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70 years on – but what wasit all about?

DON’T LET THEBEDBUGS BITE

BIG INTERVIEW

Prince of Persia’sJakeGyllenhaal

AN alarming increase in the number of bedbugs means that the bedtime rhyme: “Sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite,” is no longer a joke.

Experts are warning of a worldwide

bedbug pandemic. A survey of 1,000 pestcontrol rms around the world shows

that the bedbug problem is increasingeverywhere.

Bedbugs are already big news in New York

and across America. In New York, hotels,o ces, cinemas, schools and shops are all

aected. Some shops have had to closebecause of the creatures.

Bedbugs are not disease carriers likemosquitoes or rats but they can leave a

nasty rash from their bites. Some people

can get painful itching or allergic reactions.Bedbugs can’t y or jump but they stow

away in luggage or bags so get transportedbetween beds and sofas in that way.

They come out to feed when they nd

themselves close to someone sleeping. The last big bedbug outbreak was

before World War II. But British pest controlrm, Rentokil, says they have dealt with a

quarter more bedbug cases so far this year,

compared to last year.Some British hotels have even started

using snier dogs to root out the tinyinsects.

American expert, professor Mike Pot

says: “When you look at where we’re gto be in two years’ time and the rate of

increase, it’s going to be very serious. Tthe most challenging pest problem fo

developed world in a generation.”

British expert, Clive Boase, says we hto develop better ways of getting rid o

the bugs and people need to report thproblem earlier.

by editor Nicky Cox

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Feed your wildfriendsA NEW survey has found thatnearly half of people in the UK don’t feed wild animals thatcome into their back gardens.

For the many people who are afraid of needles and injections, thiscould be very welcome news.

Vaccines have been given through an injection because bile in

our stomachs aectsthevaccine so it doesn’t work

as well. Now scientists atCambridge and Reading

universities think they

have solved this problem.Coating the vaccine

in sugar and a specialpowder protects the

medicine for long enoughfor it to get into our

systems.

FIRST NEWS HEADLINES

IN BRIEF

More maleteachers neeA NEW report has fothat one quarter of primary schools donhave a male teacher

The reportfromthe Ge TeachingCouncilfor Eng

alsofound that teachersgetting younger and tha

people fromethnic minoare becomingteachers.

Obama writto schoolboA SCHOOLBOY in

Scotland has receivea letter from PresideObama.

Eight-year-oldRobert cBarackObama towriteto

school project.He wroteUS presidentabout a boo

Flat Stanley andsenthimoutof thecharacter. Mr O

replied saying:“Flat Stanl

was engaging, interestedshowedup atthe WhiteH

each morning with a penhand, readyto learn.”

Million

dollar hairAN American athlehas insured his hair£1 million.

Troy Polamaluplays fortPittsburghSteelersAmeri

football team.His hairmea

almostone metrelongansofamous it’s helpedhim

advertisingand sponsorsh

Lights confuse WORKERS in New Yoskyscraper buildingturning their lights ohelp birds.

Asmanyas 90,000bird

dieeachyearby crashingintobuildingswhen they

migratingsouth for the w

Lightsshiningout ofo confuse thebirds andma

themlose theirway.

Pills could be thenew injection

A few hundred years ago the poorest people in the country had

what we would now consider a really good diet. Because meat was so

expensive it was seen as a luxury which many people could only a ord

to eat occasionally.Therefore, those with less money ate a lot morefruit and vegetables. A diet low in meat and high in vegetables andmultigrains is exactly the kind of diet that nutrition experts think we

should all be eating to stay healthy.It was actually the richest in society who had the worst diets as they

ate lots of meat and fatty food and drank wine. Because there was no

way of preserving food meals were made fresh and were low in saltand sugar.

Mealtimes were seen as an occasion for the family to eat togetherand some experts think that families spending more time eating

together would be good for society.

THE food our ancestors ate could show us how to be healthier today.

500-year-old dietby Gabrielle Utton

INJECTIONS may bereplaced by pills in

just a few years.

Many people don’t think foxesshould be in urban areas and don’t

want to encourage them into theirneighbourhood. However, there are

other wildlife who visit our gardens.

Birds, squirrels and hedgehogscould all benet from food, water

and shelter provided for them byanimal-friendly people.

To nd out how to make your ownbird feeder go to www.FirstNews.

co.uk/discover

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EDITOR’S

COMMENT

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THIS WEEK

IN HISTORY

On 11 September 2001 hijacked a

were own into New York’s WorldCenter and the Pentagon in Wash

DC, USA, killing nearly 3,000 pe

BeckinghamPalace up for sale

BAD WEEK FOR...

GOOD WEEK FOR...

Airport o cials

Strange creatures are being fou

smuggled into the

country, including

snakes, spiders,

rare birds and

parrot eggs.

Lincolnshire police

O cerswill

use a new

police tractor

in the ght

against rurual

crime as part

of Operation

Fusion.

