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AMAZING PHOTOSOF INDIANS

The photos have just been released by Survival Internationalas part o its campaign to protect the territory o tribes like this. They say that an increase in logging in Peru is starting to orcetribes rom the area over the border into Brazil. Experts earthat this could lead to con ict between the tribes.

The illegal loggers will destroy this tribe, says Survival

Internationals Stephen Corry. Its vital that the Peruviangovernment stop them be ore time runs out. What they need

rom us is their territory protected, so that they can make

their own choices about their uture.

For more pictures and an explanation o this main image,go to www.frstnews.co.uk .

To read more about this and similar tribes, you can head toSurvival Internationals new site: www.uncontactedtribes.org . The tribe in the pictures is also eatured in the Jungles

episode o BBC1s Human Planet .

by Ian Eddy

THESE incredible pictures show one o the worlds last uncontacted Indian tribes living in the jungle but they are in danger.

cHEcK IT oUTwww.frstnews.co.uk

to read more

Polar bear swimsnonstop for nine daysA polar bear swam nonstop or more than nine days over426 miles because it couldnt fnd any ice to rest on.

Scientists say huge trips like this are happening because o climatechange. Polar bears swim rom land to sea ice oes to hunt seals butmelting ice means they have to swim urther.

Geof York rom animal charity WWF says: As the Arctic ice continues tomelt, it is likely that polar bears are going to have to swim longer distances.


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A 450-y a - d pa nt ng Mad nna and Ch d y T t anhas s d 10.7m n ($16.9)

n N w Y k.Auct n H us , S th ys,

sa d th n canvas a tw k had chang d hands n y s xt m s s nc t was pa nt da und 1560.

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p t s hav n st n ng tth m ph n m ssag s tt y t g t a g d st y.

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y m m s th ya am y.

NHS protestsProTeSTerS d m nst at duts d pa am nt th s w k.

Th y a n t happy w thG v nm nt p ans t makchang s t th Nat naH a th S v c .

A und 120 p t c ans hav m d a g up na d t mak su ch d n a a t mak th

ght d c s ns a ut th m n y as th y g w up. Th g up wants sch ch d n t hav ss ns

a ut sp nd ng and d ts at a ag s and a n ng. Th y want t h p ch d

g t nt d t, wh ch m ans w ng m n yth gan sat ns t p p .

Th nd ngs cam m a su v y 6,000 p p y th C mmun cat n T ust th aunch th H

campa gn th nat na y a c mmun cat n.

on n th pa nts sa d th ydn c nc n d a ut th way

th ch d c mmun cat d and manyth ught t was caus ch d nsp nt t much t m n nt sc ns.

Th T ust say that a und tw th ch d n n ach c ass havd cu ty w th c mmun cat ng andthat th p ms a n ma ys m th ng th y hav n n w th.

A s pa at o st d study undy ung ch d n w sta t ngnu s y sch una t sp ak and

st n p p y.it sa d t v s ns that w n a th

t m , n sy th s and s st s and

a s d v c s w g tt ng n th way ch d ns anguag sk s.

FIRST NEWS HEADLINES For more headline news, pictures and videos go to www.frstnews.co.uk/news

Sh ck d t av s g t caught up n p t stsn egypts cap ta c ty, Ca , and sa d th y had

n v y ght n d.Dav d l w s, m Manch st , sa d: it d d

n t tak us ng t a s t was n t sa t ut n th st ts. W w y ng n dat n ght h a ng sh ts, k ng ut thw nd w s ng g ups m n w th st cks nth hands t y ng t p t ct th h m s.

P p n egypts maj c t s t k t

th st ts th s w k t p t st aga nst th

c unt ys g v nm nt. Many p p n egypta v y p . Th y ad y t at d y thg v nm nt and th nk m sh u d d nt mak th v s tt .

Hund ds p p a th ught t havd d and th usands hav n a st d s nc

th t u gan ast w k. Th g v nm nt cut f th nt n t

m ph n s a t u days pmak c mmun cat n d cu t

egypts P s d nt Mu a ak w nt n ta n th w k t say h w u d smak chang s n th h p that t w u dth t s. As h sp k , h had n c unt y 30 y a s ut p t st s sat m h m t st p d wn.

Egypt in crisisby editor Nicky Cox

NEWSIN BRIEF

Too much TV to talk

BRITISH holidaymakers arriving back rom Egypt say they are relieved to be home.

A SURVEY has suggested that spending too much time in ront o televisions and computers is afecting childrens speech.

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Thousands of Eggather in CairoSquare to markof protests call

President Hosni to resi

Teach pupils about moSTUDENTS should be given lessons about managing money, says a group o MPs

rom all parties.


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n a w w ks, c mpar d tn rmal plast c ttl s wh chtak ar und 500 y ars td c mp s .

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Climber survives300m mountain fall

Milk is going green!Editor Nicky Cox M

IT seems like there is trouble inmany parts of the world right now

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th v nts n egypt. S m s natural, lv lcan s n Japan and ind n s a. And,wr t ng th s, th r s n ws that a hug

s h ad ng r Austral a.And th n th r s ur r nt pag st

a ut th tr i nd ans ph t gran d ta l r th rst t m n th br

jungl . i was struck y th l k n thas th y l k d up at th h l c pt r wh r th ph t s w r tak n. on m n s sh wn p nt ng at t.

What w uld th y hav mad th sfy ng mach n ?

Th s tr has n v r n c ntactuts d w rld r . i w nd r th

what s ut h r . C rta nly th h l cw uld hav g v n th m a clu . Th y wn th ng th tr u l n egypt, r chang . but th sad th ng s that th lll gg rs may sudd nly mak th m v ryawar ssu s n th g, w d w

THIS WEEKIN HISTORY

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RESCUERS feared the worst after a man fell 300mdown a mountain.

but th y und Adam P tt rstand ng up and r ad ng a map! Th 36-y ar- ld r m Glasg wwas tak n t h sp tal w th justcuts and ru s s.

