I'm Bex and welcome to the Week Junior show.
Today I'm joined by two of the team from the Week Junior, the magazine making sense of the world for 8 to 14 year olds.
We've got writers Eve and Kay.
So lots to cover in today's episode.
We're going to be talking about how the world has come together to help people in Myanmar after an earthquake, a solar eclipse that could be seen across the UK and a very special cat.
Eve is also going to be talking to some of the cast of a Minecraft movie later on as well and asking some very important questions.
But before all of that, This episode's big debate is going to be about April Fool's Day and whether it's unkind.
So that got me thinking, what is your favorite April Fool's Day prank?
Now, I'm not going to lie to you.
I'm bad at pranks.
I fall for them.
I can't set them up.
So my favorite pranks are kind of like big ones that other people do.
One of the best ones I heard about was in 1980.
The BBC World Service said that Big Ben was going to be replaced.
So instead of having the clock face, it was going to have a digital timer on there.
And it wasn't going to be called Big Ben anymore.
It was going to be called Digital Dave.
And it'd have bongs.
Instead of bongs, they'd have beeps.
And it would also put out news bulletins for five minutes on the hour.
I love the idea of Digital Dave.
I love beeps across London.
I love this weird news service coming out of this massive tower for five minutes every hour.
And people were, some people were furious about it. were very, very cross.
The idea of digital Dave taking over Big Ben.
So that is my favourite one.
I love a one that is ridiculous, but people fall for.
Eve, how about you?
Mine is nowhere near as massive as that.
And personally I'm not.
You know, I don't do April Fool's Day pranks because I'm just not creative enough.
But I read a book when I was younger.
I think it was called The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury.
And there was a bit where the main character was trying to get revenge on his family and he put gravy granules in the showerhead.
I'm sure I remember that being part of the book.
And I would never do that because, I mean, it would be a nightmare to clean.
But I also thought it would be really funny.
You know when the water gets hot and it would just be gravy all over the bathroom.
So yeah, but kind of a prank that would be.
You'd probably get in trouble afterwards and then you'd have to be the one that cleans the showerhead.
So probably not ideal.
Yeah, I wouldn't fancy that myself, but I do love the idea of just sitting in raining gravy.
Um, I don't know whether that would be.
It'd be a.
Yeah, maybe I haven't thought that through.
Okay, perhaps not.
I just like they're quite lumpy.
Yeah, maybe I just want my lunch.
Maybe that's all it is.
Hey, how about you?
I love a whoopee cushion, mainly just because it doesn't always go to plan.
You might have to get the person to like stand up, blow it up a bit more, sit down, like move a little bit to get the fart sound to come out.
I just think it's quite funny.
It's an old school classic.
You can't argue with the whoopee cushion.
Lovely.
I love those pranks.
The idea of gravy in my shower head.
That's going to stick with me as well, Eve.
Thank you.
Lovely stuff.
All right.
Thanks, guys.
Now it's time to move on to the cover of this week's issue.
Eve, can you tell me what is going on?
Yes.
So this week's cover is all about a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar last week.
So this is from our big news page.
And a very strong earthquake struck Myanmar, which is a country in Southeast Asia, on the 28th of March.
And it was actually so powerful that it was felt in Thailand and parts of China as well.
And it struck near Myanmar's second largest city Mandalay, and it had a magnitude of 77, which means it's classified as a major earthquake, and it can cause serious damage over large areas.
And then 12 minutes later, there was another large earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.4.
So it caused a lot of damage and officials say that more than 2800 people have died and also at least 4600 people were injured.
And people living in the worst affected areas say that the government hadn't given them enough assistance.
But there were local rescue workers who have been trying to help people, and also several countries and aid groups have sent support to Myanmar as well, including India China, Malaysia and Singapore.
And a team from India set up an emergency treatment centre in Myanmar for people who had been injured in the earthquake.
So if you want to read more about how people are helping, you can go to the big news page in the magazine.
But also on our cover, you might spot that at the top, it says, make your own podcast on page 24.
