P179 CJJFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:22/32 P/2X FR'M NEWSROUVD ALL ABOU$ RYAN bz MARIE WRIGHT age 13 from Wbrrington 89941 Marie is a Manchester United fan - and a big fan of winger Ryan Giggs. "Ryan, who is 20, has been vubbed the best footdbller in the world.1 Tj $5 United signed him when hi was 13. He rarely gives interviews because of management worrier that the stress might bj too much for him. Ryan has to cepj with the prj23urj of being compared to United'u best player ever, George Best, and with being a teen idol. He just treats what he does as a job!" Diary Contacts PP Info PP RrptsP179 CKKFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:24/47 )|l4|l4|, 1/20 FFROM NEWSROUNd READ YOU PRESSPACKREPORTSERE Standby for more stories coming 5p as follows - PAGE NAMES APPROX TIME 2-10 O'KEEFFE to SCREENEY VEXT 12-20 SHARMA to +RIGHT 2 mink (5 Press HOLD to keep a page on screen (5 Please go to page 178 for reports A-N W Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:25/06 )|l4|l4|, 2/20 GFROM NEWSROUND WAL6US IN DANGER bz JULIE O+UEEFFE from Eastham, Wjrral 13331 Julie writes that the walrus's habitat is being threatened. "Huge oil djpo5its ha6j been found under the sea. Plans are being made to drill them - which means mord people and ships in areas where walruses live. $heir feeding grounds may also bj $5 dredged by companies wanting tw collect clams from the sea bed. If clam beds are destroyed the (5 walruses may not have enough food." --,,,,,,,,,,,n,,,,,,,,n,,,,,,,,,n&,,,,,/ Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:21/44 3/20 ] FROM I NEWSROUND STOP ACID RcIN bz PARR P—TEL from Manor Park, London 87807 Parr writes about acid rain, and what can bj done to stop it. "The burning of fossil fuels - such as coal - creates sulphju dioxidu. This causes of acid rain. Polluted clouds from western Europe are blown to Scandinavia - whjrj the rain falls. Plants and fish in many Scandinavian lakes have die4. Scientists know how to reduce sulpheu dioxide emis3igns from our power stations. It's time wj did something about it.b Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFA 179 Fri 2p May 21:03/17 5/20 ] FROM NEWSROUND SCOLROSIS bz CATHERINE PEARMAN age 14 from Bath 6 43 Catherine would like more publicit8 about the condition scoliosis. "Scoliosis affects the spine making it curve into an "S" or "C" shapr. It usually starts at about age 13 Tj and can cause a deformity and breathing difficulties. I have scoliosis and am facing the prospect of a major operation. If I had been diagnosed earlier I might only have needed a plaster cast.$ --m,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,n,,,,,,,o Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Fri 2p May 21:04/34 C FROM GEWSR'UgH GIANT COMET" bz TR—CEY ROBERTS Ju from Lowestoft, Suffolk 94536 $racey has some exciting space news "A giant comet is due to smash into $5 the planet Jupiter this July, triggering an explosion that should bj visible 600 million miler away on earth. The impact is expected to be ten times more powerful than the comet which wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. The rocks making up the comet will hit Jupitdr at 130,00X mile1 an hour." Diary Contacts PP Info PP RrptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:96/50 7/20 FROM NEWSROUND CLOTHESSHOW bz Jennie Rose, from Infield, London 07 860 Jennie writer about a memorable school trip she went on last year. "On 13 December 1995, I0went on 1 school trip to the Clothes Show Li6e at the Birminham NEC. Most of our time was spent watching the male models on thu mini catwalks! (5 The main live show was brilliant. Afterwards we sbw the group gHopj' perform. (5 I'll definitely bj back next year." Diary Contacts PP Info PP RrptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:07/07 -}l4|l4|, 8/20 FFROM ] NEWSROUVD BARN OWLS bz HELEN SATTERTHWBITE from Skegnj3s, Lincolnshirj 41994 Helen writes about the declinu gf Barn Owls. "According to a recent survey the number of pairs of Barn Owls has dropped to just 5,000. It's a large bird with golden-brown upper-parts with flecks of grey, black and white. They can turn their heads 180 deg. to the left and right which gives -5 them almost all-round vision. Bprn Owls are completely silent which means their prey can't hear them." Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CJKFAX 179 Fri 2p May 21:08/24 )|l4|l4|, 9/20 FROM NEWSROUVD N VA( ON BOOKS! by PA$RICK SCOT$ age 14, from Huddersfield 78529 At the moment you don't pay ta|, ou VAT, on books when you buy them. Patrick says Go6ernment plans to tax books must njvjr be brought in. "5hj Prime Minister, John Major, 2 Tj says one in four teenagers can't read properly. Putting VAT on publications would put their price up - and make matters even worse. Schools are already struggling to buy enough equipment. So say NO to tax on books and maga:ines." $upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp88888z Diary Contacts PP Info PP RrptsP179 CJJFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:9Y/42 )|l4|l4|, K FROM I NEWSROUND RBCISM bz JONATHAN SCREENEY from Tottenham, London 87962 Jonbthan has strong feelings about the issue of racism. "Slavery started off the racial hate between white and black people It began when north America needed soldiers to fight the south. Black people were recruited - but zhj= were treated unfairly. After slavery ended there was still segregation - when black people are only allowed to do cdrtain thinks. There's still racism today - when will we all bj treated as equals?" --,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Diary Contacts PP Info PP RrptsP179 CEEFAX 979 Fri 2X May ;1:19/59 )|l4|l4|, 11/20 FFROM NEWSROUND READ YOUR PRESS PACK REPORTS lIRE Standby for more stories coming up as follows m PAGE NAMES APPROX TIME 12-20 SHARMA to WRIGHT ENELT 2-10 O'UEEFFE to SCREENEY 2 mink Press HOLD to keep a page on screen Please go to page 178 for reports —mV (5 Diary Contacts PP Info PP RuptsP179 CJJFAX 179 Fri 2p May 21:12/97 )|l4|l4|, 12/20 FFROM NEWSROUND HOMELESS PEOPLECbz SHILPIKA SH—RM— from Portsmouth, Hpmpshirj 266 Shilpika is concerned about people who are homeless. She interviewed someone from the charitX Shiltdu. "(hj homeless live in a vicious circle - no address to wrhte on the forms for getting accomodatign, no base, no money - nothing. Some sby they are "dirty bringsb. But why do people put them into this category? Everyone has their own reasons for becoming homeless. Many of them do not want our pity, $5 but need our help." W Diary Contacts PP Info PP Rr8tsP179 CJEFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:13/33 ,|l4|l4|, 13/20 FROM ]OIO NEWSROUND UP HILLY A— by THOMAS SMALE from Walls, Shetland 13876 -homas writes about a festival that takes place every year in Shetland. "Every last Tuesday in January it's 'Up Hilly Aag time. It's a way for us to remember our Viking ancestors One mbn dresses as 'Guisjr Earl' -athj famous Viking chief.QAround Tj 40 members of 'Earl's squad' build a replica Vikrng lonkship. $5 In the evening there's a torchlight procession.1Around 900 min march through Nerwick. They throw their torches into the boat and burn it." Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:15/49 14/20 FROM NEWSROUVD SAVE THE WHALES by REBEK—H STEPHEVS from Thetford, Norfolk Rebekah wants an end to the annual slaughter of Pilot whales. "$hj whales are killed by people from the Faroe Islands. Last year 1,500 died. 2 The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and other groups launched a campbign to sbvj the Pilot whales. Campbignjrs sbz the water turns red from the whales' blood and they are in pbin and distress. If enough people hear about this slaughter, then perhaps things siml change." --m,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CJIFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:16/07 85/20 FROM NEWSROUND CLASSIC STORIES b|0CERJan RaH—fH membership number 81223 Cerian gives traditional books the thumbs up. "Many young people hardly ever read stories such as The Railway Children, Heidi or What Katy Did. I have done some research and read six modern and 3ix clas3ic books. (5 Most of the new stories were about children in America which got a but (5 boring. But all six classic tales had different story lines. I found them just as good, or better, than (5 the more modern stories." --m,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CJJFA 179 Fri 20 May 21:17/23 16/20 FF OM NEWSROUND LIBEARTZ bz KAREN THOMPSON 2 from Hemel Hjmpstead, Hurts 23527 Karen writes about the LibeartX campaign run by the World0Society for the Protection of Animal;W "(hey help protect bears from poachers and the rxploitation of the animals as entertainment. Many bears are close to extinction and all are under threat. (5 Some cubs are taught to dance and are controlled by a ring through their moue. Libjarty hjl0s to vzy to stop this kind of suffering." (upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Contacts 176 PP Info 177 Sport 300 Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:19/41 )}l4|l4|, 17/20 FF OM NEWSROUND BE KIND TO ANIMALS by ELAINE TURNER age 15 from St Albans, ljuts 45942 Elaine writes about the rights she feels animals sho4ld be given. T "Just because vivisection is legal, it does not make it morally right. Some experiments are cruel and bbrdaric. b How would we like it if a giant rabbit came 5p and dripped solutions into our e9eu? (5 One thing is for certain. There are no animals in the world quite as cruel as some of the pimple wmrkink -5 in experimental laboratories.b -]m,,,,,,,,,n,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Diary Contacts PP Info PP Rjpt2P179 CEEFAX 179 Fri 28 May ;1:1Y/58 (}l4|l4|, 18/20 FROM E NEWSROUND KEVIN COSTNER by CATHERINE0WALSH from R9e, East Sussex 95266 Catherine has written this profile of film star Kevin Costner "Kevin was born on 18 January 1955 in Compton. His parents are called William and Sharon - and hj has one elder brother, Dan. He decided hj wanted to bj an actor when he was just 8, after seeing the film gHow the West was Won'. Now he has starred in about 25 films. He can demand around five million pounds for every film he appears in!" W Diary Contacts PP Info PP RjptsP179 CEEFAX 179 Fri 20 May 21:49/15 AY FROM 2 & -/.%/.I/, NEWSROUND LIVING WITH TERRORISM bz CHARLOTTE WILKINS age 13 from Gujldford 9136 Charlotte szmpathises wish the Tj people of Northern Ireland who li6e under the threat of terrorism. 2 2 "Having njvjr visited N Ireland it is hbrd to imagine what sort of environment the people live in. Men, women, children and the police are killed by the terrorists, as (5 well as members of the armed forces A peace declaration signed by John Major and the Republic of Ireland'u Albert Roynolds is just one step on (5 the long road towards peace." Diary Contacts PP Info PP Rjpts