Wh l h was all ng, Adam

says h th ught h was g ngt d . but th rd al hasntput h m h s h y. H planst cl m M unt ev r st, thw rlds h gh st m unta n, n ac upl m nths.

A NEW eco-friendly milk bottle is set to go on sale insupermarkets nationwide.

Japansbiggest volcanoeruption in 50 yearsSCHOOLS have been closed and houses evacuated aftera volcano erupted in Japan.

Sh nm dak v lcan gan t sp w ash a t r t aw k r m a52-y ar sl p.

P pl hav n ann d r m g ng w th n a m l th v lcann th K r sh ma m unta n rang and 1,000 r s d nts hav n t ld

t nd s m wh r sa r t g .exp rts sa d a d m lava was gr w ng larg r ns d th v lcan s

crat r, ut t was n t c r ta n wh th r th d m w uld gr w n ught sp ll v r th r m and cr at larg f ws d wn th v lcan s s d s.

Th Japan s slands ar v lcan c n r g n and d z ns act vv lcan s rupt r gularly acr ss th c untry.

its n t th nly v lcan rupt ng n th ar a. M unt br m nind n s a start d t sp w ash t . W rsh pp rs cl m d t th crat rt g v r ngs t th g d th m unta n, pray ng r th sa ty l cal p pl .


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Rememberingthe HolocaustWhat was the Holocaust?Six m ll on Jews and m ll ons o other people were k lled dur ng World War ii

n what s called the Holocaust. The r sufer ng was remembered on HolocaustMemor al Day on 27 January.

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Th Nazis s t up conc ntrationcamps, lik Auschwitz, wh rp opl w r s nt to kill d. In1942 alon , around 2.7 million J wsw r murd r d. Victims w r tak n

rom th ir hom s and s nt to campsin trains. H r th y w r starv d,tortur d, shot, hang d or gass d tod ath in sp cially- uilt cham rs.

british troops ound 60,000

starving prison rs and 27,000un uri d odi s wh n th y w r

a l to nt r th conc ntrationcamp at b ls n to r th prison

In britain, Holocaust M morialDay tak s plac on 27 January tor m m r th victims. Th daymarks th anniv rsary o th nd oth Auschwitz conc ntration campa t r Hitl r was d at d. It is thday wh n v ryon r m m rsth t rri l v nts o th Holocau

in th hop that it will h lp stopanything lik it happ ning again.

Britains Prime Minister David Cameron speaks toAuschwitz survivor Trude Levi, 86, inside 10 DowningStreet in London, last week. Trude visited the Prime

Minister to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

This is Auschwitz. It was the biggestNazi concentration camp duringWorld War II and is known for itsgas chambers where hundreds of

thousands of Jews and other victimswere murdered.

Beds, on which four orfve people had to sleep, in

Auschwitz concentration camp

Child prisoners behind the barbed wirefence at the Auschwitz concentration camp


Th killings took plac in europ tw n 1933and 1945 and w r organis d y th G rman Naziparty, l d y Adol Hitl r. It happ n d in th run-upto, and during, World War II.

N arly s v n out o t n J ws living in europ w rmurd r d. Th Nazis want d to wip out p oplwho long d to particular r ligious or racialgroups. Mass killing lik this is call d g nocid .

Th Nazis also murd r d Polish Catholics,disa l d p opl , homos xuals and oth rgroups. Anyon who spok out against Hitl rwas kill d too, including journalists andpoliticians.

Adol Hitl r cam l ad r o th Nazi party in1921. Th Nazis w r racist Aryans and li v dthat th y w r tt r than any ody ls . To th m,an Aryan was anyon who was europ an and notJ wish, Romany or Slavic.

Th y also thought G rmany was th mostimportant country in europ .

In 1934 Hitl r cam G rmanys h ad o stat .H thought J ws w r a pro l m and want dto g t rid o th m all. So th mass killings o thHolocaust gan.

Hitl r also want d to mak G rmany igg r, soh invad d oth r countri s and took th m ov r.

World War II concentration camp survivorsand other guests attend a memorial

ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenaumemorial and former concentration camp

on the 66th anniversary of the liberation ofAuschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day 2011.

STUDENTS REMEMBER

Students rom Camborne took part n an event toremember the v ct ms o the Holocaust.

Th youngst rs rom Cam orn Sci nc and Community Coll ggav a talk on Holocaust M morial Day a out a trip th yd just mad toAuschwitz and show d a flm a out th ir xp ri nc s.

N il burd n, th councils ca in t m m r or childr ns s rvic s, litsix candl s in honour o th six million p opl who di d in th atrocity.

H said: W all hav a duty to mak sur that this dark p riod o human history, which took th liv s o 1.5 million childr n, is n v rallow d to r p at d.

How did so many people die?

Holocaust Memorial Day 27 January 2011


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Now you see him...or do you?

Can ou spot th a t st n th s two p ctu s?Liu bolin has com so skill d at camoufag art that h s ms to disapp ar in ront o anything.Som tim s Mr Liu has his assistants paint his ody whil h r mains compl t ly still a ov h stands in ront o

a sup rmark t sh l whil , low, h stands in a or st.

A yeAr a t th s pluck pooch was scu d om ansh t out at s a, First News can t ll ou h s sto hahapp nd ng.

Th dog, nam d baltic, was pull d rom th icy wat rs o th baack in January 2010. Th cr w o a passing ship thought h was a

at rst and couldnt li v it wh n th y r alis d th y w r lookinstrand d dog.

