 50%. 'ĞƩLJ DŽƌĞƚŚĂŶϭϬϬĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐKdžĨĂŵ͕ ^ŽŵĞŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞDWƐŚĂǀĞĚĞŵĂŶĚĞĚĂ ^ĂǀĞƚŚĞŚŝůĚƌĞŶĂŶĚĂƌĞ/ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů͕ŚĂǀĞ vote on the decision to cut the money spent on joined forces to ask the Government to reverse ĂŝĚ͕ďƵƚƚŚĞ'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚŚĂƐƐĂŝĚŝƚ͛ƐƵŶůŝŬĞůLJ the planned cut. that they’ll have a chance. dŚĞŚĞĂĚŽĨƚŚĞhE͛ƐŽĸĐĞĨŽƌŚƵŵĂŶŝƚĂƌŝĂŶ LJůĂǁ͕ƌŝƚĂŝŶŵƵƐƚƐƉĞŶĚĂŶĂŵŽƵŶƚĞƋƵĂůƚŽ ĂīĂŝƌƐƐĂŝĚƚŚĞĂŝĚĐƵƚǁŽƵůĚĐĂƵƐĞŵĂŶLJŵŽƌĞ Ϭ͘ϳйŽĨƚŚĞŵŽŶĞLJŵĂĚĞďLJƚŚĞh<ĞĂĐŚLJĞĂƌ͕ ĚĞĂƚŚƐĂŶĚĚĂŵĂŐĞƚŚĞh<͛ƐƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ͘,ĞƐĂŝĚ ŽŶĨŽƌĞŝŐŶĂŝĚ͘/ŶƚŚĞƵĚŐĞƚ͕ƚŚĂƚĂŵŽƵŶƚŝƐ ƚŚĞh<ŚĂƐĚĞĐŝĚĞĚƚŽ͞ďĂůĂŶĐĞƚŚĞŬƐŽŶƚŚĞ ďĞŝŶŐĐƵƚƚŽϬ͘ϱй͘ ďĂĐŬƐŽĨƚŚĞƐƚĂƌǀŝŶŐƉĞŽƉůĞŽĨzĞŵĞŶ͟;͚ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ƐƉŽŬĞƐƉĞƌƐŽŶĨŽƌƚŚĞƉƌŝŵĞŵŝŶŝƐƚĞƌƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞŬƐ͛ŵĞĂŶƐƚŽĂĚĚƵƉĂůůƚŚĞŵŽŶĞLJƚŚĂƚĂ ƚŚĂƚŝƚǁĂƐůĞŐĂůƚŽĐƵƚƚŚĞĂŵŽƵŶƚŽĨĂŝĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐŽƌĐŽƵŶƚƌLJĞĂƌŶƐĂŶĚƐƉĞŶĚƐͿ͘ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞŽĨƚŚĞĐŽƌŽŶĂǀŝƌƵƐƉĂŶĚĞŵŝĐ͘ 4. NEWS IN PICTURES FirstNews Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021 ERZURUM, TURKEY 'ĞƩLJ 'ĞƩLJ CHANDIGARH, INDIA

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dŚĞsĂƟĐĂŶƐĂŝĚƚŚĂƚƚŚĞ LONDON, UK 'ĞƩLJ ŵĞĞƟŶŐůĂƐƚĞĚĂďŽƵƚ ϰϱŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ĂŶĚ͞ƚŚĞ Holy Father stressed the importance of co- ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶĂŶĚĨƌŝĞŶĚƐŚŝƉ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶƌĞůŝŐŝŽƵƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐĨŽƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŶŐʹƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ 'ĞƩLJ ƚŚĞĐƵůƟǀĂƟŽŶŽĨŵƵƚƵĂů A SEAL rests on the banks of the River Thames, where the blubbery mammals ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĂŶĚĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞʹ ĐĂŶĨĞĞĚŽŶŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶϭϮϬƐƉĞĐŝĞƐŽĨĮƐŚ͘tŚŝůĞŝƚ͛ƐŶŽƚƵŶƵƐƵĂůƚŽŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůLJ ƚŽƚŚĞŐŽŽĚŽĨ/ƌĂƋ͕ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƚƐĞĂůƐŽŶƚŚĞdŚĂŵĞƐ͕ŝƚ͛ƐƌĂƌĞƚŽƐĞĞĂƐĞĂůƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐƚŽƚŚĞƐĂŵĞƐƉŽƚ͘ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂŶĚƚŚĞĞŶƟƌĞ ^ĞĂůƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶƐŝŶƚŚĞdŚĂŵĞƐŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶŽŶƚŚĞƌŝƐĞŝŶƌĞĐĞŶƚLJĞĂƌƐ͕ĂŶĚƚŚŝƐ ŚƵŵĂŶĨĂŵŝůLJ͘͟ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌƐĞĂůŚĂƐďĞĞŶĂƌĞŐƵůĂƌĂƚƚŚŝƐƉĂƌƚŽĨƚŚĞƌŝǀĞƌ͘ 3 ISSUES FOR £1 SUBSCRIBE.FIRSTNEWS.CO.UK 5. BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021 A RROYALOYAL RRUMBLEUMBLE EDITOR’S COMMENT IT’S hard to remember what life was like before the World Wide Web was invented, but it’s had a huge impact on our lives. EŽǁǁĞĐĂŶĞĂƐŝůLJůŽŽŬƵƉĨĂĐƚƐ͕ĐŚĞĐŬƌŽƵƚĞƐ͕ŬƟĐŬĞƚƐ͕ ƐƚĂLJŝŶƚŽƵĐŚ͕ŽƌũƵƐƚǁĂƚĐŚĚĂŌĐĂƚǀŝĚĞŽƐ͘ƵƚŶŽǁŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ 'ĞƩLJ LJŽƵƌůŝĨĞǁŝƚŚŽƵƚŝƚ;ĨƌŽŶƚƉĂŐĞͿ͘ŶĚƚŚĞŶŝŵĂŐŝŶĞLJŽƵ͛ƌĞŽŶĞ ŽĨƚŚĞďŝůůŝŽŶƐŽĨŬŝĚƐǁŚŽĂƌĞŵŝƐƐŝŶŐŽƵƚŽŶĂůůƚŚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ĂŶĚŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐƚŚĂƚŝƚŐŝǀĞƐƵƐ͘dŚĞǁŽƌůĚĐĂŶŽŶůLJďĞŶĞĮƚ ĨƌŽŵǁĞĂǀŝŶŐƚŚĞǁĞďŝŶƚŽĂůůĐŽƌŶĞƌƐŽĨƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚ͘

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ƚŚĞƉĞƌƐŽŶŚĂƐƚĂŬĞŶĂŶĚĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůLJ 'ĞƩLJ ĐŚĂƌŐĞƐƚŚĞŝƌŵĂnjŽŶĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ͘EŽŶĞĞĚ :ŽŶƌĂĐŬͬ&ƌŝĞŶĚƐŽĨDŝĚǁĂLJƚŽůůEtZ ĨŽƌŵŽŶĞLJ͕ĐĂƌĚƐŽƌƋƵĞƵŝŶŐ͊ůĞǀĞƌ͕ĞŚ͍ 6. HOME NEWS FirstNews Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021 SCOTLAND AND WALES TYNE & WEAR ƌŽŶĞƐƚŽůŽŽŬĨŽƌďĞƐƚƟĚĞƐ GCSE genius ^ĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐǁŝůůƵƐĞĚƌŽŶĞƐƚŽƐĞĂƌĐŚĨŽƌƚŚĞ ŶŝŶĞͲLJĞĂƌͲŽůĚďŽLJŚĂƐ ďĞƐƚŽīƐŚŽƌĞƐŝƚĞƐƚŽƵƐĞĨŽƌƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞ passed his GCSE maths 'ĞƩLJ ĞŶĞƌŐLJƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͘dŝĚĂůĞŶĞƌŐLJƵƐĞƐƚŚĞŶĂƚƵƌĂů exam six years early. rise and fall of the sea to power turbines to Tom Van der Velde from ĐƌĞĂƚĞĞŶĞƌŐLJ͘ƌĞŶũĂŵŝŶtŝůůŝĂŵƐŽŶ͕ǁŚŽ Gosforth studied with his ŝƐůĞĂĚŝŶŐƚŚĞĚƌŽŶĞƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ƐĂŝĚ͗͞DĞĂƐƵƌŝŶŐ ĚĂĚĚƵƌŝŶŐůŽĐŬĚŽǁŶĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŇŽǁƐƉĞĞĚĂŶĚŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚŽĨǁĂƚĞƌŝƐǀŝƚĂů scored 85% in the exam. ĨŽƌĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐŽīƐŚŽƌĞƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞĞŶĞƌŐLJ͘ ĂĚ^ŝŵŽŶƐĂŝĚƚŚĂƚdŽŵ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŐĂƚŚĞƌŝŶŐƚŚĞƐĞŵĞĂƐƵƌĞŵĞŶƚƐŝƐ ͞ĚŽĞƐŝƚĨŽƌƚŚĞũŽLJŽĨ ƚLJƉŝĐĂůůLJŚŝŐŚͲĐŽƐƚĂŶĚŚŝŐŚͲƌŝƐŬ͘͟/ƚ͛ƐŚŽƉĞĚ ŵĂƚŚƐ͟ĂŶĚ͞ŝĨŚĞƐƚĂLJƐ ƚŚĂƚƵƐŝŶŐĚƌŽŶĞƐǁŝůůƐĂǀĞůŽƚƐŽĨƟŵĞĂŶĚ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐ͕ǁĞ͛ůůĚŽ ŵŽŶĞLJĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĨŽƌƚŚĞƐŝƚĞƐ͘ >ĞǀĞůǁŚĞŶŚĞ͛Ɛϭϭ͘͟

