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		<title>Fears over county house plans</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/17/fears-over-county-house-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Government plans to build more than 25,000 homes across Shropshire over the next 20 years could threaten the natural and historic environment of the county’s market towns, a campaign group has warned.]]></description>
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		<title>City dwellers&#8217; county homes offer</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/23/city-dwellers-county-homes-offer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/23/city-dwellers-county-homes-offer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 07:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Londoners could be offered homes in Shropshire in a bid to free up social housing in the capital. The plan has been put forward by Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, as part of attempt to target serious overcrowding by 2016.]]></description>
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		<title>Housing crisis ‘to force young out’</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/11/housing-crisis-to-force-young-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 13:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 100,000 young people will leave the English countryside during the coming three years due to a “chronic shortage” of affordable housing, it was claimed today.]]></description>
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		<title>Minister defends badgers decision</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/09/minister-defends-badgers-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 10:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Page</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has defended his decision not to order a badger cull to tackle the spread of bovine TB which has savaged the livestock of farmers across Shropshire.]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping an eye on county butterflies</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/06/keeping-an-eye-on-county-butterflies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/06/keeping-an-eye-on-county-butterflies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 07:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Your pictures of Shropshire's butterflies.]]></description>
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		<title>Bellamy to be show boss</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/03/17/bellamy-to-be-show-boss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/03/17/bellamy-to-be-show-boss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Naturalist and television presenter Professor David Bellamy will be the president of the West Mid Show, bosses announced today.]]></description>
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		<title>Firm reveals record results</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/01/21/firm-reveals-record-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Shropshire and Mid Wales agricultural supplies company Wynnstay today announced record pre-tax profits of £5.22 million, up 61 per cent.]]></description>
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		<title>Villagers back shop fight</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/30/villagers-back-shop-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/30/villagers-back-shop-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[People living in a north Shropshire village have launched a bid to open their own community shop – after the previous one closed its doors. A group of villagers from Cheswardine have united in the task.]]></description>
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		<title>County-bred bull sells for £55,000</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/28/county-bred-bull-sells-for-55000/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/28/county-bred-bull-sells-for-55000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A pedigree bull born and bred in Shropshire has become the fourth best selling animal of its type in the world.]]></description>
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		<title>Let charity begin at home</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/27/let-charity-begin-at-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/27/let-charity-begin-at-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm all for helping out developing countries, writes Nathan Rous. A close-up of a crying child with Tom Conti's lilting narrative describing their inescapable plight provokes an involuntary stretch for both wallet and phone.]]></description>
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		<title>Stop moaning, rural incomers told</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/24/rural-incomers-told-to-stop-moaning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/24/rural-incomers-told-to-stop-moaning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Incomers who move into the countryside and complain about the noise of church bells and cricket matches have been told: Stop moaning about the sound of village life.]]></description>
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		<title>Harvest delivers bumber wheat crop</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/24/harvest-delivers-bumber-wheat-crop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/24/harvest-delivers-bumber-wheat-crop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After a summer of misery there is finally some good news for Shropshire’s arable farmers – this year’s wheat harvest has been one of the best ever.]]></description>
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		<title>Burberry? Let&#8217;s just forget our &#8217;summer&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/09/29/burberry-lets-just-forget-our-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/09/29/burberry-lets-just-forget-our-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The fashion pack see nothing but dewey-eyed romance in the interminable rain and the cloying mud of our "summer", writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.]]></description>
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		<title>Time to bin the turkey twizzlers</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/09/22/time-to-bin-the-turkey-twizzlers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/09/22/time-to-bin-the-turkey-twizzlers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last 20 years our calendar has been bombarded with events from the bizarre to the ridiculous, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous, among them take-your-dog-to-work day, national smile month and the slightly-dodgy-ticker week.]]></description>
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		<title>Bovine TB: Time to be bothered</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/09/10/bovine-tb-time-to-be-bothered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/09/10/bovine-tb-time-to-be-bothered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb? Just the one, but that lightbulb has got to WANT to change, writes Rural Affair Editor Nathan Rous.]]></description>
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		<title>PO&#8217;s must move with the times</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/09/01/pos-must-move-with-the-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/09/01/pos-must-move-with-the-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Page</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone else had enough of e-mail? I say this because I've had two one-word e-mails this week. No 'Hello Nathan, thanks for your message, blah blah blah', writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.]]></description>
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		<title>Tesco shows true colours over white stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/08/26/tesco-shows-true-colours-over-white-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/08/26/tesco-shows-true-colours-over-white-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On the face of it, Tesco and Rafa Benitez would appear to have little in common, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.]]></description>
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		<title>Power to the consumer</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/08/18/power-to-the-consumer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/08/18/power-to-the-consumer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Meal times have never been so sad, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous. Forget the emblematic fish and chips with all its vinegary pomp or Sunday roast with all the trimmings, Britons have well and truly lost their appetite.]]></description>
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		<title>Action groups go too far preventing progress</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/08/11/action-groups-go-too-far-preventing-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/08/11/action-groups-go-too-far-preventing-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In times past they used to be called curtain twitchers, peering out from behind the lace to ensure that activities on the street didn't break the neighbourly code of peace and quiet at all times, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.]]></description>
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		<title>Action is needed to halt disease</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/07/07/action-is-needed-to-halt-disease/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/07/07/action-is-needed-to-halt-disease/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nine out of 10 of you eat meat. The waft of a bacon sandwich prompts an involuntary lick of the lips, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.]]></description>
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