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		<title>Caravan offer to Top Gear star</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/24/caravan-offer-to-top-gear-star/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/24/caravan-offer-to-top-gear-star/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, who has a passion for blowing up old touring caravans, is being invited to take a break with his family in a luxury caravan holiday home on a five star park in Mid Wales.]]></description>
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		<title>I predict you will meet a cynic&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/06/04/i-predict-you-will-meet-a-cynic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LETTER: I always had an inkling that horoscopes and the like were a load of baloney and now I have proof – thanks to the Shropshire Star.]]></description>
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		<title>Haunting evening at county hotel</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/27/haunting-evening-at-county-hotel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 08:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Spooky goings-on at a Shropshire hotel are set to go under the spotlight when a group of ghosthunters book themselves in.]]></description>
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		<title>Why we bend the truth</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/05/19/why-we-bend-the-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain is a nation of fibbers who are prepared to bend the truth to keep up appearances, a new social study has found.]]></description>
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		<title>Hitler’s art  - It&#8217;s Goering, Goering, gone!</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/24/hitlers-art-its-goering-goering-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/24/hitlers-art-its-goering-goering-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen paintings by Adolf Hitler have sold at a Shropshire auction for a staggering £95,000 – many thousands more than the original reserve.]]></description>
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		<title>How to be a domestic goddess (or god)</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/22/how-to-be-a-domestic-goddess-or-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/22/how-to-be-a-domestic-goddess-or-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Catherine Roche on how you too can be a domestic goddess - or a domestic god, for that matter (let's not be sexist, eh).]]></description>
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		<title>And baby makes it a £27,500 bill</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/15/and-baby-makes-it-a-27500-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/15/and-baby-makes-it-a-27500-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Shropshire parents spend a staggering average of £27,500 on their children during the first three years of their life, research has revealed.]]></description>
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		<title>Spooky tales are sought</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/14/spooky-tales-are-sought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/14/spooky-tales-are-sought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of ghost hunters is looking for spooky sightings in the Newport area.]]></description>
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		<title>Francoise remembers Shropshire life</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/06/francoise-remembers-shropshire-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/06/francoise-remembers-shropshire-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s often said that no matter where you go in the world, Shropshire is never very far away. That’s certainly the case across the Channel in rural Normandy.]]></description>
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		<title>Is this proof of county big cat?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/06/is-this-proof-of-county-big-cat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/04/06/is-this-proof-of-county-big-cat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this conclusive proof that big cats are prowling Shropshire?]]></description>
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		<title>Inside liquid egg factory</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/03/31/inside-liquid-egg-factory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/03/31/inside-liquid-egg-factory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first look inside the Shropshire factory which has caused a storm by helping people to make omelettes without breaking eggs.]]></description>
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		<title>Is landmark an ancient calendar?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/03/21/is-landmark-an-ancient-calendar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/03/21/is-landmark-an-ancient-calendar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Was Shropshire's landmark hill once used as a mystical sundial by early man?]]></description>
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		<title>Mascot becomes manager</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/03/13/mascot-becomes-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/03/13/mascot-becomes-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest transfer between two Welsh football clubs could be described as barking mad.]]></description>
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		<title>Is bird a Darwinian freak?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/02/25/is-bird-a-darwinian-freak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/02/25/is-bird-a-darwinian-freak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This tiny blue tit caused one Shropshire resident to look twice after his photograph appeared to show the bird with a long, deformed beak.]]></description>
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		<title>You call that a wet floor?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/01/13/you-call-that-a-wet-floor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/01/13/you-call-that-a-wet-floor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["Caution," the sign says, "wet floor" - just in case anyone hadn't noticed the torrent of rain lashing it down.]]></description>
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		<title>Family&#8217;s thanks as baby wish granted</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/12/23/familys-thanks-as-baby-wish-granted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/12/23/familys-thanks-as-baby-wish-granted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A five-year-old girl has returned to a Shropshire tourism attraction to thank Santa Claus after her Christmas wish of a baby sister suddenly came true for the family.]]></description>
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		<title>Art expert&#8217;s visit to face county critics</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/11/28/art-experts-visit-to-face-county-critics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/11/28/art-experts-visit-to-face-county-critics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A BBC presenter who caused a stir earlier in the year with his comments about the ankles of Shropshire women will be visiting the county to explain his remarks.]]></description>
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		<title>Dave glued to TV despite naked wife</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/11/21/dave-glued-to-tv-despite-naked-wife/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/11/21/dave-glued-to-tv-despite-naked-wife/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Telford factory worker dubbed Britain's laziest man today told millions of TV viewers how not even his wife walking past him naked could distract him from his beloved TV.]]></description>
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		<title>Lonely terrier looking for love</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/11/04/lonely-terrier-looking-for-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/11/04/lonely-terrier-looking-for-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Cute, strong and looking dapper in a dicky bow tie – Perkins the dog should have female wannabe companions flocking around his paws.]]></description>
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		<title>Why county pies are really upper crust</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/02/why-county-pies-are-really-upper-crust/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/10/02/why-county-pies-are-really-upper-crust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Shropshire butcher is laying claim to Wigan's proud boast that it is the pie capital of the world, with people from the north west town travelling more than 100 miles to taste his creations.]]></description>
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