Voting At 16 by Elana Leask
0602, 2026

Voting At 16 by Elana Leask

16 Year Olds Allowed to Vote in the UK  How will this affect votes and what is projected to happen in the next general election?   On the 17th of July 2025 the UK government publicly announced that all 16- and 17-year-olds are now allowed to vote in Britain. This will mean an estimated extra 1.5 million people able to vote! However, approximately half of those people do not want to vote when a poll was taken by ITVX. Similarly, in SJHS, S1- S3 did a vote on if we think 16 – 17-year-olds should be able to vote;  5 said no, they

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0602, 2026

Easter Traditions by Shonah Anderson

Easter Traditions     Things People Do For Easter From Around The World   There are many different Easter Traditions. Here are a few: decorating eggs, hiding the easter eggs, rolling the eater eggs down a hill, easter egg hunts, Easter feasts often featuring ham or lamb, hot cross buns in the UK,  the white house Easter egg roll in the US, hollowed – out eggs filled with confetti broken above people’s heads, people throw water at each other  on easter in Poland and lastly egg tapping in Greece.      Why They Do Some Of Those Traditions   People decorate eggs because it symbolizes new

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