LANCASHIRE 'ĞƩLJ LINCOLNSHIRE njĂŶĞLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌͬdǁŝƩĞƌ

chippingfarmshop/Instagram Teacher’s trek ends ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌǁŚŽŵĂĚĞŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞƐ ;ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐŽƵƌĨƌŽŶƚƉĂŐĞ͊ͿĨŽƌ Flying for food ĚĞůŝǀĞƌŝŶŐƐĐŚŽŽůŵĞĂůƐƚŽĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƉŝůŽƚ͛ƐϭϮϵŬŵ;ϴϬͲŵŝůĞͿƌŽƵŶĚƚƌŝƉ ĚƵƌŝŶŐůŽĐŬĚŽǁŶŚĂƐŵĂĚĞŚŝƐĮŶĂů to pick up a beef sandwich has come ĚĞůŝǀĞƌŝĞƐ͘ƐƐĐŚŽŽůƐƌĞŽƉĞŶĞĚŽŶ ƵŶĚĞƌĮƌĞĂŌĞƌĂůŽĐĂůĐŽƵŶĐŝůůŽƌ DŽŶĚĂLJ͕ĂŶĞWŽǁůĞƐ͕ĨƌŽŵ'ƌŝŵƐďLJ͕ ĐĂůůĞĚŚŝƐĂĐƟŽŶƐĂ͞ŇĂŐƌĂŶƚĂďƵƐĞ͟ŽĨ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚŚĞŚĂƐĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚĂƌŽƵŶĚ ůŽĐŬĚŽǁŶƌƵůĞƐ͘ŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ&Ăƌŵ^ŚŽƉ ϭϱ͕ϬϬϬŵĞĂůƐĂŶĚǁĂůŬĞĚŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶ near Preston delivered the sarnie to ϵϬϬŵŝůĞƐ;ϭ͕ϰϰϴŬŵͿ͘dŚĞĚĞƉƵƚLJ ƚŚĞƉŝůŽƚ͕ǁŚŽůĂŶĚĞĚŝŶĂŶĞĂƌďLJĮĞůĚ͕ ŚĞĂĚ͛ƐǁŽƌŬǁĂƐĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĚŝŶƚŚĞ and posted the video on their social YƵĞĞŶ͛ƐŝƌƚŚĚĂLJ,ŽŶŽƵƌƐůĂƐƚLJĞĂƌ͘ ŵĞĚŝĂ͘dŚĞƌĞĂĐƟŽŶƚŽƚŚĞǀŝĚĞŽǁĂƐ ŵŝdžĞĚ͕ǁŝƚŚƐŽŵĞƐĞĞŝŶŐŝƚĂƐůŝŐŚƚͲ ŚĞĂƌƚĞĚĨƵŶ͕ǁŚŝůĞŽƚŚĞƌƐ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĐŽƵŶĐŝůůŽƌ^ŝŵŽŶ,ŽƌĞ͕ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚŝƚ ĨŽƌďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐůŽĐŬĚŽǁŶƌƵůĞƐ͘ chippingfarmshop/Instagram Mr Powles hits the headlines way ƐƚĂīŵĞŵďĞƌĚĞůŝǀĞƌƐƚŚĞƐŶĂĐŬ back in April 2020 OXFORDSHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE tĂƚĞƌĐŽŵƉĂŶLJĮŶĞĚ Bear hugs for pupils dŚĞh<͛ƐďŝŐŐĞƐƚǁĂƚĞƌĐŽŵƉĂŶLJŚĂƐ DŽƌĞƚŚĂŶϱϬϬƚĞĚĚLJďĞĂƌƐǁĞƌĞǁĂŝƟŶŐ ďĞĞŶĮŶĞĚάϮ͘ϯŵĂŌĞƌƉŽůůƵƟŽŶ at assembly for pupils (and teachers) ThrapstonPri/Facebook ĐĂƵƐĞĚƚŚĞĚĞĂƚŚŽĨŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶϭ͕ϬϬϬ 'ĞƩLJ when Thrapston Primary School ĮƐŚ͘dŚĂŵĞƐtĂƚĞƌĂƉŽůŽŐŝƐĞĚĂŌĞƌ reopened this week. Each teddy even had ŚŝŐŚĂŵŵŽŶŝĂůĞǀĞůƐǁĞƌĞĨŽƵŶĚŝŶ the name of a pupil on it. Head teacher &ĂǁůĞLJŽƵƌƚŝƚĐŚ͘:ĂĐŬŝĞKƵƚŚǁĂŝƚĞ͕ WĂƵůŝŶĞdƵƌŶĞƌƐĂŝĚ͗͞΀WƵƉŝůƐ΁ŵŝŐŚƚďĞ ĨƌŽŵƚŚĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚŐĞŶĐLJ͕ƐĂŝĚ ĂďŝƚŶĞƌǀŽƵƐĂďŽƵƚĐŽŵŝŶŐďĂĐŬ͘Ŷ the company “could and should have ĂŶdžŝŽƵƐĐŚŝůĚŵŝŐŚƚŶĞĞĚĂŚƵŐ͕ĂŶĚǁĞ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚĞĚƚŚŝƐƉŽůůƵƟŽŶƚŚƌŽƵŐŚďĞƩĞƌ ĐĂŶ͛ƚĚŽƚŚĂƚ͕ďƵƚƚŚĞŝƌďĞĂƌǁŝůůďĞƚŚĞƌĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚŽĨƐĞǁĂŐĞƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ͘͟ ĨŽƌĂŚƵŐŝĨƚŚĞLJĨĞĞůĂďŝƚǁŽďďůLJ͘͟ 7. BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021 MMANAN TURN ON MMAKESAKES GGLOBALLOBAL THE HHISTORYISTORY SUBTITLES IINN EPICEPIC RRECYCLINGECYCLING DAYDAY

DDIVEIVE 'ĞƩLJ 'ĞƩLJ ĐŽůůĞĐƚ^WͬdǁŝƩĞƌ ON Thursday (18 March) it’s Global Recycling Day. This year, the ^

SCIENTISTS in Japan have discovered that certain types of sea slug have the ability to remove their DDON’TON’T head and grow a whole new body! The incredible talent belongs to two species of sacoglossan sea slug. Researchers at Nara Women’s University were shocked at what they saw. Sayaka Mitoh said: “We were ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚƚŽƐĞĞƚŚĞŚĞĂĚŵŽǀŝŶŐũƵƐƚĂŌĞƌĂƵƚŽƚŽŵLJ͘͟ LLOSEOSE Autotomy is when a creature can lose part of its body. The most well-known examples are probably the lizards that can ‘drop’ their tail if threatened, then grow one back later. dŚĂƚ͛ƐƉƌĞƩLJĂŵĂnjŝŶŐŝŶŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ďƵƚƚŚĞƐĞĂƐůƵŐ͛ƐĂďŝůŝƚLJŝƐ on another level. Once removed, the head can move around YYOUROUR on its own. Within a few weeks, it can grow a whole new body, complete with heart and other internal organs. It’s not known why the slugs detach their heads from their body. One reason could be a way of removing a parasite (something harmful that lives on or inside something else).

HHEAD!EAD! Mitoh Sayaka The sea slugs’ other trick is to fuel themselves from the sun, just like plants do, by using bits of algae that they eat. 8. WORLD NEWS FirstNews Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021 SWITZERLAND ICELAND RUSSIA ĂƌƚŚƋƵĂŬĞƐƚŽƌŵ DŽƌĞƚŚĂŶϮϬ͕ϬϬϬĞĂƌƚŚƋƵĂŬĞƐŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶ

detected in Iceland during the last two 'ĞƩLJ 'ĞƩLJ weeks. On Sunday 7 March, people were

ŬĞƉƚĂǁĂŬĞďLJĂůŵŽƐƚĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚƋƵĂŬĞƐĨŽƌ 'ĞƩLJ two hours from 2am. While none have caused serious damage to buildings or ŚƵƌƚĂŶLJŽŶĞ͕ĮǀĞŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶ͞ŵŽĚĞƌĂƚĞ ŝŶƐŝnjĞ͘͟^ŽŵĞƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐĂƌĞǁŽƌƌŝĞĚƚŚĂƚ &ĂŬĞǀĂĐĐŝŶĞŶĞǁƐ ƚŚĞƐƉĂƚĞŽĨƋƵĂŬĞƐĐŽƵůĚůĞĂĚƚŽƐŽŵĞŽĨ h^ŽĸĐŝĂůƐŚĂǀĞĂĐĐƵƐĞĚZƵƐƐŝĂŽĨ /ĐĞůĂŶĚ͛ƐǀŽůĐĂŶŽĞƐĞƌƵƉƟŶŐ͘ ƉŽƐƚĞƌŝŶĨĂǀŽƵƌŽĨƚŚĞďĂŶ ƐƉƌĞĂĚŝŶŐŵŝƐŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶĂŶĚĨĂŬĞ news stories about vaccines produced ƵƌŬĂďĂŶ by countries in the West. The US Switzerland has narrowly voted to ban government’s Global Engagement facial coverings (except masks worn ĞŶƚĞƌŵŽŶŝƚŽƌƐĨĂŬĞŶĞǁƐĂƌŽƵŶĚ for health reasons). The vote was the world, and says Russian agencies ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚďLJƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐĂŶĚƚŚĞŵĞĚŝĂ are running news websites that as a ban on burkas, although the falsely claim western vaccines have ǀŽƚĞĚŝĚŶ͛ƚŵĞŶƟŽŶďƵƌŬĂƐŽƌŶŝƋĂďƐ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐƐŝĚĞĞīĞĐƚƐĂŶĚĚŽŶ͛ƚǁŽƌŬ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůLJ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞŶĞǁƌƵůĞƐǁŝůů very well. The US says the sites don’t also outlaw masks worn by protesters. have a lot of readers, but other larger dŚĞĞŶƚƌĂůŽƵŶĐŝůŽĨDƵƐůŝŵƐƐĂŝĚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶƐŝŶZƵƐƐŝĂĂŶĚĂƌŽƵŶĚƚŚĞ that the vote was a “dark day for the ǁŽƌůĚƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐƐŚĂƌĞƚŚĞƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ͘ Muslim community”. A study by the University of Lucerne in Switzerland found that hardly anyone in the AUSTRALIA country wears a burka anyway. SENEGAL 'ĞƩLJ

