A 10-YEAR-OLD from Abingdon has just released her first single and is using it to raise money for charity.

The song is called Believe – something Sophie Elise knows a lot about: this year she entered the national Teenstar singing competition and narrowly missed out on getting through to the grand final, after battling through the Open Mic UK competition last year. Sophie said : “I wrote the song for my teenage sister and it’s about always believing in yourself and never giving up.

“You can achieve and succeed in life if you have hope and be your true self.”

The song is available to download on iTunes, Google play and Amazon, and will raise money for the Little Wings children’s charity.