Hello and welcome to The Week Junior Show.
I'm Bex and I'm joined by writers Eve and Joe from The Week Junior, the magazine making sense of the world for 8 to 14 year olds.
Now, in a week where world leaders met for a NATO summit in the Netherlands and a volcanic eruption in Indonesia disrupted flights, we're going to be discussing some of the other stories, events and people that inspired The Week.
Junior team.
Make sure you're listening closely because at the end of the episode we'll be asking a question about what you've heard and if you answer it correctly, you could win a prize.
But first, before all of that, Joe and Eve, there is something I want to talk to you about, please.
On this week's wellbeing page there's some top tips for preparing for a school residential trip which lots of pupils I think will be going on in the next few weeks.
So it got me thinking, what is the best school trip you've ever been on?
Joe, how about you?
Well, at senior school, I went to the Isle of Wight for a few days on a geography trip.
We stayed at a PGL centre and I had a look this morning and they do still exist.
We did some outdoor adventure activities, climbed things, jumped off things.
And I remember us taking the trip out to see the needles too which, for anyone who doesn't know, are famous lumps of rock that stick out from the sea, and they're quite spectacular.
And that was really fun.
It was a really fun few days.
I didn't know what the needles were.
That's interesting to know.
Thank you.
Eve, how about you?
So I was quite lucky when I was at primary school.
We had a residential in year five and in year six.
So we got to go to Dorset and then we got to go to France, which were both really fun.
But I remember very vividly when I went to Dorset we got to go to Monkey World And after looking at all the different animals there, we then went to the.
There was like an area with loads of climbing frames that we could go on.
And I'm quite scared of heights, but I for some reason decided to climb up one of the climbing frames and it went up quite high.
There were kind of multiple levels and I got stuck on the first level and didn't know how to get down.
And so my year five teacher had to come climb up and then she had to come up, like all of the levels with me and go down the slide with me to get me back down.
So that was quite an embarrassing story to tell my family when i got back.
Oh, but great that your teacher helped you out, though.
Well yeah, i guess what was the other option?
Leave me, leave me in dorset and drive away.
Bye bye, have a nice time.
Uh yeah, fair enough.
Yeah, well done to that teacher.
Um, residentials are tricky.
We did one in primary school which i loved.
We went to wales for a few days and uh, we did lots of like outdoorsy stuff.
Now, one of the things was potholing, which i absolutely hated.
I, i found out then i don't like being in small, confined spaces um, but the other one was abseiling, which is i absolutely loved.
It was incredible at the time of my life, um.
So it was.
It was a really fun trip, and you just find out more about yourself, i think, on those adventures, don't you?
And what you like, we don't like.
So yeah, if listeners at home want to tell us a bit about the best school trip you've ever been on, you absolutely can.
Just send us an email to hello at theweekjuniorcouk or leave a voice note at funkidslivecom.
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And if your voice note is played next week, you could win a Week Junior roving reporter badge.
Now, last week, we asked what everybody's favorite joke was.
We got a joke here from listener Anya junior.
My name's anya and i have a joke for you.
What is the best time to go to the dentist?
Tooth hearty goodbye.
It's a classic.
I love it.
I love that joke so good.
Oh, my goodness, me and my friends still make that joke to each other now when we go to the dentist.
What time is it?
So we yeah, you know anya yeah, every time a winner.
Thank you so much.
Uh, we also have a joke here from henry.
I heard this joke in a pub in Liverpool.
I think it's good enough to go on The Week Junior.
A man was teaching his dog how to play the trumpet on the train.
He went from barking to tooting.
I hope it makes it into The Week Junior.
Bye.
That's good.
That's good.
I really enjoyed it.
It sounded quite grown up as well.
I just heard it in a pub in Liverpool, you know.
I'm going to nip that joke.
I'm going to use that one.
Henry, that's a future classic.
It is, it is.
I agree.
And one of those good ones you can remember as well, like easy to remember, easy to quote.