THE NETHERLANDS 'ĞƩLJ WĂƌƚLJŝŶĂƉĂŶĚĞŵŝĐ &ŽƌƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƟŵĞŝŶĂLJĞĂƌ͕ĂĚĂŶĐĞ DŽƐƚĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐŝŶKnj night was held in the Netherlands, Despite Australia being home to some as an experiment to see how events of the most venomous creatures in the ƌƌĞƐƚĐĂƵƐĞƐƵŶƌĞƐƚ can be organised safely during the world, Australians are twice as likely Five people have been killed in violent pandemic. More than 1,300 people to end up in hospital due to a bee ĐůĂƐŚĞƐĂĐƌŽƐƐ^ĞŶĞŐĂů͕ĂŌĞƌƚŚĞ ǁŽŶƟĐŬĞƚƐƚŽƚŚĞĞǀĞŶƚ͕ǁŚŝĐŚǁĂƐ ŽƌǁĂƐƉƐƟŶŐ͕ƚŚĂŶĨƌŽŵĂƐƉŝĚĞƌŽƌ ůĞĂĚĞƌŽĨƚŚĞĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͛ƐŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ held at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome. ƐŶĂŬĞďŝƚĞ͘dŚĞƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ/ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞŽĨ party, Ousmane Sonko, was arrested. Partygoers were given sensors to Health and Welfare found that from As First News went to press, 19 foreign monitor how much contact they ϮϬϭϳƚŽϮϬϭϴ͕ĮǀĞŝŶĞǀĞƌLJϭϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ embassies had called for an end to had with others, and some were Australians were taken to hospital

the violence, as Mr Sonko called for asked to wear masks. Some even 'ĞƩLJ ĨŽƌďĞĞĂŶĚǁĂƐƉƐƟŶŐƐ͘dǁĞůǀĞǁĞƌĞ his supporters to “massively descend had coloured drinks, to monitor killed by bees and wasps, compared onto the streets” for more protests. saliva in the air when they sang! to seven deaths caused by snakes.

` HENRY was diagnosed as profoundly deaf OUR WORLD ĂĨĞǁĚĂLJƐĂŌĞƌďŝƌƚŚ͘ Having no previous experience of deafness in their family, Henry’s parents were referred to The NAME: HENRY ůŝnjĂďĞƚŚ&ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͕ĂƉƌŽũĞĐƚĨƵŶĚĞĚďLJŽŵŝĐ Relief that supports children who are deaf. Henry LIVES: UK has since received cochlear implants, which he calls his “magic ears”. Henry’s mum Hannah says: “I really hope other families have the dŽĮŶĚŽƵƚŵŽƌĞ͕ŐŽƚŽ opportunity that we did to be welcomed ǁǁǁ͘ĐŽŵŝĐƌĞůŝĞĨ͘ĐŽŵͬƌĞĚŶŽƐĞĚĂLJ into such a warm and caring community.” Schools are working really hard to help you and your friends stay ĂƐƐĂĨĞĂƐƉŽƐƐŝďůĞǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐƉƌŽƚĞĐƟǀĞŵĞĂƐƵƌĞƐŝŶƉůĂĐĞ͘

keeping children in schools using outdoor having staggered the same groups or space as much as ďƌĞĂŬĂŶĚůƵŶĐŚƟŵĞƐ͕ ‘bubbles’ to limit they can ĂƐǁĞůůĂƐĚƌŽƉͲŽīƐ mixing with others and pick-ups

more reducing not travelling regular cleaning the use of to school on handwashing shared items public transport if possible ďLJZĂĐŚĞůƵƐƟŶ͕ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͕ 10. SPECIAL REPORT dĂdžĂŶĚ>ĞŐĂů͕ĞůŽŝƩĞ FirstNews Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021

WHY IS IT ChancellorChancellor ofof ththee WHAT WAS IN EExchequerxchequer Rishi SuSunaknak hholdsolds ththee THE BUDGET FOR IMPORTANT? rreded dispatchdispatch box bbeforeefore announcinannouncingg YOUNG PEOPLE? the BudBudgetget The current Chancellor,cellor, The Government will spend an extra Rishi Sunak, delivereded hishis £700 million helping children catch up 2021 Budget speechh to on things they missed while schools Parliament on 3 March.arch. were closed. Some of the money will This year’s Budget iss be used for summer schools. ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚĂŶƚ because the Governmentnment has spent a lot of extraxtra money helping peopleple and businesses duringing the COVID-19 pandemic.emic. People wanted to knownow whether the supportrt willwill ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞŽǀĞƌƚŚĞŶĞdžƚĞdžƚ

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businesses remain closed andand somesome 'ĞƩLJ ' people can’t work, and whether the Chancellor will increase taxes to pay for the extra spending. BRITAIN’S BUDGET iStock The Chancellor explained that, The Government will spend like most countries in the world, the ĞdžƚƌĂŵŽŶĞLJŽŶƐƉŽƌƚƐ͕dsĂŶĚĮůŵ͕ h<ŚĂƐďĞĞŶďĂĚůLJĂīĞĐƚĞĚďLJƚŚĞ theatres and museums, plus a bid COVID-19 pandemic. Over 700,000 to bring the FIFA World Cup to the people have lost their jobs since last UK and Ireland in 2030. March and the UK economy was 10% EXPLAINED smaller in 2020 than it was in 2019 –

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IT’S Shakespeare Week next week (15-21 March), and nearly two