Now th lucky dog has s ttl d in as th ships p t, mascot andguard dog.

baltic is spoil d y th ships ch who s rv s him r gularly withhis avourit sausag s. And h v n sl ps in a cosy ca in with himast r, Adam.

Starter gun freor Olympic h

Michael Johnson, a four-time Olympic gold medallist, runs along a trackinside the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. He helped launch the appeal last

year for up to 70,000 volunteers to assist in the running of the Games.

iNTerVieWS to fnd 70,000 volunt s to h lp un thOl mp c Gam s b gan th s w k.

Mor than hal th 100,000 p opl ing int rvi w d or rol sc ntr s around th UK, will succ ss ul.

Ov r th n xt 14 months, mor than 300 p opl a day will go tos l ction v nts to s an xhi ition a out th Olympic Gam s an30-minut int rvi w.


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25 January LOndOn, uK : Team Green Britain ambassador and 2012Paralympian hope ul, Tom Aggar, joined children rom Southwold Primary

school, Hackney, and members o EDF Energys school programme The Pod tocelebrate the launch o EDF Energys partnership with the London Eye. Visit

www.jointhepod.org or more in ormation on The Pod.

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THE NEWS IN PICTURES For more pictures and videos go to www.frstnews.co.uk/news-in-pictures

26 January BeiJing, CHina: Chinese actorsper orm during a olk art show to celebrate the Lunar NewYear, the Year o the Rabbit. Lord Rabbit is a mythical bunny

sent down rom the moon to bring good health.

25 January FOLKeSTOne, uK : Prince Charles, the Princeo Wales, presents A ghanistan Service Medals to soldiers rom the1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifes at Sir John Moore Barracks.

23 January OSCHerSLeBen, gerMany: Emergency staf work atthe scene o an accident where a passenger train collided head-on with a goods

train. Ten people died and 23 were injured in the accident when the trains collided,causing the passenger train to derail and land on its side.

30 January BriSBane, auSTraLia: MVriesekolk and dog Jess at the RNA Showgrounds. The Pet InAssociation o Australia ofered ree dog washing, vet check

and equipment or animals afected by the Queensland oo


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9 swans have been found dead inUpperby Park, Carlisle. Park rangersare puzzled by their deaths and arelooking into possible reasons.

49 c rs th t were m de be ore1974 h ve set of rom Gl sgow

or the 2011 Monte C rlo Cl ssicR lly. Gl sgow is one o this ye rsEurope n st rting points.

250 childrens centres roundthe UK could ce closure i budgetcuts continue.

750,000 pounds ishow much local residents in Penrith,Cumbria, have to raise in threemonths if they want to save theirlocal cinema by buying it.

300 metres (1,000 tdist nce 36-ye r-old m n Gl sgow ell, while climbinsummit o Sgurr Choinnich Scotl nd. He survived see

24 degrees celsius is thcl ssroom temper ture or gstudy in, cl im rese rchers. Ble rn better t 21C, they s y

Home News

Pier for salePieces o Brighto s mousWest Pier re bei g sold to thepublic. The historic structure w sbuilt i 1866 but closed to thepublic i 1975, with hopes o itbei g restored o e d y. a tr gicfre destroyed most o the pieri 2003, but lots o items weres lv ged rom the wreck ge. Theitems h ve bee i stor ge eversi ce, but re v il ble ow orpeople to buy. Prices r ge rom10 to 250 or the v rious bits

d pieces.

Watch out for ticksF milies re bei g w r ed tobe w re o ticks s spri g dsummer ppro ch. Ticks re ti y

p r sites, the size o ull stop,th t live i bushes, gr ss dwoodl d. a tick bite wo t hurtbut c c use sty r sh dother symptoms, eve le di gto Lyme dise se. The i cre seo Lyme dise se i the UK h sc used experts to w r milies tobe c re ul whe explori g ture

d to we r i sect repelle t dlight clothi g s prec utio .

Meditation lessonsa st te school i Ormskirk is setto be the frst to te ch stude tshow to medit te. The M h rishiSchool, which is ru by ollowerso spiritu list M h rishi M heshYogi, m k ow or te chi g The Be tles how to medit te, willst rt llowi g stude ts to spe dtwo te -mi ute sessio s d y withtheir eyes closed t their desks.

Museum opensPeople i Bristol will be ble tole r more bout their herit ge

rom ju e, whe the City Cou cilope s br d ew museum, TheM Shed, i Pri ces Wh r . Thebuildi g will displ y everythi g

rom ste mbo ts d tr i s tocr es d will h ve its ow c e .

Volcano showScotl ds exti ct volc o, arthursSe t, will be the b ckdrop orcommu ity celebr tio s bei gorg ised or the 2012 Lo doOlympics. athletes d w lkers willlight up the volc o we ri gcolour-ch gi g clothes. Thethree-week prese t tio is c lledSpeed o Light d will ru rom9.30pm u til 1.30 m or threeweeks i august.

Alien parasitesP r sites ot tive to the UK m ybe the c use o m ss shellfshde ths i W les e ch ye r. Scie tistsh ve bee tryi g to work out wh tis killi g millio cockles ye r

lo g the Gower i W les. Testsh ve ou d evide ce o two liep r sites th t re ot ou d usu llyi our w ters. The pests re ctu lly

rom americ where they h ve lsokilled lots o shellfsh.

OUR STORIES For more home news, pictures and videos go to www.frstnews.co.uk/news

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Cockerelwarning

Cat-astrophe

AN increase in the number

of people keepin theirown chickens has promptedLeicestershire council to issuea warnin about noise!

In 2010, the num er o complaintsa out noisy cockerels was triple theamount rom 2009.

