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By Ellise Hollie Hayward, Disabilities Correspondent "Rob Frank - Tell us a little about yourself" My name is Rob Franks and I'm 45 years old. I live in Poole, Dorset with my beautiful wife, 2 children Harry and Ollie, our 2 dogs Lexi and Murphy and
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By Emily 13, Freya 14 and Kira 14, Jill Dando News Correspondents Students of The King Alfred School Academy’s Wilding Club visited Somerset Wildlands to learn more about biodiversity and to gather ideas for future projects. The club, which meets every Thursday after school during period 6, focuses on
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By Jill Dando News A two-year-old boy named Laurent has become an international artistic sensation after selling his horse, cat, and duck paintings for thousands of euros. The genius 'pint-sized Picasso' saw his abstract and colourful works sold to galleries. His mother, Lisa Schwarz, realized his talent on
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By Grace, 13 and Bella, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondents The students and staff at TKASA in Highbridge, Somerset celebrated National School Sports Week. National School Sports Week is an annual campaign that promotes the importance of physical education, sport, and play in schools. TKASA embraced the spirit of NSSW
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By Amelie and Evie, Jill Dando News Correspondents Teaching and non-teaching staff of Priory Community School Academy Somerset were surprised with an ice-cream treat to celebrate them on National Thank a Teacher Day. At 3:30pm after students had departed, music blared through the tannoy to announce that the ice-cream
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By Jill Dando News The Donate For Defib WsM Project Team provided vital training to staff at Howards Motor Group in Weston-super-Mare, somerset. The session covered Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and how to use a defibrillator, potentially life-saving skills. The training came about after Josh Bell, Co-Leading Partner of the Donate
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By Jill Dando News The Good Shepherd charity in Wolverhampton is gearing up for its annual "Miles into Meals" fundraising campaign, set to kick off on June 20th. The month-long initiative aims to raise £10,000 to support the organization's services for homeless individuals and those
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By Jill Dando News in Malawi The honorable minister Jacob Hara visited Mnjiri Community Day Secondary School in Malawi to open the construction of a computer lab. Mnjiri students were excited because the member of parliament Jacob Hara officially opened the construction of a new structure, Information Communication Technology (ICT)
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By Sam, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent @ PCSA A teacher from Weston-Super-Mare is teaming up with locals in Malawi to build Mzimba town’s very first library to promote education and literacy. “We aim to give the people of Mzimba a beacon of inspiration” says Sarah O’Gorman, fundraiser and
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By Elliette, 10, and Ollie, 10, Jill Dando News Correspondents PCSO's have been going into Year 5 classes at the brilliant Ashcombe Primary School, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Here are a few things the primary school children have learnt. PCSOs are community champions and problem solvers who make a
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By Evie, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondent @ PCSA Amazing volunteers are saving lives by running 5K to help an amazing charity. They will run Race for Life in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset on the Seafront Beach near the world famous Grand Pier and Revo Kitchen and Terrace. Since 1994, 10 million people
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By Jill Dando News An entrepreneur has launched crowdfunding campaign to build all-inclusive adventure play centre Family-run business Ogeg Ltd, founded by Matt Jeffery, has launched a crowdfunding campaign aimed at raising £65,000 to build an all-inclusive adventure play centre in the Swindon area. Ogeg Ltd, named after the
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By Jill Dando News A fast-improving school on route to an exciting future has reaffirmed its consistent policies on uniform. Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset is rolling out its visionary culture and ethos to become part of Britain’s biggest academy trust, United Learning, with initiatives aimed at
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By Sam, 13 and Jaiden, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondents Some 14 students from Priory Community School Academy in Somerset visited the Alliance Dementia Wellness Centre in Worle to get creative! The elderly customers were extremely inviting to the children and struck up conversation immediately over a cup of tea
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By Jill Dando News Sam, 12, of Priory Community School Academy in Somerset recently organised and ran a pre-loved uniform sale. All the money donated was used to buy essential items for Weston Foodbank which is the school's charity of the year. Pre-loved school uniform items were collected
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By Jill Dando News A former Worle Community School Academy resident has attended an event at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the completion of her Duke of Edinburgh Gold award. Olivia Finch, 18, did much of her DofE volunteering while at Worle and The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Also