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OUR FIRST EDITION!
E-SPORTS/BREXIT/GAMING/ADVENTURES/FILM
REVIEWS/ ECO CHESTER + MUCH MORE
STORM ERIC
71 MPH Winds recorded
in Cheshire! Watch out!
BATTERS BRITAIN
Things to do in Chester! Chester Student’s opinion on Brexit! Plastic-Free Chester?
11 February 2019 Created and edited entirely by year 8 students of Kings School, Bishops Heber and Blacon High School. In collaboration with the Chester Schools Together programme.
11 February 2019
Activities This Month Things to do: Febru-
ary 10
National Cream
Cheese day Febru-
ary 11
National Make a
Friend Day
February 12
National Plum Pudding
Day
Things To Do & Days
Sports activities: February 14
Out In Cheshire: Valentines Day
On page 4 Freedome. February 15
Go Ape Delamere. National Gumdrop Day
Jodrell Bank Discovery February 16
This newspaper Centre. National Almond Day
was made by Fuzzy Eds Salt Cellar. February 17
Blacon high Brookside miniature rail Random Acts of Kind-
way ness Day
school, The kings
blue planet aquarium February 18
school Chester
Tatton park National Crab Stuffed
and bishops blue Dewa roman Experians Flounder Day
coat. North gate February 21
National Sticky Bun
Beeston castle
Day
Crocky trail
February 26
Chester Zoo
Tell a Fairy Tale Day
m[cuit Day
11 February 2019
Cheshire Football Football
Terminology
Feed Hat trick - This is
when a single football
player has scored the
most goals.
High status - When
something is ranked
highly in a social or
professional ranking
Transfer - When a
football player moves
Junior takeover day 16th from one team to an-
February for Chester city From local to national other
football club, come and help Chester city are 8th in their Tragic Plane Crash
support them! league and have accumulated 11
Tributes to Emiliano Sala
wins 9 draws and 8 loses.
are pouring in after the
In the premier league , despite mysterious plane crash,
their terrible start to the sea- which happened on 21st
son , Manchester United are January 2019.
playing well and have not lost a
The plane took off from
single game with their new man-
Nantes with no problems.
Premier League ager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
However the plane lost
Transfers… Liverpool, on the other hand, are contact with the air
maintaining a high status on the traffic controllers (ATC)
Marouan Felaini is transfer-
leader board, with Mohammed North or Guernsey after
ring from Manchester Unit-
Salah scoring the most goals (16). asking to descend lower.
ed to Shandong Luneg, the
price is undisclosed. Also, The wreckage was found
Michy Batshuayi is transfer- two weeks afer the inci-
ring from Chelsea to Crystal dent in the English
Palace on a loan. Finally, Laz- Channel, and the police
ar Markovic is transferring confirmed Sala had
from Liverpool to Fulham died.
A Special Feature
THE PLASTIC PLANET
“At the racecourse, our recycling and environ-
mental management has not been an area of
particular focus in previous years; however it is
something that I am committed to improving
having done so in previous roles in other organi
sations, and our focus and commitment will be
improved in the coming years in all areas , not
just with regards to plastic usage. All areas will
receive focus, such as cardboard, glass, and food
waste, and the opportunities to recycle and
manage these areas of waste more effectively.
Most of our waste is collected by the cleaning
contractor and removed as general waste — on
a race day cleaning the site is done very quickly
but due to the multiple types and volume of
rubbish that is thrown around the course, the
sorting of it is a challenge so most does end up
as general waste.
