The Week Junior - UK (2022-03-19)

19 March 2022 • The Week Junior 27

That’s unbelievable!

*Rubbish! A cinema didn’t release a colony of bats into a cinema during a

but a filmgoer did sneak one in and set it loose. The film The Batman screening of

was paused for a short time and the bat flew out of an emergency exit door.

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Woman wants to hold on to FART

A woman in the US is fighting hard to hold on to her “FART” car registration plate.

Karly Sindy bought it in October but has now been told that members of the

public have complained about it. To keep it, she has to prove that the word

is important to her, so she set up a hiking group called Friends of Asheville

Recreational Trails (or F.A.R.T.) and told the authorities about it. The group now

has a website and merchandise. Sindy said 15 people turned up when she held

a meeting for the group.

Legend plays for pub team

Football fans in the village of Hanwood in Shropshire, England, got a treat

when Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos made an appearance for a local pub

team called Bull In The Barne FC. The club won a competition that was

organised to raise money for a charity called Football Without Borders. Carlos

won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002 and was a Champions League winner

three times with Real Madrid. However, despite scoring a penalty, Carlos

couldn’t prevent Bull In The Barne FC from losing 4-3 to Harlescott Rangers.

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Brrr! Incredible ice record broken

A man from Poland has broken the world record for the longest time someone has

spent with their body submerged in ice. Valerjan Romanovski spent three hours

and 28 seconds in a tank of ice in a street in Lithuania, smashing the previous

record of two hours, 35 minutes, 33 seconds. When he came out of the ice he was

wrapped in blankets to make sure he safely returned to a normal temperature.

Romanovski said the record was “a sign that I have mastered a given field”.

Cinema lets out bats for film

A cinema in Austin, US, has been criticised for releasing 50 bats into a crowded

auditorium (place where the audience sits) before a screening of the new film

The Batman. Videos on social media showed filmgoers fleeing as the bats

caused havoc. An employee could be heard shouting, “If you are uncomfortable

being in the dark with the bats, please remove yourself now.” The manager

apologised and offered everyone free tickets to another showing. He admitted

the cinema had gone “too far” in its attempt to make the screening as

atmospheric as possible. What do you think? Is this real or have we gone batty?*

Valerjan Romanovski lasted

more than three hours.

Don’t let bats

steal your popcorn.

People are supporting

the F.A.R.T. group.

Roberto Carlos with his

teammates for the day.