Ronaldo free-kick breaks boy's wrist at AFC Bournemouth

A young football fan whose wrist was broken by a Cristiano Ronaldo free-kick at Bournemouth has received a shirt signed by the player and his Real Madrid team-mates.

AFC Bournemouth took on the Spanish giants in a pre-season friendly at the Goldsands Stadium on Saturday.

The match attracted thousands of fans.

Among them was Charlie Silverwood, 11, who early in the match was hit by a Ronaldo free-kick and later had to undergo surgery on his wrist.

'No front teeth'

Charlie, from Christchurch, said: "It was Ronaldo's first free-kick of the game. It went straight for me so I blocked the ball with the palm of my left hand and the force, I suppose, reverberated up my arm and broke my wrist."

First aiders at the ground put his arm in a sling and told him to go to hospital.

Real Madrid is a once in a lifetime opportunity - seeing them play your local club - so I watched the rest of the match, mostly in pain considering I still had the sling, and afterwards I then went to hospital," he said.

Charlie has since had an operation to manipulate his wrist back into place and must spend the rest of the school holidays in plaster.

He said: "If I hadn't blocked it with the palm of my hand I would have no front teeth. It definitely had to be some speed otherwise it wouldn't have broken my wrist - 45 mph would be a safe guess I think."

Since the incident, he has been visited by Bournemouth legend Steven Fletcher, who brought him the signed Real Madrid shirt.

Charlie said the president of Real Madrid had also phoned to tell him a signed Ronaldo shirt was on the way.

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George is the name!

Royal baby: William and Kate name their son George

The name of the new prince has been announced two days after his birth

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their son George Alexander Louis, Kensington Palace has said.

The third in line to the throne, who was born on Monday at 16:24 BST, will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.

It is thought the Queen was told of Prince George's name when she met him for the first time on Wednesday.

The family are at the Middleton home in Bucklebury, Berkshire, after spending a night at Kensington Palace.

George was the bookmakers' favourite for the first name of the prince.

The duke and duchess had been expected to pick a traditional royal name for their son, who was born at St Mary's Hospital in London, weighing 8lbs 6oz.

Royal infants usually have historical names which are passed down through the generations.

There have been six King Georges up to now, most recently the Queen's father, although his first name was Albert and he was known to his family as Bertie.

The name Louis is Prince William's fourth name and is likely to be a tribute to Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle and the last British Viceroy of India before independence in 1947.

Lord Mountbatten and William's father the Prince of Wales were very close. Known by the Royal Family as Uncle Dickie, he was assassinated by the IRA in August 1979.

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Whales narrowly miss divers in California

Two divers snorkelling off the coast of California got closer then they expected to a pair of feeding humpback whales.

The 50 tonne mammals were only a few feet away when they popped up to the surface to catch some fish.

You can see in the video just how narrowly the whales missed the divers!

Luckily, the whales and the divers were all unharmed.

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Two ocean scuba divers have narrowly missed being swallowed whole by two humpback whales that shot up from the deep to chase fish right next to where the divers were floating.

A group of scuba divers have narrowly missed being swallowed by two humpbacks frolicking off the coast of California.

Vision on YouTube shows two divers near Avila Beach shooting underwater footage as the whales broke the surface to feed.

A shot below the surface shows the divers surrounded by a school of small sardines. Suddenly the water around them begins swirling and bubbling as the fish make a dash to the surface followed by two humpbacks who chase them out of the water with their mouths gaping just metres away from the divers.

The video shows the divers swim frantically for their nearby boat, as others on the vessel laugh at their panic.

"Holy shi..," says one of the divers as he flees.

Charter boat owner Shawn Stambuck was also filming the divers from his boat."You're going to have to do more to clean that wet suit," he is heard telling the divers.

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Royal baby: Town crier announces news of Prince William and Catherine's son

The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST, weighing 8lb 6oz.

The birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been announced to crowds outside St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London.

The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST, weighing 8lb 6oz.

The duchess and the baby are said to be "doing well" and will stay in hospital overnight.

The royal baby was born in St Mary's Hospital in London and is third in the line to the throne.

A town crier ascended the steps to the Lindo Wing, where the duchess gave birth, to proclaim the news to the assembled well-wishers and media.

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Five curious things about the royal birth

People have been waiting weeks for the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby and now Kate is already in labour. The royal baby will soon see daylight!

But here are five of the lesser-known facts about royal births.

1. Home secretaries used to go to the birth of a royal baby. This custom ended in 1948 when Prince Charles was born. Some people think they were there to make sure it was a royal baby, and that it wasn't swapped for a different child. The current Home Secretary, Theresa May, says she won't be there.

2. The new baby won't necessarily need a surname.The baby will have the title HRH Prince or Princess and will use this instead. But if Catherine and William want to include a surname, they have a choice of three - Mountbatten-Windsor, Wales or Cambridge.

William and Kate's baby won't necessarily need a surname.

3. The announcement of a royal birth will come on an easel. It's tradition for news of royal births and deaths to be attached to the railings of Buckingham Palace. This time, it will be displayed on an easel in the forecourt of the palace.

Announcements of royal births used to be tied to the gates of Buckingham Palace.

4. Prince William is going to take paternity leave. He's expected to take the two weeks' paid leave offered by the Ministry of Defence. He will then return to his job as an RAF search and rescue pilot.

5. Royal births are usually celebrated with a 41-gun salute by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery. Union jacks will also be flown from all government buildings, Royal Naval ships and defence buildings.

