For Kids

You can be one of the very first people to read our incredible children’s book, The Story of Rilee. The Story of Rilee is our debut storybook, introducing Rilee, a very old, very special car brought back to life in a world very different from the one he remembered. Alongside new friends Luxy and Eco, […]

Lego has just introduced something totally new: Smart Bricks! These new blocks can light up, make sounds, and react to movement. Lego showed off the Smart Bricks at a tech event in Las Vegas called CES 2026, and they say it’s their biggest idea in nearly 50 years! The first Smart Brick set coming out […]

Thanks to a generous gift from local businessman Guy Nicholls, Kesgrave is getting a brand-new BMX pump track. It will be built in early 2026, and Guy, who leads the Tru7 Group, is funding the entire project himself at a cost of over £100,000! A pump track is a special type of looped path made […]

Imagine a truck that can drive through deep water, climb muddy hills, pull heavy machines, and still be safe and gentle to the planet. Sounds like a superhero, right? Well, Mercedes-Benz has built a real-life hero truck called the Unimog! The Environment Agency has added two of these wonderful machines to its fleet of specialist […]

A German engineer has made history as the first wheelchair user to travel to space. Michaela Benthaus was one of six passengers aboard a Blue Origin capsule on a ten-minute suborbital flight. The rocket lifted off and crossed the Kármán line, the internationally recognised boundary of space, before descending back to Earth. After landing, Michaela […]

Merry Christmas from Rilee, Luxy, and Eco! 2026 is going to be a very exciting year so we all hope you have a fantastic Christmas and we will see you very soon!

It’s going to be an extremely busy day and night for Father Christmas. Rilee and his friends are keeping a close eye on his progress to make sure he is on track to deliver presents to everyone. You can track Father Christmas right here: Read more news for kids here

Back in the 1920s, a British car company called Star of Wolverhampton made cars that were perfect for racing. These cars competed in some of the world’s earliest big races! One of these cars was raced by one of the most famous racers of all time, Sir Malcolm Campbell. Sir Campbell would later set land […]

NASA has just introduced 10 brand-new astronauts who might one day visit the Moon or even walk on Mars! These astronauts were chosen from more than 8,000 people who all dreamed of working in space. After lots of tests and interviews, NASA picked six women and four men who are scientists, engineers, and test pilots. […]

OMODA UK, the UK’s fast-growing car brand, helped celebrate the UK premiere of Avatar: Fire and Ash. The premiere took place on 11th December 2025 at the BFI IMAX, one of the biggest cinemas in the UK! Some of the film’s stars and filmmakers showed up to walk the blue carpet. Normally, this would be […]

Hey, I’m Rilee. Last month I got to go to London for a very special evening at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, just around the corner from Buckingham Palace. It was an amazing evening, full of very important people all looking very smart and dapper. The awards happen every year and they celebrate […]

This weekend on BBC Strictly Come Dancing Paddington and Tom Fletcher hit the dancefloor for a musical performance of “The Bear in the Ballroom”. Backed by a live band accompanying Tom Fletcher’s piano and vocals, the performanced was accompanied by a beautiful routine from the Strictly professionals before Paddington made an appearance to complete the […]

Did you know that the cars we have on the road today can be made more sustainable simply by changing the fuel they use? Rilee’s friend Eco runs on synthetic fuel, which is much better for the planet. This is how it’s made.

We launched Bridge Classic Cars Kids just over a year ago with the aim of using storytelling, classic cars, and sustainability to inspire children to fall in love with our history as much as we have. With our debut story, “The Story of Rilee“, coming out very soon, it is an extremely exciting time for […]

Tonight is a very special one for us, as Craig and Gordon are at the RAC Historic Motoring Awards, as Bridge Classic Cars Kids has been named one of just three finalists in the Innovation category. Our kids project started with the goal of inspiring the next generation of car lovers, so being recognised in […]

The brand-new Hot Wheels Formula 1 Grand Prix Race Circuit is one of the 15 most-wanted toys for 2025, according to the official DreamToys list The track lets you toy versions of real Formula 1 cars around at high speeds and they can even overtake each other. twisting, turning track. There’s also a lap counter […]

In the reception area of the main entrance to Addenbrooke’s Hospital is a huge pillar. On that pillar is some amazing facts on the hospital. These fun facts show just how important and special our medical staff are: Walking from one end of the hospital to the other would be like walking over 1000 steps. […]

Salford City Council has started using one of the UK’s very first all-electric bin lorries in the form of the Mercedes-Benz eEconic. It weighs 27 tonnes, can empty 1200 bins a day, and is 100% electric! Mercedes-Benz eEconic Drivers Like It “My biggest worry was whether it would complete the route, but on my longest […]

It is BBC Children in Need today! BBC Children in Need is a UK-based charity that works to help children and young people facing tough times, whether that’s because their family is low-income, or because they don’t have the right equipment, support or services at home. It was launched in 1980, and its famous mascot […]

If you like space, then you might have heard about Sen and their very special cameras that stream live video of the Earth from the International Space Station. These cameras show a live view from the ISS almost all of the time. If you want to see what it might be like to be an […]

We are very excited that our favourite bear from Peru is coming to London for his very own musical! PADDINGTON The Musical looks like it’s going to be an incredible show! The Musical In the live show, Paddington arrives in London after a long journey all the way from Peru. He meets the Brown family, […]

The Tudor Rose Dragster was first built in 1967 by two men called Dennis Priddle and Rex Sluggett. They put in a big, powerful engine known as a Keith Black 426 Hemi. This type of engine was made to go extremely fast! In 1968, the Tudor Rose raced for the first time at Santa Pod […]

We are incredibly proud to have been named a finalist in the innovation category at The Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards 2025 with Bridge Classic Cars Kids. Bridge Classic Cars Kids was launched at the end of 2023 with the aim of helping to inspire and educate children on the importance of our history and […]

There are lots of companies that are trying to make self-driving cars something that we see on the roads every day.  Two of the recent companies to help make self-driving cars possible are Lucid Motors and Stellantis. Both of these are teaming up with a computer company called NVIDIA to make it happen in the […]

On the 15th November 2025, six driverless race cars will compete in a fast and futuristic final at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. These cars don’t need drivers because they’re completely autonomous. That means they use computers, sensors, and software to drive themselves (and they can drive really fast!) It’s part of the […]

The Space Exploration Network (Sen) have partnered with Zoo55, part of ITV Studios to bring us an amazing new channel, Space Live, accessible, for free, through our ITVX accounts. Powered by Sen, it streams stunning live footage of our planet, in high quality 4K, shot from video cameras on board the International Space Station. Imagine […]

Welcome to our Theatre in Education workshop, The Story of Rilee. This is an interactive, immersive performance designed especially for primary schools (KS1, KS2) that helps children learn about history, sustainability, and being creative. In our live theatre experience, pupils will meet Rilee, a classic car from 1905, who is brought back to life using […]

This is Luxy. Luxy might look like a classic car from the 1960s but she has a secret hidden under her bonnet. She runs on electricity! With her electric motor, Luxy can keep up with all the modern cars out there on the road. She still has all of her stories to share from her […]

This is the 1902 Arrol‑Johnston Dogcart. It is extremely old and looks like it should be pulled along the road by a horse. However, it doesn’t need a horse to help it move as it has an engine. This is one of the oldest cars that is still around today. Back in the early 1900s, […]

Meet a friendly robot dog that was having lots of fun making new friends recently. More videos of this robot dog and some other robot friends (including a bus that doesn’t need a driver) will be coming very soon.