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A World number 1 from Hull.

Chris Skelley from Hull has just become the under 100kg World Judo Number 1 in the partially sighted category
Competed in the Paralympics in Rio and is looking good for the next ones as well.
Really nice bloke too. In fact he’s inspirational.

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I don't know if the graphic for this partially sighted competition is meant to look slightly blurry or not?? Maybe I need an eye test
 
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I was reminiscing about my school days, and all of the Teachers that got me through.

Thinking about it, I was probably too young to be drinking whisky.
 
I’m getting totally fed up with people whinging about the prices of things. £1.25 for a Tea, £1.75 for a Coffee, £2 for a slice of cake and £2.50 for car parking, any more complaints I will honestly stop inviting people round to my house!
 
Jeremy Clarkson is to make a program about farming.


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Petrolhead TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson will ditch cars for crops in a new series about his passion for farming.

The former Top Gear presenter, 59, lives on a 404ha (1,000-acre) farm in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, where he grows wheat, barley and oilseed rape.

Filming has begun for the new series, I bought the farm, which will be aired in September on Amazon Prime.

See also: Jeremy Clarkson on his own farm, red tape, sheep and sheds

In an interview with the Sunday Times, Mr Clarkson said the show will be more hard-hitting than Countryfile and document the realities of farming, such as dealing with extreme weather, pest and disease pressure and paperwork.

“This is not Kate Humble – much as I like Kate Humble – with 20 acres, bottle-feeding a lamb. Or a TV presenter who grows veg in his back garden. This is actual farming: Life, death and form-filling,” he said.

“We’re not making Countryfile. We’ll be showing it warts and all. For example, I have no view on badger culling in terms of whether it’s necessary, but if it’s happening we will not shy away from putting it in the programme.”