Because Bex, you've offered some tips, haven't you in this week's issue, for making your own podcast.
Yes, me and lovely producer Adam, who works on the podcast as well.
We've given some top tips that we can maybe help the Week Junior listeners and readers with if they want to make their own podcast.
So yeah, definitely go and check it out if you get a chance.
Hopefully it will inspire lots of people to make a podcast, but not too many, because I don't want too much competition, you know.
Yeah, and, you know, we don't want a podcast to be better than ours.
Exactly.
So, yeah, go and check it out and tell us what you think.
Now, it's time for Real or Rubbish.
This is the bit of the show where I hear a story.
I have to guess if it's true or false.
And some would argue I take this far too seriously.
So, Kay, can you tell me what this week's story is, please?
There's a new restaurant in East London called And.
Instead of human customers, these customers are foxes.
And the idea behind this is that, instead of foxes stealing food, human food, which is like quite really unhealthy for them because it contains a lot of saturated fats and sugar and not enough fibre, these foxes are fed lovely dishes with earthworms insects fruit, vegetables and carrion, which is like dead animals.
And also, they're also served the food at night, which is when urban foxes are mainly out and about.
So is the story true or has it foxed you?
Oh, lovely.
Tell me that.
So tell me this restaurant are we talking that?
They go there, they look at the menu, they put a pour on what they want and it gets delivered to their table.
Or is it just they're in a kind of like random street and they bring out like a trough of food?
They want to keep the foxes wild.
They don't want to tame them.
So they'll just like find the foxes running around at night and then like give them a little bit of food and then go and find some more foxes.
Do they lure the foxes towards them?
No, I think they'll just probably like leave the plate out and hope they'll all come up to the plate and eat the good food.
So basically, the idea is they're putting the food out and it's a good way of getting the foxes to eat healthy food and not scavenging through bins.
And I guess also helps humans to not have lots of rubbish to clean up afterwards, right?
But I mean, I do like this idea because I love foxes.
But when you said a fox restaurant, I was hoping for a sit down meal, a three course situation here.
Yeah, I was imagining Fantastic Mr. Fox in this little suit.
That's exactly what I wanted.
I wanted some kind of situation where you know the waiter would come over and say good afternoon, Mr Fox.
What can I get for you?
But I do like the idea of looking after foxes.
I also, I wonder whether people would be bothered because, you know, They're fine on their own.
Why should we help them?
That's the other question is like, they seem to be doing right for themselves.
I was walking across the road last night and a fox just walked with me.
Just, I actually looked both ways, which I didn't do.
So good job the fox was there.
So yeah, I'll have to have a think about that.
And while I do, it's time for our book of the week, which is Deep Dark by Zora Nabi.
Now it's set in 18th century Britain and it's about teenager Cassia Thorne, who writes ballads to sell on the London streets.
When a new fair arrives in town, rumours of disappearing children start to circulate.
Cassia teams up with her friend Felix and a young pickpocket called Tio to investigate what's really going on.
And we've got a message here from the author.
Hi there, listeners of The Week Junior Show.
My name is Zora Nabi.
I'm the author of Deep Dark, which has been selected as Book of the Week in the current issue of the magazine.
And I'm here to answer a very important question.
What was my favourite children's book growing up?
I think I would have to say The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken.
It's a brilliant alternate history set in an England where wolves are roaming around the countryside.
And it's about two girls, Bonnie and Sylvia, who have to defeat the evil scheme of their governess, Miss Slycarp.
It's a wonderful read and I'd really recommend it.
Lovely stuff.
Thank you so much to Zora for that.
Now speaking of exciting guests on the show from one to another Eve, you've got some more guests for us.
Yes, I have.
So in the run up to the release of a Minecraft movie, which is out now, I got to chat to Sebastian Hansen and Emma Myers, who play brother and sister, Henry and Natalie, in the film.
And we had lots of questions sent in by children for them to answer.
And they really enjoyed hearing all of your brilliant questions.
So hello, welcome to the Week Genie show, which is a podcast for children.