Bedbug battle

Rain oods

Australia

DAVID and Victoria

Beckham have put theirmansion up for sale withreports that they aregoing to make Americatheir full-time home.

Thecouple bought theirhousein Hertfordshire in 1999and paid

£2.5millionfor it. It’sthoughtthey could getas much as£18

million forthe house now.

The Beckhams have beenliving in Los Angeles since 2007.

Their three sons go to schoolthere, they’ve made lots of

friends and it looks like theywant to stay there for a long

time. David andVictoria may

buy a smaller house in Londonto use when they y to the UK.

Landslides were caused by 20cm of rain falling within 24 hours in the state

of Victoria. Rivers burst their banks andhouses and cars were swamped by the

water. It’s thought that it will cost millions

of dollars to put right the damage caused.As well as people having to ee

their homes, another 40,000, many inMelbourne, were without power.

State Emergency Service o cialTimWiebusch said:“Our state is very wet.”

Neighbouring country New Zealand

has had to deal with another naturaldisaster. An earthquake measuring 7.0

on the magnitude scale hit the city

of Christchurch on the south island.Hundreds of buildings are damaged,

several people have been badly hurt butno-one died because of the quake.

HUNDREDS of people have had to leave their homes as the worstoods for 15 years hit southeastern Australia.

A house is surrounded by fl ood waterin Australia. Right: A building damaged

by the earthquake in New Zealand.

THE BBC has put together these tips on how toavoid bedbugs.

Don’t take in second-hand beds or mattresses

Don’t allow clutter to build up where you sleep – it’s aperfect nesting place for bed bugs

When looking around hotel rooms watch out for tell

tale blood spots/smears on sheets, and in the seams of furniture and upholstery

Don’t wait to report a problem – nip an infestation inthe bud before it grows

Bedbugs are not thought to be able to bite through

clothing. So as a last resort you can zip yourself up in asleeping bag or an all over body suit

Call pest control to deal with an infestation

Freedom, a beagletrained by bed

bug inspectors,

demonstrates

how he sniffs outbedbugs in New York

from front page

For updates go to

www.FirstNews.co.uk

CHECK IT OUT

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THE NEWS IN PICTURES

6 SEPTEMBERLONDON, ENGLAND:Sculptor MarkCoreth is creatinga 3.4msculpture of a tiger

onthe banksof theRiver Thames.TheBringingthe Bonesto Life Project ispart of theWWF’sYear of theTiger campaign.The project aimsto helpdouble the world’s

population of tigers by 2022, the nextChineseYearof theTiger.

5 SEPTEMBERCOPIAPO, CHILE: Family members of theminers trapped in the San Jose mine

hold a ceremony to mark the 30th day

since their loved ones became trapped.

5 SEPTEMBERWUPPERTAL, GERMANY: A keeper hand-feeds

Schuna, a two-week-old tiger cub who was bornat the zoo and rejected by its mother.

5 SEPTEMBERVENICE, ITALY: People wearing traditional costum

part in a historical regatta paradeon theGrand C

6 SEPTEMBERMANILA, PHILIPPINES: USMarinestake partin a four-

dayvisit to carryout projectsto helpthe local people,

oneof which wasto helpcleana pollutedwaterway.

6 SEPTEMBERST AUSTELL, ENGLAND: Sta

at the Eden Projectunveil theirnewestproject, the Rainforest

Lookout, which is 55mabovethehighestrainforest in captivity.




What was theBattle of Britain?

As the country celebrates its 70th anniversary, First News asks

RAF Pilot Officer Douglas Griceof No 32 Squadron, fl ew a Hawk

Hurricane fighter during the Battof Britain.

14 September 1940: Hurricane fighter planes taking off from Gravesend,after being refuelled and rearmed, during the Battle of Britain.

“Never was so much owed by so many to so few10 September 1940: Hugecrowdsfollowed Prime MinisterWinston

Churchill whenhe inspecteddamage and bombcraters in London.WhtheBattle of Britain was ongoing, thePrime Minister made a famous

speech:“Never inthe eld of humanconictwasso much owedby som

toso few.”At theend ofthe war,the RAFpilotsbecame knownas “the f

THE Battle of Britain remains one of the most famous battles of World War Two.

The battle was the German air force’s attempt to

beat down the British Royal Air Force (RAF) from July to

September 1940. They failed and it turned out to be one of the turning

points ofWorld War Two and prevented Germany from

invading Britain.

Hitler planned the invasion of Britain

On 18 June 1940, the British Prime Minister

Winston Churchill gave a speech to the British people,announcing:“… the Battle of France is over.The Battle

of Britain is about to begin.” Four days later, France

surrendered to Germany and Adolf Hitler looked to

Britain for his next invasion.

But, before Hitler could even think of invading

Britain, the Germans had to win the battle in the airwith our RAF.

The battle began in mid-July. Even though the German

Luftwaehad more planes, pilots and experience, the two

air forces were quite evenly matched. The British RAF hadthe advantage of radar which meant they could detect

enemy raids. To begin with the Germans attacked towns on the coast

and airbases but, at the beginning of September, theychanged tactics and, on 4 September, began to set about

destroying London and other major cities.

