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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
Animals
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
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By Oscar, 13, Music Correspondent, Jill Dando News @ WCSA It’s really good news if you are a fan of the world iconic band The Beatles. After a week of build up by the Beatles, they have released what is their “final song”. The finale song called “Now And Then”
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By Zoe, Grace and Bella, Jill Dando News @ TKASA Burnham-on-Sea’s carnival in Somerset, UK took place this week and, as always, attracted a huge crowd. The roads were filled with a sea of bright lights and colours; there were several impressive floats at the fun-filled evening with a variety
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By Jill Dando News Zach, 10, of Ashcombe Primary School got to meet his star footballing hero Dayle Grubb at Weston Football Club - and at the same time wrote up the first post Covid19 Jill Dando News story. Dale has been a star striker for many years and also
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By Jill Dando News Samara Siviter, 19, Mental Health Correspondent for the UK newspaper the Good News Post, has been offered a place in the grand finals of the UK National Miss Pageant for 2024. The inspirational teenager, (left on the photo) a former student of The King Alfred School
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By Oliver, 13, and reporters, Jill Dando News @ WCSA and PCSA Jill Dando News is sending books to Malawi in Africa to help set-up a library there thanks to help from North Somerset Council’s library service. Reporters from Jill Dando News at Worle Community School Academy (WCSA) and Priory