I have some very exciting questions to ask you that lots of children have sent in. big minecraft fans um so first you have a question from 13 year old george who wants to know what minecraft animal would you like as a pet in real life i think i'd take a mooshroom very good i think a dog nice yeah a classic and then 10 year old gabriel was wondering what was it like to be in the minecraft world and did you feel like you were part of the game or was it all a green screen i did feel like i was part of the game A lot of our sets were really practical, so we could interact with a lot of stuff, so I really felt like I was in the world.
Yeah, I mean, it was really nice to, you know, have it all, like, physical and stuff like that.
So, I mean, some stuff was screen-screen.
Mostly everything was, like, you know, physical.
We could touch it and everything.
That's really cool.
And he was also wondering which scene was the most fun to film, do you think?
Probably when we all get together.
Yeah.
We all get together at the beginning of the movie and at the end.
Yeah, the first night was really fun to film.
The running and screaming from zombies was fun.
Yeah.
Definitely.
And then eight-year-old Charlie was wondering, what do you like doing when you're not making movies?
Talking to friends, playing the drums.
I like to hike and read and I like to sleep.
Very good.
And then nine-year-old Rafty said could you live in the Minecraft world, even though they have no phones?
Yes.
I think I'd prefer it, honestly.
I do a detox from my phone quite often.
To be honest, I'd love to like you know Honestly, I would like to like post, like me, in the Minecraft world, just like doing random things.
Like, hey, guys, I just, you know, raided a village.
So you could live without it?
Yeah, I mean, I think it'd be cool to, like, you know.
Yeah, but could you survive without your phone?
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, if it was in the Minecraft world.
Okay.
I'd like to have it.
I mean, I think everybody would like to have it.
Yeah.
You could just build other things to entertain yourself.
Right, exactly.
But I'd be like, can I have it back now?
And then a nine-year-old Albie said do you like playing Minecraft and did you have to play it loads to practice for the movie?
Love playing Minecraft.
I did play it a lot while we were filming to sort of get into the mood.
But our characters don't know anything about Minecraft when we go, so we didn't really have to practice.
Thank goodness we were allowed to look like we were bad at it.
I played a lot when I was younger like too often.
And when i got the movie i played the same because you know minecraft is great.
I don't even have to like play because i'm in the movie, just i had time on my hand.
So yeah, i played it as well.
You know, working on it amazing.
And then, nine-year-old henry says what's your favorite mob in minecraft?
I like the.
What is it called?
The spider jockeys, the skeletons that ride on the spiders.
I think they're fun.
Yeah, let's go with the glow squid.
Yeah oh, the glow squids, yeah.
And then Jacob says what's one thing about each other's personalities that you like the most?
Sebastian has a lot of energy, and he brings the vibe sometimes, and he's really funny.
He's got a good, dry sense of humor.
Emma is pretty kind sometimes.
Sometimes.
No, but very good personality, and you can get along with her very well.
Thanks.
And then Sebi says, what's your favorite line in the movie?
Oh, I like all of Jason's Spanish lines.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Those are my favorite.
Favorite line in the movie is there's a line actually that didn't get put in the movie but just came out like the other day.
Like it's like an Instagram something.
It's like the whole thing about like a puzzle, like friendships a puzzle, but you don't need a lot of pieces to make it, or something like that.
Like, friendship's like a puzzle.
You don't need a lot of pieces to make it.
But then, it's a whole thing.
It's funny.
No, I love it.
Great.
Yeah, it got cut out.
And then I was wondering, would you rather fight an enderman, a zombie, or a creeper?
If you had to pick one.
Skeleton.
Honestly, creeper.
Yeah.
I would just, because you can hit it and run away.
Yeah, but like... Hit it and run away.
The zombies always end up killing me, and then the endermen are really scary, so...
Yeah, but then I was thinking you get a reward at the end.
That is true.
If I survived.
Yeah.
Two bucks.
Two bucks above your head.
I'm too scared, so creeper.
Yeah, fair enough.
What's one thing from the world of Minecraft you wish you could have in real life?