Eleven days later, on what became known as‘Battle

of Britain Day’, the RAF savaged huge numbers of

approaching Luftwaeplanes in the skies above Lond

and the south coast.It was now clear to Hitler that his air force was not

winning the battle so, on 17 September, he put o his

plans to invade Britain. The Germans now focused on

the invasion of the Soviet Union, although the Luftwacontinued to bomb Britain until the end of the war.

It’s di cultto know how many aircraft were shot dowin the Battle of Britain because both sides probably

exaggerated their successes and played down their l osHowever, it’s thought that between 10 July and the en

October 1940, the RAF lost around 1,023 aircraft while

Luftwaelost 1,887.

THE Voice In A Million Choir performs at the Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary Concert on Sunday 12September at Bentley Priory in support of their album release,Smile.

The Smile album, out on Monday, features wartime and

contemporary songs, to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of theBattle of Britain and our present day heroes – the men and women

ghting a very dierentwar in Afghanistan. The album cover was designed in part by some of the choir, who

drew or sent by text, a‘Smile’ image that they thought would be aptto send a father serving in Afghanistan.

The album features not only 5,321, members of the choir but also

solos from a number of talented singers, including the astounding

Lucy Kane who, at just 13 years old, has one of the best voicesFirst News has ever heard.The whole album is a spirited mixtureof songs which are moving and entertaining in equal measure.

The Voice In A Million project raises awareness of the need foradoptive and foster families in the UK and the plight of millions

of children worldwide that are abandoned or separated fromtheir birth parents.

Donations from the sale of the Smile album go toThe Battle

of Britain Memorial Trust & The British Forces Foundation.

To nd out more go to www.voiceinamillion.com

Children’s choir remember

J E V C

BIG ISSUE by editor Nicky Cox



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SanctuaclosedA TORTOISE sanctuar

is home to more than

tortoises has been cloby o cials.

The Tortoise Garden in Chas been closed to the pub

because o cialsdecided i

be classed as a zoo.They wowner of the sanctuary to

a zoo licence as they think are wild animals and shou

classed as domestic anima

Joy Bloor, who owns thesays:“Every single tortoise

at some point, someone’s pprobably for a long, long ti

The change to zoo will co

of money in fees and licenthe Tortoise Sanctuary can

to pay. Joy said:“The garde

just self su cientand I doncould aordit.”

Whatever happens, Joy h

that none of the tortoises w

to any harm.

ANIMAL NEWS

butteriesPeople from all across Britainhave logged their resultsonline.The ten

most commonspecies of butteryin the UK arethe small white,large

white,gatekeeper, meadow brown, commonblue, peacock(pictured),green-veinedwhite,red admiral,smalltortoiseshelland theringlet.

The bigbuttery count wasconductedby ButteryConservation andMarks & Spencer.The resultswill help scientistslearn more about the

UK’s butterypopulation andwhere their mainhabitatsare.You cansee allthe resultsonline at www.bigbutterycount.org

THE results of the UK’s rst ever big buttery count have been revealed, based on 18,700 sightings from acrossthe country.

We started at Paperbark Bush Retreat which is in the Leutla Valley and wasabsolutely stunning. When we arrived it was dark but you could still hear loads of insects. Paperbark is the home of the IngweLeopard Project. The team there do loadsof research to help save the leopards. Theycatch them and put GPS radio collars on them and then track them by satellite!They also set camera traps to photograph them, and they relocate animals that arecausing mischief. My mum and I helped with setting camera traps and taking sporecasts, and we found loads of bugs and

looked for creatures in the river. Then we went on safari. We went to three different places, Sabi Sands and Karongwe privategame reserves and Kruger National Park.The trip was incredible. We saw leopards,lions, buffalos, hippos, wildebeest, hugeherds of elephants, rhinos, warthogs,hyenas, baboons, eagles, vultures and loadsof insects and got really close on foot tosome cheetahs, too!

Will Fox, the man who looked after usat Paperbark, also runs an internet TV

station called safari.tv and you can watchsafari game drives happening live in South Africa, over the internet. So the other week my Year (I am in Year 5) went on safari from our classroom, using our computers.The game ranger was called Jared and he was in the Sabi Sands, the same place that I went to. He showed us impala, baboons (who were bullying the impala) and a hippo. Wesent our questions to Jared by email and then he talked to us and answered

our questions live over the internetasked him things like: what’s you favourite animal; what’s the mostdangerous animal you’ve seen; havever been hurt by an animal? He toall about snakes; how to stay safe aanimals in the bush and the time hreally bad blisters because he fell aa blister beetle! My friends and I th was brilliant fun. We really hope wit again one day.

By Joe Flanagan, 10, London

LAST October half-term I was lucky enough to go on safari in South Africa with my mum.

