And that over 1,000 new planes take off for the first time each year! But before all of that, it can take at least 5 years to design a new passenger plane from concept to first commercial flight, and ...

VTOLs or Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicles take off vertically… straight up, then fly like a plane before landing again vertically. They sound fantasy, but by the year 2030, you might be hopping ...

France is cheese heaven! From Camembert to Roquefort, they produce at least 350 official types, but some say there are over 1 ...

Fun Kids Pop Hits - the children's radio station playing the biggest hits around for kids of all ages.

When the Empire Windrush set sail from the Caribbean to the UK, it was carrying a wide range of interesting people… and a stowaway seagull called Sam! The Empire Windrush arrived in Britain from ...

You might have a year 6 prom or older kids might have a year 10 or 12 prom but the idea of the prom actually started in 19th-century American universities, where formal “promenades” were hosted to ...

Get ready, book lovers! It’s time to celebrate the stories and storytellers that have captured the hearts and imaginations of young readers across the UK – with The Week Junior Book Awards! These ...

The festival is celebrating its eleventh birthday this year! Over 100 author events, performances and free activities will take place around beautiful Barnes‘ pond. The festival always attracts ...

Tents go all the way back 40,000 years! The earliest known tent-like shelters date to around 40,000 BC, built by prehistoric hunter-gatherers from branches, animal skins, and leaves. That’s way old – ...

Talking Adverts Began Over 100 Years Ago! The very first radio adverts were heard in the 1920s on New York radio station ‘WEAF’. Early radio in the UK was run by the BBC which doesn’t carry adverts.

Rainbow is a Bolivian squirrel monkey, these monkey usually live in tropical forests in central and south America. Why did they call it Rainbow? They called it Rainbow because it was born two months ...