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William Shakespeare had a wonderful way with words, and the way he described the characters in his plays, the ƉůŽƚƐŚĞĐƌĞĂƚĞĚĂŶĚƚŚĞƐĞƫŶŐƐŚĞŝŵĂŐŝŶĞĚĐĂŶĂůůŚĞůƉ ƵƐƚŽƚŚŝŶŬĂďŽƵƚĂƌĂŶŐĞŽĨƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐĂŶĚĂǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨ ĞŵŽƟŽŶƐ͘dŚŝƐLJĞĂƌǁĞ͛ůůďĞƵƐŝŶŐ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞ͛ƐƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ MY CREATIVE RESPONSE ĂŶĚǁŽƌĚƐƚŽŝŶƐƉŝƌĞƵƐƚŽďĞƚƌƵĞƚŽŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐĂŶĚƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚŽƵƌĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐ͘dŚĞƌĞĂƌĞůŽƚƐŽĨĨƵŶ Can You Live With Yourself? ďLJĞŶĂũĞĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐŽŶƚŚĞ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞtĞĞŬǁĞďƐŝƚĞƚŚĂƚĞdžƉůŽƌĞ This above all, to thine own self be true ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞ͛ƐƉůĂLJƐĂŶĚĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͘zŽƵĐĂŶĂůƐŽĮŶĚ When you look in the mirror that person you see is youyou ŽƵƚĂďŽƵƚǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐŝŶ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞ͛ƐƟŵĞƐʹLJŽƵ͛ůůďĞ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚĂƚŚŽǁƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐƐŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚƌĞĂůůLJĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ͕ Got to be able to walk along with your head held high ďƵƚŐůĂĚƚŚĂƚƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐƐĂƌĞƌĞĂůůLJĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͊ And think: “Hey, it’s okay – I quite like that guy!” dŚĞƌĞĂƌĞŐŽŝŶŐƚŽďĞƟŵĞƐǁŚĞŶƚŚŝŶŐƐĂƌĞƚŽƵŐŚ BOILS, PLAGUE SORES AND EMBOSSED CARBUNCLES You’ll wake up in the morning and think: “Man, I feel rough!” When life’s got you all caught up in a spin ,ŽǁŐƌŽƐƐĐĂŶLJŽƵŐŽ͍ǀĞƌǁĂŶƚĞĚƚŽŬŶŽǁŵŽƌĞĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞƌĞǀŽůƟŶŐƌĞŵĞĚŝĞƐƚŚĂƚ And you just don’t know where to begin ƉĞŽƉůĞƵƐĞĚƚŽƚĂŬĞŝŶ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞ͛ƐĚĂLJ͍,ĞĂůƚŚ͕ǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐĂŶĚŵĞĚŝĐŝŶĞǁĞƌĞĂůŝƩůĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚŝŶdƵĚŽƌƟŵĞƐ͕ƚŚŽƵŐŚLJŽƵŵĂLJďĞƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚƚŽĮŶĚƐŽŵĞŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƟĞƐ͘ You’ll need to speak up, hold faith, stand tall :ŽŝŶŽƵƌŐƵĞƐƚĐƵƌĂƚŽƌ͕DĂƌƟŶƌŽǁŶ͕Horrible HistoriesŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƚŽƌ͕ŝŶŽƵƌŽŶůŝŶĞĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶ tĞ͛ƌĞƚŽůĚŝƚ͛ƐŚŽǁǁĞďŽƵŶĐĞďĂĐŬĂŌĞƌǁĞĨĂůů ĨŽƌĂƚŽƵƌŽĨŵĞĚŝĐĂůŵĂLJŚĞŵ͘zŽƵĐĂŶĂůƐŽŐŽďĞŚŝŶĚ So answer me this and tell me no lies ƚŚĞƐĐĞŶĞƐĂŶĚůĞĂƌŶƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐŝŶĚƌĂǁŝŶŐĞƐŝŶĚƌĂǁ Can you live with yourself, in this world, through those eyes? your own Horrible HistoriesͲƐƚLJůĞĐĂƌƚŽŽŶ͘ ENTER OUR COMPETITION: ABOUT MY CREATIVE RESPONSE ͞tĞůů͕/ĐĂŶ͛ƚĚƌĂǁ͕/͛ŵŶŽƚŵƵĐŚŽĨĂƐŝŶŐĞƌĂŶĚ/ĂŵŶŽƚŐƌĞĂƚĂƚ TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE ŵĂŬŝŶŐƚŚŝŶŐƐǁŝƚŚŵLJŚĂŶĚƐ͕ƐŽ/ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚƚŽǁƌŝƚĞĂƉŽĞŵĂŶĚƚŚĞŶĮůŵŝƚ͕͟ dŚĞƌĞ͛ƐƐƟůůƟŵĞƚŽĞŶƚĞƌŽƵƌĐŽŽůĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͕ĂŶĚ ƐĂLJƐĞŶ͘͞/ĐŚŽƐĞĂǀŝĚĞŽĂƐŝƚŝƐƚŚĞƚŚŝŶŐ/ĂŵŵŽƐƚƵƐĞĚƚŽ͘/ĨĞĞůŝƚŚĞůƉƐ ǁĞǁĂŶƚLJŽƵƚŽŐĞƚĐƌĞĂƟǀĞǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĨĂŵŽƵƐƋƵŽƚĞĨƌŽŵ ŵĞĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJǁŝƚŚĂŶĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘/ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚŝƚĂƚŚŽŵĞŽŶŵLJŵŽďŝůĞ Hamlet: This above all, to thine own self be true… ĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞůŽĐŬĚŽǁŶŝŶEŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͘͟ /ƚ͛ƐŶŽƚĂůǁĂLJƐĞĂƐLJďĞŝŶŐŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐĂŶĚƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ǁĞ͛ƌĞĂĨƌĂŝĚƚŽďĞǁŚŽǁĞĂƌĞŝŶĐĂƐĞŽƚŚĞƌƐũƵĚŐĞƵƐ͘ WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN ‘TRUE TO YOURSELF’? ƵƚďĞŝŶŐƚƌƵĞƚŽŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐŝƐŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚĨŽƌŽƵƌǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐ ͞/ƌĞĂůůLJǀĂůƵĞŚŽŶĞƐƚLJĂŶĚƚƌƵƚŚĨƵůŶĞƐƐ͘/ƚŵĂƩĞƌƐƚŽŵĞƚŽďĞŐĞŶƵŝŶĞĂŶĚ ĂŶĚƐĞůĨͲĞƐƚĞĞŵ͘dŚŝƐ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞtĞĞŬǁĞ͛ƌĞŝŶǀŝƟŶŐ ƚƌƵĞŝŶŵLJƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐǁŽƌŬĂĐƌŽƐƐƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶĂŶĚƌĂĚŝŽ͘>ĂƐƚLJĞĂƌ͕/ƐƉŽŬĞĂďŽƵƚ LJŽƵƚŽĞdžƉůŽƌĞLJŽƵƌŝĚĞŶƟƚLJĂŶĚďĞƉƌŽƵĚŽĨLJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ͊ issues of equality, tolerance and kindness and ^ŚŽǁƵƐǁŚĂƚƚŚŝƐƋƵŽƚĞŵĞĂŶƐƚŽLJŽƵ͕ĂŶĚLJŽƵĐŽƵůĚǁŝŶƐŽŵĞĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐƉƌŝnjĞƐ͘dŽŐĞƚ ƚŚĞƐĞůŝŶŬƐǁĞŶƚǀŝƌĂůĂĐƌŽƐƐƐŽĐŝĂůŵĞĚŝĂ͘ LJŽƵƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ͕ǁĞ͛ǀĞĂƐŬĞĚƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞŶĂƟŽŶ͛ƐĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛ƐĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐŽƵƚĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞƐĞƚŚŝŶŐƐŝƐĂďŝŐ ĞĞďŝĞƐ͛ĞŶĂũĞĞĂŶĚĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛ƐĂƵƚŚŽƌDĂƌĐŝĂtŝůůŝĂŵƐ͕ƚŽƐŚĂƌĞƚŚĞŝƌƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ͘ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ;ĂŶĚƐŽŵĞƉĞŽƉůĞĐĂŶĚŝƐĂŐƌĞĞ͕ ŚĞĐŬŽƵƚƚŚĞĚĞƚĂŝůƐŽŶŽƵƌĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƉĂŐĞĂƚǁǁǁ͘ƐŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞǁĞĞŬ͘ŽƌŐ͘ƵŬͬ ĂŶĚĂƌĞŶ͛ƚĂůǁĂLJƐŶŝĐĞƚŽLJŽƵͿ͕ďƵƚ/ĨĞůƚƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ŶƚƌŝĞƐĐĂŶďĞŝŶĂŶLJĨŽƌŵĂƚ͖ŝƚĐŽƵůĚďĞĂƉŽƐƚĞƌ͕ǀŝĚĞŽĐůŝƉ͕ƐŽŶŐ͕ĂƌƚǁŽƌŬ͕ ŝƚǁĂƐŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚƚŽƐƚĂŶĚƵƉĂŶĚƵƐĞŵLJǀŽŝĐĞ ƉŽĞŵŽƌĂƉŝĞĐĞŽĨǁƌŝƟŶŐʹƚŚĞĐŚŽŝĐĞŝƐLJŽƵƌƐ͘ ĂŶĚŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ͘dŚĞƚŚŝŶŐƐ/ƐĂŝĚŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶ ůŽƐŝŶŐĚĂƚĞĨŽƌĞŶƚƌŝĞƐŝƐ31 March͘'ŽŽĚůƵĐŬ͊ ǀŝĞǁĞĚŵŝůůŝŽŶƐŽĨƟŵĞƐĂůůŽǀĞƌƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚ ĂŶĚŚŽƉĞĨƵůůLJƚŚĞLJ͛ǀĞĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚǁŝƚŚůŽƚƐ WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SHAKESPEARE QUOTE? ŽĨƉĞŽƉůĞŝŶĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚǁĂLJƐ͘͟ WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE /ĂŵŐŽŝŶŐƚŽŐŽǁŝƚŚ͗͞dŚŝƐĂďŽǀĞĂůů͕ƚŽƚŚŝŶĞŽǁŶƐĞůĨ be true,” as my favourite Shakespeare quote, because it SHAKESPEARE QUOTE? ƌĞŵŝŶĚƐŵĞŽĨƚŚĞŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞĨŽƌŽƵƌŽǁŶǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐ͕ “The wheel is come full circle: I am here” ĞŶĂũĞĞ ŽĨďĞŝŶŐƚƌƵĞƚŽŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐĂŶĚƌĞƐƉĞĐƟŶŐŽƚŚĞƌƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ (<ŝŶŐ>ĞĂƌͿ ƌŝŐŚƚƚŽďĞƚƌƵĞƚŽƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘zĞƚĂŶŽƚŚĞƌŵŽŵĞŶƚǁŚĞŶ ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞƉƵƚƐĂƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŝŶƚŽĂĨĞǁƐŚŽƌƚǁŽƌĚƐƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐƚĂŬĞŶŵĞŵƵůƟƉůĞƉĂƌĂŐƌĂƉŚƐĂŶĚƐŝdžĚŽůůƐƚŽƐĂLJ͊ dŽĮŶĚŽƵƚŵŽƌĞ͕ƐĞĞǁǁǁ͘ƐŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞǁĞĞŬ͘ŽƌŐ͘ƵŬ Marcia Williams 13. SCIENCE NEWS by Jane Tarrant FirstNews /ƐƐƵĞϳϲϵ ϭϮʹϭϴDĂƌĐŚϮϬϮϭ

dŚĞĮƌĞďĂůůǁĂƐĐĂƉƚƵƌĞĚŽŶ ĐĂŵĞƌĂďLJĂŶŽďƐĞƌǀĞƌ͕ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚŝƚŽŶůLJůĂƐƚĞĚƐŝdžƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ CLEVER MMETEORETEOR CUTTLEFISH ŝ^ƚŽĐŬ HHITSITS UKUK ĞŶ^ƚĂŶůĞLJ

