Then temperatures began to climb towards unprecedented highs in the late 20th century - so making the toe of the hockey stick and the supposed onset of an unprecedented episode of man-made global warming.

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The rhyming narrative of Julia Donaldson has made for a string of best-selling children's books, some of which have been adapted for the stage - the latest of which is Stick Man, which is at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich as part of a national tour.

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The warning comes after an 88-year-old man was attacked and his walking stick stolen in the Riverside area of the city on Tuesday afternoon.

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His hockey stick, which purported to demonstrate the link between man-made carbon emissions and catastrophic global warming, was the central pillar of the IPCC's 2001 Third Assessment Report, and it brought him near-legendary status in his community.

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It was claimed the 88-year-old tried to fend off the man with his walking stick and ended up on the ground.

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The goalie stopped Ovechkin three times from point-blank range during the man advantage, the last two without a stick.

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Bedfordshire-based Scamp Theatre appears to have found an ingenious way: a Stick Man figure (and his family, of course) are moved around the stage by the three actors and their actions are well emphasised and mimicked by Mark Kane.

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