Cockerels can e very noisy,especially early in the mornings.People who have animals thatrepeatedly make noise could ace a5,000 ne.

Ofcers elieve more people thanever are keeping chickens so thatthey can have resh eggs and aresuggesting that only hens arekept, unless the owners are trying to

reed chickens as well.

RESULTS released by the

animal charity RSPCA showthat, in 2010, the numberof cats attacked in the UK showed a massive increase.

In just one year there were 205reports o cats eing shot, and it is

elieved that many similar attacksgo unreported. There was also anincrease in the num er o cats einga andoned and adly treated.

The UK is requently seen as ananimal-loving country, ut actsand gures like this say that noteveryone here thinks the same.

Now, the RSPCA wants to knowwhy crimes against cats are onthe increase.

Protecttiger lanMORE than 10,000 wildti ers could live comforin reserves in Asia, if modone to protect their land

This is three times the currnum er o wild tigers living

A new study y some o thworlds leading conservationscientists shows that i moreto protect the landscape, it whelp the pockets o tigers aroAsia link up, and increase theneeded or reeding populat

Small pockets o tigers livorests in Asia, as shown in t

historic tiger summit last yeaExperts elieve i more is doprotect the entire area, the uthe tigers will e righter.

THIS or eous baby elephant is thenewest arrival at Chester Zoo.

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ANIMAL NEWS For more animal news, pictures and videos go to www.frstnews.co.uk/news

Walkinggorilla

Jumbocutie

A gORILLA at an animal park in Kenthas become a YouTube sensation after

learnin to walk like a human on histwo hind le s.

by Nicky Cox

Am am, who is 21 years old, has attracted morethan a million views on the we site a ter takinga stroll around his home at Port Lympne Animal

Park. He is part o a achelor group o criticallyendangered Western Lowland Gorillas.

The a y girl was orn last week and is the secondcal to e orn at the zoo in the last year. Her irth

rings the num er o elephants at the zoo to nine.A spokesperson or the zoo said: The new arrival

and mum are doing very well, and I am sure ourvisitors will share in our good news.

The a y is already 1m high and weighsapproximately 140kg!

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Unlucky again Th s l - m d u lucki st mi th world w s r c tly struck by light i g whil usi g his hompho i Florid . I th p st, thu lucki st m i th world h sb lock d i boot, robb d tgu poi t, st bb d d bitt bytwo s k s.

Games battle Th Mi istry o Cultur

ou c d th l u ch o itp r t l w tch pro ct thiw k. Th pro ct is d sig

ght o li g m s ddictiod llow p r ts to mo ito

th ir childr s o li h bitspro ct r quir s o li g mcomp i s to s t up hotli s

d w b p g s to h lp p rsup rvis th ir childr .

Bailed out o trouble Th La suburb o Compto ,

crim -h vy r otoriousor its g gs, is lso th hom

o succ ss ul crick t club. Th Homi s d Popz club is

v pl i g to tour austr li ,m ki g th m th rst am rict m to do so. Th club h sr port dly h lp d m y o itsm mb rs st r cl r rom troubl .

Pil ering pensioneaccordi g to polic , th

umb r o j p s p sioshopli ti g h s r ch d high, with rly 30,000 rrm d i 2010. Th m oritythos rr st d w r st liit ms, such s ood d clotM y o thos rr st d clth t th y stol b c us th ysoci lly isol t d.

Christi aid h s u d d Mu dri R li d D v lopm t associ tioto build two cl ssrooms with gr t rom B d aid d h s provid dcl ssroom ur itur d t xt books or th school. With ight y rgroups t ught t th school, R ch l is looki g orw rd to l sso s i cl ssroom so th t h r l r i g is o lo g r disrupt d wh it r i s.

across south r Sud , rolm t r t s i school r low d drop-out r t s r high. Th st d rd o t chi g is poor d th l ck o cl ssrooms m s l sso s r o t c c ll d duri g th r i y s so .MRDa is r spo di g to this by buildi g cl ssrooms, providi g school

m t ri ls d tr i i g t ch rs. Th xisti g t ch rs t Mb r Schoolh v tt d d short cours s to improv th ir skil ls i th cl ssroom.

Wh R ch l Rubi st rt d school th r w r mor th 40 childri h r cl ss. now o ly our o th oth r pupils who roll d with h rr m i d ot o o th m is girl. Drop-out r t s r sp ci lly high

or girls. MRDa is cour gi g mor wom to tr i s t ch rs tKotobi I stitut . Its good or us to h v m l t ch r, s ysR ch l. Sh u d rst ds th probl ms ci g girls d sh giv s uswords o cour g m t.

GLOBAL STORIES For more world news, pictures and videos go to www.frstnews.co.uk/news

SNIPPETS

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a Dutch priso r s ys h shoulds rv his two-y r s t c thom b c us h is too big orhis c ll. Th m is 206cm (6 t9i ) t ll d 229kg (36 sto ).

a r port by S v th ChildrSw d s ys th t 220,000childr w r livi g i povi 2008, d th t th umbi cr si g ll th tim .

Tig r tr atm nta ight-y r-old tig r rom zooi H ll is th rst i th worldto h v h r hip r pl c d with

rti ci l o . Girl d d h r hipr pl ci g t r suf ri g s riousp i du to rthritis. It is hop dth t h r w hip will h lp h r movrou d mor sily.

Fag fussa Buddhist mo k h s b il d

or v y rs or smoki g iBhut . Th Him l y ki gdomb li v s smoki g to b xtr m lyb d or o s k rm d, s r sult,it b d th co sumptio ds l o tob cco i 2005.

T ig ts of lova c r s l sm rom G rli gd cid d to propos to his girl ri dby li i g up c rs to sp ll out Willyou m rry m ? Th m took hisgirl ri d up i cr to s thm ss g sp ll d out b low, dsh s id y s.