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FIVE JUST MINUTES WITH… Nickelodeon IMOGEN FAIRES SAY YES! GOLDIE’S Oldies is a brand-new comedy about a girl called Goldie who moves in with her grandad and his friends. IF you could have a day where your parents said “yes” to everything, what would you ask for? That’s what happens to What’s Goldie’s Oldies about? :ĞŶŶĂKƌƚĞŐĂ͛ƐĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝŶƚŚĞĨƵŶŶĞǁĨĂŵŝůLJĮůŵYes Day! It’s about my character, Goldie, who moves, with my mum and my older ďƌŽƚŚĞƌĂŶŶLJ͕ƚŽůŝǀĞǁŝƚŚŵLJŐƌĂŶĚĂĚŝŶ>ŽŶĚŽŶ͘/ƚ͛ƐĂůůǀĞƌLJĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ƵŶƟ/ǁĞĮŶĚŽƵƚƚŚĂƚŚĞŝƐĂĐƚƵĂůůLJĂůƌĞĂĚLJůŝǀŝŶŐǁŝƚŚƐŽŵĞǀĞƌLJƵŶŝƋƵĞ Yes Day is so much fun to watch, ŬŝŶĚŽĨůŽƐƚďĞĐĂƵƐĞLJŽƵ͛ƌĞůŝŬĞ͕ǁĂŝƚ͕ŝƚ͛ƐĂŝƚ͕ŝƚ͛Ɛ housemates, who end up being called the Oldies. So we have these new but what was it like to make? ŶŽƚŐŽŽĚŶŽƚŚĂǀŝŶŐŵLJĨĂŵŝůLJŚĞƌĞ͘/ƚ͛ƐĞ͘/ƚ͛Ɛ housemates and everything that comes with it, which leads to things I had the most incredible experience cool because I think that you get toosee see happening in the house that we need to solve. ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐYes DayĂŶĚ/ƚŚŝŶŬƚŚĂƚƚŚĞĨƵŶ <ĂƟĞŝŶĂƉŽƐŝƟŽŶǁŚĞƌĞƐŚĞ͛ƐƐƵĚĚĞŶůLJ ƚŚĂƚǁĞŚĂĚŽŶƐĞƚĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞƐ ƵŶĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĨƌĞĞĚŽŵƚŚĂƚ How do you think you’d cope living in a house full of oldies? on the camera. It’s not every day you get ƐŚĞ͛ƐďĞĞŶŐŝǀĞŶ͕ĂŶĚƐŚĞŬŝŶĚŽĨƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞƐ ƵƌŝŶŐĮůŵŝŶŐ/ǁĂƐƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐĂůŽƚŽĨƟŵĞǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŽůĚŝĞƐ͕ƐŽŝƚĨĞůƚĂďŝƚ to go to work and throw water balloons ŶĂǀŝŐĂƟŶŐŚĞƌǁĂLJƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĂƚ͕ǁŚŝĐŚ ůŝŬĞ/ůŝǀĞĚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŵĂŶLJǁĂLJ͘/ƚŚŝŶŬŝƚǁŽƵůĚŬŝŶĚŽĨďĞƚŚĞĐŽŽůĞƐƚƚŚŝŶŐ at people or ride rollercoasters, or go I think is relatable. ŝŶƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚ͕ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJŝĨƚŚĞLJǁĞƌĞƚŚĞŽůĚŝĞƐŝŶƚŚĞƐŚŽǁ͘/ƚǁŽƵůĚďĞ ƚŽĐŽŶĐĞƌƚƐĂŶĚƉĞƌĨŽƌŵǁŝƚŚƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐďĞĐĂƵƐĞƚŚĞƌĞŝƐĂƐƵĐŚĂďŝŐĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞďĞƚǁĞĞŶŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ͕ŝŶƐĂŶĞůLJƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ ĂŶĚƚŚĞƐŚŽǁĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐƚŚĂƚ͊/ƚŚŝŶŬ/ǁŽƵůĚŬŝŶĚŽĨůŽǀĞŝƚ͘ ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐƚŚĞĮůŵǁĂƐĞǀĞŶŵŽƌĞ The house has to go without tech for a day, so how would ĨƵŶƚŚĂŶLJŽƵĐŽƵůĚĞǀĞƌŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ͘ you deal with that in real life? tŚĂƚŝƐLJŽƵƌĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ<ĂƟĞůŝŬĞ͍ /ƚŚŝŶŬ/ǁŽƵůĚŐŽŝŶƚŽƐŽŵĞƐŽƌƚŽĨƌĞũĞĐƟŽŶŵŽĚĞ͕ŵLJďŽĚLJǁŽƵůĚ <ĂƟĞŝƐϭϰ͕ƐŚĞ͛ƐǀĞƌLJŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚĂŶĚ/ ƐŚƵƚĚŽǁŶĂŶĚ/ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚŬŶŽǁǁŚĞƌĞ/Ăŵ͕ǁŚŽ/ĂŵŽƌǁŚĂƚƟŵĞŝƚŝƐ͊ ƚŚŝŶŬƚŚĂƚƐŚĞ͛ƐŝŶĂďŝƚŽĨĂƌƵƐŚƚŽŐƌŽǁ /ŶĂǁĂLJŝƚǁŽƵůĚďĞŬŝŶĚŽĨĂƌĞůŝĞĨ͕ďĞĐĂƵƐĞŝƚŝƐƐƵĐŚĂďŝŐƉĂƌƚŽĨŽƵƌůŝǀĞƐ ƵƉ͘^ŚĞĐĂƌĞƐĨŽƌŚĞƌLJŽƵŶŐĞƌƐŝďůŝŶŐƐĂ that it isn’t really a choice any more. The phone is always going to be in our ůŽƚ͕ƐŚĞ͛ƐƚŚĞŽůĚĞƐƚŽƵƚŽĨƚŚƌĞĞĂŶĚƚŚĞLJ hands, and it’s such a habit now that it would be a struggle – and you do ĚŽŐĞƚŽŶŚĞƌŶĞƌǀĞƐƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ͘^ŚĞ͛ƐƚŚĞ see them struggle in the show, even the Oldies. ŵŝƐƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚƚĞĞŶǁŚŽ͕LJŽƵŬŶŽǁ͕ŝƐũƵƐƚ 'ŽůĚŝĞ͛ƐŚŽƵƐĞŵĂƚĞƐĂƌĞĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJƵŶŝƋƵĞ͕ďƵƚǁŚŽǁŽƵůĚ ǁĂŝƟŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞĨĂƐƚůŝĨĞ͘/ƚŚŝŶŬƉĂƌƚŽĨƚŚĂƚ EĞƞůŝdž be your dream housemates? is unnecessary pressure she puts on KŽŚ͕/ƚŚŝŶŬǁĞ͛ĚŶĞĞĚĂƌĂŶŐĞŽĨƉĞŽƉůĞ͘/ƚŚŝŶŬ>ŽƵŝƐdŚĞƌŽƵdžďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŚĞƌƐĞůĨĨŽƌďĞŝŶŐƚŚĞŽůĚĞƐƚŬŝĚĂŶĚĨĞĞůŝŶŐ /ũƵƐƚŶĞĞĚƚŽŚĞĂƌǁŚĂƚŚĞŚĂƐƚŽƐĂLJ͖/ũƵƐƚŶĞĞĚƚŽƚĂůŬƚŽŚŝŵŵƵůƟƉůĞ like she should take more responsibility, KŶĞŽĨƚŚĞƐĐĞŶĞƐŝŶƚŚĞĮůŵ ƟŵĞƐĂĚĂLJ͘/ĨĞĞůůŝŬĞDŝĐŚĞůůĞKďĂŵĂ͕ďĞĐĂƵƐĞƐŚĞ͛ƐĂŵĂnjŝŶŐĂŶĚďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ĂŶĚǁĂŶƟŶŐƚŽďĞĂůůŽǁĞĚƚŽĚŽŵŽƌĞ involves going through a car wash ŵLJŵƵŵǁŽƵůĚĐƌLJĂŶĚĐůĂƉĞǀĞƌLJƟŵĞƐŚĞĐĂŵĞƌŽƵŶĚ͕ǁŚŝĐŚǁŽƵůĚ adult things. with the window open… ďĞƐŽĨƵŶŶLJ͘/ĨĞĞůůŝŬĞ/ũƵƐƚŶĞĞĚƚŽƚŚƌŽǁŝƚŽƵƚƚŚĞƌĞĂŶĚƐĂLJĞLJŽŶĐĠ͕ dŚĂƚǁĂƐŶŽƚĨƵŶ͊/ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŝƚǁŽƵůĚďĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ũƵƐƚĐĂŶ͛ƚŶŽƚƐĂLJĞLJŽŶĐĠ͊ŶLJƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐůŝŬĞƚŚŝƐ͕/ĂůǁĂLJƐ ĨƵŶʹƚŚĂƚŚĂĚĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJĐƌŽƐƐĞĚŵLJŵŝŶĚ͕ ƚŚƌŽǁŚĞƌŝŶ͕ĞǀĞŶŝĨŝƚũƵƐƚŵĂŬĞƐŶŽƐĞŶƐĞ͘ what it would be like to go through the

EĞƞůŝdž ĐĂƌǁĂƐŚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞǁŝŶĚŽǁƐĚŽǁŶ͘Ƶƚŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐŽůĚ͕ƚŚĞƌĞ͛ƐƐŽĂƉĞǀĞƌLJǁŚĞƌĞ͕ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ it gets in your eyes and there’s a big blowdryer at the end, which makes you so cold. The water pressure is really tough and very aggressive and you ƉƌĞƩLJŵƵĐŚũƵƐƚĨĞĞůůŝŬĞĂǁĞƚĚŽŐ͕ ƐŽ/ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚŝƚ͘Ƶƚŝƚ

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Did you ever feel like that? zŽƵĮůŵĞĚŽŶĂƌŽůůĞƌĐŽĂƐƚĞƌƚŽŽ͕ /ĨĞĞůƚŚĂƚǁĂLJĂůůƚŚĞƟŵĞ͘/ũƵƐƚƚƵƌŶĞĚϭϴ did that get a bit sickly? and I was like: “Oh, now I can do a bunch /ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚŵŝŶĚ͘/ŬŶŽǁ:ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ'ĂƌŶĞƌ ŽĨƐƚƵī/ǁĂŶŶĂĚŽ͊͟ƵƚƚŚĞŶLJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŝƚǁĂƐƐŝĐŬůLJ͘/ůŽǀĞĚŝƚ͖ŝƚǁĂƐĐŽŽů

Goldie’s Oldies launches Monday 15 March at 5:30pm on Nickelodeon Stream Yes Day ŶŽǁŽŶEĞƞůŝdž͊ FirstNews Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021 .15 THIS WEEK

OTI Mabuse has joined the panel of 1 The Masked Dancer͕ĂŶĞǁƐƉŝŶͲŽī

series from The Masked Singer͘KƟǁŝůůũŽŝŶ 'ĞƩLJ Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan ĂƐƚŚĞLJĂƩĞŵƉƚƚŽŐƵĞƐƐǁŚŝĐŚĨĂŵŽƵƐĨĂĐĞŝƐ dancing while disguised in a crazy costume!

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'ĞƩLJ the Luna Drive In Cinema is back! The COVID-safe screenings will feature a

Luna Cinema ŚŽƐƚŽĨƚŽƉĮůŵƐƚŚĂƚLJŽƵĐĂŶǁĂƚĐŚ from the comfort of your family car. ^ĐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐƐƐƚĂƌƚĨƌŽŵϭϮƉƌŝů͕ƐŽ check www.lunadriveincinema.com ƚŽĮŶĚĂůŽĐĂƟŽŶŶĞĂƌLJŽƵ͊

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FOR Red Nose Day, professional racing driver Billy Monger embarked on a huge

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DAY 1 POUNDING THE PAVEMENT – 18 MILES FROM THE DAY 3 SADDLE SORE – BIG CYCLE DAY FROM THE MILLENNIUM BRIDGE, GATESHEAD, TO DURHAM CATHEDRAL BULLRING IN BIRMINGHAM TO BLENHEIM PALACE. A MERE I didn’t sleep brilliantly the night before the start 65 MILES! of the challenge. I think it was a mix of excitement and nerves. I knew I needed to get my head down, I’ve not really ridden a bike stay focused and get the job done. since my accident; I really I might be smiling, but I’d had a few issues with struggled to get the hang of my right leg just before this photo was taken. Some it. Less than six weeks later days you put your legs on and it feels fine, but then I was cycling through a busy the next day and very hilly city centre. I never expected to meet Cheryl, having you can struggle just cycled up the steepest hill of my life! to walk even She came out to surprise me during a a few steps. much-needed pit stop. Cheryl climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for Red Nose Day in I was blown away by the support 2009, so we talked about how incredibly I got along the route. Chris Ramsey even tough these challenges are. came down to the Angel of the North to keep me company for a few miles. DAY 4 THE FINISH LINE IS IN SIGHT – WELL, SORT OF… JUST 50.5 MILES TO GO! DAY 2 THE BOAT TAKES A BATTERING – 50MPH Zoe Ball came down to Brands Hatch WINDS HIT THE LAKE DISTRICT AS THE CHALLENGE to help me kick off the final day of my HANGS IN THE BALANCE challenge. Due to the kayaking delays, I had extra laps to do on the bike in order to make up the full 140 miles. I know every inch of Brands Hatch, but I’m usually racing around it at 120mph in a car. It feels a lot longer when you have to walk it! I was so exhausted and pretty much running on empty when Joel Dommett turned up to cheer me up.

