St Albans girl, 13, youngest winner of BBC carol competition

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A 13-year-old has become the youngest ever winner of the BBC Radio 3 carol competition.

A 13-year-old has become the youngest ever winner of the BBC Radio 3 carol competition.

Rebecca from St Albans, Hertfordshire, composed music to accompany the poem Polaris by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage.

A new junior category was created to celebrate the contest's 10th anniversary.

Rebecca, who has played the violin since the age of four, said it had been "an incredible experience".

She added: "I've always fiddled on the piano. I've written pieces before, but this is the first time someone else has played something I've written.

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