Two excellent jokes there.
Thank you so much to Henry and to Anya.
Wow, that's got me in a right old good mood.
And if you want to tell us a little voice note about what your school trip has been, that's been your favourite, let us know right now at funkidslivecom.
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Now let's turn our attention to the latest magazine, because I want to know what's in the headlines this week.
Eve, what do you have for me?
So this is a story from our big news page this week, and it's about the world's largest digital camera.
Because on the 23rd of June, the first set of images taken by this camera were released.
And so the camera is part of... the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which is in Chile in South America.
And an observatory is a building designed to examine objects in the sky like stars or planets.
And Chile is a perfect place for an observatory to be because the skies there are really clear.
And there's also very little light pollution which is artificial lighting from buildings or street lights or things like that.
And so in cities where there's loads of light pollution, you can kind of really only see the brightest stars in the sky, but somewhere with very little light pollution.
It's kind of amazing.
You could just see so many stars.
So that's why Chile is the perfect place for this observatory to be.
And the images that were released were taken over like the course of 10 hours and they show millions of galaxies and stars, and they also have more than 2000 asteroids in them as well, which is just really cool.
And the reason these were released is because the observatory is launching a project to photograph the night sky over the next 10 years.
And it has four main aims, which are to make a map of the Milky Way, which is the galaxy that we live in, creating a list of objects in the solar system, learning more about objects that change position or brightness in the sky, and also understanding these mysterious substances and energy known as dark energy and dark matter.
And so the camera that's being used to take these images is roughly the size of a small car.
So it's like absolutely massive.
And it weighs 2,800 kilograms.
And I'm just really excited to see what comes out of the observations.
Yeah, that's incredible.
Wow, that's a That's a massive camera.
All right.
Thank you very much, Eve.
Joe, what is another story that you've seen in the news this week?
So it's one on our UK news pages.
It's a story about naming storms.
So the Met Office, which is the UK's weather service, is asking the public to suggest names for storms that are going to happen between September 2025 and August 2026.
Naming storms is done to raise public awareness of severe weather and its risks.
Will Lang from the Met Office said suggested names could be those of family members, friends or even pets.
So people have until the 3rd of July to submit their suggestions online.
I love this so much.
I think we've mentioned before, I do think a Storm Bex would be great.
I'd be very happy to have a Storm named after me.
Jo, how about you?
Would you like a Storm Jobe?
I think so, yeah.
I think short names are quite memorable, almost like blunt art now.
You wouldn't forget a Storm Bex or a Storm Jo.
It would live long in the memory.
I think it would serve the purpose of helping to make people more aware of storms.
I think the petition starts now.
And Eve as well, a short, strong name.
So Storm Eve can get involved in the mix.
Oh, amazing.
Also...
Maybe not so much you Jo, but Bex and I have quite a strong chance of definitely ending up in the mix, because at the start of the storm season, they go in alphabetical order, don't they?
So, I mean, it starts with A. So, Bex, immediately after.
Oh yeah, on pecs is definitely happening.
All right.
Well, let's all submit our names and see if any of them get picked.
Uh, moving on, it's time for my favorite part of the show real or rubbish.
I'm gonna hear a story.
I have to guess whether it's fact or fake news.
The answer is revealed at the end.
Joe, it's your time to trick me today, so go on, tell me a story.
Uh, so it's about a handbag that's caused a bit of a storm online, no pun intended, in light of the last story i talked about.
Um, this isn't any ordinary handbag, though.
This is one that has to be kept in the fridge because it's made of chocolate.
Oh, no.
And it costs a whopping £185.
Now it recently gained lots of attention when a woman posted a video of herself discovering it in a fridge among the leftovers.
It belonged to her flatmate.
The woman in the video then proceeded to drop the bag, smashing it into pieces.
But that's more of a little kind of side quest.
What I'm asking you, Bex, is this.
Is there really such a thing as a chocolate handbag? or is it a sweet but unlikely lie?