I like the minecarts.
Yeah.
I think those are fun.
I'd like to get around in a little minecart.
I'd take like, I don't know, I'd take just like a totem.
I've been dying, so I have an extra life.
You know, push comes to shove.
That's your life, wow.
Good idea.
Yeah, yeah.
I would love that sword.
It's a beautiful sword, isn't it?
What would you do with it?
Would you just, like, come into my house?
Yeah, I'd just kind of put it on the wall and think, that's an amazing sword.
Yeah.
Just so everyone could look at it.
And then 9yearoldrafty was wondering, what is your favourite sandwich?
My favourite sandwich?
Yeah.
I love a club.
Or...
A panini.
Mm-hmm.
You know, like the brie and ham paninis?
That's a good sandwich.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
I'm young.
I don't... You don't like sandwiches?
Sure.
I'll take just like a grilled cheese sandwich.
Yeah.
I'm young.
I don't really have a personal favorite.
Personal favorite.
That's fair enough.
It's because you're young doesn't mean you can't enjoy a sandwich.
Sure.
I'll say a panini.
Okay.
Have you ever had Marmite before?
I have had Marmite.
What are your thoughts on Marmite?
I don't care for it that much.
No.
But...
On a sandwich, sometimes it's all right.
Yeah.
Never had it.
No.
You're giving me these words that I don't know.
I don't know how to describe it.
I don't either.
It's almost like... Sounds like a name.
It's like savory jelly.
Yeah.
Kind of.
People put it on toast.
Yeah, I don't like Marmite toast.
No.
Oh, wait.
There's also Vegemite as well.
That's what I'm thinking about.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
It's kind of the same thing, but Marmite's like the British version.
Yeah.
And yeah, everyone at The Week Junior, apart from me, loves Marmite.
I'm like the odd one out.
Yeah, I'm not a fan.
It's not for me.
Not for me personally.
Not for me.
Rafty also wanted to know if you could go through a portal to any video game world.
What would you choose?
I'd chill in Minecraft, I guess.
I don't know.
I mean, I'd chill in... What would you do?
I would love to go to Hyrule.
Depending on what Hyrule, though.
Yeah.
Because...
I'd stay with BOTW, Super Breath of the Wild.
I don't want to go, you know, vengeance.
Yeah, well, I prefer Chairs of the Kingdom because then you have the sky and then the depths.
But then you fall.
Well, I'd have a paraglider or something.
Scary, I wouldn't be up there.
I was going to say Animal Crossing.
I love it.
You can't lose at Animal Crossing unless Mr. Resetti pops up.
But then they don't speak English.
You understand them.
You don't speak villager English.
No, I've seen impressions of them.
It's just funny.
I was just about to ask what's your best villager impression of Emerald Crossing?
Well, actually also of Minecraft.
Very good, I love that.
And then Ollie has sent in a voice note.
This is a wonderful question from Ollie.
We're really straying away from Minecraft here, but I think you'll enjoy this question.
And the question i want to ask to the minecraft interviews is did you ever like roast chicken?
Yeah, roast chicken, i love a roast chicken, a roast chicken with rosemary, you know, some pepper, some salt.
Lover of chicken?
Good uh, just turkey dinner, like a thanksgiving dinner.
Yeah, i mean, i know that's not chicken, but That's what I'm thinking about.
Same family, I guess.
You're making me hungry.
What's happening here?
I know, all these food theme questions.
Do you think you would try the chicken in Minecraft, you know, when it's cooked by the lava?
The lava chicken?
Do you want to try that?
Yeah.
It looks nice and crispy.
Yeah.
And I love crispy chicken.
Yeah.
I'd wait, but yeah.
Yeah, I was going to say, you'd have to let it... Wait a little bit.
You'd need to let it cool down.
Blow on it a little bit, yeah.
Yeah.
Unlike Garrett, you'd have to let it cool down.
Yeah, just a little bit.
Yeah.
And then...
I was wondering as well, what was your favorite day on the set of filming?
I had my birthday on set.
Fun.
