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Nearly every day, you can learn of some new way climate change is impacting our lives. Today: it’s conkers. The World Conker Championships has been running for 60 years in the UK, raising over £400,000 for charity may not go ahead because of climate change…

StJohn Burkett, World Conker Championships organiser and Anorak of the Year (as bestowed by the Dull Men's Club), joins Seán to discuss.

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