So many people helped me after my accident, which is why I took on this challenge. I wanted to raise as much money as possible to make sure My face shows how other people can get support if they need it. It was disappointed I was for the this motivation that kept me going during that last kayak day to be cancelled. If I What a difference a day makes. It gruelling mile to the chequered flag. I didn’t expect to had made it out on the lake, I was still windy and a bit blowy, but be so emotional at the finish line, but I had physically would have spent more time in I was delighted to finally be out on pushed myself to the absolute limit to get there. This the water than on the water! the water – albeit a day late. was by far one of the hardest things I have ever done!

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Ingredients 200g chocolate RECIPES (any kind you like) 100g mini eggs

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ƉĂƌƚŽĨƚŚĞ&ŝŶĞŝŶŝŶŐĞĂŶƐ ^ŽƚŚĞďLJ͛Ɛ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ǁŚŝĐŚǁĂƐĚƌĞĂŵƚ ƵƉďLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŵŝůLJDĐDƵŶŶ͘ ^ŚĞƚĂƐŬĞĚŚĞƌzĞĂƌϵĂŶĚϭϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐǁŝƚŚŵĂŬŝŶŐĂƉůĂƚĞ ŽĨďĂŬĞĚďĞĂŶƐĂŶĚƚŽĂƐƚůŽŽŬ ƵŶŝƋƵĞĂŶĚƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů͘ŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞƚĂƐƚLJĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ͊ 'ŝůWƌŝǀĞƩƐĐŽŽƉĞĚĮƌƐƚƉƌŝnjĞ ^D>>ďŽǁůďŽƵŐŚƚĂƚĂŐĂƌĂŐĞƐĂůĞŚĂƐƚƵƌŶĞĚ ĨŽƌŚŝƐĂŵĂnjŝŶŐƐǁĂŶĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ;ƚŽƉůĞŌͿ͘DƐDĐDƵŶŶƚŽůĚŚĞƌ ŽƵƚƚŽďĞĂƌĂƌĞŚŝŶĞƐĞĂƌƟĨĂĐƚ͘ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƚŚĂƚƐŚĞǁŽƵůĚĚŽŶĂƚĞ dŚĞǁŚŝƚĞĂŶĚďůƵĞƉŽƌĐĞůĂŝŶďŽǁůǁĂƐďŽƵŐŚƚĨŽƌũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞǁŝŶŶĞƌ͛ƐŚĞŝŐŚƚŝŶďĞĂŶƐ Ψϯϱ;άϮϱͿǁŚĞŶƚŚĞŽǁŶĞƌƐƉŽƩĞĚŝƚŝŶĂLJĂƌĚƐĂůĞŝŶ ;ĂŶĚƟŶƐͿƚŽƚŚĞ&ƌŽŵĞ&ŽŽĚ ŽŶŶĞĐƟĐƵƚ͕h^͘ ĂŶŬ͘'ŝůŝƐϭϲϬĐŵƚĂůů͕ƐŽƚŚĂƚ tŚĞŶƚŚĞŶĞǁŽǁŶĞƌƚŽŽŬŝƚƚŽďĞǀĂůƵĞĚ͕ƚŚĞLJ ƐŚůĞŝŐŚ'ĂŚĂŐĂŶ ǁŽƌŬƐŽƵƚĂƚĂďŽƵƚϭϱƟŶƐ͊ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚŝƚǁĂƐĂĐƚƵĂůůLJĂǀĞƌLJƌĂƌĞϭϱƚŚĐĞŶƚƵƌLJƉŝĞĐĞ ŵĂŝůŶĞǁƐĚĞƐŬΛĮƌƐƚŶĞǁƐ͘ ǁŽƌƚŚƵƉƚŽΨϱϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ;άϯϲϬ͕ϬϬϬͿ͊ ĐŽ͘ƵŬŝĨLJŽƵƌƐĐŚŽŽůŚĂƐŚĂĚĂŶLJ dŚĞŝƚĞŵŝƐŽŶĞŽĨŽŶůLJƐĞǀĞŶƐƵĐŚďŽǁůƐŬŶŽǁŶƚŽĞdžŝƐƚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞĐŽŶƚĞƐƚƐ͊ ŝŶƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚ͘DŽƐƚŽĨƚŚĞŽƚŚĞƌƐĐĂŶďĞĨŽƵŶĚŝŶŵƵƐĞƵŵƐ͘ dŚĞďŽǁůŝƐŶŽǁŐŽŝŶŐƵƉĨŽƌĂƵĐƟŽŶŽŶϭϳDĂƌĐŚĂƐ ƉĂƌƚŽĨ^ŽƚŚĞďLJ͛ƐƵĐƟŽŶŽĨ/ŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚŚŝŶĞƐĞƌƚ͘

D^^'ŝŶĂďŽƩůĞŚĂƐ ǁĂƐŚĞĚƵƉŝŶƚŚĞ^ŚĞƚůĂŶĚ /ƐůĂŶĚƐĂŌĞƌϮϭLJĞĂƌƐĂƚƐĞĂ͘ MMESSAGEESSAGE ININ A BBOTTLEOTTLE JAMIE KůŝǀĞƌŚĂƐƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ DĞŐĂŶ<ĞƉƉŝĞǁĂƐǁĂůŬŝŶŐŽŶ ŚĞƉƵƚƐŐƌĂƉĞƐŽŶƉŝnjnjĂ͊ ĂďĞĂĐŚŝŶDĂŶŐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ǁŚĞŶƐŚĞ ƐƉŽƩĞĚƚŚĞďŽƩůĞĂŶĚŶŽƟĐĞĚ dŚĞdsĐŚĞĨƐĂŝĚƌĞĚŐƌĂƉĞƐ ƚŚĞŶŽƚĞŝŶƐŝĚĞ͘/ƚǁĂƐĚĂƚĞĚ ǁĞƌĞƚŚĞ͞ƐĞĐƌĞƚŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚ͟ ĨƌŽŵϭϳ:ĂŶƵĂƌLJϮϬϬϬĂŶĚ ƚŽŚŝƐƐĂƵƐĂŐĞƉŝnjnjĂƌĞĐŝƉĞ͘,Ğ ǁƌŝƩĞŶŝŶ&ĂƌŽĞƐĞ͕ĂůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ŵĂĚĞƚŚĞƐŚŽĐŬĐŽŶĨĞƐƐŝŽŶŽŶ ƐƉŽŬĞŶďLJƉĞŽƉůĞŽŶƚŚĞ&ĂƌŽĞ ƚŚĞdsƐŚŽǁ<ĞĞƉŽŽŬŝŶŐ&ĂŵŝůLJ &ĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ͘dŚĞƵŶƵƐƵĂůƚŽƉƉŝŶŐ

&ĂĐĞŬͬDĞŐĂŶ<ĞƉƉŝĞ /ƐůĂŶĚƐ͕ŶĞĂƌĞŶŵĂƌŬ͘ DĞŐĂŶƐŚĂƌĞĚŚĞƌĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ĚŝǀŝĚĞĚǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ͘^Ž͕ǁŽƵůĚLJŽƵ ĮŶĚŽŶ&ĂĐĞŬĂŶĚĂƐŬĞĚŝĨ ĞĂƚŐƌĂƉĞƐŽŶƉŝnjnjĂ͍ ĂŶLJŽŶĞĐŽƵůĚŚĞůƉŚĞƌƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞ ŝƚ͘/ƚƚƵƌŶƐŽƵƚƚŚĞďŽƩůĞǁĂƐƐĞŶƚ ďLJĂ^ĐŽƵƚŐƌŽƵƉĨƌŽŵƚŚĞƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ<ůĂŬƐǀşŬ͘

ZĞŵĂƌŬĂďůLJ͕DĞŐĂŶŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ 'ĞƩLJ ƚŽƚƌĂĐŬĚŽǁŶƚŚĞ^ĐŽƵƚŐƌŽƵƉ ĂŶĚĮŶĚƚŚĞůĞƩĞƌ͛ƐĂĐƚƵĂůǁƌŝƚĞƌ͕

&ĂĐĞŬͬDĞŐĂŶ<ĞƉƉŝĞ &ŝŶŶ:ŽŚĂŶŶĞƐĞŶ͕ƚŽůĞƚƚŚĞŵĂůů ŬŶŽǁƐŚĞ͛ĚĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚŝƚ͘

tƌŝƩĞŶĂŶĚŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚďLJWĂƵůWĂůŵĞƌ 24. BIG INTERVIEW by Aaron Henderson FirstFir News Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021

How did your family react? My mum thought it was a bit impulsive! But I couldn’t let it go, even though I faced people telling me: “You’re Syrian, you’re Muslim, you’re not even from this country. Do you think you’re going to be working in an airport? It was already hard for you to come to this country!” For a while I thought maybe they’re ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ďƵƚĂŌĞƌĂǁĞĞŬ/ǁĂƐůŝŬĞ͗ŶŽ͕/ǁĂŶƚƚŽĚŽƚŚŝƐ͘ The whole point of my dad making this journey of coming to the UK was for us to have dreams, and be able to achieve them!