Okay, okay, right.
I've got lots of things to say here.
First of all, if it exists, I want it quite a lot right now, please.
Secondly okay, so I'm used to seeing, especially around, chocolate time, Easter time, Christmas time, not chocolate time.
That's not what it's called.
It's always chocolate time.
Just jazzed the alternative name for Easter, chocolate time.
I'm used to seeing chocolate in the shape of things, so bunnies reindeer santa, etc.
End of list.
Um, so i do like seeing, and i also.
I should say i am a firm believer that chocolate tastes better in a shape, in my opinion.
Okay, if i don't know what, it is something in my head.
If chocolate is in the shape of something, it tastes better than if it's in a bar or a block I'm going to Joe is not agreeing with me.
Interesting theory.
I don't know.
I'm not a massive chocolate lover, to be honest.
So I probably haven't eaten enough chocolate to be able to test that theory.
But I'll take your word for it.
I'll take your word for it.
Before I terminate the podcast.
Just like, no.
That's outrageous.
So I'm a big chocoholic, basically.
I love my chocolate so i know things are often put into different shapes.
What i want to know is you know this could be a lovely decorative, like a miniature gift in the shape of a handbag, as you know lots of chocolate shops do.
Is this a kind of handbag that you put stuff into?
Is my question.
No i, i mean i, i wouldn't have thought so.
There's clearly a chocolate handbag clearly wouldn't be very practical.
I mean, can you imagine in this way they're carrying it around um, putting your wallet cards, thinking what, what you know, what else do you put in a handbag?
A I don't know.
For some reason, my mind is going to a football, but no one puts a football in a handbag.
But anyway, whatever you put in it, I'm clearly not well versed in the kind of history of handbags and what they're used for.
But anyway, whatever you put in this handbag would just end up covered in chocolate, wouldn't it?
It'd just be a right mess.
And the other thing I will say is that I believe there's actually a chocolate bar inside this handbag.
So, as well as being made from chocolate you know, the zippers made from chocolate, the handles are made from chocolate.
I mean, it's quite a spectacular thing.
There's a little extra surprise.
You know like you get Easter eggs, and it's generally not just a hollow chocolate shell.
There's always, I don't know, you buy a Maltesers Easter egg and there's a load of Maltesers inside.
So there's a little extra kind of special surprise inside.
So, yeah, I mean, it wouldn't be practical and it's already filled anyway.
Unless you wanted to keep extra chocolate inside it.
You're not putting anything inside it because it either, i guess, your stuff would get very sticky or it would just melt, and the more you walked around through the day, the more it would just kind of like everything would drop out of it.
Right, things would be falling out the bottom.
Yeah, i mean it might be okay in the winter in a in a kind of english winter, british winter maybe.
I don't really know at what point chocolate would start to to melt if you carried it around outside, but i mean, here that's i mean, the weather we've had the last week you'd have a solid five minutes of being able to show it off and then it'd just be this brown, brown puddle on the floor, wouldn't it?
Yeah, I had a chocolate bar in my pocket for five minutes yesterday and by the time I opened it I was like, oh no, it was all over my hands.
Um my, my emergency chocolate bar.
Um I I, I don't know about this.
The idea of it being a chocolate bar inside it as well, that's kind of thrown me a little bit.
Um, I and you mentioned a chocolate zipper.
I'm assuming it's not a zip that actually physically works, but it's just it looks like a zip.
I've got to be honest, I don't know the answer to that.
My first thought, is that suspicious maybe?
My first thought would be that no, it's not, because I feel like a chocolate zipper just wouldn't work, would it?
It'd just be way too fragile.
I mean, I know that you know, chocolatiers are masters of their craft, but I don't think they've created a chocolate zip just yet in my fervent following of the chocolate news.
But I'm going to...
I have to think about this.
The problem is I'm really hungry and I really want some chocolate right now.
And there's none at the HQ that I'm at.
