Ninja Fails to Qualify for Fortnite World Cup & New Tech to Stop Phones at School

For these school kids, the day starts with putting away their smartphones.

These lockable pouches are something that've been around for a while and are currently used by more than 1,000 schools in the US but this is the first time they've been trialed at a school in Australia and so far, students here have found it really helpful.

Before the pouches, the teachers here had a rule against phones but they say it was tough to police & stop the kids from using them.

Now, they only use their phones if they're filming or taking photos for school work.

If there's an emergency, like a flood or evacuation it takes about 10 minutes for all students to unlock their pouches.

So far teachers say it's helped to cut down on bad behaviour and the company behind the pouches says other schools are keen to adopt them too.

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NINJA KNOCKED OUT OF QUALIFIERS FOR FORTNITE WORLD CUP

The competitors have been decided for the world's biggest video game tournament but there's one big name that'll be missing from the Fortnite World Cup.

The world's most recognisable gamer Ninja was officially eliminated over the weekend after he failed to rack up enough points in the Duos qualifiers with partner Reverse2k.

The world-cup kicks off on July 26th with a whopping $30 million bucks up for grabs.

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UGLY DOG COMPETITON CROWNS SCAMP THE TRAMP AS WINNER

Every year, a very important competition is held in the United States… a competition to find the World's Ugliest Dog.

This year, there were some strong competitors - but there could only be one winner and this year's champ was Scamp the Tramp, a therapy dog who volunteers at his local airport, schools and senior centers.

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ASH BARTY BECOMES WORLD NUMBER 1

Ash Barty is the new world number one in women's tennis.

She's just the fifth Aussie ever to hold the top ranking and got it by taking out the Birmingham Classic in straight sets.

She's heading into Wimbledon having won her past 12 matches. Impressive.

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SALLY FITZGIBBONS ON TOP OF THE SURFING WORLD

Speaking of World Number Ones, Aussie Sally Fitzgibbons has moved to the top of surfing's world rankings after winning at the Rio Pro.

She beat Hawaii's Carissa Moore in the final.

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NEW SOUTH WALES CLAIM VICTORY IN THE STATE OF ORIGIN

New South Wales has absolutely thrashed Queensland in the second State of Origin.

The Blues won 38 to 6 and Tom Trobojevic scored a hat trick.

It was the first ever Origin game held in Perth, in front of a record 59,000 fans.

The teams now head to Sydney for the series decider on July 10th.

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MATILDAS KNOCKED OUT OF THE WORLD CUP

The Matildas are out of the Women's World Cup.

They lost to Norway in a penalty shootout after scores were still locked, 1 all at the end of extra time.

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HANNAH GREEN BECOMES THIRD AUSSIE TO WIN A GOLD MAJOR

Hannah Green's just become the third Aussie woman to win a golf major.

The 22 year old from Perth won the Women's PGA championship in Minnesota by just a single stroke.

She went into it ranked just 114th in the world.

Incredible result.

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DUCKLINGS RESCUED WITH THE HELP OF SOME QUICK THINKING FIREFIGHTERS

Some quick thinking firefighters in the US have worked out a clever way to rescue ducklings down a drain.

After rescuing a few, some were still a bit too scared to come out so the firies played a YouTube video of duck sounds which was enough to calm them down and lure them back out.

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CURIOUS BEAR BREAKS A CAMERA

Have you ever wondered what a bear gets up to in the woods?

Well according to this one at a national park in Russia they enjoy a good, old back scratch!

A park monitoring camera caught the Russian bear doing his thing and then this happened…clearly it wasn't too happy about the invasion of privacy.

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RESEARCHERS FIND SEALS CAN COPY HUMAN WORDS AND SONGS

Yes, that's the sound of a seal… umm… singing… Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

A new study's found grey seals can copy the sound of human words and songs!

Researchers at a Scottish uni looked at three trained seals that like to sing including this one and apparently they're not limited to nursery songs but enjoy belting out other popular tunes too!
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