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By Jill Dando News An 80-year-old train cleaner who works shifts until the early hours of the morning says he loves his job - and has no plans to retire just yet. William Gwyn Thomas, who used to be a dairy farmer in Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, has been cleaning trains
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By Jill Dando News Super Oliver, 12, has interviewed top entrepreneur John Amaechi OBE in the latest Business Leader partnership interview. Oliver, a student at Worle Community School Academy in Worle, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, quizzed the professor as part of an exclusive Business Leader interview in partnership with Jill Dando News
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By Jill Dando News A boy climbing the equivalent of Mount Everest to support a children's hospice said getting a £10,000 donation was a "brilliant surprise". Oscar Burrow, from Lancaster, set a target of raising £29,000 to allow 29 "poorly children to go
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By Jill Dando News This child prodigy from Torrance, California entertains the crowd and left viewers amazed with his amazing piano skills. The 4-year-old, Evan Le, stuns the audience of the show Little Big Shot by performing the “Bumblebee” song. The 4-year-old had been playing piano only for 3 months
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By Amy and India, 12, Jill Dando News @ Priory Community School Academy Two teachers successfully organised a special event selling second hand uniform and clothing to raise funds for Foodbank. Miss Dodson and Ms Page from Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset raised over £300 last week for the
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By Archie and his team of reporters at Jill Dando News Archie Matthews of Worle Community School Academy (WCSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset has done a podcast with world-renowned professor from the National History Museum, Richard Herrington. The sensational student’s resulting podcast is now available across the world. Archie is
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By Jill Dando News A charity in UK has thought up a unique way of connecting with people to help them - by transforming a classic old red British phone box into a community hub. The charity, Kath's Place, has been helping out local people for years in
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By Jill Dando News The students excelled at the Burnham-On-Sea Rotary Club’s Young Chef competition held at The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset. The youngsters were set the challenge of preparing and cooking a three-course meal in two hours with a budget of £22. The judges praised
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By Josh, 16, Jill Dando News Sports Correspondent He is not just one of the world’s best ever rappers but a campaigner for positive change. British musical hero Stormzy is heading a programme looking to "inspire change" by "addressing the lack of diversity off the pitch
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Users of the North Somerset Community Hospital in Clevedon have a new café to enjoy as they wait for their appointments, after local people and businesses came together to build a new, fit-for- the-21st century facility. The former Little Teapot was an old conservatory donated in the 1980s and converted
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By Tamsen, 14, Priory Community School Academy, Jill Dando News A charity set up in memory of a young cancer patient has raised more than £3m by selling homemade bracelets. Harry Mosely, 11, died of a brain tumour in 2011, and was called an “inspiration” by Cancer Research UK. His
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By Josh Harris, Jill Dando News Weston-super-Mare secured their 10th win in the Non-league Premier with a comfortable 3-0 win over a struggling North Leigh side. The Somerset team are the world’s only side to have the word ‘super’ in their name. And this season they are exactly that,
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By Jill Dando News Archie Matthews of Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset won the Jack Clark/CJR Award and the Outstanding Contribution to School Life Award. In a fantastic double award taking, Archie was commended for his superb character, dedication and kindness. Amid over 50 students rewarded, Ginny
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By Colby and Kieran, age 13, PCSA, Jill Dando News English teacher Sarah O’ Gorman is in Malawi right now to set up the first ever library in the town of Mzimba. Miss O’ Gorman founded Jill Dando News at Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare five years ago and
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An independent bookshop trying to secure its survival said it had received a "bonkers" £5,000 donation from film star Russell Crowe. Bookbugs and Dragon Tales in Norwich wants to raise £15,000 to give the business "breathing space" and to do more outreach work with
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A pilot has created the world’s largest portrait of Queen Elizabeth II using an aircraft to raise money for charity. Amal Larhlid flew a Piper PA-28 for two hours in the outline of a side profile of the late Queen wearing a crown, in a tribute to the monarch