My plan is to look at either a recyclable cup for
drinks, or a poly-carbonate cup that we can use
multiple times by washing although that does
THE FACTS AND FIGURES THE PLASTIC PROBLEM throw up a number of logistical challenges in
how we wash around 40,000 cups a day. These
8 million tonnes of plastic enters the Plastic makes up 90% of all marine waste, poly carb cups are five times more expensive
world’s oceans each year. we tend to use them once and then throw than our current single use plastic glasses so wi
them away: but it finds its way into all the have a financial impact on our business which
By 2050, it is estimated that there
most beautiful and iconic marine creatures we need to manage either through ensuring tha
will be more plastic in the ocean and landscapes. It has been revealed that we do get multiple use from them and they are
than fish. plastic pollution effects 100% of turtles, 59% not treated as general waste, or by getting
of whales, 36% of seals and 40% of seabirds, somebody to take advertising space on them to
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch co- in effect pay for them, or to tie in with a local
of which a million are killed by plastics per
vers an area of 1,500,000 square kil- charity (ideal choice) to encourage customers to
year. Even worse, plastic does not
place them in collection bins rather than throw-
ometres: that’s more than 60 times decompose, so essentially every piece of ing them on the ground, for which we would
the size of the UK’s land mass. plastic ever made is still in our environment, make a donation to that charity. This is a project
sitting there for thousands of years waiting that we are just embarking on so we probably
3,868,818 tonnes of electrical waste to choke a marine creature and litter our have more questions than answers at the mo-
is produced within the EU each year. planet. ment but hopefully will give you an idea of the
challenges that we face, and some of our
The UK goes through 3,408,580,000 thoughts as to how we are going to tackle these
WASTE AT THE RACECOURSE
plastic milk bottles annually. challenges.
Chester Racecourse is one of the largest
Other areas of waste I am looking at are an
Every minute, a truck load of plastic companies in Chester: it has 250,000 visitors
external company who will provide recycling
enters the ocean. annually, therefore having a lot of influence,
facilities on site at the racecourse. These will
and the smallest of changes could make the
include things such as glass crushers for all our
There is more micro-plastics in the biggest of differences. But with all of those visi-
glass bottles, cardboard balers to deal with card
tors, there is inevitably going to be a lot of
ocean than stars in the Milky Way. board, and a food waste system that will reduce
waste. The racecourse sells 900,000 drinks to
5 bins of food waste to 1 bin of odourless
322 million tons of plastic were pro- customers each year, 70% of which are sold in
powder to be removed.
plastic. However, products such as straws and
duced in 2015—the same weight as cutlery are made of non-plastic materials. I have a meeting with the Plastic Free Pioneers
900 Empire State Buildings . from Chester friends of the Earth next week and
Angus Wilson, Head of Catering at Chester
hopefully we will start seeing some
If all the plastic in the world was racecourse, will tell us more information on how
improvements at Chester Racecourse in the
the racecourse manage their waste and what
made into cling-film, it could cover the plans are for the future.
coming months, to start moving forward to
where we should be for an organisation of our
the entire planet.
size.”
11 February 2019
Nasa mission to save us from
Yellowstone volcano 1- Yellow stone intro
2- Location and facts
3- Nasa plan
4– Ups
5– Downs
Sources with images are
all over the page
Nasa had the plan to
save us of course that’s
a great idea! Saving hu-
manity? They could also
get clean energy which
covering up the sun and a very
The Yellow stone caldera is a could be used for all
serious winter would start.
super volcano and an immense sorts of things if con-
one , it is a very popular tour- verted. The plan would
The Yellow stone volcano had had
ist site , well near the volca- involve precise digging
several eruptions from before
no. Many people see this and you would need ex-
and they all seemed to be in some
beautiful site as a threat perienced. But it would
sort of pattern , it was last
though because it really is. It certainly be better to
erupted 640,000 years ago and in
could erupt in any moment be save than worry
our time period it is way overdue.
and cost a lot for the repair. about the consequences
It could happen almost any time.
People do keep tract of the heat of an eruption.
