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Four-hundred year-old West Cumbrian school to close

A West Cumbrian school that's been open for more than 400 years is to close.

St Bees School offers boarding and day education. It will shut at the end of the 2015 summer term, the governors have announced.

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England rugby boss hopes former school can be saved

The England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster told ITV News that he is "absolutely gutted" about the proposed closure of his former school. He also said he first developed his love of rugby at St Bees School on the West Cumbrian coast.

Since Friday's shock announcement that the school is to shut because of dwindling pupil numbers, a huge campaign has been started to save it.

Last night parents and governors met for the first time since the news was announced last week. Hannah McNulty has this report:

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