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1. Paramedic students spring to action to help casualty

   Two third year paramedic students sprang to action last week to help a casualty who had fallen on Rodney Street, Liverpool.

2. Red Chris thrilled to report on Klopp’s ‘Campeones’

   Reporting Liverpool's first league title in 30 years was a labour of love for LJMU journalism graduate and Reds fan, Chris Shaw.

3. Police force diversity is improving in the UK - but there's a long way to go

   Legitimate, representative and proportionate policing is vital for social health in democracies, argue LJMU experts.

4. ‘Pest’ monkeys save palm oil industry millions

   MONKEYS save the palm oil industry hundreds of millions each year by killing damaging pests, according to researchers in Liverpool, UK.

5. Can supermarket trolleys help cut risk of stroke? - trials underway

   Shopping trolleys will be used to help save people from suffering a stroke by identifying irregular heartbeats, as part of a new medical trial.

6. Sea pollution explored in new podcast

   Academics at Leeds Beckett and Liverpool John Moores Universities are using sound - and the short stories of Merseyside writer, Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) - to bring to life the magnitude of plastic pollution in our seas.

7. Supporting those facing domestic abuse

   LJMU is backing a campaign to support people facing gender-based violence.

8. International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) - 3rd December 2019

   1981 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Disabled People and since then, 3rd December has been marked as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The day aims to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of disabled people and the gains derived from their integration into every aspect of the political, social, economic and cultural life of our communities.

9. Celebrating Cultures Event

   The celebrating cultures event this year had India, China, Canada, Pakistan, Colombia, Nepal, England, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lesotho, Scotland, Vietnam, Nigeria, Indonesia, Greece, Italy, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Iran, Somalia and Brazil being represented. Following this event, an international student wrote a reflection on their experience in participating.

10. 'Americana' Catherine selected for Filmadrid

    Film-maker Catherine Norton's new film is the only UK video-essay selected for Madrid film festival.