They brought me to a scene that we were doing in the Woodland Mansion.
And I think I got brought in and it was just like, you know, everyone was there.
They're just like, you know, happy birthday.
You had your birthday on set as well.
I did have my birthday.
I was going to say my birthday because they made me three little Minecraft cakes.
That's so cool.
It was really nice.
What did they look like, the Minecraft cakes?
They were square, you know.
And then the one in the middle was the classic white frosting little strawberries.
And then one was yellow, and I think the other one was green?
Blue.
Blue or something like that?
It's funny.
And Danielle, you know, decorated my trailer full of balloons and all that.
I think someone wrote, like, happy birthday right in front of my trailer, like, on the pavement.
Oh.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The birthdays were fun.
It sadly washed away the next day because of the rain, but you know.
Did anyone else have a birthday while you were filming?
There were lots of April birthdays amongst the crew as well.
A lot of crew birthdays.
No cast.
We were the only two in the cast, but lots of crew birthdays as well.
Makes it extra special.
Yeah.
And I think that's all of the questions I have for you.
So thank you so much for speaking to me.
Thank you for being guests on the Week Junior show.
Thank you so much.
Very nice to meet you.
Love the questions.
Oh, good.
Oh, my goodness.
What awesome questions there.
Thank you to everybody for sending their questions in.
And I believe a Minecraft movie is in the cinemas right now.
Go and check it out.
Now, we do love hearing from you in the Week Junior inbox and we have had quite a few messages in this week.
Kay, what's caught your eye?
Mariana sent a message to say, I really enjoyed making the Eid moon in issue 485.
It was really fun and I enjoyed finding out more about Eid.
And she sent us a picture of this really nice 3D flower Eid moon.
Yeah.
Are those flowers made out of paper?
Is that right?
I'm just going to zoom in a little bit there.
Yeah.
I think paper and then maybe like some sort of embellishment type thing.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That looks absolutely beautiful.
Yeah, well done, Mariana.
That's amazing.
Eve, how about you?
Have you been finding some crafty things in the inbox as well?
Yeah, so we had a message from Sophia who said, I crocheted my mum a scarf for Mother's Day.
I started in February and finished just in time for Mother's Day.
It's the best Mother's Day present I've ever made.
And she sent a picture and it's a really beautiful blue and purple crocheted scarf.
And as a fellow crocheter, I am so impressed by this.
I think it's amazing.
Firstly, that Sophia only started in February and finished it in time for Mother's Day.
She must have been working really hard for that.
I just think it's so lovely.
I actually bought my mum a scarf for Mother's Day, but now I'm thinking maybe I should have made one instead, because I feel like I've been shown up by Sophia's amazing handiwork.
Yeah, you need to step up.
And it's also a lovely blue purple two-tone here.
It is massive, this scarf.
I've got to say Sophia's absolutely smashed it.
Yeah, I feel inspired and I kind of want to make one now.
Yeah, no.
Just in time for spring.
And if you want to make one for me as well while we're here.
Yeah.
Okay, I'll just make one for everyone.
Okay, I'll make you one as well.
We can have matching Junior scarves.
I'd quite like that.
So we love to hear what our listeners and readers have been up to recently.
If you want to tell us maybe your favourite joke or what you've been doing or anything, just send us a voice note at funkidslivecom, slash theweekjunior or email hello at theweekjuniorcouk.
Now let's dive back into this week's issue of the magazine.
Eve, what's been your favourite story this week?
So my favourite story is about the partial solar eclipse that was visible in many parts of the UK on the 29th of March.
So a partial solar eclipse is when the moon passes between the sun and earth and it covers just part of the sun.
And in the sky, it kind of looks like a little bite has been taken out of it.
And so it was visible between 10 a.m. and midday on the 29th of March.
And people used special eclipse glasses and other devices to watch the moment, because it's actually unsafe to look directly at the sun without a strong filter to protect your eyes.
And I was annoyed with myself because I vaguely knew it was happening.
And then I forgot.
And then I got a notification to say, solar eclipse is happening now.