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SCIENCE

Classic free kick

wasn’t a uke

A STUDY into the controversial oil sand developments in Canada

has shown that they pollute more than oil chiefs say they do.Oil sands contain a thick form of oil

that is very hard to separate.There arehuge amounts stored in Canada, but it

is only recently that better methods of extracting it have made it worthwhile for

companies to work there.Locals and environmental groups

say that the oil sand works destroy the

region and are a health risk, but thegovernment and oil rms do not agree.

Scientists have now taken samples

from around and in the Athabasca River. They say that the amounts of toxic

substances in the water and soil can onlyhave come from oil sand development,

not natural erosion. Although the levelsare within drinking water guidelines,

the scientists say that levels in sh and

animals could build up in their organs orprevent them from breeding.

Toxic tests

Our ancestors

were cannibals

Could robotic cars bringan end to traffic jams?

Accordingto the

governmentof AlbertainCanada,the reserves of o

intheir oil sandsaddup t171.8 billionbarrels, or 1

of theplanet’s total glob

oilreserves (see left).

?Did youknow

THE roads of the future c

be free of tra c jams an

with cars that drive themaccording to scientists.

The Royal Society has publish

collection of reports devoted toissues of tra cand driver-free v

One of the reports goes into dethe challenges faced by scientis

to build the cars of the future.Scientists call cars without hu

drivers autonomous, which me

they can sense their environmemake their own driving decisio

Test vehicles used in researchdi cultyin judging what objec

and how fast they were moving

writers say that this is a crucial needs improvement, as well as

understanding of what other ro

are about to do.Another big improvement co

from vehicles sharing informatieach other via wireless networ

would allow cars to avoid accidtra cjams and ice. It would als

them to travel close together, mthe whole process more e cie

Autonomous cars that are saf

to be allowed on the roads are a long way o. One of the repo

writers, Richard Murray, thinks tcould appear in ten to 15 years

places like airports and mines. A

on public roads, Murray thinks a society, I think we should enc

people to take the Tube (and spmoney improving it).”

Cars that dr

themselves

Roberto Carlos inaction for Brazil. Head

to www.firstnews.

co.uk/discover to seehis stunning free kick

THE earliest known humans in Western Europe regularly ate members of their own species, according to a study of

bones found in Spain.Scientists saythat thisis evidencefor

theoldestexample of cannibalismbeing

widespreadamong a groupof people. The fossilisedboneswere collected from the

Gran Dolina cave in Spain.Theyare all from 11childrenbelonging to our ancestor species,

Homoantecessor .

The bones show marks where eshhas

been taken from them, andsome bones hadbeen smashed to getat themarrowinside.

Marks on thebasesof theskullsled scientists

to think thatthe brainshad alsobeeneaten. The authors of thereportin Current

Anthropology saythat theboneswere mixed

in withanimalremains.They saythat thisshows thatcannibalism did nothave any

specialrole or religious purpose.Since thesurroundingarea wassupplied

withplentyof water andnatural food, theresearchers alsosay that peoplewere not

eating eachotherbecause they were starving,

butthat it wasan everyday event.

by Ian Eddy

An oil sand development

in Alberta, Canada

G e t t y

ONE of football’s best ever free kicks was due

to the laws of physics and not just plain luck. That’s the opinion of three French researchers, who

describe something called the‘spinning ball spiral’in theNew Journal of Physics.

When Brazilian left-back Roberto Carlos scored against

France’s Fabien Barthez in 1997, his outrageous goalmade headlines around the world. However, some critics

claimed that it was a freak shot and that Carlos was lucky.In their report, the physicists carried out experiments

with plastic balls and a catapult.Their results show that,

if a ball is red hard enough and with enough spin, itwill start to curve viciously in a spiral path after a certain

distance. For dierentsports, the distance at which this

starts to happen is not the same, but for football it ismuch closer to the 35 yards that Carlos took his shot from.Maybe he knows more about physics than Barthez!

Some of the most bizarrecases of cannibalism occur

in some shark and sh

species, such as the sandshark. Sometimes, their

strongest baby will eat theweakest while they are still

inside the mother, waiting

to be born.

?Did youknow

G e t t y

G e t t y

Scientists say that cannibalism was much morecommon in our ancestors than previously thought



THE

WEEK’S

WEATHER

WEEK IN GENERAL

A typical autumnal mix.

FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

Scotland/N Ireland – Dry,sunny spells. Day 17c/63f

Night 8c/46f. Light south easterly.

England/Wales– Showers, sunny spells.

Day 20c/68f Night 11c/52f.Light south easterly.

SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

Scotland/N Ireland– Showers, sunny spells.

Day 18c/64f Night 8c/46f.

Light south westerly.England/Wales

– Showers, sunny spells.Day 20c/68f Night 10c/50f. Light

south westerly.

SUNDAY 12 SEPTEMBER

Scotland/N Ireland

–Showers, sunny spells.

Day 17c/63f Night 9c/48f.Light south westerly.

England/Wales– Showers, sunny spells.

