CHILDREN will be on a mission to Mars today in the regional finals of a competition.
Swindon Town's study centre is hosting the finals of the Lego Mars competition which will see 12 schools from the south west, including Dorcan Technology College, Coving-ham Park Junior School and Liden School.
The youngsters have built robots and will to compete in tasks for the robots.
and presentations on how they designed the machines.
The winners will go to a national final of the competition, which has been organised by toymaker Lego.
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