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Today I read an article about a hedgehog in England that got trapped in a parking lot drain on the 29th August 2021. Heaps of crews that are in England came to help. WRAS crew and the firefighters were able to get the hedgehog safely out of the drain, the animal shop took the hedgehog for a check to see if the hedgehog is hurt but nope the hedgehog was alright, so they went back into the wild and tried to find a home of the hedgehog so he could be safe.

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 Today I read an article about about a Cat named Arnold that got trained by the New Zealand Police. I also read that they had put a video out about their new recruit Arnold on Facebook and the video got 1M - views and 16,000 - comments. Arnold can jump through hoops and the Police said that they would keep people updated on Arnold's training on their Facebook page.

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Today I read an article about New Zealand has recorded its warmest winter on record.

For the three months from June, July, and August 2021, the average temperature was 9.8C, according to New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA).

This is a huge 1.3C above the long-term average and higher than the previous record set in 2020.

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Today I read an article about the Mars rover AKA Perseverance. It has a drilling system that drilled through a little Mars rock and collected a small finger finger sized sample of the rock and this is the first sample of Mars rock that NASA will get if it gets back to earth safely.

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Today I read an article about Lisa Adams winning the gold medal in shot put for the Paralympics. Lisa has beaten her rival Mi Na from China with a throw of 15.12 meters. Valerie Adams and two time Olympics champion has coached Lisa.

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Today I read an article about The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games has ended with a moving ceremony at the Olympic Stadium. During the ceremony, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons and Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto gave speeches before the official closing of the Games. The closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 5 September 2021 at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

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Today I read an article about Anna Grimaldi has jumped to the gold medal in the T47 long jump at the Tokyo Paralympics. She also had set a new Paralympic record with her first jump of 5.74 meters in wet conditions. She then extended her lead with a jump of 5.76m in her fourth jump and couldn’t better it on her fifth and sixth leaps. Grimaldi was the defending champion in this event after winning gold at the last Paralympics in Rio five years ago.

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Today I read an article about William Stedman who had won a silver medal in the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Stedman was in fifth place with only one jump remaining. However, Stedman saved his best jump for last as he then leaped 5.64m to secure his medal in the T36 long jump. This final jump was a personal best and an Oceania record. Stedman now has three Paralympic medals after claiming the 400 and 800 meters at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

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Today I read an article about Danielle Aitchison who had won New Zealand´s fourth medal in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Aitchison finished second in the women’s 200m T36 at the Olympics. Danielle was just seconds behind the current world record holder, Shi Yiting from China. Danielle Aitchison was overwhelmed with joy after the race and said that ¨she was very happy with her performance¨.