Day 20c/68f Night11c/52f. Light south westerly.

REST OF THE WEEK

Continuing unsettled.

STAY SAFE

INTHE SUN

September 2009 was the driest

September across England

since 1997, with temperaturesreaching 28c/82f in Gravesend.

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THE WEEK IN NUMBERS

50 teams have taken partin thepenny

farthing1km Knutsford Great Race. Theraceonlyhappens once every tenyears.

15 formerWalesrugby captainsare

climbing Mount Kilimanjaroto raise moneyforcharity. They have ownto Tanzania to

start their ten-daytrek. Mount Kilimanjaroisthehighest mountain in Africa at 5,891.8m.

OUR STORIES

with Jonathan Powell

240 years agoCapt

Cook landed in Australia anthisweek an exhibition ope

Teesside,the birthplace ofCook,to celebrate.

1 in nineprimary schooScotland areabout60% em

according to gures.

Saxon boat found

The remainsof a Saxon boat

hasbeen found in theRiver Ant.

Workersfor the EnvironmentAgency madethe discovery while

doingooddefencework ontheriver. The boat is about 3mlong

andmadeout ofhollowed oak.

Super spud

A man fromNorthampton

hopes tomake it into the

record books forgrowing thelargestpotatoin the world.

Peter Glazebrookunveiled hishuge potato at the National

Gardening Show in Somerset.

Thesuper spud weighs awhopping 3.8kg. Peter is now

waiting forconrmationfromthe Guinness World Records

that hispotatois thenew

record holder.

A twoday balloon festival hasgone ahead,

despitefearsof it being cancelled.Theoriginal event wascalledo after worries

about weatherconditions, butthe GreatLlangollenShowwent withouta hitch.

While thefocuswas on theballoons,lots of other attractionswere brought to theshow

to createa wider appeal forvisitors.

Festival lift-o

From Friday 10 September 2010

to Thursday 16 September 2010

Home News Bee project awaA bumblebee project in Sthas been voted the UK’s be

environment project at theNational Lottery Awards 20

The Bumblebee Conservat

Trust was set up in 2006 anaround 6,000 members.

A 15-year-old from Surrey hbecome the youngest persto win a place at CambridgUniversity for more than 20years. Arran Fernandez starmaths degree next month. was home-schooled by his He said: “I am looking forwto going to the lectures. I halready started the rst-yeaand it is alright, not too diArran also plans to join the watching society at the Un

Young student

Linking counties

A series of underground limestone

tunnels have beencreated that

will linkCumbria, LancashireandYorkshire. A teamof cave

enthusiasts have beenworkingonthetunnelsforthe last 20years.

Thenetworkof tunnels is around

60 mileslong.

11 rare Philippineducks have

beenstolenfrom a wetlandscentrein Sunderland.

1 rare Chinese tree, the

Emmenopterys henryi, has oweredat Kew’s countryestatein Wakehurst,

West Sussex, forthe rsttime in 23 years.

People living in Leicesters

are being urged to get o

bottoms and get active as of Walking Week. More tha

walks have been organisedall abilities and age ranges

include countryside ramblguided tours.To celebrate

week, Leicestershire counc

Ernie White is walking 100around the county to raise

for charity. He has promisewill complete the walk in 1

Walking week

Stirling

Norfolk Somerset Yorkshire

Llangollen

Leicestershi

Cambridge

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The prize Two lucky First News readers will see their design printed on Fairtrade cotton T-shirts and sold on the Marks & Spencerwebsite. Plus the two winning designers will each get a Nintendo DSi X. Schools can also enter with a prize of £1,000 to

spend on art and design up for grabs.

What to doUse the T-shirt template on this page to create a design for a boys’ or girls’T-shirt. The design should be inspired by the

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWSwith Serena Lacey

Camp Rock stCHLOE Bridges is one of the newest stars in the much-awaiteRock 2: The Final Jam. She visited London to talk to First Newthe lm and what it’s like working with the Jonas Brothers!

Hi Chloe, how are you? Are you

enjoying your visit to London?

Oh my gosh, I love it! I kind of want to move

here! It’s my rst time. I had a photo shoot

where I got to see a few sites, but I need tocome back.

Can you tell us a bit about Camp Rock 2

and your character?

Camp Rock 2 introduces a rival camp, so

we are stepping up the stakes. It’s bigger

and better, there’s everything from moredancers to new genres of music. Not only

is there pop and rock like you saw in the

rst lm, there’s hip hop and a little bit of rap. It’s really cool and there’s also more

romance in this one, which is where I comein. I play Dana, she’s Nick Jonas’ character’s

love interest, she’s a really cool girl. She’sfrom Camp Star, which is the rival camp.

She’s not a bad girl in any way. She’s really

real and honest and nice anwhich I really like about her!

What was it like working

Brothers?

They’re awesome, they reallsuch great friends with ever

They are genuinely really nic

You got to play Nick’s lov

There must be a lot of very out there!