So I need to kind of temper, so to speak, my expectations while we think about real rubbish.
Yeah.
And while we do, it's time to talk about our book of the week, which this week is Box Full of Murders, by Janice Hallett.
Now it's about Ava and Luke, who discover a secret box in their attic filled with piles of mysterious documents.
And they all relate to a summer camp that took place in the 1980s.
The pair soon realize it's evidence for an unsolved murder case and they've got to work together to try and crack it.
So I want to know.
OK, so, Eve, do you think you would make a good detective?
I like to think I would only because recently I've got really into the Myrtle puzzle books by GT Carver.
And there's a kid's version of those books as well.
And I mean I know it's kind of not really like being an actual detective, but there's a lot of logic puzzles and I've got really into it.
I can't stop doing them.
So I like to think I would be a good detective.
Excellent.
Joe, would you be on the case?
Yeah, I think so.
I think I'm quite inquisitive.
I like to ask questions.
I like to ask questions.
I think you've kind of got to be as a journalist.
You know, you've got to be interested and you've got to ask questions.
I don't know.
I feel like maybe I find myself in a sticky situation, start asking too many questions and it becomes suddenly obvious that I wasn't, that I was kind of a detective, that I wasn't who I said I was.
But you know, if I could keep the kind of inquisitiveness in check, so it was so I could kind of blend in.
I think I'd make a good detective.
Interesting.
Good answers.
I personally, I really want to say I'd be a good detective, because I love watching detective films and movies.
And, you know, I love the idea of like reading crime books and stuff.
But I know I'm useless.
Like I, for example, the Myrtle books are great.
And I try to do them.
In fact, the author tried to explain to me how to do one of the tricky puzzle bits.
Where you like, cross off this, cross reference this bit here with that bit there.
I just it wasn't for me.
So I really want to be.
And in my head, I'd be a brilliant detective.
But in my heart, I know my limits.
And they do not lie within the walls of being a great detective like Sherlock Holmes or any Agatha Christie creation.
But you know what?
Maybe I'll read this book and I'll think, you know what?
Yeah, I can.
Maybe it's achievable.
So if you like the sound of a box full of murders, stay with us until the end of the show and you could win a copy by entering our prize draw.
Now, speaking of books, the three of us had quite a busy weekend at the Barnes Children's Literature Festival, but I didn't see you guys.
So I want a little debrief, please.
What actually happened for you?
Yeah, so Jo and I were there on Saturday with Vanessa as well, the editor of the Week Junior, and we ran two workshops for Week Junior fans.
So the first one which we also did last year as well with you, Bex was the Young Journalist Workshop, where Joe and I shared our top tips for interviewing people.
And then we brought out three mystery guests, who were Christopher Edge, the author, Lydia Monks, the author and illustrator, and Vanessa, our very own editor.
And kids got to write down some questions and then ask them.
And it was really fun.
And they asked so many great questions.
And it was really funny because at the end, Joe and I asked everyone to share their favourite fact.
They learnt about the person they interviewed.
And one of the children at Vanessa's table said, Vanessa goes to Ireland to get her hair cut.
Which, I mean, it's just, I didn't know she did that.
I couldn't believe it.
So that was some great journalism there from that group.
I loved it.
And then our second workshop was we did a big debate workshop where we, Joe and I, stood on either side of the room and we got children to come and stand with us depending on what they thought was their, what they thought about certain topics.
So it was, are cats better than dogs?
Should extinct animals be brought back to life?
Should all plastic packaging be banned?
And then we all came up with answers and then had to debate it and then vote on what we thought was the the final result should be.
But it was really fun and um, joe and i got to meet lots of great authors in the green room as well, so it was great.
That sounds great.
So who are the authors that you met in the green room?
So we met.
Well, we saw Stephen Mangan there.
We also met Ramsey and Emma Carroll and just Jasbinder Balan.
So there were lots of like really amazing authors.
