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By Ellise Hollie Hayward, 21, Disabilities Correspondent, Jill Dando News This is Sam Buckingham who lives with Autism, but despite his learning difficulty he has always been a very determined young man and achieved his goals, especially becoming a Learning Support Practitioner. I asked Sam some questions about his autism
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By Samara, Mental Health Correspondent World TV legend Simon Cowell has opened up on his mental health struggles. The founder of some of the world’s biggest reality TV formats such as Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor hailed the “super positive effect” of therapy on his life.
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By Jill Dando News Dogs Trust, the nation’s leading dog welfare charity has celebrated two years of supporting dogs in Cardiff with a special event at its Cardiff Rehoming Centre. In its first two years, the charity has successfully found forever homes for 1,347 dogs creating countless heartwarming
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By Joel, 15, Jill Dando News @ WCSA Jamie Aarons has set a new time record for scaling all the mountains in Scotland higher than 3,000 feet (914m). Watch here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66027099 Ultra-runner Jamie Aarons finished the challenge in 31 days 10 hours and 27
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By Samara Siviter reporting from the concert On Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th July, Britpop legends Blur, fronted by the incredible Damon Albarn, finally accomplished a long term aim of theirs - to headline Wembley Stadium and didn't they do an incredible job of doing so? From classics
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By Jill Dando News As Roald Dahl said, kindness is the best. Kevin Bonecutter is on a mission to save make that known. His goal is to complete 143 acts of kindness in 40 days. "I think once you start to radiate that, you're out there trying
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By Jill Dando News A diver miracously found someone’s lost iphone in the ocean and retuned it to them. Ocean cleanup founder Alex Schulze has collected plenty of cell phones from the ocean, but only one has turned on. “Most of the time, the [phones] are basically locked up
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By Evie, 11, Jill Dando News @ PCSA A school has achieved a prestigious accolade for its incredible work on character education. Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset has successfully achieved the 'School Of Character' Quality Mark by the Association of Character Education. To win the accolade, students
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A team of staff from local media, marketing and technology company scaled the UK’s three peaks in a bid to raise money for its regional charity partner, Gympanzees. The event, which took place on Saturday 10 June, saw the team climb the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales
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By Jill Dando News “Three years ago my lung function was 11% and I was hours from death, then I received the gift of life – which was Trikafta.” These are the words of Nicole Adams, from Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland as she joins other cystic fibrosis (CF) patients to call for
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By Jill Dando News Russell Cook is running the whole length of Africa for charity… in just 240 days. The miracle man will overcome deserts, rainforests and predators to do the feat. Starting in South Africa, the 26-year-old Briton is aiming to reach the most northerly point in Tunisia by
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By Archie and his team of reporters at Jill Dando News Archie Matthews of Worle Community School Academy (WCSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset has done a podcast with world-renowned professor from the National History Museum, Richard Herrington. The sensational student’s resulting podcast is now available across the world. Archie is
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By Jill Dando News The fabulous pupils Castle Batch Primary School Academy (CBPSA) in Weston-super-Mare, have won the prestigious international green eco-flag for their brilliant environmental work. It follows their amazing work in making their school more environmentally friendly and raising eco-awareness in fellow pupils. A staggering number of 48
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By Jill Dando News Well this could be good news for fish, sealife, people and the planet. The pioneering technology of The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch project developing systems to clean up the floating plastic from the oceans, could remove 90 per cent of this plastic by 2040, says the
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By Josh, 16, Jill Dando News Sports Correspondent He is not just one of the world’s best ever rappers but a campaigner for positive change. British musical hero Stormzy is heading a programme looking to "inspire change" by "addressing the lack of diversity off the pitch
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Users of the North Somerset Community Hospital in Clevedon have a new café to enjoy as they wait for their appointments, after local people and businesses came together to build a new, fit-for- the-21st century facility. The former Little Teapot was an old conservatory donated in the 1980s and converted