A Lichfield student is celebrating after reaching the final of a national poetry competition.
Helen Denning, a sixth form student at Lichfield Cathedral School, had already won the heats of the Poetry by Heart contest before taking on the best from across the county at a regional final in Stoke-on-Trent.
The competition sees pupils learn and recite three poems – and Helen’s word-perfect recitals of Remembrance, My Father in a White Spacesuit and The Stretcher-Bearer saw her named Staffordshire champion.
She will now join finalists from across the country at the national final in London next month.