Yes, probably a few! I t was aexperience, he’s really aweso

You play the piano and sDid you sing when you wer

Yes, I have been singing forepiano is something I’m really

I’ve been playing piano clasyears, taking lessons and co

it’s something that’s really a

The fact that I got to do it incrazy. I never thought I wou

bring it into my acting careereally happy about it!

Do you have a favourite That’s di cult, I had so mu

time! Probably the last scenit’s called This is Our Song. It

much fun to shoot because

the middle of the night we wcold so we were all huddling

bonre so, not only were weclose, but we also became r

people too. Everyone was inWe had all become such go

JLS dance hero

The boyband topped a poll about

dancing which was conducted by theDisney Channel for the release of Camp

Rock 2: The Final Jam. One in three kidsvoted for JLS as their kings of dance.

Pop icon Michael Jackson also featured

high in the polls. His music video for

Thriller came rst in a poll of top dance

moments, closely followed by High School

Musical’s We’re All In This Together .

To celebrate the UK’s love of dance, the

Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam Pass It On!

tour is currently on the road in the UK.

There are still dates in Bournemouth andBrighton where you can go along and get involved. Britain’s Got Talent star Tobia

is spokesperson for the tour. He said: “Dance fever has taken over Britain’s kids anthey pass it on to their parents too.”

To nd out more information and to learn some Pass It On! dance moves see

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JLS have been voted the new kings of dance by British kids!

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Check out the videos for all of these games at www.FirstNews.co.uk

It’s called Fluidity , and has just been announced

as a WiiWare game by Nintendo.Instead of controlling a character like in most

games, hereyou get to

control a puddle of water!

The levels take you through the various forms of water,so at some points your puddle will turn into ice or a gas.

Trust us, it looks good! See for yourself by watching thetrailer at www.rstnews.co.uk .

WE don’t know very much about this

next one, but it looks like it could be a

really cool puzzle game.

Grease (WII)

Even though it was rst performed back

in 1971, Grease is still one of the mostpopular musicals ever.

Here, you can obviously sing along toyour favourite tracks, but there’s also a

story mode that follows the lm and lots

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games, as well as action games like the

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sports games.

Bethany says: “Grease is one of myall-time favourite movies so I was sure

that the game was going to be a letdown.

But not at all. I played the game witha group of girlfriends and it was

the most fun we’d had in ages aswe relived the songs and dances of

the movie. But, if you’re not into themovie, I don’t

think there’s

anything in itto appeal to

you at all.”

ANYONE who’s seen the classic movie should love getting the chance

to sing as Sandy and dance like Danny.

RATED!

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with Bethany (14) Game Tester

Back toRydell High

Making a splash

The rst part showed some paint turningnasty, but this second part shows Mickey

being terrorised by a mad scientist.It sounds odd – and it is – but it also looks

great, and we can’t wait to play the nishedgame. It should be out on Wii later this year.

Watch the trailer (and the rst part if youmissed it) at www.rstnews.co.uk now.

IF you enjoyed the taster of Disney’sEpic Mickey that was released recently,head to our website now to see the

conclusion of the opening movie.

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What do your friends think of yourto stardom?

nt to regular high school, so I have a

ch of friends that keep me exactly thee. They think it’s cool, but one of my

ds for my birthday was like: “I don’t

w what to get you, now that you’re allous!”, I was like, I’m not famous! Theytake it with a grain of salt really.

What have you been up to sinceing Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam?

of things, coming to London! I’ven pretty busy promoting it, which has

n really fun. I’ve never done any of this

motion stu before. I’m in Europe forrst time, which is really exciting for

’m going to Spain, and Italy. Thank Disney. And I’m just really excited for

movie to come out. We lmed it last

mn, so the fact that it’s nally comings very exciting! As for work, I don’t

w what is next. We will see!

NEW EPISODE The last FirstTV summer

special is online now.

And it’s a great one!Check out FirstTV

online any time atwww.rsttv.tv

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Lympne to take youcloser than ever to some

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KEEP DANCING

Fourteen new celebrities must take to the danceoor as they try to master the trickymoves. All the judges are back for series eight, including the lovely Alesha Dixon! Strictly

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X Factor runner-up Olly Murs has gone

straight to number one with his debut

single, Please Don’t Let Me Go. The singerfrom Essex may be a bit red faced though

as he promised a celebrity magazine thatif he hit the top spot he would pose for a

photo shoot with no clothes on. Oops!

Shrek the Musical will come toLondon’s West End in May. The stage show,

which has been adapted from the rst

Shrek lm will open at the Theatre Royal.

Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden

will play Princess Fiona.

You may have heard that FirstTV

presenter Charlie has sadly decided to quitthe show. Well, here is one of the reasons

why. The talented teen has been busy

working on his music and is getting readyto release a single with his band, Alex Day,

Eddplant and Tom Milsom who make upSons of Admirals. Here Comes My Baby

will be released on 18 October.

