Comments met with shouts and cheers from students

Higgins praises the vision of the founders of event

Judging of exhibits created by up to 1,200 students aged 12 to 18 begins today

Had James Gandolfini lived longer, Tony Soprano would have been just one of his many other memorable character roles – as it is, the don of them all is enough

The former 'X-Files' star channels her inner Helen Mirren in a new crime drama set in Belfast