John Colfox News Today

CROWDS gathered in Bridport to celebrate the return of the annual Christmas Cheer event in the town.

PUPILS across west Dorset celebrated an excellent round of GCSE results last week.

Yeovil apprentices recognised for hard work during pandemic 50 successful apprentices have been celebrated Eleanor House (left) and Joshua Wiltshire (right) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexpla...

A SCHOOLS prize giving ceremony was a celebration of student achievement in a very difficult year. The awards were awarded to students in years 11 to 13 at the Sir John Colfox Academy in an event before the Christmas holidays. The ceremony took place during the school day with students from each year group bubble receiving their awards in a Covid-secure manner. Staff said it was important the ceremony went ahead considering what everyone had been through this year. Unfortunately, the ...

Schoolboy sets up farming business after renting neighbours land to rear flock of sheep He was just 12 when he found a patch of land to start Wills Lambs Will Banham, 13 A 13-year-old entrepreneur schoolboy has set up a farming business after renting a neighbours land to rear his flock of sheep. Young farmer William Banham has fed, watered and wormed eight animals before taking them to be slaughtered and selling on the produce. William, of Long Bredy, Dorset, whos not from a farming background...

AN INSPIRATIONAL young man from west Dorset has become an entrepreneur at the age of 13 – raising his own flock of sheep to sell for meat. William Banham of Long Bredy was determined to be his own boss and was just 12 when he found a patch of land to start his own farming business, ‘Will’s Lambs’, completely off his own bat. The Sir John Colfox pupil has singlehandedly raised, fed, watered and wormed his flock of eight sheep on a site at Litton Cheney before taking them to the sla...

AN INSPIRATIONAL young man has become an entrepreneur at the age of 13 – raising his own flock of sheep to sell for meat. William Banham of Long Bredy was determined to be his own boss and was just 12 when he found a patch of land to start his own farming business, ‘Will’s Lambs’, completely off his own bat. The Sir John Colfox pupil has singlehandedly raised, fed, watered and wormed his flock of eight sheep on a site at Litton Cheney before taking them to the slaughterhouse and d...

AN INSPIRATIONAL young man from west Dorset has become an entrepreneur at the age of 13 – raising his own flock of sheep to sell for meat. William Banham of Long Bredy was determined to be his own boss and was just 12 when he found a patch of land to start his own farming business, ‘Will’s Lambs’, completely off his own bat. The Sir John Colfox pupil has singlehandedly raised, fed, watered and wormed his flock of eight sheep on a site at Litton Cheney before taking them to the sla...