Oll y Murs

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Sons of Admirals TO celebrate the launch of First TV ,

there are lots of prizes up for grabs

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How would you describe your character,

Dastan in Prince of Persia: The Sands of

Time?

I see my character as a cross between RafaelNadal, Mick Jagger and Dennis the Menace.

It’s all about having fun.

Is it fair to say this lm is something

dierent for you? Is that why you decidedto take it on?

Mostly it was just the fact that I lovewatching this type of lm, so it ’s hard to

deny yourself the opportunity to be up

there on screen acting in one of them. There are all sorts of di erent aspects to

acting but, if you’re a very physical personas I am, it’s great to just jump around for

once, to leap o buildings, ride horses, play

with swords and get into a lot of ghts.It’s really great fun. The other thing is that

if you’re going to do a huge movie, thendo it with people who know how to do

it, and there’s no-one better than JerryBruckheimer.

It seems like Dastan has a bit of IndianaJones in him. Was that your intention?

Oh yes, denitely, along with Dennis theMenace and all the rest. I l ike that Dastan’s

a mischief-maker, a bit of a curmudgeon

(bad-tempered person), that he nearlyalways thinks he’s right and that he’s quite

sarcastic and wry and above all very cheeky.

You’ve played various characters based

on real people, but where do you beginwith a c titious 6th century Persian

prince? There’s lots of pretentious research I could

tell you about, but it really did start with the

accent and also with projecting my voice.

For a movie like this to be successful, you

need a grand scale to everything, a bigness,something theatrical. I worked with a voice

coach, and she brought in these ancienttexts. I would stand at one end of the pool

in Los Angeles, she’d stand at the other end,

and I would shout things like: “Over thewall, men! Over the wall!” It was like doing

theatre. It put a bit more re inside, made

me feel a bit more like a warrior. There was alot of physical work too.

What did that involve?

It was six months of training and what

was important about it to me was that itwas very functional. Everything I did was

so I could do the same thing on set, not just to look good. I wore a ak jacket to

work out and carried an extra 9kg when

I went on a run to simulate the armour,

which is very heavy. Whenever I ran I’d alsocarry something in my hand to get used

to running with a sword. I also did lots of boxing to make sure I was even on both

sides, because Dastan often ghts with

two swords at once and everything hasto be symmetrical.

Did you think about getting a stuntman

to do the di cult bits for you?No, I always want to do as much as I can

myself. And I’m a bit of a perfectionistwhen it comes to ght sequences. I want

to get every move down perfectly, and I

refuse to accept anything less than that.

You’ve made some big lms, butit seems like Prince of Persia is on a

dierent scale…

I just thought: “Wow!” Even during therehearsals, when I got to see pictures

of what the production designer wasplanning, it has just blown my mind

– everything from the amazing costumto these huge sets and the locations in

Morocco. And it’s not just the size of the

and it’s not just the scope, it’s also the din the costumes and sets. You can turn a

corner on a set and it’s somewhere we wprobably never shoot, but the detail’s s

there – incredible carvings or beautiful

The lm shares the same producer a

Pirates of the Caribbean. Do you thinklm has the same wide appeal?

I think that Pirates of the Caribbean wa

more than just an adaptation of the thepark ride and this will be more than jus

an adaptation of the Prince of Persia vidgame, though obviously that was the

starting point. It’s denitely a lot of fun it’s a great tale, but it’s also got interest

characters and has a real epic feel to it.

We’ve never said this lm is only for kidor only for the video game fans. We alw

envisioned it as having a very wide app

Prince of Persia: The Sands

of Time is out on Disney

DVD and Blu-ray from13 September.

Check out some amazingclips of the lm online at

www.rstnews.co.uk

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Highest altitude fora balloon skywalk

Mike Howard (UK) walked on abeam between two balloons at analtitude of 6,522 m (21,400 ft) near

Yeovil, Somerset, UK, on 1 September

2004, as part of recording for the

Guinness World Records: 50Years,

50 Records TV show.

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Sta from Shakeaway oered to helpkeepers give the resident otters Johnny

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Q: What vehicle is the same backwards

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AUTHORITIES in Minneapolis are beingforced to pay compensation to sevenstudents who were arrested for dressingup as zombies.

The students decided to sue the city after

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Q: What do you call a kitten

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AN annual event where contest

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This year 24 people took part in the 4wrestling championships, wearing fanc They had to wrestle in a paddling pool

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Being greenTHIS year at The Topsham School

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Every week we have been taking turns to go up to the farm, FSU and Years 1 and 2 in their planned play groups and Years 3 and 4 in the afternoon. The polytunnel is now bursting with tomatoes, cucumbers,aubergines, peppers, basil and yummy peas!

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In the past few weeks we have been very busymaking elderflower cordial using flowers from our school grounds. On Saturday we sold some of itand our crops from the garden at the St Margaret’s

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THE wheat harvest is still going on here and the stare starting to look like they’re going to burst!

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READING CHAMPIONS

THE BOOK PAGE

EVERYONE knows a Reading Champion – they’re people who inspire

others to get reading. Each week one of our champions tells you a

bit about their favourite reads and what they think makes readingso appealing.