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We don’t have much ^LJƌŝĂŶƌĞĨƵŐĞĞƉŝůŽƚŝŶƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚ͘ community helped me and how other people can ĐŽŶƚƌŽůŝŶƚŚĞƐĞƵŶĐĞƌƚĂŝŶƟŵĞƐ͕ƐŽǁĞŚĂǀĞƚŽŵĂŬĞ tĞƐƉŽŬĞƚŽDĂLJĂĂďŽƵƚŚĞƌĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŚĞůƉƚŽŽ͘/ĚŝĚĨĞĞů/ǁĂƐƉƵƫŶŐŵLJƐĞůĨŽƵƚƚŚĞƌĞ͕ďƵƚ the best of what we have. Explore your interests, ŽĨĐŽŵŝŶŐƚŽƚŚĞh<͕ŚŽǁƐŚĞďĞĐĂŵĞĂ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ƵƐĞĚƚŚĞŝƌƉůĂƞŽƌŵĂŶĚǁĂƐƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ͕ŝƚ learn a new skill. Maybe even just spend some ƉŝůŽƚĂŶĚŚŽǁŝƚĨĞůƚƚŚŝƐǁĞĞŬǁŚĞŶƐŚĞ didn’t end up feeling that scary at all. It encouraged ƟŵĞƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ͊/ƚŚŝŶŬƚŚĂƚƌĞĂĚŝŶŐƚŚĞŶĞǁƐ͕ŐĞƫŶŐ was made a Goodwill Ambassador by me to keep speaking out about my experience. educated on what’s happening around the world ƚŚĞhE,Z͕ƚŚĞhEZĞĨƵŐĞĞŐĞŶĐLJ͘ ŝƐŐƌĞĂƚ͘,ŽŶĞƐƚůLJ͕ŚŝŐŚĮǀĞƚŽFirst News readers! tŚĂƚǁĂƐŝƚůŝŬĞǁŚĞŶLJŽƵĂƌƌŝǀĞĚŝŶ Maybe First News readers could read my story, and the UK? educate themselves on what it’s like to be a refugee. Everyone expects an adventure, but because I arrived zŽƵ͛ǀĞďĞĞŶŵĂĚĞĂ'ŽŽĚǁŝůůŵďĂƐƐĂĚŽƌ here on a family-reunion visa as my dad was already ͞ŶLJďŽĚLJĐŽƵůĚďĞĂƌĞĨƵŐĞĞ͘/ƚĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĨŽƌƚŚĞhE,ZŽŶ/ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůtŽŵĞŶ͛ƐĂLJ͘ here, we just came on the plane! When I arrived, I’d ŵĞĂŶĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ͕ƚŚĞLJ͛ƌĞũƵƐƚŚƵŵĂŶ How does that feel? just turned 16, and needed to go to school, but the /ƚ͛ƐǀĞƌLJĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ͊/͛ŵǀĞƌLJŚĂƉƉLJŝƚ͛ƐŚĂƉƉĞŶŝŶŐʹ/͛ǀĞ schools I visited didn’t recognise the exam results ďĞŝŶŐƐ͕ŶŽƚŶƵŵďĞƌƐ͘dŚĞLJŚĂǀĞůŝǀĞƐĂŶĚ ďĞĞŶǁŽƌŬŝŶŐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞhE,ZĨŽƌĮǀĞLJĞĂƌƐŶŽǁ͘/ I received in Syria. Even though I’d got good grades, ĨƵƚƵƌĞƐĂŶĚŚŽƉĞƐĂŶĚĚƌĞĂŵƐ͟ ĨĞĞůŚŽŶŽƵƌĞĚƚŽŚĂǀĞĂƟƚůĞĂŶĚƚŚĞŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJƚŽ they just weren’t accepted. One school completely ƐƉĞĂŬĨŽƌƌĞĨƵŐĞĞƐƵƐŝŶŐƚŚĞhE,ZƉůĂƞŽƌŵ͘/ƚ͛Ɛ refused to see me! tŚĂƚŵĞƐƐĂŐĞǁŝůůLJŽƵďĞƐŚĂƌŝŶŐ ƉƌĞƩLJĐŽŽů͊/ƚ͛ƐĂŶŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚŝƐƐƵĞƚŚĂƚƚŽƵĐŚĞƐŵĞ personally because I myself had to leave my country. as a Goodwill Ambassador? dŚĞŶLJŽƵǁĞŶƚĨƌŽŵŶŽƚďĞŝŶŐĂďůĞƚŽŐĞƚ I want to share my story in the hope that people can ŝŶƚŽĂƐĐŚŽŽůƚŽƐƚƵĚLJŝŶŐĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ;ŇŝŐŚƚͿ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚƚŚĂƚƌĞĨƵŐĞĞƐŚĂǀĞƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů͕ĂŶĚĐĂŶ ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐĂƚƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͊ ƌĞĂĐŚƚŚĂƚƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůŝĨƚŚĞLJĂƌĞŐŝǀĞŶƚŚĞĐŚĂŶĐĞ͘/ĂůƐŽ I went to an open day at a college where they told want to give refugees hope that their dreams for the ŵĞ͗͞tĞĚŽŶ͛ƚĂĐĐĞƉƚLJŽƵƌƋƵĂůŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ďƵƚŐŽ future can come true! It’s possible for you to achieve and speak to this teacher. It probably won’t lead to your dreams, you just have to believe in yourself. anything. But just in case, go and speak to him.” So I There are over 80 million people in the world who went to an engineering teacher and said: “I have no have been forced from their homes; people forget friends. I have nothing to do. I just want to study.” ƚŚĂƚƚŚŽƐĞƉĞŽƉůĞůĞŌĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐďĞŚŝŶĚ͕ũƵƐƚ It made my life sound so sad! But I think he saw ƚŽůŽŽŬĨŽƌƐĂĨĞƚLJ͘dŚĞLJ͛ƌĞƐƚĂƌƟŶŐĨƌŽŵnjĞƌŽ͕ŽŌĞŶ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐŝŶŵĞĂŶĚŽīĞƌĞĚƚŽŚĞůƉŵĞĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ŝŶĂĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚĐŽƵŶƚƌLJǁŝƚŚĂĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ͘zŽƵ tests in English, maths and science. He gave me a know, anybody could be a refugee. It doesn’t mean ĐŚĂŶĐĞ͘/ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚĂůǁĂLJƐǁĂŶƚƚŽƐƚƵĚLJĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ͕ďƵƚ anything, they’re just human beings, not numbers. ĂŌĞƌƐƚĂLJŝŶŐĂƚĂŚŽƚĞůŶĞĂƌ,ĞĂƚŚƌŽǁŝƌƉŽƌƚ͕ǁŚĞƌĞ They have lives and futures and hopes and dreams. I could see the runway, I just Just say hi to the new refugee kid at school, you thought it was so cool. I told ĐŽƵůĚŵĂŬĞƚŚĞŝƌůŝĨĞŵƵĐŚďĞƩĞƌ͊ my mum there and then /ǁĂŶƚĞĚƚŽƐƚƵĚLJĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ͘ LĞĂƌŶŵŽƌĞĂďŽƵƚDĂLJĂĂŶĚŚĞƌǁŽƌŬǁŝƚŚƚŚĞ CHARITIES SUPPORTED BY FIRST NEWS UNHCR atǁǁǁ͘ƵŶŚĐƌ͘ŽƌŐͬŵĂLJĂͲŐŚĂnjĂů 25. BOOKS FirstNews Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021 BOOK NEWS SSTEPTEP IINSIDENSIDE YYOUROUR STORYSTORY BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED! 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MY BOOK JUNIOR SNAPPED ďLJKůŝǀĞ:ĂŵŝĞƐŽŶ tĂƐŬĞĚLJŽƵƚŽƐĞŶĚŝŶƉŚŽƚŽƐŽĨLJŽƵǁŝƚŚLJŽƵƌ JOURNALIST ĐŽƉLJŽĨ&ŝƌƐƚEĞǁƐ͕ĂŶĚƚŽƚĞůůƵƐǁŚLJLJŽƵĂŶĚ /'EŵLJŬŝŶƚŚĞĮƌƐƚĐŽƌŽŶĂǀŝƌƵƐůŽĐŬĚŽǁŶ LJŽƵƌĨĂŵŝůLJůŝŬĞƌĞĂĚŝŶŐƚŚĞƉĂƉĞƌĞĂĐŚǁĞĞŬ͘ ďĂĐŬŝŶDĂƌĐŚϮϬϮϬ͘/ƚƐƚĂƌƚĞĚĂƐĂĚŝĂƌLJ͘ /ǁĂƐĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ͕ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ĨĞůƚůŝŬĞ help because of coronavirus. ,ĞƌĞ͛Ɛ,ĂnjĞů͕ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐŚĞƌĮƌƐƚĐŽƉLJŽĨ&ŝƌƐƚEĞǁƐ͘ people didn’t understand what it was I chose Ella’s because the women they ,ĂnjĞůƐĂŝĚ͗͞/ŚĂǀĞŽŶůLJũƵƐƚĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ&ŝƌƐƚ like for children during the coronavirus support have been through horrible EĞǁƐĂŶĚ/ůŽǀĞŝƚ͊dŚĞŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞƐĂƌĞĐĂƚĐŚLJĂŶĚ pandemic. It was my goal just to put my experiences and they need a lot of LJŽƵǁĂŶƚƚŽƌĞĂĚƚŚĞŵ͘EŽǁ/ŚĂǀĞĂƐŬĞĚŵLJ thoughts down. I felt like I could share ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͘>ŝŬĞĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͕ƚŚĞŝƌǀŽŝĐĞƐĂƌĞ ŵƵŵƚŽƐƵďƐĐƌŝďĞĂŶĚǁĞŚĂǀĞ͘/ĐĂŶ͛ƚǁĂŝƚƚŽ ŵLJĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚǁƌŝƟŶŐƚŚĞŵ being heard less than others during the ŐĞƚƚŚĞŶĞdžƚŝƐƐƵĞ͘͟ ĚŽǁŶ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĂƚŵĂĚĞŵĞĨĞĞůďĞƩĞƌ͘ ƉĂŶĚĞŵŝĐ͘ŶĚƚŚĞŝƌĨƌĞĞĚŽŵƐŚĂǀĞ /ŬĞƉƚŽŶǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕ĂŶĚŵLJĚŝĂƌLJƚƵƌŶĞĚ been even more limited. I want to raise dŚĞDĂũŝĚĨĂŵŝůLJůŽǀĞ&ŝƌƐƚEĞǁƐĂŶĚĞĂŐĞƌůLJ ŝŶƚŽĂŬ͕The Coronavirus Kids. as much money as possible for Ella’s. ǁĂŝƚĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌĐŽƉLJĞǀĞƌLJǁĞĞŬ͘dŚĞLJĞŶũŽLJ It covers my experiences during the ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐƚŚĞƉĂƉĞƌĂŶĚůŽǀĞƚŚĞĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐŝŶ ƉĂŶĚĞŵŝĐ͗ĐĂŶĐĞůůĞĚƉůĂŶƐ͕ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐŽƵƚ ŝƚ͕ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐǁĞĞŬĞŶĚĨƵŶĨŽƌĂůůƚŚĞĨĂŵŝůLJ͘ on school and being separated from my ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕ĂƐǁĞůůĂƐƐŽŵĞŽƚŚĞƌƚŚĞŵĞƐ͕ including Donald Trump. My biggest hope for the book is that it will help people understand how hard it ŝƐĨŽƌŬŝĚƐŝŶĐŽƌŽŶĂǀŝƌƵƐƟŵĞƐ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĂƚ it will help alert the Government that it is so much harder than they think for kids not going to school. /ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚƚŽĚŽŶĂƚĞĂůůƉƌŽĮƚƐĨƌŽŵ the sale of my book to Ella’s Unlocking dŚĞŽƌŽŶĂǀŝƌƵƐ<ŝĚƐŝƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ &ƌĞĞĚŽŵĐŚĂƌŝƚLJĂƐĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐŶĞĞĚŵŽƌĞ ƚŽŽƌĚĞƌŶŽǁŽŶŵĂnjŽŶ SUBSCRIBE FOR SCHOOL – FIND OUT MORE AT SCHOOLS.FIRSTNEWS.CO.UK CALL: (020) 3195 7256 EMAIL: [email protected] 28. SPORT by Richard Mead FirstNews Issue 769 12 – 18 March 2021

