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An Apple and Wi-Fi expert is now advising the world’s businesses to plan post COVID-19 Internet strategy to save the economy billions after coronavirus lockdown financial devastation Dan Jones, Head of Maven Consultancy in Somerset, England is helping produce a plan to ensure that businesses are not handicapped by
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Story and photo by Jill Dando News Enthusiastic Olivia Finch, 15, of Worle Community School Academy (WCSA) was made Head Girl after four outstanding years at the high achieving and caring Academy. Olivia was part of the first group of students to set up the Jill Dando News Centre in
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By the Founding Editor The world in 2020 has reached saturation point with rolling 24/7 365 bad news. The tide has turned, and now there is a fast growing demand for positive good news from the public. In 2020, after COVID-19, Brexit fury on both sides, and 19 years
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The Bristol-based company Community of Purpose created a new programme, ‘Board Games for Bored Kids’, which delivers games and food to some of the city’s most disadvantaged children. The city has 13,500 children on Free School Meals, which includes 70% of children living in South Bristol. COP has
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The latest The Post, packed full of good news is going out across shops and places in a town and county. Written by Jill Dando reporters aged 8 to 18, it features excellent stories from schools and the community, and to cheer people up. Thousands of copies are going out
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An Academy is working with primary schools across Weston and Worle in Somerset. to inspire future Greta Thunbergs and set up ‘Green Teams’ to help the community and environment. Jack Clark, 15, of Worle Community School Academy will take his fellow eco students into primary schools to set up green
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By Jill Dando News Award-winning Worle Community School Academy raised nearly £3000 for The Priory Learning Trust Charity of the year In Charley’s Memory. The popular Weston-super-Mare Academy in Somerset also raised £588.07 for Sport Relief and £463.60 for Children In Need by sharing the money raised
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By Good News Post reporter Kiera Shoemake, 18 St Anne’s Church Academy’s latest staff member is Maggie the new school therapy dog. The excellent weston-super-Mare primary school in Somerset will be welcoming their four-legged friend in September. During the lockdown, Mrs Few adopted the five-month beautiful white and
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A vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and triggers an immune response, according to reports. The early-stage trial showed the vaccine is “safe, causes few side effects, and induces strong immune responses”, results published in the Lancet said. Trials involving 1,077 people showed the injection led
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By Jill Dando News Students Olivia Finch and Jack Clark of WCSA interviewed Somerset’s Weston super Mare MP John Penrose. They covered issues on climate change and associated problems accelerated by COVID-19. Both the students have years of experience of interviewing, despite their age of 15. Olivia was one
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Stacey Leatherby of The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset has been delivering food parcels to families for months. Along with fellow staff member Suzanne Lawrence, Stacey collects weekly donations from local supermarkets and takes them to grateful local families. She signed up for the FareShare scheme 18 months
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By Olivia, 15, and Jack, 15, Jill Dando News In 2013 Belinda Bradley left Worle Community School Academy in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. Within just a few years she had campaigned against the biggest digital force in the world and, against all the odds, won the battle. Now Google Maps have introduced
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By Olivia, 15, Jill Dando News Worle Community School Academy has been named one of the top performing Hegarty Maths schools in the country, ranking in the top 10% for the amount of videos watched by their students. The official title of ‘Hegarty Maths Super School’ was awarded after a
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By Jill Dando News Former rugby star Jake Caulfield is back at Priory Community School Academy after training to be a teacher at The Priory Learning Trust in Somerset Jake is current Head Coach at North Petherton RFU and has played rugby for England and Ireland, as well as Bath
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Story and photo by Jill Dando News Jack Clark is the Greta Thunberg of Worle Community School Academy in Somerset where this week he was crowned Head Boy. He has continued to lead 20 students in the Climate Justice Revolution Group he set up even during the COVID-19 lockdown, driving
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By Jill Dando News Dan Jones is also a speaker at some of the globe’s biggest Wi-Fi events and helps organisations to get the best quality Wi-Fi in the world. The highflying Wi-Fi IT genius left Worle Community School Academy in Worl, Weston-super-Mare 2002, and has worked at London’