Name: Francesca Simon

Born in America, Francesca Simon was a journalist before becoming a children’s

writer. She is the author of the popular

Horrid Henry books which have sold over15 million copies. A brand new Horrid

Henry story, called Horrid Henry Rocks, willbe available this month. In the book, Horrid

Henry wants to go to the Killerboy Rats

concert while his family want to go to theDay and her Dancing Daisies concert.

Favourite reads: “I loved Superman comics, including Superboy, Supergirl, andSuperman’s pal Jimmy Olsen, because I found them imaginative and funny.

“I also liked Batman, especially for the Zap! Pow! sound eects. My favourite bookswere Andrew Lang’s Fairy Tales, and Edward Eager’s stories about magic, (Half-Magic;

Magic by the Lake) because I love all stories about magic. The Three Musketeers and TheScarlett Pimpernel were also big favourites.

“I used to read for up to six hours a day, and it remains my favourite thing to do when

I’m not working. I love being taken into dierent worlds, and to live in my imagination.“Reading is important because how else will you ever know about other people and

other worlds?“Someone who doesn’t like reading is someone who hasn’t found the right books.

“The best thing about my job is making up stories; the worst is when my storiesaren’t working!”

Do you think you would make a good Reading Champion?Ask your school to sign up today. www.readingchampions.org.uk

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I MUST admit that I didn’t think I

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funny way.The poems are all about ‘Bad Things’that happen through a child’s eyes – Iespecially loved Car School where a car becomes head master of his school, dumps the

old Head in a skip and introduces a new school song:“Brrrrrrrrm Brrrrrrrrrrrrm”!Think of this as a huge collection of very short funny stories for people in a hurry – it’s great!

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Australian athlete Steve Hooker clearsthe bar at 5.95m to win the pole vault at

the Continental Cup in Split, Croatia

SPORT NEWS IN NUMBER

40 isthe ageof Scotland andRangers

defender David Weir.By playing forhiscountry against Lithuaniathis week,he

became the oldest footballer to everplay

for Scotland.

2players scored hat-tricksas Germany

thumped Mexico 9-0at the FIFA U-17

Women’s World Cupnals inTrinidadand Tobago.

2 yearsis howlong British hurdler Callum

Priestley hasbeen banned for. Tests showedthat hehad tracesof a bannedasthmadrug

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could make anathleteperform better on

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that UsainBoltwantsto set. Afterthat,he

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professional footballer.

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ENGLAND’S women have missed out on rugby’s biggest prize, as they lost toNew Zealand in the nal of the Women’s Rugby World Cup.

New Zealand were reduced to 13 players in the rst half, but England couldn’t make the most

of their advantage.

Although England managed to pull the score back to 10-10 early in the second half, a penaltyfrom Kelly Brazier made it 13-10 to New Zealand and nished the game o.

“Our defence was awesome,” said England captain Catherine Spencer, “but we just needed toget a bit more territory and play down their end.”

Brazier nished as the tournament’s top scorer, with 48 points. Her team-mate Carla Hohepawas the joint top try-scorer with seven, alongside Canada’s Heather Moyse.

Although England were disappointed, there is no shame in losing to such an awesome New

Zealand side. The Black Ferns have now won four World Cups in a row and beaten England in thelast three nals. They have won 19 World Cup games in a row since their last defeat, which was a

7-0 loss to the USA in the semi-nals of the 1991 tournament.

ISSUE 224 10 16 SEP 2010

Davies nished the UNIQA LadiesGolf Open in Austria on 11 under par,

one shot ahead of Virginie Lagoutte

Clément of France.Her victory made her the Tour’s

oldest ever winner, at the age of 46years and 11 months. It was also her

75th career victory and the third time

that she has won this tournament.Even with all her experience Davies

BRITISH golfer Laura Davies

has become the oldest player

to ever win on the Ladies

European Tour.

Tragic cra

The 19-year-old came o hwhile riding in the Moto2 clas

He was hit by two other bikesreceived serious injuries to hi

neck and chest. He was rushehospital, but doctors couldn’t

“Shoya was a funny guy andone, too,” said Valentino Rossi

a great career ahead of him.”

THERE was tragedy at th

Marino Grand Prix this w

when the young Japane

Shoya Tomizawa died in

Davies does it again

Laura Davies showsthat she’s still got it

by IanEddy

“I think we’ve changed the face of women’s rugby”– England coach Gary Street

“We had the potential to win that game but we justcouldn’t do it” – England captain Catherine Spencer

Victoria Grant dodges the tackle ofEngland’s Danielle Waterman during the final

G e t t y

New Zealandmake it fourin a row

Tomizawa in action duringqualifying at San Marino

Did youknow?

New Zealand’s three-point winwas the smallest winning margin

ever in a Women’s Rugby World

Cup nal. The largest was in1998, when New Zealand beat

the USA by 32 points.

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