And Joe and I got to chat to all of them.
It was also a very hot day.
So Joe and I snuck off at one point to get an ice cream because we were roasting.
Always good food around there.
Yeah, exactly.
But were you there on Sunday, Bex?
I was, yeah.
It's funny enough, I was in the green room as well.
And I bumped into Mel Taylor Besant, who has written Race to Imagination Island, a book series I love.
And we did a little squeal.
We're like, hiya.
So we even gave each other a hug and stuff.
So yeah, there's something quite fun about Barnes because you do meet people that you maybe meet every now and again through the year.
I was there to chat to Katie Kirby, who is the author of the Lottie Brooks series of books.
And Absolutely massive.
There's like eight of them out there in the world.
And everybody was just super keen to find out what is happening next in her world.
If you don't know, it's kind of like a diary entry book series.
And I think the first one is called The Extremely Embarrassing Adventures of Lottie Brooks.
And it carries on from there all about her time in year seven and eight.
And honestly, I was reading them beforehand and I was involved.
I was in it.
It's like I couldn't put it down.
Proper page turner stuff.
And yeah, so Katie played along with me.
She did my quick round of questions.
I always ask authors.
Also, her character is obsessed with Kit Kat Chunkies.
So I brought one with me just in case, in case of emergency.
You know which I obviously ate later on.
So yes, I had a lovely old time at Barnes and hopefully we'll be back next year, right, Eve?
Yeah, I love it there.
It's so much fun.
And you just meet so many great people.
And it was so nice for Joe and I to meet Readers of the Week Junior as well.
So if any of you are listening here, it was so lovely to meet you.
And thanks for coming to our workshops.
And the kids were really engaged as well.
I was really amazed by how keen the kids were to quiz Vanessa and co.
And they were really firing ideas at us in the big debate workshop.
It was honestly just...
Just to say a few words, it was a great day.
And yeah, a second what Eve said about just it being brilliant.
It was my first time there.
And, you know, I'll definitely go back.
To be honest, I'd love to have a long conversation with Vanessa just to find out more about her fascinating life.
I think I'd pay money for that.
To be honest, that would.
That would do it for me.
Um lovely and, of course, yeah.
Um, the readers and the listeners of the week junior are pretty epic and always so exciting.
Um so yeah, i'm sure it was a lovely old time.
Um, now it's time for this week's big debate, and the question is should pets get regular flea treatment?
Eve and joe will be going head to head take a side on this argument, but before we hear from them, here's some information that you need to know.
The UK is home to roughly 13 million dogs and 12 million cats.
Of these, 80% receive regular flea treatments as well as treatments for other parasites.
A parasite, if you don't know, is a living organism that survives in or on another creature.
So fleas, ticks and worms are all parasites.
To avoid fleas, many vets say owners should give their pets regular treatment.
However, some experts say that pet owners should only treat pets when they find fleas or flea eggs.
Flea treatments are medicines made up of powerful chemicals which can kill insects or harm other wildlife too.
So should pets get regular flea treatment?
Eve is team yes.
Joe is team no.
Each of them has 60 seconds to make their case.
And then I'll make up my mind on who I agree with more.
So Eve is going to go first.
Bear with me, Eve, as I get my little minute timer up here for you.
Right.
So Eve, whenever you're ready, take it away.
Okay, so when I think of fleas, I do think of when I had nits as a child.
And if anyone's ever had nits, they know how uncomfortable it is.
It's so itchy and annoying.
And that's what I imagine fleas are like for pets.
It makes them scratch their skin and it's just really uncomfortable for them.
And if it's not treated quickly, then other parasites could develop on their skin as well.
And also other illnesses could spread.
And so that's why vets do recommend that pets do need regular treatment.
And also, you know, pets, they live in our homes and humans spend a lot of time with the pets.
And so sometimes fleas can get into soft furnishings like sofas, which isn't very nice.
And it can even, they can even bite humans, which just does not sound fun.
