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By Jill Dando News BBC Children in Need have launched The Heaviest Backpack campaign – are children carrying too much? They want to highlight that the issues facing children and young people across the UK are growing, with 1 in 5 children now facing a mental health issue. The campaign aims
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By Oliver, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent Sensational Sophie, in Year 7 at Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset was inspired to swim for Cancer Research UK by her Great Nan, who died shortly before of Cancer. She has many medals from her swimming, and has reached Stage 7
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By Jill Dando News Children’s campaigner Baroness Floella Benjamin was presented with the BAFTA Fellowship at the BAFTA Television Awards. The BAFTA Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television. Baroness Benjamin is
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By Evie, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondent Two talented Year 11 students from Priory Community School Academy in Somerset, Josh Main and Ethan Ellis - have combined their talents to create a well-developed app company called ‘MainSoftworks’. They have made a phone app that is based on tips about how
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By Jill Dando News Big hearted students have raised nearly £2,000 for Malanga Primary School in Kenya. It follows on from a similar event at St Anne’s Church Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset last year which raised over £2000. When students heard that many of the children who attend
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By Africa Correspondent, Jill Dando News Big hearted students have raised nearly £2,000 for Malanga Primary School in Kenya. It follows on from a similar event at St Anne’s Church Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset last year which raised over £2000. When students heard that many of the children
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By Jill Dando News Little Oliver is only seven years old, but is already is a budding Martin Tyler. He has been given top tips from current BBC Radio Five Live football commentator Sheridan Robins. Oliver is a student at St Anne’s Church Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset and part
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By Jill Dando News Little Learners at Berrow Primary Church Academy in Somerset have been busy learning and playing together non-stop! Their current learning enquiry is 'What do we care about?'. The children have been talking about their families and creating family trees - a project that parents
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By Amelie, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondent Buzzing young journalists got interviewed outside the Houses of Parliament. Jill Dando News' outstanding team had an incredible opportunity with national news provider, BBC . The team of journalists travelled to London on to visit the Houses of Parliament, not knowing they were
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By Sam, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent Some 70 young journalists visited the Houses of Parliament in London to celebrate the legacy of the late Jill Dando. The Grand Pier, and Revo Restaurant which are on the seafront in Jill's hometown of Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset sponsored a special golden
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By Jill Dando News Oliver, 13, and other Jill Dando Journalists at Worle Community School Academy have wowed their latest patron Mr Speaker inside Parliament’s state rooms. The students travelled from their school - the former school of Jill Dando - to be hosted by Mr Speaker Sir Lindsay
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By Jill Dando News Jill Dando’s incredible life and expanding legacy has been celebrated at her former school - 25 since she died. Student ‘Jill Dando News Journalists’ at her former school hosted a coffee and walnut cake celebration of her life and fast expanding legacy on the 25th
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By Jill Dando News in Malawi Ten budding journalists from Mnjiri Secondary School, Mzimba, in Malawi will enjoy cakes baked in memory of UK journalist Jill Dando who inspires their positive journalism training. With specialist training from Kurya Ndiko Uku Community Based Organisation (CBO) and Karisa Baking Training Centre in
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By Jill Dando News People the world over are to remember the extraordinary person, life and fast-expanding global good news legacy of Jill Dando with a 7-days charity tea and cake marathon - 25 years on since she died. Jill showed positivity, enthusiasm, authenticity, humility, kindness, empathy and ambition to
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By Zoe, 15, Emily, 13, Kira, 13, and Freya, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondents Dawson, 17, has one a prestigious ‘Youth Award’ amazing service to the community and his school. The inspirational student from the King Alfred School Academy won the award at the Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge annual Civic Service
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By Oliver, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent In 2005, 20 years ago today, after 16 years without any new content, fans of the longest running science fiction series in the world, Doctor Who, were given exciting news. Russell T. Davies, a megafan of the show, was to be the showrunner,