On b om s twoalmost ll o the popul tion o Southern Sud n h s voted tosep r te rom the north. a terthe results h ve been con rmed,it is expected th t the south will

orm lly decl re itsel to be sep r te country sometime in july.

Mummys boya wom h s l d or divorc

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Duri g our ssembly with Buddyd the people rom MOTIV,

(which is org is tio th tworks with prim ry d seco d ryschools to improve tte d ce

d r ise childre s spir tio s),d LEGOLanD Discovery Ce tre

M chester we cted out somerole-pl y situ tio s bout theimport ce o good tte d ce,both i school d whe we growup d get ob.

The situ tio s were withpupils d workers givi g lots o di ere t excuses or either bei gl te or work or school or, i somec ses, ot comi g i t ll!

We le r ed th t very goodtte d ce is re lly import t

i our school d work lives,d th t poor tte d ce t

school c me missi g out oimport t le r i g.

also, ot comi g to work cme letti g other people dow ,m ki g b d impressio d

ecti g your c reer s you getolder.

We met alex rom LEGOLanDDiscovery Ce tre, whos got thebest ob ever he m kes LEGOmodels ll d y!

alex led LEGO workshop withYe r 6 ter the ssembly, wherewe ll got to m ke, d keep, LEGO turtle!

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tte d ce!

O e d y, whe I w s goi g to choir, everyo e w s bei goisy u til our music te cher c me i . She s id th t she

would choose some o the well-beh ved childre to go o speci l trip. at frst I thought it w s ust to m ke us quiet

but the I re lised th t she w s bei g serious. I tried myvery best or the whole sessio .

L ter o , our te cher told some o us th t we h d beechose to do somethi g speci l. Luckily, I w s o e o them!

Our he d te cher told us th t we were goi g to 10Dow i g Street, the home o the Prime Mi ister, to si gsome speci l so gs or jewish estiv l c lledCh uk h!

We h d lo ds o rehe rs ls d we pr ctisedor so lo g th t the d y c me re lly soo !Whe we got there, we e ch h d photo

outside 10 Dow i g Street d the we movedto 11 Dow i g Street.

George Osbor e, the Ch cellor o theExchequer, c me to greet us. He g ve us some

e cour geme t d wished us well.Key jewish people were there, like EstherR tze d the Chie R bbi d wholeselectio o MPs. The Prime Mi ister w s t therebut we did t mi d s we still s w his wi e db by. We s g some tr ditio l Ch uk h so gs

d, ter th t, George Osbor e g ve us some

chocol te mo ey d he s id: I usu lly do t givemo ey, but this is exceptio , d we ll l ughe

We h d some m dough uts, which re tr ditioor Ch uk h. a ter th t we h d to le ve, eve th

we did t w t to.O Ch uk h we get prese ts or eight ights

this h ppe ed o ight umber o e. It w s the mom zi g experie ce d I will ever orget it.

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Medieval maBRITISH actor Gregg Su ki has p ayed Se e a Go ezs ove i terest Wizards of Waverly Place , but ow hes up agai st so e edieva agici the Dis ey Cha e s atest ovie, Avalo High . We caught up witto ta k about chai ai , sword fghti g a d A erica ootba !

ENTERTAINMENT NEWSwith Serena Lacey

First look AnImAlS a d f s are two o our avourite thi gs here at First news ,

so were very excited about this su ers ive-actio co edy f mr Poppers Pe gui s starri g Ji Carrey. Check out these exc usive pictures.

Mr Popp rs P nguins is th storyo Tom Popp r (play d y Jim Carr y),a w althy usin ssman who inh rits sixp nguins. Th mischi vous animalscom to liv with him in his plush N w York

apartm nt, which is wh n his litak s a drastic turn in a v ry di r ntdir ction.

Th flm is as d on a ook o th samtitl that was originally r l as d in 1938!

Te us a about your ew f , AvaloHigh . Its ot your usua Dis ey Cha ef is it?No, d fnit ly not. Its d fnit ly mor matur .It ollows a girl call d Alli P nnington whogo s to a n w school call d Avalon Highand sh , asically, fnds out that h r and h rclassmat s ar r incarnations o th KingArthur story; you know King Arthur and hiscourt? I play a guy call d Will Wagn r, thall-Am rican quart r ack. H s th h ro o thpi c , th guy that v ryon kind o looks upto. H m ts Alli and a ri ndship gins tod v lop and th r s a nic ig lov triangl

going on in th movi and a hug twist atth nd. So th movi has a lot or, not justt nag rs, ut adults and amili s.It has sport, it has ducation, it hasa l nd o v rything anyon couldwant in a movi , so Im v ry proud to

a part o it.

Did you have to hit the historybooks to do a bit o researchbe ore the f ?I had to hit th gym to g t in shapto a quart r ack! I had to hit th

ooks a tiny it r garding th history.I m an, I kn w o th King Arthurstory, so it was nic . I kind o l arn da lot a out th story rom doing th movi ,which was gr at.

You p ay the quarterback, but youre usedto p ayi g E g ish ootba . How was that?I had to l arn a whol n w sport. It was w ird! Th all is di r nt, and its call d oot allov r th r ut I dont g t why th y dont justplay it with th ir t! I dont know why th ycall it oot all. I d fnit ly still pr r english

oot all. It was gr at, though, with th padsand th h lm ts th y kind o mak you lr ally masculin and stu ut, you know, it

was cool. It was a gr at xp ri nl arn a rand n w sport and shooN w Z aland, so I lov d it.