And that is the point of the regular treatments is that it keeps pets and owners happy and healthy.
And the most important thing is that owners are disposing of the treatments properly, so that they don't do any harm to the environment.
Excellent.
Under a minute.
Well said.
But perhaps Joe has a different opinion.
So Joe, whenever you're ready, go for it.
So people should not keep putting local animals and wildlife at risk for a minority of pets.
It just isn't fair.
Dogs go swimming in waterways, and they expose animals such as fish and insects to poisonous chemicals, which then travel in the water.
Wildlife deserves protection and care too, not just pets.
So instead of regularly treating pets for fleas, people should only do it when they actually spot the critters.
It's a bit like treating children for nits.
You don't treat them regularly throughout the year.
You only treat them when you spot the nits.
And finally, there are other ways of tackling a flea problem too, such as using flea coat, using flea cone that's a bit of a mouthful or washing pets regularly.
So yeah, people should not be treating their pets for fleas on a regular basis.
Okay, interesting stuff.
Okay, so I'm going to be brutally honest with you guys here.
When I first read that this was the debate this week, I was like well, obviously I know the answer.
Of course I do.
But maybe, you know, I've been swayed in a different direction.
So I will say, I thought I was on Team Eve, because I do believe.
But Joe's point about yeah, you don't preemptively stop nits happening, do you?
I get that entirely.
But I think, unfortunately, I am still Team Eve.
When we've had dogs, we've always made sure they've been up to date on their kind of flea medication and stuff because yeah, I would not like fleas.
Please and thank you.
Interesting.
I feel like it's probably not a controversial thing to say, but just, you know, just putting it out there.
But you know what?
It's not about my opinion.
It's about the readers and the listeners.
So we want to hear what you think of this week's big debate.
You can get involved by voting online at theweekjunior.co.uk slash polls.
You can also email your thoughts to us at hello at theweekjunior.co.uk or send us a voice note.
Go to funkidslive.com slash theweekjunior.
Scroll down till you see the big red button.
Grab a grown-up and record your voice.
Your message could be in next week's episode.
Now, last week's big debate was about whether film adaptations of books should stick to the original story.
So what did our listeners and readers vote with?
Well, 73% said yes, the book should stick to the original story.
That is a high percentage.
OK, we've got a message here from Hansini to tell us their thoughts.
Hi, Virginia.
My name's Hansini and I'm nine years old.
I think we should keep adaptions to the book the same, because some people, including the author, May feel that the book is better than the films.
Thank you.
Bye.
Interesting.
Okay.
I also love, by the way, how polite Hansini was at the end by saying thank you and bye.
Yeah.
Okay.
So Eve, any other thoughts on this in the inbox?
Yeah, so one person said I like it when people change the real version of a book, because then you can watch it again, but it is a little bit different and it makes it a little bit more interesting and enjoyable, followed by lots of emojis, um.
And someone else said I think they should stick to the book, because sometimes those little moments matter, like when your favorite character does something funny or good and the movie misses it out, or a specific sentence that never fails to make you laugh.
Those little things make a difference into how the movie feels to you, which I think is such a a lovely way to think of it.
And maybe last week I did argue that it's okay to change them, but maybe that comment has changed my mind.
Yeah, that is a very well thought out comment.
So thank you to everybody who was in touch this week.
Like I said, if you want to vote on this week's big debate, you can go to theweekjuniorcouk slash polls or, of course, leave us a voice note, like Hansini did at funkidslivecom slash theweekjunior.
Now, we've heard the Week Junior readers' opinions on the big debate.
Now we've got editorial assistant Elena to share some of the messages she's received from readers this week.
Hello, Elena.
Hi, Bex, and hi, everyone.
It's nice to be back.
This week we got a message from reader Sonny who said I've always loved collecting football cards, but have started making my own based on my favourite players of all time.
I hope you like them.
And...
Yes, we do, Sony, because they're actually amazing.
