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By Jill Dando News Marketing, media and technology group, the Ascot Group, continues to support the local community through its partnership with Weston College by welcoming two new digital marketing apprentices. Sam Cherry and Harry Lynn will be joining forces with the team for the next 18 months to help
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By Oliver, 12 As the Summer season approaches, where better to host a brick festival than by the seaside! As the first seaside town to do so, Weston enthusiasts of all ages came to Hutton Moor Leisure Centre in Weston-super-Mare . They participated in a wide range of brick-based activities, such
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By Jill Dando News Chatter and Natter tables are taking to the nation to help cure loneliness. Hundreds of venues have signed up to the scheme, in cafes, pubs, libraries, hospitals – anywhere that people can sit and chat over a coffee. The aim is to kickstart conversations, get people chatting
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By Zoe, Year 9, Jill Dando News Inspirational student Jack Clark of The King Alfred School Academy 6th form, in Highbridge, Somerset got a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party to celebrate King Charles III Coronation. He was previously of Worle Community School Academy,
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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 The world leading Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm are finalists in a prestigious award. They won through the final stages of teh Accessible and Inclusive tourism in the Visit England Awards for Excellence! Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in North Somerset, England has been working
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By Jill Dando News The Princess of Wales, Patron of Anna Freud, joined a special event to mark Mental Health Awareness Week. She took part in expert-led conversations on how we can build the mental wellbeing of current and future generations and learning about interactive activities undertaken by secondary school
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By Jill Dando News Pet parrots have been forming friendships through technology. It’s true that these feathered wonders are smart and social. Now scientists have studied 18 of the pet birds to see whether they could use technology to forge relationships. The parrots were taught to ring a bell
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By Jill Dando News They’ve been around far longer than us, singing, eating and being calm, and now apparently they are a key to a mental health boost. It’s guaranteed you have never seen a bird having a breakdown - there is so much to learn from the
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Older students mentor younger in remarkable confidence boosting reading project By Jill Dando News An amazing new mentoring project has begun with older students reading to younger ones. The older Year 10 students and younger Year 7 students at Priory Community School Academy (PCSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset are working together.
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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 Evie, 11, Jill Dando News @ Priory Community School Academy Enya, 15, found a way to help her cope with her anxiety: she started boxing. An English charity is helping young people to deal with their anxiety through boxing. Enya had severe anxiety and struggled with her eating. However, she
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By Jill Dando News at St Anne’s Church Academy in West Wick Charlie, 10, from St Anne’s Church Academy in West Wick is celebrating at winning a brilliant award. Charlie has been working hard in rugby and has shown perseverance to reach his biggest achievement yet! Last Sunday,
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By Jill Dando News Meet Bobi the dog who is showing us all a lesson in longevity - and his owners put it down to nature and the countryside. The Portuguese farm dog has been named the oldest living dog ever and his celebrating with a special party. Friends are
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The boss of one of Britain’s fastest growing mental health charities is demanding PM Riski Sunak urgently copies America’s good news push for a fast-track ban on the ‘sinisterly addictive’ social media for kids. Dawn Carey, CEO of In Charley’s Memory said unfunded charities such as hers
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By Jill Dando News BBC TV and radio visited a popular primary school as its thriving multi academy trust launched their Teacher for the Day initiative to recruit even more top-class staff. Principal Sally Taylor of Castle Batch Primary School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset hosted BBC TV and radio