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The International Criminal Court has taken the unprecedented step of issuing an international arrest warrant for author and TV personality David Walliams after determining there are reasonable grounds for him committing crimes against humanity and literature.
Judges at the Hague said that the former Britain's Got Talent Judge bore responsibility for a series of atrocities such as unpalatable remarks regarding contestants, ill-thought out comedic characters, and torturing parents by churning out lazily-written stories with banal plots and questionable characters.
The action has been condemned by HarperCollins, who insist the writer's books are merely a continuation of the style of children's stories by peers going back decades. Speaking at their UK Headquarters in London, head of youth publishing Roger Roterhut told us, "Mr Walliams is a hugely successful author, with books beloved by children and their parents. Yes, you could say his writing is derivative, and relies on dated stereotypes, and the over-reliance of The Queen as deus ex machina; however, you could say that about several other luminaries of the genre, such as Roald Dahl, and he was loved by all, never saying anything contentious or that could tarnish his image. In that way, our client is exactly like Dahl, or JK Rowling."
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The BBC are introducing pre-school children to climate change issues via a new series featuring a talking shop. Meet COP The Talking Shop will air next week and will feature the cute climate aware character COP, who loves to talk about rising temperatures, stormy weather and saving the planet.
Nobody actually buys anything that they’re selling, so they have plenty of time for a natter. There’s also plenty of comedy to keep the toddlers amused including lots of references to wind, and numerous songs for the children to join in with, such as ‘Rain, rain go away!’, ‘Row, row, row your boat gently up the street’, and ‘Oh where, oh where has my polar bear gone?’
A CBeebies producer told us, “Pre-school is an important time to start climate change education, and the first thing they need to learn is how to talk about it, because at the end of the day, and probably the World, that’s all anybody ever does.'
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