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By Zoe, 14, Jill Dando News Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge students at The King Alfred School Academy’s Young Enterprise Group are celebrating being named best in Somerset. The group of sixth form students have been running their own business called ‘Threadly’ and have been named the overall winners at the
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By Amy, 14 and Evie, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondents Around 25 students competed in a Poetry Slam at Priory Community School Academy in Somerset. The students battled it out to get through to the semi-final and then three of the best were chosen to go through to the final
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By Oscar Evans, Jill Dando News Music Correspondent Famous event, Cafe Mambo, is to return to Weston Super Mare to celebrate 30 years with the town. Cafe Mambo is a bar located in Ibiza, Spain. It is known for being the best pre party point and is a good place
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By Ellise Hollie Hayward, Jill Dando News Disabilities Correspondent “If I can do it, you can do it.’ One of my massive achievements is sitting my GCSEs in secondary school. I was very lucky to have attended an amazing secondary school, I was supported, included and listened to as a
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By Finley, 10, Jill Dando News Correspondent (The Good News Post gives opportunities and platforms through Jill Dando News to allow children and young people to become real-life journalists. Here Finley, 10, shares his recent experience of meeting Mr Speaker inside Westminster) Castle Batch Primary School Academy’s news team,
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By Ellise Hollie Hayward, Jill Dando News Disabilities Correspondent A conference on June 6th at Charlton Athletic Football Club in London will further promote giving young people a voice through cutting-edge technology. The event will be hosted by LONDON - CENMAC, a small specialist team in the Greater London Area.
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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