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Hi, it's us again, Nisha and Bethany and have we got news for you. Today's news is:

The Sky is Full of Areoplanes!!

Aeroplanes have started to land at UK airports for the first time in six days after strict restrictions caused by a huge volcanic ash cloud were lifted. Flight officials decided to let planes into British airspace again after reassessing the damage the ash can do. They said test flights over the past few days had shown planes can cope better than previously thought with small amounts of ash in the air. But its expected to take a long time for everything to get back to normal. The restrictions have left tens of thousands of Brits stranded abroad after the Easter holidays because their flights had to be cancelled. Many have been trying to find alternative routes home by car, ferry or train. Three Royal Navy ships and a massive cruise liner have also been sent to Spain and France to help get people home. But not everyone has been trying to get BACK to Britain. The Liverpool football team embarked on a 1,200-mile journey to Spain on Tuesday for Thursday's Europa League semi-final with Atletico Madrid. Like thousands of other people, the Reds had to abandon plans to fly direct to Spain. Instead they took a train to Paris on Tuesday, and are now hoping to get another train to Bordeaux before flying on to Madrid.

By the way this is the 100th post on the blog.

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Global News

Hiya, it's Nisha and Bethany! This is our last Global News Update before Easter. Today's story:

The Arm Phone

If you're sick of carrying your phone around with you, scientists could have come up with a solution: a phone that you dial on your arm! It sounds crazy but the experts at Skin put have invented a gadget that projects your phone's numbers onto your skin. To make a call you just dial the numbers where they appear on your arm - and the 'phone' will call your friends! The device is still being developed and won't be in the shops for a while. At the moment you have to carry a projector with you for the device to work. The projector is strapped to your arm, and projects a keypad on your skin. When you touch a key, the movement is picked up by a sensor in the projector which sends a message to the gadget telling it what to do.

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We guess you know who we are by now, it's Nisha and Bethany with some more news. Today's story is...

It's Raining Giant Hail Stones

The west Australia city of Perth has been hit by a huge hailstorm. Car windows were smashed by hailstones the size of golf balls, while the storm also brought torrential rains, flooding, landslides and strong winds. Lots of schools have had to close, hospitals have been flooded, and many homes are without electricity because power lines blew over. In just seven minutes the city had the same amount of rain it normally gets in a whole month. The damage, which included an airport terminal losing its roof, is thought to be around £66.5m.

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It's Nisha and Bethany and we have a new story for you.

Today's story is:

THE PHAROAH'S HEAD

It's about a huge red granite head from a statue of one of Egypt's most famous Pharaohs which has been unearthed in the southern city of Luxor. The 3,000-year-old head is that of Amenhotep III, who was the grandfather of the boy king Tutankhamun. Experts say the 2.5m head is one of the best preserved examples of the king's face that's ever been found. It's part of a larger statue, most of which was found several years ago, that scientists now want to reconstruct. Amenhotep III ruled Egypt from about 1387 to 1348 BC, presiding over a vast empire stretching from Nubia in the south to Syria in the north.

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Hi, it's Nisha and Bethany and we have a new story for you. Today's story is:

GO CARNIVAL GIRL!!!

It's about a girl who has been picked by her Samba school to lead the group as their queen in the parade. But some people think that she shouldn't be performing because that role is normally given to a much older person. Now a judge will decide next week whether someone so young can perform as a queen in the Carnival. Julia's dad said she was a natural dancer and would be able to cope in the heat.

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Hello, our names are Nisha and Bethany. Every morning we come to school early to update our global news board. Todays story is:

Girl fights shark with body-board!

It's about a girl in deep water with her brother when she saw something grey. She looked again and next to her was a shark about 1.5m long! She hit it with her body board and the shark bit her hip before it eventually swam off.

There are also many other stories for you to see.