Obvious y theres a edievaf . What was it ike weari g chIt was quit h avy! W flm d alfghting sc n s on th ach. It wsand ach, which was auti uZ aland you g t our s asons pw would fghting in th sun oand fghting in th rain th n xt. int ns . W w r r h arsing in

ottoms and our T-shirts and th n

or r al on s t and w had all thwas much hard r than w though

mail was h avy and th armour wsti ut, ov rall, w had un andAt th cant n w had to d Youd hav som on low youthrough your h lm t whil you hchain mail and armour on. It was

Did you have to ear ots othe ro e?I had to l arn hors riding, swordand Am rican oot all. Also, mything was d v loping my Am ri

stay afeonline!TO ark Sa er I ter et Day 2011,the BBC are ru i g so e speciao i e episodes o Tracy Beaker to show a s the i porta ce o stayi g sa e o i e.

On 8 ruary, thr sp cial, t n-minutpisod s o th hit show will go liv onth CbbC w sit . Vi w rs will a lto pick how th show nds y picking

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each o th mini- pisod s will ocus on adi r nt asp ct o staying sa onlin . On

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discuss s ill gal downloading.You can s th m onlin at

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They come to live with him inhis smart New York apartment.

And soon take over his life, in a good way!

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Th oy and hav d cid dto put th ir acting skills to th

t st in th vid o or th ir lat stsingl Thats The Truth, andth yr doing it y showing o th ir motional sid . Th track is all a out r lationship r ak-ups and its Dougi who g tsparticuarly t ary. bl ss him.

TV on film!

Th r s good n ws orDisn y Chann l ans this y ar,with two major lms plann das spin-o s rom som o th companys most popularshows. irst up, Phineas and

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Wizards o Waverly Place lm.

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Th sing r and Strictly Come Dancing judg hasshown what an animal lov rsh is y mod lling T-shirts oranimal charity th PDSA. Thtwo d signs atur th slogansI Lov Dogs or I Lov Cats andwill sold to rais mon y

or th charitys p t hospitalapp al. 5 rom ach T-shirtsold will go to th charity.You can uy th m onlin atmoreT icar.com .

TOP TELLY!Burp iS Backrry Hill is ack or anoth r s ri s o his

arious TV highlights show. Harry Hills TV rp, ITV1, Saturday @ 7.00pm.GoinG wiLdlliant n w s ri s looking at th island o adagascar and th amazing cr atur s thatly liv th r , with David Att n orough.adagascar , bbC2, W dn sday 9 ruary @0pm.FirST nEwS and SkY nEwS

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nt. It was th rst jo Id had wh r I had to hav ondidnt know I had to hav on until two days oring, so that was quit a chall ng . Iv always had aLondon acc nt. but, as an actor, its r ally importantv rsatil and I kn w going ov r to Am rica that th r

d a tim wh n Id hav to do an Am rican acc nt,m happy I did it. I also did a movi call d Camillanson at th nd o 2010 and I did an Am rican acc ntas w ll. Its nic to a l to play an english p rsonn Am rican.

our character is the most popular boy in school.were you like at school?

nt th most popular ut I wasnt unpopular. I m an,my s l ct group o ri nds and I still hav that sam o ri nds now. W r all v ry clos and supportiv o noth r. Its actually th sam in LA as w ll. Th r ar

or six o us that will always look out or ach oth r andr ally nic .

hat else is happening or you this year?ourth s ason o Wizards o Waverly Place com s to th

his spring, so w r shooting that s ason. Th r s a lotwists and turns or Al x and Masons r lationship. This

ns mor unny. Its igg r and, you know, Im happyactually play a charact r who rings drama to thTh show is hilarious ut its cool to play a w r wol ring som ght sc n s to th show. Also Camillanson s coming out at th nd o th y ar and th n

got th s cond Wizards o Waverly Place movi . I n v rct d to this usy, so Im v ry ortunat .

h Gregg in Avalon High and Wizards of Waverly Placeon the Disney Channel!

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wh t m l y g ve these g mes? Let s t .f st e s. . / lls

Our final word on LittleBigPlanet 2 plus some new Disney fun

Make yourown world

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y St ph n ry, and h walks you throughall 50 tutorials in th much improv dcr at mod .

Now, thanks to th addition o circuitoards, its much asi r to program traps,

ro ots, v hicl s and anything ls that youcom up with.

Th r ar millions o l v ls onlin thatw r cr at d with th rst gam , ut thisn w cr ator should m an that th r willsoon v n mor , and that th yll

v n tt r.Aaron says: LittlebigPlanet was an

amazing gam , and th s qu l is v ntt r. Th controls ar asy to g t

th hang o , and th graphics ar v ry

impr ssiv . but th n w pow r-ups andadditions ar th st things to putin th gam . Th Controlinator l ts youcontrol anything w mad a fying cak Th story is lots o un, ut its what pwill mak that is r ally xciting!

H r , you play as Rapunz l and h raccomplic , lynn. As Rapunz l, you canus h r magical hair to swing and clim ,wh r as lynn g ts to du l with swords. H

also has an a ility to nd hidd n tr asur ,which is known as lynntuition.You can play with a ri nd,

and th scr n splits i youmov apart rom ach oth r. Th r s also an option to g t

th two charact rs to hold hands,in cas you n d to guid a mat

past a tricky it. Voic actingcom s rom th movi s stars,Mandy Moor and Zachary L vi.

Laur n says: You can play solo, ut itmor un with two play rs, as you n dto do th puzzl s that tak you to th nlocation and r v al th xtras. A r ally

gam thats d nit ly worth playing.

WEvE been talking about this or ages, so now we e got our hands onthe fnished ersion, heres our fnal erdict.

THE latest Disney mo ie to hit cinemas is a new ersion o the BrothersGrimm airy tale, Rapunzel .