King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery will fire a 41-gun salute when the royal baby is born.

Kitten found on London tube train

A tiny kitten, believed to be four weeks old, was found on a District Line train on the London Underground on Monday. 

Covered in a sticky substance, the kitten was handed in to staff by a passenger. She has been named Victoria after the station where she was found

She was handed in to staff at a lost property office, and they passed her on to an animal charity to be cared for.

The kitten is so young, staff at Blue Cross animal charity are hand-feeding her.

A spokesman for the charity, based near to Victoria station, said: "It is a mystery as to why she was left on her own, without her mum or possible littermates."

"Little Victoria is certainly one of the most unusual items of lost property handed in to London Underground."

Victoria, who was found on Monday at around 9pm, is doing well and will be transferred to the charity's rehoming centre in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, on Monday.

The kitten is being looked after by the Blue Cross charity. 

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Malala UN speech: extremists 'afraid of books and pens'

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai shot by the Taliban in 2012, has called for free education for all children.

She gave the speech on her 16th birthday, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, America.

It was her first time speaking in public since she was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen, while on her way to school in Pakistan in October.

Malala said the Taliban's attack changed nothing in her life, except "weakness, fear and hopelessness died".

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"The extremists were, and they are, afraid of books and pens,"Malala said. "They are afraid of women."

She said she was fighting for the rights of women because "they arethe ones who suffer the most".

She called on politicians to take urgent action to ensure every child in the world has the right to go to school.

'One child can change the world'

"Let us pick up our books and pens," Malala said. "They are our most powerful weapons.

"One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world.

"Education is the only solution. Education first."

After the shooting Malala was flown from Pakistan to the UK for treatment, and now lives and goes to school in Birmingham.

A 'hero and champion'

The head of the UN, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, also addressed Friday's session.

Calling Malala "our hero" and "our champion", he said: "She is calling on us to keep our promises, invest in young people and put education first."

Malala has been credited with bringing the issue of women's education to global attention.

About 57m people around the world still do not have access to education, and a quarter of young women have not completed primary school.

In March 2013 Malala was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, one of the most respected and prestigious awards in the world.

Big moment for 11-year-old Pinki Sonkar at Wimbledon

An 11-year-old girl from India was the first Indian girl to toss the coin at the start of a Wimbledon final.

Why? Because she's special!

Pinki Sonkar was born with a cleft lip and palate in one of the poorest parts of India and needed surgery to fix it.

She was the centre of attention on Centre Court when she threw the coin to decide which player would  serve first.

She was chosen to represent the charity Smile Train which gave her her smile back.

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She must be very, very happy. The surgery turned a sad girl with a low self esteem into a beautiful little girl with a happy smile. Her life will certainly not be the same as now she can do everything without restrictions and the future wiil be much promising, for sure!

Pinki had a unilateral complete cleft lip.

Smile Pinki is a 39-minute documentary directed by Megan Mylan. The film shows the story of a poor girl in rural India whose life is transformed when she receives free surgery to correct her cleft lip. The documentary was made in Hindi and Bhojpuri, and won the 81st Academy Award for 
Best Documentary (Short Subject).

Puppy survives 10-mile under-bonnet ride in the US

A puppy has been rescued unharmed after becoming trapped under the bonnet of a car and driven around 10 miles in Florida.

The driver called fire officials to help with the removal of the dog, which was trapped between the steering mechanism and one of the axles.

The fortunate puppy was just thristy and a bit sleepy. He was taken to a vet but it seems the trip did him no harm. Now they are trying to find out who the owners are and it is a real mystery how he got into the engine!

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Baby peccaries' first time out

Check out these baby peccaries making their first public appearance at San Diego Zoo in America

So cuute!

The little pig-like mammals have been taking in the new smells and sounds of the zoo where they'll live.

Peccaries use their large snout to dig and root around and youngsters often play together by leaping around and running in circles.

But as they're still very young, mum and dad are very protective.

Their zookeeper said: "A lot of times they will walk in front of the babies so you can't see them."

"They will stop and stare at anything that's strange and if they're feeling really nervous they'll get the whole family to run to the back of the exhibit."

Buttercup the duck gets new foot made by 3D printer

A duck born with his left foot turned backwards is waddling for the first time thanks to a foot made by 3D printing.

Two fully working feet on a duck are important for both walking around and being able to swim properly. So when Buttercup was born with a backwards left foot, his prospects weren’t great. Not only did his disfigured foot make walking difficult and painful, it also meant cuts and therefore infections were a concern.

Buttercup ended up at the Feathered Angels Waterfowl Sanctuary where they decided something had to be done to remove the threat of infection. Ultimately Buttercup had his left foot amputated, but that’s not the end of the story.

Sanctuary owner Mike Garey is also a software engineer, so he was keen to find out if there was a way to give Buttercup a replacement foot using available technology. Sure enough, 3D printing came to the rescue. NovaCopy, a manufacturer of 3D printing systems, agreed to help and used Buttercup’s sister Minnie as a model for a new left foot design.

The problem is, current 3D printing materials aren’t very flexible, so an alternative had to be found. Instead of 3D printing a new foot, NovaCopy instead printed a mould of the foot. That mould was then filled with silicone to create a flexible version of the final foot, thus offering Buttercup the movement he required to function normally. The foot will be attached using a silicone sock and a fastener.

Buttercup has yet to get his final foot, but he has seen prototypes and the finished version should reach the sanctuary at some point in the next couple of weeks. 

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