And I was thinking, oh no, I've not got anything to watch it.
So yeah, that was a bit of a shame.
But the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London did this really cool thing where they used objects like colanders to project light from the eclipse onto paper so that people could see it, which I thought was a really clever way of looking at it.
And we also had a message from Week Junior readers Ruben, Hugo and Elspeth, who viewed it at home, by making cereal box pinhole cameras, which is very clever.
And you can look up tutorials online for how to make these, but it was a safe way for the three of them to watch the eclipse, which is really cool.
That's amazing.
I love that ingenuity.
So tell me if I want to make my own viewer, when will the next solar eclipse be visible in the UK?
So the next partial eclipse visible in the UK will happen on the 12th of August, 2026.
So it's actually, you know, it's only just over a year away.
So put it in your calendars.
And during that, 89% of the sun will be covered by the moon, which is quite a lot.
And for people in some parts of Europe, that will actually be a total eclipse.
So the entire sun will be covered up by the moon.
But the next total solar eclipse visible from the UK won't happen until 2090.
So that's quite a while away.
But maybe for 2026, we can get our pinhole cameras ready.
Lovely.
Thank you very much, Eve.
That's great.
Now, Kay, what's been your pick of the week?
My favourite story is about a really cute cat that's just turned 30.
It lives with its owner in Stockport.
And it was actually owned by his wife, but she passed away.
So he's been looking after her since.
And He feeds her really well on a diet of tuna, salmon and warm chicken.
And he says he also gives her lots of cuddles as well.
Tuna, salmon and warm chicken.
Sounds delightful to me.
I wish somebody would feed me that, really.
I think that's amazing.
And how old did you say the cat was again?
30 years old.
That's incredible.
A very special cat indeed.
Now it's time for this week's big debate, and we are talking about April Fool's Day.
So here's what you've got to know.
April Fool's Day falls on the 1st of April every year.
It's a day when people play pranks on each other.
They make up outrageous stories and they play tricks or tell jokes.
So some historians say the day can be traced back to ancient Roman times because there was a festival of joy held at the end of March called Hilaria.
Now that means cheerful in Latin.
In 1957...
The BBC showed fake TV footage of spaghetti being harvested from trees, even though, of course, spaghetti is actually made of wheat, water and sometimes eggs.
But lots of people were fooled.
So the question for this week's big debate is April Fool's Day unkind.
Here's how it works.
Each person has 60 seconds to make their case.
Kay is going to go first, saying yes, it is actually an unkind thing to do.
So, Kay, whenever you're ready, take it away.
So I just think it's not nice to play pranks on people.
It might really upset someone or make them feel really stupid.
And just because it's been celebrated since Roman times doesn't make it right.
There's other more important days, such as Remembrance Day, and there's no need for April Fool's Day anymore.
It would be better to celebrate people's achievements or practice random acts of kindness, and not poke fun out of people.
So yeah, no to April Fools.
No to April Fools.
All right.
Well, that's not what Eve thinks.
Eve is a firm believer in pulling a prank.
So Eve, whenever you're ready, give us the other side of the debate.
Well, I just think April Fool's Day is just a bit of fun, really.
It's an opportunity for silly pranks and jokes and basically to have a laugh.
It's always nice to have a laugh with your friends and family.
And it's one day a year where everyone can crack jokes together.
As we know, the news can be very serious.
But on April Fool's Day, fun news headlines.
Like you said, Bec spaghetti growing on trees.
Or the other day I saw one that said Breaking news unicorn skeleton found.
And I briefly, for about five seconds, believed it, until my friends pointed out it was April Fool's Day.
But it did make me laugh.
It made my friends laugh as well because I was the April Fool in that scenario.
But, you know, it's just a nice way to make people smile and it's become a really popular tradition.
And also it's only one day a year and the pranks are only temporary.
People generally expect pranks on the day.
So they're kind of they're well prepared to expect it.
And, you know, you can then Play a prank back if you want to other people.
It's just all part of the fun.
All part of the fun, yes.
As long as it's done before midday on the day itself.
