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The Week Junior Show

Training Squirrels to collect rubbish?

The Week Junior Show

Fun Kids

News, Kids & Family, News Commentary, Education For Kids

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This week we're talking about the UK's heroes who have been honoured by King Charles and new technology that is helping young people in Wales!

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0:00.0

Hello I'm Bex and welcome to the Week Junior show The first one of 2024.

0:04.8

Today I'm joined by two of the team from the Week Junior, the magazine that's making sense of the world for 8 to 14 year olds.

0:11.2

We've got editor Vanessa and writer Joe. So in this episode we'll

0:15.2

be talking about the UK's heroes who have been honored by King Charles, some litter picking

0:20.1

squirrels in Cheshire and new technology that aims to help some young people in

0:24.2

Wales. We'll also be having a debate about whether there should be more national parks.

0:28.0

And before we dive into this week's stories, I have spotted in this week's issue of the

0:32.1

magazine a very delicious looking feature all about sugar

0:35.0

So I want to know what is your favorite sweet treat for me this will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me

0:40.1

It's chocolate I could happily eat chocolate every minute of every hour of every day.

0:45.2

Sometimes I concern myself with how much chocolate I can eat. Give me a Terry chocolate orange.

0:49.3

It is gone within about 10 seconds. Vanessa, how about you? What is your favorite sweet treat?

0:54.1

I was just having to swallow because I was thinking about my mouth is really

0:58.4

watering and thinking about chocolate a wall. Lovely, lovely. Well mine I couldn't decide and it will change it will change if you ask me in 20

1:06.3

minutes I'll change my mind again but I think I do love flapjacks and wine gums I've got a particular thing for wine gums. I bought a bag the other day and I've forgotten about how much I love them. So at the moment I'm on a wine gum jag.

1:20.0

Such an offbeat Joyce Flapjacks and winegums all right okay.

1:24.0

Joe how about you what would you go for? My favorite sweet treat has to be ice cream.

1:30.0

I've lived it since I was a child and I don't care that it's winter at the moment.

1:36.8

My freezer has ice cream in it and while I was saying that I just remembered that the best ice cream I've ever had was at a little ice

1:46.0

screen shop in Kessick in the late district. I know we're going to be talking

1:50.9

about national parks today so I thought that was quite relevant. I can't remember

1:54.0

what it was called but if anyone's listening from Kessick in the Lake District there is a fantastic

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