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By Jill Dando News Congratulations to Tom, Year 11 at The King Alfred School Academy (TKASA) in Highbridge, Somerset. He has been nominated for the England Cricket Board and Somerset County Cricket Up and Coming Grassroots player award. It not only recognises his playing achievements but also his volunteering within
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We are a local, UK and world newspaper – training up young people to be ‘good news’ Jill Dando News reporters. The Good News Post covers positive stories from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, across the UK and the world – all in memory of the kind, smiling and humble BBC journalist Jill Dando. Since
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By Jill Dando News Pupils at Pawlett Primary School Academy in Somerset are thriving in their reading. In classes across the school, ‘superstar readers’, who read three or more times at home in a week are celebrated. Books include Gulliver’s Travels and The Lost World. The school is part
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By Jill Dando News Hundreds of children aged 8 to 18 have been writing real-life positive good news stories since the start of Jill Dando News in 2017. Uniquely, they write real-life news from Jill’s home town and county of Weston super Mare and Somerset, but also across the
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By Jill Dando News Families with children in Year 5 or Year 6 are being invited to view the ambitious Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset for a Family Breakfast. Prospective pupils, parents and carers are welcome between 9.30am and 11.30am on Saturday 8th October. There will
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By Colby and Kieran, age 13, PCSA, Jill Dando News As one brilliant new pre-school opens at a school in Jill Dando’s former town, pupils are sending books to a new nursery just opened in Africa. Little Learners pre-school has opened at Castle Batch Primary School Academy in Weston-super-Mare,
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By Jill Dando News A mental health charity has expanded its projects to boost peoples mental well-being. Wellspring Counselling, based in Nailsea, North Somerset, UK is expanding its affordable Counselling services to adults and young people. They have just taken on five extra counsellors and are involved in training four
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By Jill Dando News James Smith took part in Sunday’s London Marathon to raise vital funds for a Burnham and Highbridge charity in Somerset that provides mental health support. James, a former The King Alfred School Academy student in Highbridge, took on the 26.2-mile challenge to raise funds
Animals
By Jill Dando News When WWII Veteran Bill Gladden heard that terrier Cody was having a difficult time finding a new home, he offered to he offered to paint the one-year-old dog. He hoped his portrait might help the RSPCA find the mischievous little dog a kind and loving home.
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By Jill Dando News Royal super-fan Terry Hutt travelled from Jill Dando’s childhood home in Somerset to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state. He made the journey before the Queen’s funeral after a kind-hearted samaritan offered to help him. Mr Hutt has been ever-present at significant royal
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By Jill Dando News Jill Dando News Reporters got tips from a real life journalist, Charlie Williams from the Weston Mercury – the same paper where Jill started her career. Charlie told reporters what it was like to be a journalist and answered questions on a range of topics including what
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By Jill Dando News A unique inspirational Chilli charity has been launched to transform lives, just a short journey from Jill Dando’s childhood home. Lives have already been changed for the better, all at a farm in Somerset near Weston-super-Mare - with delicious chilli as the item being made
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By Jill Dando News A super 93-year-old grandmother who has just completed her fifth wing-walk for charity said she was first inspired to strap herself to a plane by a chocolate bar advert on TV. Fearless fundraising It was the fifth wing walk for daredevil pensioner Betty Bromage, from Cheltenham,
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By Jill Dando News Pupils at The Huntspill Primary Academies have earned an international accreditation for their amazing eco work. They have helped make their school more environmentally friendly and raised eco-awareness in fellow pupils to win the Eco-Schools Green Flag. Pupils collaborated with Mrs Loach to conduct an environmental
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By Jill Dando News Children at Little Learners are thriving in their wonderful new facilities at Castle Batch Primary School Academy (CBPSA). They were previously at Priory Preschool for over 25 years at Priory Community School Academy (PCSA) This week the excited children have been enjoying their fabulous inside and
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By Jill Dando News The King Alfred School Academy opened its doors on its Open Evening in Highbridge, Somerset with dozens of students showing families around its fantastic campus. The academy, which also has a thriving Sixth Form, is one of the region’s fastest improving schools and now has