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Hi Chip! Youre back with a new single.Tell us a bit about it.Champion is the rst single o my newalbum, Transition , and its probably mymost heart elt tune. It kind o explains mycareer rom the beginning until now. All theemotions and things Ive elt, good and bad,and it just refects on that.

What was it like working on the newsingle and video?Great! I loved the experience, and makingthe video too. Looking back to when I mademy rst video with one camera in someblack room, to this one where I am on anisland in Miami and on boats in the middleo the ocean, it was such an experience.Priceless.

The video is very glamorous it lookslike a mini movie! Thank you. Im really pleased with it. It wasde nitely so much un to make. The key to agood video is connecting with the director,and I did. I would like our director to domore videos with me in the uture.

The video is ull o boys toys, likehelicopters and ast cars. Did you get tohave a go behind the wheel?I didnt get to drive the Lamborghini, but Igot taken or a spin in it and it was pretty

ast. I love things like that. Im probablygonna get a Lambo. Its every boys dream,isnt it?

The song is called Champion whatwere you a champ at when you wereat school?Chess! Ha ha, that surprised you! Imamazing at it. I like chess. In act, I love chess.I was good at most things really ootball,

basketball. I wasnt the best at swimming,but I am now. Im one o those people thatwill work and work at something until I getgood. Thats me. I wasnt very good at musicbe ore, either! But I just wanted to work at itand show people that I could be.

I you could be a champion o anythingnow, what would it be?Still music, man. I still eel theres so muchto do and so much to learn. I cant wait tosee what position Im going to be in whenIm 30, ten years rom now. I cant wait. I justwant to push it and push it!

Youre releasing a new album. What canwe expect rom it?Expect to understand me even more. Itstaking you on a journey in the directiono what I want to be and to become as anartist. Its going to be a really exciting album,one that really represents me and pushes

those boundaries. Lyrically, its the one.

You sound very excited about it!Yes, man, Im gonna be vibing with this CDeverywhere I go. The time o was the bestthing that could have happened to me. Itwas the per ect time or me to grow. Im notthe person in the school uni orm anymore.I became a young adult. Ive taken onresponsibilities, you know, and justmoved on with li e as a person.

Youve become a massive star howdoes that eel?

Its crazy, man, it really is. Its not daunting.Its just exciting thinking how ar I can takeit. Its always remembering the reason whyI came into music was just to write music,thats all. Everything else is second to that. The red carpets, paparazzi, whatever. Im justabout writing music.

Do you still do normal things? Doesyour mum still make you do chores?I live by mysel now but o course I dochores. Me and my riend just kick it at m

house, sit on the so a, hang out just likewe always did.

Is it important or you to be a goodrole model?Im just living my li e. I you like the waliving it, eel ree to copy me, man. I wapush the boundaries musically and makepeople see that not all grime or hip-hoptracks are negative. It takes one o us to gon break ast TV and ar ticulate ourselvesproperly, get good grades and then makesongs like Champion . It shows that hip-hand grime can be pop tracks too.

Whats the Chipmunk plan or 2011?I will be touring, de nitely. I cant tell youwhen, but there will be a tour. I just want

everyone to hear my album and my story.Champion by Chipmunk Featuring ChrisBrown is released on 6 February. The albuTransition will be released in April.

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Around eight months ago, something very strangehappened. While going about our normal day we noticed a gapin the local market. I know what youre thinking... how does that happen?

Well, Louis and I have always had a love for business. It allstarted a few years ago with our first venture, Sick Freebies,a website giving the people of the UK amazing freebies everyday. However, just like four in every five start-ups,it failed.

Since then, weve worked on a few projects with varyingdegrees of success until we finally struck gold.

Our first successful project wasCorby Magazine , a localmagazine with an approximate readership of 5,000 people in our home town of Corby.

We started with no money backing us, no investment nothing! We now produce 1,000 copies of our 36-page glossymagazine every three months.

Now our magazine can be found on iSubscribe, the UKsbiggest subscription website.

Since then weve expanded the Corby brand with such sitesas Photo Corby, Corbys answer to Flickr, and currently aredeveloping a unique, locally targeted search engine, which is

believed to be the first of its kind in the world.Running a business in your youth is both exciting and

educational. People often ask us how we juggle the business

demands with our school work. Actually, its easier than youmight think.In school, Louis and I study media, business, photography

and hospitality, all subjects which tie in neatly with the work we do for Corby Magazine which means that, by the timeit comes to doing the work at school, weve already had valuable reallife experience in many of theareas we are studying to guideus. So, in many ways itsactually helping.

If you have a great idea,run with it. The worst thatcould happen is that it might failbut, at such a young age, youve verylittle to lose. In fact, Louis and I wish wed started earlier!

This was part of our prize as winners of The Times Spelling Bee 2010. At the endof the day, we were given the opportunity to interview Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education.

After setting off early that morning, wearrived at Euston station, where we were taken to The Times offices.

We had a grand tour of the building andmet the editors of the education section, theYoung Times, and the whole newspaper, following a delicious lunch.

Then we had a meeting with DaisyGreenwell, the editor of the Young Times, todiscuss our guest edit.

Next we whizzed off for a photoshoot anda radio interview. After lots of rushingaround, we were finally ready to set off for theDepartment of Education.

The buildingitself wasamazing it was full of glasslifts and tropical plants. After meeting Mr Goves personalsecretary,and a tour of

the building, we entered his offiinterview had begun.

After our allotted time and sev pressing questions and very inteanswers, our day in London was

We had an amazing time, and isomething that we will all rememrest of our lives.

The Times Spelling Bee 2011 heats start on 14 March. For morand to practise your spelling go www.timesspellingbee.co.uk .

