Spelling Bee: Record eight children win Scripps National in the US (BBC)

A record number of eight children have been crowned co-champions in the US of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

On Thursday night the finalists, aged 12 to 14, spelled their way through 20 tough rounds of the competition.

Organisers eventually announced that it was a tie, as they had run out of words that were challenging enough.

With six of the winners being Indian-American, it is the 12th year in a row that the bee has been won by children of Indian descent. Read more

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