A local student has secured a place at the largest specialist music school in the UK.
Finlay Helliwell, who is in Year 9 at King William's College, has been offered a spot at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester.
He has been playing the piano for the last six years and the trumpet for the last five, playing in the College Orchestra, Rushen Silver Band and the Manx Youth Orchestra.
Chetham's School of Music is the only specialist music school in the north of England.
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Road closed for a week by landslip
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Mountain Road closed after snow
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Two Manxman crossings called off
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