The cards that he has made are very colourful and they're personalised to his player.
And some of them even include glitter.
And I wanted to ask Joe specifically, because he's a football fan, which one is your favourite?
I really like the Palmer one with the yellow kind of sunshine, rays of sunshine spurting out of his back.
I also quite like Mbappe with the little colourful outline.
What I was also impressed by is there's quite a wide range of football players.
It's not just the really, really, really well-known ones.
I was impressed by, say, Bastoni and Emi Martinez in there.
It's quite a breadth of football knowledge, isn't it?
Yeah, he definitely does.
I really like Mbappes and Palmers as well because, I don't know, there's some of them where it looks like they've been leaving behind an explosion of colour and energy because of their greatness.
Yeah.
So I also love Beckham, there's Saka, Ronaldinho.
I thought you'd say Saka as an Arsenal fan.
I was going to say maybe I just like Saka's one because I really like Bukayo Saka.
These are so creative and I really wish listeners could see them.
Maybe we'll feature them in the week, Junior, so that everyone can see.
But anyway, thank you so much, Sonny.
We also got a message from Jacob, who sent us a picture reading The Week Junior while riding a roller coaster.
And he said, I took this photo for my school's extreme reading challenge.
Of course, my choice of reading was a copy of The Week Junior, although I did have to hold on very tightly to stop it blowing away.
That's amazing.
It's such a fun challenge.
Yeah, I think my copy would just blow away.
But Jacob's message got me thinking, what is the strangest place you've read a book in, Bex?
Oh, well, I can't think of anywhere strange that I've read a book.
But I do know I've interviewed someone on a roller coaster before, which was pretty crazy.
We got little microphones and little headset cameras.
And I tell you what, I lost all sense of myself.
Looping the loop.
Trying to interview somebody about roller coasters was one of the toughest things things I've ever done.
I thought I'd be fine.
I was like I love roller coasters, I've interviewed lots of people, we're gonna be okay and honestly, midway through the year, I was like this is not happening, this is so.
I don't I know for a fact.
I wouldn't have been able to read anything.
So yeah, big well done to Jacob for doing that.
Was it?
Was it a QA sort of thing where you just shouted the questions and they shouted the answers and that was it, or did you have to make sense of what they were saying as well?
Kind of both really.
It was.
It was meant to be a coherent interview, but it ended up with me just kind of like do you like roller coasters?
Yeah, Good.
It wasn't my finest work.
It was fun to do, don't get me wrong.
But yeah, it was quite, it was a lot harder than I thought.
Just to focus when you're being flipped upside down is quite tricky.
I'll put it out there.
I'm just saying it's a good idea for the week, Junior.
Anyway, thank you, Jacob.
And thank you, Sonny.
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And it's over to you now, Bex.
Thanks, Elena.
Now let's turn our attention back to this week's magazine and some favourite stories.
Eve, who's been your hero of the week in the magazine?
Well, as per, I've picked multiple because I always do.
But this is from our on-screen page this week, because the winners of this year's BAFTA Young Game Designers competition were announced last week.
And the competition celebrates games and ideas for games created by young people.
And there are awards for game making, where people actually make a real game, and also game concept, where people write and maybe draw images where they share an idea they have for a game.
And so Tiago from Sheffield in England won the 10 to 14 category Game Making Award with a game called Sir Floofington, which is about a knight that fights skeletons and bats on a quest to find the fluffiest treasure of all the golden floof, which just sounds so cute.
And I really want to play this game.
I just, I, yeah.
Sounds so cute.
And then Tunisi from Leeds in England won the 10 to 14 age category.
Game Concept Award and her idea is a game called The Undead, which is a spooky adventure full of zombies, and it also features non-player characters, which are known as NPCs, who are very kind, and she wanted to show through the game that everyone can find happiness in bleak situations, which I think sounds really nice, and you can read more about some of the other winners on our on-screen page in the magazine.
But I just think it's such a cool competition and I love video games, so it was just a win-win really.
