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In 2005, UK farmer and Nuffield Scholar Jim Chapman lost his arm in a tractor accident; now he is a vocal safety advocate.
Topics: farm-labour, agricultural-machinery, occupational-health-and-safety, safety-education, rural, accidents, hamilton-3300, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedCatholic and worker solidarity used to help Australians wrestle more with their vote than they seem to do now.
Topics: world-politics, political-parties, government-and-politics, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, unions, australia, united-states, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedUnilever slumps in Europe after US food giant Kraft Heinz pulls its $US143 billion bid to take over the company, while Wall Street is closed for a holiday.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, markets, takeovers, european-union, australia, united-kingdom, united-states
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Nick Dearden from Global Justice Now about growing calls for the British Government to rescind its invitation to Donald Trump for an official state visit.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, united-kingdom, united-states
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| UpdatedCronulla coach Shane Flanagan has no complaints about the referee following his side's 22-6 World Club Challenge defeat to Wigan despite the Sharks having two tries disallowed.
Topics: rugby-league, sport, england, united-kingdom, australia, cronulla-2230
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Warrington upsets Brisbane 27-18 to become the first Super League team to win a World Club Series match since the competition was expanded in 2015.
Topics: rugby-league, sport, england, united-kingdom
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Lincoln City becomes the first non-league club to reach the quarter finals of the FA Cup in 103 years after beating Burnley in the fifth round.
Topics: soccer, sport, england, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedBeverley O'Connor speaks to Pat Leahy, the political editor of The Irish Times, about a Brexit meeting held by leaders from Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
Topics: world-politics, ireland, northern-ireland, united-kingdom, european-union
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US markets take a breather, after closing at fresh record highs for five days in a row.
Topics: stockmarket, markets, currency, futures, united-kingdom, united-states, european-union, australia
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| UpdatedThe Kingdom of Tonga is joining several other developing countries in getting a formal postal system for the first time.
Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, tonga, pacific, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedBeverley O'Connor speaks to Paul Rogers, professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, about the Trump threat to do less in the alliance.
Topics: treaties-and-alliances, world-politics, united-states, united-kingdom, european-union
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Strong economic data and more talk of tax cuts by the US President sent Wall Street higher overnight, despite the increasing likelihood of a March rate rise.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, markets, money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, united-states, united-kingdom, australia, european-union
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| UpdatedAustralian entertainer Rolf Harris will be retried in relation to charges of indecent assault after the jury could not reach an agreement regarding three allegations.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, england, united-kingdom
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The tragic but romantic story behind the naming of the Mary River has been honoured on Valentine's Day with a new public artwork.
Topics: sculpture, history, local-government, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, contemporary-art, governors-general-and-state-governors, gympie-4570, sydney-2000, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedEngland's newest Test captain Joe Root may only be 26 years old but, from pub scraps to Lord's tons, he has a long history against Australia.
Topics: cricket, sport, england, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedMusical La La Land wins big at Britain's main film awards as it scoops the prize for best film, while Emma Stone and Damien Chazelle pick up awards for best actress and best director respectively.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, event, united-kingdom
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Nine months ago, Leicester City was crowned Premier League champions. But with the Foxes now staring relegation in the face, what has gone so drastically wrong?
Topics: english-premier, soccer, sport, england, united-kingdom
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Sadio Mane finally gets Liverpool's 2017 up and running with a brace in the Reds' 2-0 win over Tottenham at Anfield.
Topics: english-premier, soccer, sport, england, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedThe rain in Spain is largely to blame for a "vegetable crisis" across the UK, with some vegetable variety prices soaring 300 per cent.
Topics: vegetables, agricultural-crops, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Theresa May wins approval from parliament's lower chamber to trigger Britain's exit from the European Union, defeating attempts by pro-EU politicians to attach extra conditions to her plan to start divorce talks by March 31.
Topics: world-politics, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedThe Australian entertainer is found not guilty of two counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault, with the jury failing to reach a verdict on four remaining charges, leaving the prosecution to decide if it will pursue another trial.
Topics: sexual-offences, crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, united-kingdom
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L. Alan Winters of the UK Trade Policy Observatory tells Beverley O'Connor the bill to trigger Brexit talks will easily pass.
Topics: trade, parliament, united-kingdom, european-union
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| UpdatedFrom working class England where education was of little significance, to leading one of Australia's largest universities, Scott Bowman is changing people's attitudes towards education and championing the underdog.
Topics: university-and-further-education, access-to-education, immigration, work, human-interest, people, rockhampton-4700, bathurst-2795, united-kingdom