ZLJĂŶ<ĞŶƚĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞƐƐĐŽƌŝŶŐƚŚĞĮƌƐƚZLJĂŶ<ĞŶƚĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞƐƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ŐŽĂůĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ^ƚDŝƌƌĞŶ;ůĞŌͿ͕ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚŐŽĂůĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ^ƚDŝƌƌĞŶ;ůĞŌͿ͕ǁ SPORT IN ďLJZĂŶŐĞƌƐŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ^ƚĞǀĞŶ'ĞƌƌĂƌĚďLJZĂŶŐĞƌƐŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ^ƚĞǀĞŶ NUMBERS ;ďĞůŽǁͿ 'ĞƩLJ ƟƚůĞƐǁĞƌĞǁŽŶďLJ ůĮĞ,ĞǁĞƩĂƚƚŚĞ 2 World Wheelchair Tennis Tournament in the Netherlands. &ŝƌƐƚ͕ŚĞďĞĂƚĨĞůůŽǁƌŝƚ'ŽƌĚŽŶZĞŝĚ ŝŶƚǁŽƐĞƚƐŝŶƚŚĞƐŝŶŕůĞƐĮŶĂů͘dŚĞŶ͕ ,ĞǁĞƩĂŶĚZĞŝĚƚĞĂŵĞĚƵƉĨŽƌƚŚĞ ĚŽƵďůĞƐĮŶĂů͕ƚĂŬŝŶŕũƵƐƚŽŶĞŚŽƵƌ ĂŶĚƐĞǀĞŶŵŝŶƵƚĞƐƚŽǁŝŶϲͲϭ͕ϲͲϭ͘ RANGERS RISE TO THE TOP! 'ĞƩLJ

TEN LJĞĂƌƐƐŝŶĐĞůĂƐƚǁŝŶŶŝŶŐƚŚĞ^ĐŽƫƐŚWƌĞŵŝĞƌƐŚŝƉ͕ZĂŶŐĞƌƐƚŽŽŬƚŚĞƟƚůĞǁŝƚŚƐŝdžŐĂŵĞƐůĞŌƚŽƉůĂLJ͊ Rangers’ 32nd league match of the season was at home ŶĞǁƚĞĂŵŵĂŶĂŐĞĚƚŽŐĂŝŶƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ^ƚDŝƌƌĞŶ͕ĂŶĚĂŌĞƌϭϲŵŝŶƵƚĞƐƚŚĞ'ůĂƐŐŽǁƐŝĚĞǁĞƌĞ back into the Premiership in just already 2-0 up, thanks to goals from Ryan Kent and Alfredo four seasons. Morelos. A third from Ianis Hagi at the start of the second /Ŷ:ƵŶĞϮϬϭϴ͕>ŝǀĞƌƉŽŽůůĞŐĞŶĚ runs not out by ŚĂůĨƉƵƚƚŚĞŐĂŵĞďĞLJŽŶĚĚŽƵďƚ͙ďƵƚŶŽƚƚŚĞƟƚůĞ͘ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ^ƚĞǀĞŶ'ĞƌƌĂƌĚǁĂƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚĂƐ Fran Wilson helped ƐĞĐŽŶĚͲƉůĂĐĞĚƚĞĂŵĞůƟĐǁĞƌĞŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶϮϬƉŽŝŶƚƐďĞŚŝŶĚ͕ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ͕ŚĂǀŝŶŐŽŶůLJƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůLJ 31 England’s cricketers ƚŚĞLJĐŽƵůĚƐƟůůĐĂƚĐŚƚŚĞŝƌƌŝǀĂůƐ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ĂŐŽĂůůĞƐƐĚƌĂǁǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚĂƚƵŶĚĞƌͲϭϴůĞǀĞů secure a 32-run Dundee United the following day put paid to those slim chances ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘/ƚƉƌŽǀĞĚƚŽďĞĂƐŵĂƌƚ 'ĞƩLJ ǀŝĐƚŽƌLJŽǀĞƌEĞǁ ĂŶĚZĂŶŐĞƌƐǁĞƌĞĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚĂƐƚŚĞϮϬϮϬͲϮϬϮϭĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ͘ ŵŽǀĞ͘dŽĐůĂŝŵƚŚŝƐƐĞĂƐŽŶ͛Ɛ Zealand, as the tourists won the three- dŚŝƐŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞƐƵĐĐĞƐƐŵĂƌŬƐƚŚĞĞŶĚŽĨĂĚŝĸĐƵůƚĚĞĐĂĚĞĨŽƌ ƟƚůĞ͕ZĂŶŐĞƌƐǁŽŶϮϴŐĂŵĞƐ͕ match Twenty20 series 3-0. England ƚŚĞĐůƵď͘ŌĞƌǁŝŶŶŝŶŐƚŚĞůĞĂŐƵĞƟƚůĞŝŶϮϬϭϬͲϮϬϭϭ͕ZĂŶŐĞƌƐ drew four and lost none, scoring ĂƌĞŝŶĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚĨŽƌŵ͕ŚĂǀŝŶŐŶŽǁǁŽŶ ƐĂǁĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůƉƌŽďůĞŵƐƌĞƉůĂĐĞƐƵĐĐĞƐƐŽŶƚŚĞƉŝƚĐŚ͘hŶĂďůĞƚŽ 77 goals and conceding just nine. their last 11 completed Twenty20 ƐĞƩůĞŝƚƐĚĞďƚƐ͕ƚŚĞĐůƵďŚĂĚƚŽĐůŽƐĞĚŽǁŶĂŶĚŝƚƐĂƐƐĞƚƐǁĞƌĞ “I am so proud of the players,” said ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůŐĂŵĞƐ͘ sold to another company, which was later renamed Rangers 'ĞƌƌĂƌĚ͘͞/ƚŚĂƐďĞĞŶĂŶŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞũŽƵƌŶĞLJ &ŽŽƚďĂůůůƵď͘WůĂLJŝŶŐŝƚƐĮƌƐƚŐĂŵĞƐŝŶƚŚĞdŚŝƌĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ƚŚĞ ǁĞŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶŽŶĂŶĚǁĞĚĞƐĞƌǀĞŝƚ͘͟

dD'ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚĂŚĂƵůŽĨŵĞĚĂůƐ ĂƚƚŚĞƵƌŽƉĞĂŶƚŚůĞƟĐƐ/ŶĚŽŽƌŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ IINSIDENSIDE STORIES!STORIES! KŶĞŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞĐĂŵĞĨƌŽŵ<ĞĞůLJ,ŽĚŐŬŝŶƐŽŶ 'ĞƩLJ in the 800m. Leading for most of the race, she crossed the line in two minutes and 3.88 seconds to take gold. Victory meant that the 19-year-old became Britain’s youngest European Indoors champion for more than 50 years. league losses at home Andrew Pozzi was a contender for the gold medal in the ŝŶĂƌŽǁŝƐ>ŝǀĞƌƉŽŽů͛Ɛ ĞdžŚŝůĂƌĂƟŶŐŵĞŶ͛ƐϲϬŵŚƵƌĚůĞƐ͘,ĞĞƋƵĂůůĞĚŚŝƐƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů 6 unwelcome tally. The ďĞƐƚƟŵĞŽĨϳ͘ϰϯƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ͕ďƵƚƚŽŽŬƐŝůǀĞƌ͕ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐũƵƐƚ defending champions’ 0.01 seconds behind Frenchman Wilhem Belocian. 1-0 defeat to Fulham The women’s 60m hurdles saw sisters Cindy Sember and ŵĞĂŶƐƚŚĂƚƚŚĞZĞĚƐŶŽǁŚĂǀĞ dŝīĂŶLJWŽƌƚĞƌĐŽŵƉĞƚĞĂŐĂŝŶƐƚĞĂĐŚŽƚŚĞƌ͘&ĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞEĂĚŝŶĞ the worst home record this year in Visser, from the Netherlands, was the winner, while Sember ŶŐůĂŶĚ͛ƐƚŽƉĨŽƵƌůĞĂŐƵĞƐ͕ĐŽůůĞĐƟŶŐ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚƐŝůǀĞƌĂŶĚWŽƌƚĞƌĐĂŵĞŝŶƚŚŝƌĚĨŽƌƚŚĞďƌŽŶnjĞ͘ ŽŶĞƉŽŝŶƚĨƌŽŵƐĞǀĞŶŐĂŵĞƐ͘>ŝǀĞƌƉŽŽů Britain ended this year’s will be hoping to stop the rot when ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶŝŶƚŚŝƌĚƉůĂĐĞ͕ǁŝƚŚϭϮ they host Aston Villa on 10 April. ŵĞĚĂůƐ͘dŚŝƐŵĂƚĐŚĞĚƚŚĞŝƌďĞƐƚĞǀĞƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ƐĞƚĂƚƚŚĞ'ůĂƐŐŽǁ Indoor Championships two years ago. 'ĞƩLJ

dŚĞϮϬϮϭŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ǁĞƌĞ<ĞĞůLJ,ŽĚŐŬŝŶƐŽŶ͛ƐĮƌƐƚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚĂƚǁŝŶŶŝŶŐĂŵĂũŽƌƟƚůĞ dŝīĂŶLJWŽƌƚĞƌĂŶĚŝŶĚLJ^ĞŵďĞƌ