Two of the candidates in the best live-action short category - The Confession and Wish 143 - hail from the UK, while a third - The Crush - comes from Ireland.

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Robert Muchamore won the older reader's category for his action-packed thriller about a special agent called Cherub: The Recruit.

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Aside from management not taking action early enough, RIM has also been caught in a fundamental shift in the underlying category.

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