Located in the Western unit-
and how it is reacting but some
ed states where it is also lo- It would cost a whop-
people say it is extremely unlike-
cated in the north west cor- ping $3.6 bn though and
ly that an eruption could happen
ner of Wyoming. If it erupted if any foundation or
in our lifetime. Nasa has the plan
it could easily kill all crops some type of pipe is
to cool it down. Just dig some
and stretch all the way to misplaced , it could cer-
type of foundation and cool down
New York. It would make the tainly trigger an erup-
the lava that is rising.
atmosphere toxic and also tion. It could erupt the
the food would go so low that volcano faster than in-
in an average of 2 months we tended and it could
would run out. The sunlight cause a global crisis.
would not reach us as much
because of the gas in the air
11 February 2019
Caption (left)
Film review These are all the main
characters from the film,
and the main villain:
Thanos the mad titan. An
ogre like brute whose
shadow has been lurking
over the movies for years
now, but if you're not
caught up here's a helpful
reminder. A character not
many people are sure on is
Gamora’s sister Nebula is al- vision. He is a being creat-
Introduction
so a new found member of ed by Iron man and the
Infinity War was the film the group. Hulk and he has an infini-
comic book fans have been
Story ty stone in his head!
waiting for, for 10 years! And
they were not disappointed! The objective of Thanos is to For
It managed to give each catch all the infinity stones, This film is great for those
character a healthy amount gems created at the beginning of who have been following the
of screen time in a large ros- the universe, it is said if you cap- marvel films for a while as
ter. Its even got a place in ture all of them you will have the there was a lot of hype for
the Oscars! power of a god. The mad titan this release. In fact people
intends to wipe out half of the have even started making
More information
universe. He wants a perfect theories for the sequel! Even
It is the 3rd instalment in
world, one with no poverty or un- looking at trailers!
the avengers series, but they
happiness so if less people are
aren't the only people in it as
there, then there is more for Against
Spiderman; and the Guardians
everyone, but the heroes are You can probably expect
of the Galaxy are in on the
having none of this! But the realwhy this may be a bad point
mix as well due to their com-
question is can you beat someone but if you have just heard
plicated relationship with him
who is almost a god? that there is a new super-
as Gamora (a member of the
hero film and there are
crew) Thanos’s step daughter!
characters from movies you
Drax another member, had is
haven’t seen you may be
daughter and wife killed by
confused and not enjoy it.
him. He’s in for a fighsty at-
9/10
tack!
A Special Feature
11 February 2019
Brexit means Brexit?
We asked people about their
opinion on Brexit:
Question: “how do you feel
about the Brexit negotia-
tions at the moment and
what do you think can be
done better ?”
Answer: “Personally I feel
like the negotiations have
been a failure in represent-
ing the UK’s interests be-
This is the first page of a news special! Talking cause Theresa May never
supported us leaving the EU
about Brexit to educate these who may not realise in the first place and there-
how much it can effect people fore has not attempted to
create a brexit deal that the
Recently you may have seen in the news or on tv multiple peo- majority of UK voters want-
ple arguing over a subject, Known as brexit. This is a very con- ed.”
troversial topic as people tend to have strong opinions on the Question: “How would you
subject and in this article we have interviewed two people on feel about David Cameron
bailing out of the situation
differing sides on brexit. On the for side of the argument
that he started in the first
we have whats known as a ‘hard-core brexiteer’ with the in- place?”
ternet username known as bigton_1973 and on the against
Answer; “I think he ius very
side we have a ‘remainer’ who chooses to be anonymous. foolish as he’s the only one
whop allowed for a Brexit
referendum in the first place
For some people Brexit Brexit can be bad be-
but wasn't willing to deal
is good due to article 13 cause millions could lose with the consequences
which is a way of copy- their jobs and maybe lose
right that can be lethal there house. Answer: legendary idea from
the country the best thing
to internet culture and Many people who have im- about it is that all the for-
meme. migrated to the uk may eigners are outlands we will
have more jobs and houses
face deportation available best idea the coun-
tries' had
11 February 2019
Brexit, so what's the deal? [conclusion]
In this article we will
Conclude the brexit
Argument and how to
explain brexit to the
Younger generation.
