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By Oliver, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent Year seven student Roman has reached 200 positives in two months - the first in his year to beat the milestone. The student of Worle Community School Academy, Weston super Mare, Somerset, part of The Priory Learning Trust, is blazing a trial in
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By Ellise Hollie Hayward, 21, Disabilities Correspondent, Jill Dando News (Ellise Hollie Hayward is the Disabilities Correspondent for Jill Dando News and the Good News Post. She started the role after giving yet another motivational talk - this time at Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, the school that paved
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By Oliver, 13, Jill Dando News A Cornish canine, Daisy led her owner, Michele Rose, to her distressed cat stuck down a mineshaft. Whilst talking to the BBC, Michele said that she had almost ‘given up hope’ on Mowgli, the cat, returning. Last year, she adopted Mowgli and Baloo, and
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By Oscar, 13, Music Correspondent, Jill Dando News Emilio, 20, who went to the same school as former TV star Jill Dando, made Simon Cowell’s jaw drop on America’s Got Talent. Emilio Santoro, a former student of Worle Community School Academy (WCSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, was performing
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By Jill Dando News A Good Samaritan who has surprised strangers with random acts of kindness every day for the past three years has been honoured. Sebbie Hall, 20, was crowned the UK’s 2023 Kind Hero on World Kindness Day. He was honoured with a statue near Tower Bridge
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By Jill Dando News Poppy Mackay won the first round of the Rotary Young Chef competition held at The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset. She carried off a points total of 168 with her menu of venison steak and a desert of strawberry mille feuille. Over 50 people
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Story and photos by Zoe, Jill Dando News A small group of students from The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset and Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare were given the opportunity to visit Exeter College which is one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University. To start off
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By Zoe, Jill Dando News @ TKASA Fantastic students hosted Royal British Legion dignitaries for Remembrance Day. The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset, hosted Royal British Legion dignitaries to remember those who made a huge sacrifice for our country. Staff, Prefects, and members of the Royal British Legion took
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By Jaiden, 12, Jill Dando News @ PCSA Students have created poppies for the remembrance of the people who died from casualties like from the World Wars. As part of their citizenship program, over 1000 students at Priory Community School Academy (PCSA) created poppies for Remembrance Day, which is on the
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By Jill Dando News Waitrose is the first UK retailer to use renewable natural gas to power tractors at its farm in an industry leading move. It is a significant step towards reaching net zero across their own operations by 2035. They announced in 2021 that we will use they
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By Jill Dando News A lovely homeless cat stunned its carers after they discovered it had two noses. Staff and volunteers at Cats Protection’s Warrington Adoption Centre in Cheshire, England originally thought the four-year-old moggy just had a rather large nose. A check-up by the centre’s vet revealed
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By Jill Dando News The original Hovis "boy on the bike" has returned to the scene of the iconic advert 50 years after it first aired. Carl Barlow was 13 when he starred in the commercial, pushing a bike with a basket of bread up Gold Hill in
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By Oscar, 13, Music Correspondent, Jill Dando News A former Jill Dando Student, Lewis, 17, has been invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall! Lewis, 17, an excellent former Worle Community School Academy and Jill Dando Student was invited by Barnardo’s Ambition to perform at The Royal Albert
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By Jill Dando News John Lewis ad for 2023 celebrates classic and changing Christmas traditions and the joy we find in sharing them together The campaign follows the launch of the John Lewis Festive Traditions Tracker 2023*, a new report revealing both the eternal and changing ways the nation celebrates
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By Jill Dando News Children have been showcasing their artistic talents as part of a scheme calling for global climate justice. Youngsters from St. Anne’s Church Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset have been working on a project called Creative for Climate Justice – using artwork and creativity to explain how they
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By Ellise Hollie Hayward, 21, Disabilities Correspondent, Jill Dando News Can you imagine not having a voice? Not being able to communicate your thoughts and feelings? This is the case for many who are born with or acquire conditions that cause speech difficulties. To support communication, many people use AAC