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Radio Solent,5 mins

Nine-year-old Ukrainian girl starts school in Weymouth after fleeing war-torn country

Steve Harris

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24th May marks three months since the war in Ukraine began. Since then, almost six-and-a-half million people have fled the country - many of them to England and some to Dorset. Two weeks ago, Gail Reynolds from Weymouth took in a Ukrainian mother and her two children - one of whom was preparing for her first day at school when Gail spoke to Steve Harris.

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