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big news
GLITTER BAN?
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A CHAIN of nursery schools in Dorset has banned the use of glitter in their
classrooms and sparked a national debate about whether it should be banned across the country.
Top Days Nurseries has banned the arts and crafts
favourite because of the terrible damage it does to
the environment. They hope other nurseries will follow.
Managing director Cheryl Hadland said: There
are 22,000 nurseries in the country, so if were all
getting through kilos and kilos of glitter, were doing
terrible damage.
They are currently looking for a more environmentally
friendly alternative.
Glitter is a microplastic and when washed down
DRIVERLESS CARS IN FOUR YEARS?
THE Government plans to invest in the
technology sector, which means that driverless
cars could be on our roads by 2021!
Changes announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond in
this weeks Budget mean that companies can now apply
to test driverless cars on the roads in the UK.
Land Rover has already conducted experiments on
roads in Coventry as part of a controlled trial.
The Chancellor wants the UK to embrace new
technologies and to lead the next industrial
revolution.
While many people are excited about the prospect
of driverless cars, some are worried about the
impact it will have on jobs, particularly those that
require drivers.
What do you think? Would you like to travel in a
driverless car? Let us know at rst.news/polls
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drains can end up in the water system and the
food chain.
It is estimated that there are around 46,000 pieces of
waste plastic in every square mile of the sea.
Glitter is thought to be a tiny part of the problem, but
the Marine Conservation Society say that every small
step helps.
Earlier this year the Government announced a ban on
microbeads in cosmetic products. From June 2018 it will
be illegal to sell products containing microbeads.
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Issue 597 24 30 November 2017
Chaos and
change in
Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE faces an uncertain future
after the army took control and called
for President Robert Mugabe to quit.
Mr Mugabe (above), who is 93, has been
leader of the southern African country
since 1980. The chaos began a few weeks
ago when he sacked his vice-president,
Emmerson Mnangagwa. It is thought that
Mr Mugabe was preparing his wife Grace to
succeed him as president of Zimbabwe a
decision that wasnt very popular with either
the military or the public.
Mr Mnangagwa says he ed the country
after nding out about a plot to kill him. The
military took control and placed Mr Mugabe
under house arrest.
Shortly after, his political party, ZANUPF,
sacked him as their leader and appointed Mr
Mnangagwa in his place. As First News went
to press, there was a lot of pressure on Mr
Mugabe to resign or face being forced out
of oce. There have also been huge public
protests calling on him to go.
ASTEROID
ARRIVAL
An artists impression
NASA
of the asteroid
THE rst asteroid known to visit our
solar system from interstellar space
now has a name!
The special visitor has been called
Oumuamua, which is Hawaiian for a
messenger from afar arriving rst.
Interstellar space is the part of space where
the suns particles and magnetic eld stop
aecting its surroundings. So this lump has
come from extremely far away!
As well as being called Oumuamua, the
asteroid has been given the more boring
title of 1I/2017 U1. The I stands for
interstellar and Oumuamua is the rst
object ever to have this letter in its title.