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August 26, 2018

Over 200 people nominated this week’s Good Sort Sylvia Durrant. (Source: Other)

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Simon Strombom and an army of volunteers help clean soldiers’ unkempt graves.

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Dr Warren Nicholls has taken his skills on the road to increase access to healthcare.

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