We
Will talk about how
Brexit effects jobs
and
House prices and how
At the minute Brexit Brexit to kids seems like a
it will effect the econ-
is looking like a shouting match from a big omy
room. But Brexit in its sim-
mess. what can we Also we will talk about
plest form means “Brexit brexit between the
do better?
means Britain retaking con- community and how
Can we fix Brexit? The trol of the laws of this most people feel about
country and its right to in- the apocalyptic mess
short answer is no but
that is brexit.
the way we can go about dependence”. Jobs can be
it can be beneficial to lost at Brexit and house
the uk. We leave the Eu prices can come down. For
is on the 29,3,2019. The- example, the only place in
resa May is under fire the uk where airbus make
from parliament and her there planes will heavily im- by how much is un-
deal dose not go down pacted by Brexit and might certain. Brexit is
well. A new deal is not an no go well. Airbus provides overall a mess and
option for us at the mo- thousands of job to Chester there is a lot that
ment and we have all and the surrounding area. needs changing for it
been thinking what have But house price will go down to work.
we been doing for 2 year. after Brexit however
11 February 2019
How will Brexit affect the UK?
In this article
We have talked about
how brexit will:
affect transport,
prices,
In a historic referendum on Here are some quotes from
Shipping trades
June 23rd 2016, Britain voted Theresa May on Brexit: and
to leave the European Union.
“I have always said that everyday normal
After which, the pound fell to
these negotiations would be jobs.
its lowest since 1985. The UK
tough - and they were al-
is considered one of the best There are many
ways bound to be toughest
countries to start a business,
in the final straight.” different people who
but that could change due to
“While both sides want a voted leave on the
the unknown effects Brexit
deal, we have to face up to Brexit . A Few of them
could bring.
the fact that - despite the are:
There are Brexit campaigners
progress we have made - ¬ Matthew Jim Elliot
who have optimistic predictions
there are two big issues
¬ Dominic Cummings
for Britain and its businesses.
where we remain a long way
But there are still many scep- ¬ Boris Johnson
apart.”
tics who predict that this has
“In plain English, this would
been a big mistake for Britain,
mean we’d still have to There are many
and that it will be seriously im-
abide by all the EU rules,
pacted by multiple factors. different people who
uncontrolled immigration
The European Union exists as a voted stay . A Few of
from the EU would continue
single marketplace, with no tar- them are:
and we couldn’t do the
iffs imposed on trade between ¬ Adam Afriyie
trade deals we want with
member states. As a result, as
other countries.” ¬ Lucy Allan
a member of the EU, more than
50% of our recent exports ¬ Heidi Allen
We are still currently decid-
have gone to other EU coun-
ing on the deal for leaving
tries, trade which will now be
the EU
more difficult.11 February 2019
Books Recommended Reads:
Wave Me Goodbye
by Jacqueline Wilson
The Hate U Give
By Angie Thomas
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
Pride and Prejudice
Series/Book of the week: The Heroes Of Olympus
by Jane Austen
When a prophecy is spouted, the goddess Hera takes
it upon herself to choose the 7 demigods to save the Little Women
world. by Louisa May Alcott
These books are based Matilda
around Greek mythology and by Roald Dahl
is by author Rick Riordan
Book review Emma
This book is by Jane Austen
amazing. I
loved every Word of the week:
bit of it. Orrery;
It’s very
A clockwork model of
suspenseful
the solar system, or
and thrilling
of just the sun,
10/10
earth, and moon.
Quote of the week:
New books/series: “Do what you feel in
your heart to be
The Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha
right – for you’ll be
Lee. Based around mythology
criticized anyway.”
too.