That's my rule.
Yeah, that's true, actually.
And I don't think not everyone sticks to that, because my friend did prank me in the afternoon by messaging me to say did you mean to put that up on social media?
And I, for a split second, thought, and then she was like, ah, April Fool's.
Oh, that's just a great little trick to play on.
I'm going to do that even if it's not an April Fool's day joke, to be honest.
Amazing.
I love that.
Now, we do want to know what you think about this week's April Fool's debate.
So you can tell us right now.
Go to theweekjunior.co.uk slash polls to vote online.
Or you can comment your opinion wherever it is you listen to the podcast.
Or you can record a voice note by hitting the big red button at funkidslive.com slash theweekjunior.
Now, in last week's Big Debate, Jo and Rahul discussed whether they'd be OK eating lab-grown meat.
Kay, what were the results?
Well, 71% said no, they wouldn't eat lab-grown meat.
But 29% didn't mind the idea of trying it.
Hmm.
Interesting.
Quite a high percentage there.
What did our listeners and readers have to say about this, Eve?
So one person said no, because then farmers won't have an opportunity to sell their meat.
Someone else said I would eat lab grown meat because it's not killing animals and that will help animals thrive.
And someone else said, yes, it is better for the environment and for animals.
But I have to say personally, I'm not sure how I feel about eating lab grown meat because...
I'm just kind of worried about the long-term side effects of eating it.
It seems like a very new and unusual thing.
I'm not sure how I feel about it.
Yeah, it wouldn't be my ideal.
I'm going to put that out there.
Kay, would you have it?
Would you go for it?
I actually would, because I've been trying to be vegetarian for Lent and I'm really struggling and I have slipped up and had a roast dinner at one point and might have had a barbecue last weekend of choice.
I'm trying chicken in you really hard.
I love that you went.
You could have had like a nut roast.
You could have had a lovely veggie dish, but you actively chosen i had to have a pork and pork roast with apple sauce.
Just had to it.
Just, you know, the moment the moment came, i've got to have it.
Oh gosh, i can't believe i did it all right.
Well, i mean, I'm going to put it out there.
I don't think that Lent has worked out too well for you.
It's not like even a cheeky bacon sandwich.
It's like a full roast dinner.
Okay, well, that's fascinated me.
But if you've got an opinion on this week's big debate all to do with April Fools let me know at theweekjuliacouk slash polls.
Before we go, it's time to find out the truth about this week's real or rubbish story.
Kay, can you remind me what it is, please?
So this is the story about foxes getting treated to meals with lots of their like nutritious ingredients in them.
Now it's been it's been downgraded from a restaurant to just being treated by meals here.
Okay, so i'm kind of confused about what.
What's happening here?
I know it is a it's called the urban fox diner, but it's sort of like it moves around.
It's not a.
You're like Lady and the Tramp, you know, with the spaghetti and meat.
That's what I wanted.
That's what I wanted.
But I feel like this could be a chance for people who love wildlife and foxes to look after them and look out for them.
I like the idea that it's got a name if it is real, and I appreciate that they're trying to their best.
I'm going to say the story this week is real.
I like the idea of it.
I want it to be true.
I like foxes.
So let's say it's real, shall we?
Let's do a drum roll?
No, it is rubbish.
But what?
Scientists have studied the whiskers like you know kind of crazy of 90 urban foxes and found that these animals get a third of their food from humans like human food that's been thrown away and it's not healthy at all for them.
But the whole story was made up.
Yeah, the urban fox diner doesn't exist.
I was convinced that was a slam dunk.
I was convinced that was a win.
Oh, that was good.
That was very good, Kate.
Well done.
I honestly was like, this is definitely real.
It's just a nice thing that somebody's doing in like a random cafe that they've got going on anyway.
You can start it back.
Oh my goodness.
We've made an April Fool of you.
Yes.
Not for the first five, I'm sure.
Well, congratulations.
That was quite something.
Really, I was 100% on that one.
I'm not going to lie to you.
That is it for this week's episode of The Week Junior Show.
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