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Hello, 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

editorial assistant Elena and writer Eve. Today we've got lots to talk about

we're going to be chatting about the spectacular opening ceremony for the Paris

2024 Summer Olympics. one of history's greatest

fossil hunters and how human stress can be passed on to dogs. We're also going to be

having a big debate about whether sandy beaches are better than pebble ones.

So speaking of beaches, I want to know what your favorite beach is.

Me, I'm going to go classic, I'm going to go old school, I'm going to go local.

I'm going to go to Bamborough Beach, which is in the northeast in Northumberland, there's a massive old

castle up there, beautiful sandy beach, lots of rock pools, and a few little

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