A perfect story for you.
I love it.
All right, Joe, have you heard a fascinating fact this week in the issue?
Yeah, it's a really lovely fact.
It comes from our People page.
And the main story on the page was based on an interview I did with Tamsin Greenway, who's a former international netball player.
And she told me this really nice story about playing netball for the first time at school.
And she went home and she told her mum that day that she wanted to play netball for England.
And my favourite fact is that, after telling her mum that she went on to play 67 times for her country,
It came true.
It did.
I love that.
We love to see it.
Eve, all right, tell me a funny story that you've seen this week.
I know there's quite a few floating around.
Yeah, so this is.
It's on our UK news page and it's this week's silliest headline, which is bears raid honey store after enclosure.
Escape from BBC News.
And the story is about two European brown bears, who escaped from a wildlife park in Devon.
And they're called Mish and Lucy, and they're both about five years old.
And they raided the keeper's food store and ate a week's worth of honey.
And they also ate jam and other supplies.
They've now been safely returned to their enclosures.
But the local community has apparently donated loads of money to the park to buy more honey, which I think is really nice.
Oh, some honey money.
I love that.
Honey money, honey money.
I've been reading the week junior.
Of course I have.
As usual, I enjoyed.
There's a story in Berlin this week about 200 swimmers who jumped into the Spree River to basically persuade the local authorities to reopen it for swimming.
Apparently it was banned a hundred years ago because they said it was too polluted.
But now they're saying it's pretty good and they'd like to be back in the river please.
So I just was like yeah, community action, I love it.
I also love swimming.
So I think maybe that's why I was drawn to that picture and that story.
Now it's time To go back to our real or rubbish story.
Speaking of things I'm drawn to, this was all about chocolate but Joe, can you remind me a little bit more please?
Yeah, so this week's real or rubbish was not just about chocolate, about a chocolate handbag that costs a whopping £185.
And our little side story is that a woman recently went viral for finding it in her fridge because her flatmate owned one and then proceeding to drop it, smashing it into loads of pieces.
But simply Bex, is the chocolate handbag real thing?
Okay, so i know that if a chocolate is made well, it can be very expensive, so the 180 pound price tag doesn't surprise me.
Um, it surprises me that somebody has bought it and not eaten it immediately, because if it was me i'd be that i'd be gone.
Um, so fair play to whoever it is who kept chocolate in the fridge and was probably nibbling away at it.
Um, i i, The thing about dropping it would I mean again, if it was mine, I'd be furious.
But then, well, you're going to eat it anyway, so it wasn't going to last forever, was it?
No, I mean, five second rule, you know.
Yeah, exactly.
I mean, I'd imagine it was on the floor for longer than five seconds.
I'd absolutely hoover that up if I didn't eat it.
I'm going to say the story this week is real.
I think it's a real thing.
I don't think it exists to be used as a fashion item, but I do think there is a chocolate handbag out there.
So I'm going to say yes to a handbag, please.
All right.
Drumroll.
Yeah.
You're right.
It is real.
And funnily enough, it was made by the luxury fashion brand.
You might have to help me out with the pronunciation here.
Louis Vuitton?
Yeah.
Louis Vuitton.
There you go.
I know my stuff when it comes to fashion, apparently.
It was made by Louis Vuitton as part of their Easter collection, but it's only available until July.
I mean, I'm certainly surprised that it's been made by Louis Vuitton, because that kind of implies that the intention is to wear it.
I don't know.
Yeah, I don't really know what you do with a chocolate handbag other than before the time to eat it came.
Maybe show it off in your fridge, as this person did.
And then get it broken.
Yeah, you've got to kind of really trust your housemates.
It's kind of a weird image, isn't it?
This really expensive chocolate handbag surrounded by sort of just leftovers and I don't know, cheese strings and baby bells in a fridge.
But anyway, there you go.
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Excellent stuff.
Thank you very much, Eve.
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