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Children offered counselling after Ballaugh pupil dies

 

The head teacher of Ballaugh Primary School says it’ll be a difficult and emotional morning after a pupil died at the weekend.

 

Alexis French, 10, died when her parents’ BMW was involved in a head-on crash with a bus on Saturday afternoon.

 

Today (Monday), staff and pupils at the school will be offered counselling by the Department of Education.

 

Dr Graeme Cushnie says there’s a strong sense of community at the school but it will still be hard:

 

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