- Eleanor Roosevelt11 February 2019
The future of supercars
1. 2
Torque-power of the
Engine
Lb-ft.: pound-feet
Road tax– paying for
harming the environment
Road legal– allowed on the
4 road
3
The future of cars Will be
Supercars are the fastest type Fastest car–
much enhanced technology
of car. They can reach speeds of
and bigger and better en- Hennessey venom f5
around 300 mph (which is by the
gines (part of the V series) Most used car in the
Hennessey venom F5) but there
and soon more electric cars UK– ford fiesta
are some cars which are really
will be introduced and so will Most underrated
underrated. Some of these cars
self driving cars
include :the arrinera hussarya, car– Apollo arrow
At the moment, the Hennes- the Apollo arrow etc. the fastest Most expensive car–
sey venom F5 is the fastest road legal car is also a Hennessey Lamborghini veneno
car in the world reaching a but is a venom GT. The most ex- roadster
whopping 301mph and having pensive car is the Lamborghini
the torque of 1300 lb-ft. Car with highest
veneno roadster which costs 3.3
(which is a lot) but will soon torque– 2012 Bugatti
million pounds
be exceeded. If you own an Veyron
electric car as well as saving Oldest car– 1884 de
the environment, you don’t Dion
have to pay road tax! The
Most energy effi-
most popular car selling web-
Smaller image cient car- Suzuki Ce-
site is CarMax which has sold
lerio
100,000 hybrid (electric
cars ) and that figure will be
rising rapidly over the years11 February 2019
Up and coming movies 2019
Top 8 movie to
look out for in Below: IT: Chapter Two
2019: is the sequel to the
movie IT.
Avengers:
Endgame The film stars Bill
Skarsgård, who reprises
Release date: April
25th 2019 his role
as Pennywise. James
Captain Marvel
McAvoy, Jessica Chas-
th
Release date: March 8
Above: tain, Jay Ryan, Bill
2019
Hader, Isaiah Musta-
Posters for movies Aladdin fa, James Ransone,
Avengers: Endgame Release date: May 24th 2019 and Andy Bean portray
the adult versions of The
and The Lion King. Frozen 2
Losers Club, while Jaeden
Release date: November 22nd
Lieberher, Sophia Lil-
2019
Top 3 picks and why:
lis, Jeremy Ray Tay-
1. Avengers: Endgame-
Men in Black: Interna-
lor, Finn Wolf-
Avengers movies are some of tional
hard, Chosen Ja-
the highest grossing superhe- Release Date: June 14 th
cobs, Jack Dylan Grazer,
ro movies, and there is no
2019
doubt that this will be one of and Wyatt Oleffreturn
them. It: Chapter Two from the first film as the
2. The Lion King- the original Release date: September 6th younger Losers, respec-
was one of the most popular 2019 tively.
childhood films when it came
Fast and Furious Pre-
out and it still is this is des-
sents: Hobbs and Shaw
tined to rake it in at the box-
office. Release date: August 2nd
3. Frozen 2– It has catchy 2019
songs, excellent animations, The Lion King
and is fun for the whole fami-
ly.
Release date: July 19th
201911 February 2019
ENTERTAINMENT
Golden globe:
Unlike the Oscars,
the Golden Globes re-
wards TV as well as
film.
The Favourite:
The Favourite is a
2018 period comedy-
drama film directed
by Yorgos Lanthi-
British stars Olivia Colman,
mos and written by
Christian Bale, Richard Christian Bale provided one of
Deborah Davis
Madden and Ben Whishaw
the night's most political mo- and Tony McNamara.
were among the winners at
ments
this year's prestigious
Golden Globe Awards. when he thanked "Satan" for
inspiration for his role in Vice.
Colman was named best
A brilliant night for
Bale played Dick Cheney, who
actress in a musical comedy Brits at the Golden
was vice-president from 2001 to Globes
for her role as Queen Anne in
2009 and is blamed by the film
The Favourite and she gave an
for many of the world's ills.
endearingly excited ac-
ceptance British stars Olivia
speech that ended with her Colman, Christian
Bale, Richard Madden
holding up her trophy and
and Ben Whishaw
sending a message to her fam- were among the win-
ily: "Ed and the kids - look! ners at this year's
Yay!" prestigious Golden
Globe Awards.You can also read