On a cold and gloomy Januarymorning I went with my family down to Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. We weremet by the staff, who then took us on abird-watching tour.

We were lucky enough to see Bewicksswans, teal, the rare lesser scaup and thegreater scaup, geese and other water birds.

Then we climbed to the top of a largebird hide and saw a merlin, a peregrine falcon hunting other birds, buzzards andhundreds of widgeon all out on the Severn Estuary. After the bird-watching, we went to a building called the duck house. Here,one of the rangers showed us how ducks were measured, weighed and ringed. I waslucky enough to release a teal, that had

been ringed, back into the wild. I had to throw it into the air like a rugby ball andit flew off. John Crooks, the mammal keeper, gave

us a behind-the-scenes tour and I got tohold and learn about the newts, toads, frogs and salamanders in the collection.My favourite one was the wide mouth frog. John asked me to choose what animals touse in the public talk.

After lunch we met back up with John for a behind-the-scenes tour called Back From the Brink. This is where all the endangeredmammals are kept.

After meeting the otters Mo, Minnie andHa Ha, we were shown a water vole, beaver and harvest mice. I held a little harvestmouse who had part of his tail nibbled by

another mouse. He was so small he weighedless than a 2p coin!

When John did his public talk, he askedif I wanted to help feed the otters. This was the highlight of the day!

I went back into the enclosure to feed them trout and frozen fish, although Idid manage to drop the bowl on an otter!Finally, before we went home, we visited the tropical house. It was very hot andsteamy and had lots of tropical birds and plants to look at. This rounded off thegreat day out.

I would like to thank Jackie and all of the staff at Slimbridge, especially John, for making my VIP visit so unforgettable!

I cant wait to go back.

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Sony plan to get their new gadget in theshops be ore Christmas and, although it lookslike the PSP, there are lots o di erences.

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The galaxy, known as UDFj-39546284, is thoughtto be quite small and compact, and made up o bluestars. Scientists writing in Nature say that the galaxyis around 100 times smaller than our own Milky Way.

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The pigeons that had theirright nostril blocked stoppedmore o ten, took ewer directroutes and took longer toget home. The researcherssay that this shows howimportant the birds sense o smell is to their navigation.

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FAMILY and sport go hand-in-hand at David Lloyd Leisure. Team Family at David Lloyd Leisure has been launched to raise awareness o the vital rolesport can play in amily li e, and the importance o parental support in the uture sporting involvement o our younger generation. Pro essional judocompetitor and David Lloyd employee Josh Ramm explains why keeping t is important and how much his amily supports him.

Joshs aim is to become anOlympic judo champion

Why do you need to do exercise to begood at Judo, and what other actors helpyou to beat your opponents?I use the D vid Lloyd Leisure cilities tom i t i high level o t ess d powerbe ore, d ter, competitio . Its re llyimport t to h ve stro g legs, s the im o judo is to get your oppo e t to the grou d. The stro ger your legs re, the more st bleyou re d the more power you h ve tok ock their legs d get them o the foor.

When did you rst realise you had atalent, and in which sport was it?I w s picked or the Gre t Brit i udo te m

t the ge o te d the the Gre t Brit iwrestli g te m t 13. My ther w s Europe

reestyle wrestli g ch mpio d Britishch mpio , so he i troduced me to both sports.

What was your ultimate goal when youwere younger and has it changed now?My go l w s to become the Gre t Brit i

ch mpio . I h ve chieved this sever ltimes d I the imed to get med l ithe Europe Ch mpio ships, which I didwhe I wo silver. My ext im is to becomeOlympic ch mpio !

Who is the most infuential personin your career to date and why?My d d. I it w s t or him, I would everbe where I m tod y. He is my sporti g idol!I lso re lly dmire Cr ig F llo , s he is

the most success ul udo pl yer th t GreBrit i h s ever produced. My p re ts h

lso re lly i fue ced me d they h vepl yed m ssive p rt withi my sportic reer. Without their help, I do t thi k Idwhere I m ow.

For expert tness advice and to readmore about the other athletes who arepart o the David Lloyd Team Family,visit www.davidlloyd.co.uk/team amily

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1 shot is ll th t stopped13-ye r-old new Ze l d st rLydi Ko (right) rom becomi gthe you gest ever wi er o pro essio l gol tour me t.She ished the Wome s newSouth W les Ope o te u derp r, ust o e stroke behi dSwede s C roli e Hedw ll.

32 is how m y times i row R gers h ve pl yed

Motherwell without losi g.R gers wo g i this week,booki g their pl ce i the Co-oper tive I sur ce Cup lwith Celtic.

2 is the umber o timesth t justi e He i (right) h sretired. She h d o ly beeb ck i te is or ye r wheshe ou ced her seco dretireme t this week. S dly, elbow i ury me s th t she willquit or good this time.

2 is the umber o ye rs i row th t Peter W ter eld h s

be te Tom D ley i the 10mpl t orm eve t t the Britishn tio l Cup.

1 is the umber o domestic UK rugby m tchesto be pl yed bro d.H rlequi s be t W sps 38-13 i m tch this week th tw s pl yed i abu Dh bi.

51 ru s is how m yE gl d lost their l testo e-d y i ter tio l by. Th t put austr li 4-1 up

d put the series out o E gl ds re ch.

7 is the umber o F1world titles th t Mich el

Schum cher h s wo .However, it w s reve ledthis week th t eve he getsc rsick i simul tor. aMercedes GP spokesms id th t this me sSchum cher h s to limitthe mou t o time hespe ds i their simul tor.

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oot duri g the rst threerou ds o this ye rs FaCup. just 100 were scoredwith the le t oot.

Tennis fans from Andy Murrays home town of Dunblane walk home afterwatching Murray lose the Australian Open fnal on TV in the local pub

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