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By Jill Dando News The fabulous mayor of Weston-super-Mare visited enthusiastic young journalists. John Crockford-Hawley uncovered his link to Jill Dando to the student Jill Dando News journalists where the scheme began in 2017. He told the reporters how he met Jill after she started as a young journalist working
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By Emily, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent Year 9 students at The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset completed their qualifying bronze expedition of 2024. The participants completed many tasks such as planning their routes, meals and how they intended on carrying the equipment. The Duke of Edinburgh programme
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By Amelie, 12, and Evie, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondents Nine schools, from the area of Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset got to work on creating a podcast about the potential risks of social media and the impacts it has on young people’s lives. These students have done an amazing job on
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By Oliver, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent After 40 years, a well known Weston-super-Mayor has returnee to office! In 1984, Councillor John Crockford-Hawley was elected as Mayor, and at the time the youngest to have taken on the role, bringing exciting new changes to the Town Council. He was also
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By Jill Dando News The founding headteacher of Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset has released a new book about his experience in the Second World War. Arthur Spencer started as the first Headteacher in 1975 at Priory. The former World War Two bomber navigator on the famous Lancaster
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By Grace, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondent International Day of Families was a dedicated day for the people living in your home or anyone that you called family. International Day of Families promoted issues within families and also encouraged togetherness. In 1994, the United Nations declared the 15th of May
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By Jill Dando News Jacob Kemp has attended an event at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the completion of his Duke of Edinburgh Gold award. Jacob Kemp, 20, did much of his DofE volunteering while at King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge where he was also a Jill Dando News Journalist.
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By Isabella, 12 and Grace, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondents Some 10 students from Priory Community School Academy visited the Alliance Dementia Wellness Centre in Worle to get creative! The elderly customers were tremendously inviting to the children and struck up conversation immediately over a cup of tea and a
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By Evie, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondent Over 250 Priory Community School Academy students returned back to school after a successful week of ‘work experience’ in the professional world! Some of the Year 10 students travelled as far as Cornwall and some chose businesses or charities in local areas within
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By Zoe, 14, Jill Dando News Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge students at The King Alfred School Academy’s Young Enterprise Group are celebrating being named best in Somerset. The group of sixth form students have been running their own business called ‘Threadly’ and have been named the overall winners at the
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By Amy, 14 and Evie, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondents Around 25 students competed in a Poetry Slam at Priory Community School Academy in Somerset. The students battled it out to get through to the semi-final and then three of the best were chosen to go through to the final
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By Oscar Evans, Jill Dando News Music Correspondent Famous event, Cafe Mambo, is to return to Weston Super Mare to celebrate 30 years with the town. Cafe Mambo is a bar located in Ibiza, Spain. It is known for being the best pre party point and is a good place
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By Ellise Hollie Hayward, Jill Dando News Disabilities Correspondent “If I can do it, you can do it.’ One of my massive achievements is sitting my GCSEs in secondary school. I was very lucky to have attended an amazing secondary school, I was supported, included and listened to as a
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By Finley, 10, Jill Dando News Correspondent (The Good News Post gives opportunities and platforms through Jill Dando News to allow children and young people to become real-life journalists. Here Finley, 10, shares his recent experience of meeting Mr Speaker inside Westminster) Castle Batch Primary School Academy’s news team,
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By Ellise Hollie Hayward, Jill Dando News Disabilities Correspondent A conference on June 6th at Charlton Athletic Football Club in London will further promote giving young people a voice through cutting-edge technology. The event will be hosted by LONDON - CENMAC, a small specialist team in the Greater London Area.
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By Jill Dando News BBC Children in Need have launched The Heaviest Backpack campaign – are children carrying too much? They want to highlight that the issues facing children and young people across the UK are growing, with 1 in 5 children now facing a mental health issue. The campaign aims