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By Jill Dando News Several young swimmers are celebrating success after taking part in two leading events this month. Taking part in his first Welsh National Summer Championships, Leo Woodrow, 12, from Somerset, UK scooped five medals from the nine events he entered. The Championships took place over five days
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By Jill Dando News Four young archery enthusiasts from Burnham-On-Sea in Somerset, UK have brought home a haul of medals after competing in Archery GB’s annual Youth Festival Tournament in Shropshire this month. The members of Burnham Company of Archers - all part of The King Alfred School Academy
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A former student of two The Priory Learning Trust (TPLT) schools is appearing in a new McDonalds TV advert as her acting career progresses. Poppy Puttock, 19, formerly of Berrow Primary School in Somerset and Highbridge’s The King Alfred School Academy, is featured in the food company’s latest
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By Jill Dando News Brilliant Year 12 students from Highbridge’s King Alfred School Academy have taken part in a 12.6 mile beach walk from Burnham-On-Sea to Brean Down and back in Somerset to raise charity funds. The school’s annual Rag Week – ‘Raising and Giving’ – began on Monday
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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
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By Jill Dando News A young archery enthusiast has won a silver medal in a top national tournament. Darragh Joyce of The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset competed at the Archery GB Youth Festival, a national tournament at Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire. In the Under 18