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		<title>Old sailor deserves better</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/19/letter-old-sea-captain-deserves-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/19/letter-old-sea-captain-deserves-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter: The recent appeal by me in the Shropshire Star for the location of the item known as the Admiral Benbow key, threw up many questions.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: Concern over private hire cars</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/19/letter-concern-over-private-hire-cars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/19/letter-concern-over-private-hire-cars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter: I am becoming very concerned about the control and standard of taxis and private hire vehicles in Shrewsbury.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: A funny way to welcome people</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/18/letter-a-funny-way-to-welcome-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/18/letter-a-funny-way-to-welcome-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[frankwell]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=87508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: Has anyone else noticed the increase in car park charges on Frankwell car park in the evenings?]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: Extra help kept me warm</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/18/letter-extra-help-kept-me-warm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/18/letter-extra-help-kept-me-warm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter: In response to Trev Butler’s letter (February 26) I would like to point out that the five shillings for over-80s was given in the early 1950s by a Labour government and has not been increased by any government since.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: Tesco wants others to succeed</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/17/letter-tesco-wants-other-shops-to-succeed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/17/letter-tesco-wants-other-shops-to-succeed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[oswestry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tesco]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=87428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: The lifeblood for retailers is the footfall of the customer. Without customers shops clearly cannot succeed.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Technology and the war on drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/17/letter-technology-and-the-war-on-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/17/letter-technology-and-the-war-on-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[letters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=87429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: Why are our troops being used to stop heroin production in Afghanistan when satellite technology could spot the poppy fields and remotely-controlled drones could spray crops?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Stroke care must be improved</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/16/letter-stroke-care-must-be-improved/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/16/letter-stroke-care-must-be-improved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[shrewsbury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=87316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: I have every sympathy with W Brazier (Letters, March 1) and his concern about stroke care. Last September I pointed out the need for an improvement in stroke services in Shropshire. Officers from Shropshire County Primary Care Trust (PCT) gave reassuring responses.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: UK soon to be a memory</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/16/letter-uk-soon-to-be-a-memory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/16/letter-uk-soon-to-be-a-memory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[eu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=87315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: When the Lisbon Treaty comes into effect the United Kingdom will be broken up. Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and London will be individual “regions” (states) in the United States of Europe.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Paranoia over supermarket plans?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/15/letter-paranoia-over-supermarket-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/15/letter-paranoia-over-supermarket-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[oswestry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=87197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: There has been an overdose of paranoia over the perceived threat to existing Oswestry town centre businesses and there does not seem to have been enough attention paid to the need to retain and attract employment to the town.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: Benefits for whom?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/15/letter-benefits-for-whom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/15/letter-benefits-for-whom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[talking point]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=87196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: An increasing number of people seem to be bragging that they have never worked because the state pays them more to stay at home than they could ever hope to earn in an honest job.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Parking fee rise will cripple us</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/12/letter-parking-fee-rise-will-cripple-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/12/letter-parking-fee-rise-will-cripple-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[shrewsbury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=87079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: With businesses in Shrewsbury struggling, I cannot understand how the Shropshire Council can put up the cost of car parking in Shrewsbury, except to feather its own nest.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Why work?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/11/letter-why-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/11/letter-why-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[talking point]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=86986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: New Labour’s recycled mantra of “a future fair for all” merely translates into robbing Peter to pay Paul, and has undermined the incentive to work hard to provide for one’s own needs. Far easier to sit back and reap the rewards of others.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Crime. And punishment?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/11/letter-crime-and-punishment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/11/letter-crime-and-punishment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=86985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: I refer to the instances of serious offenders reoffending after release on the advice of experts and specifically to Jon Venables.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Awful legacy of teen pregnancies</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/10/letter-awful-legacy-of-teen-pregnancies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/10/letter-awful-legacy-of-teen-pregnancies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking point]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=86907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: After 13 years in power Labour’s policy to tackle Britain’s awful record of western Europe’s teenage pregnancy capital is in tatters.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Meals service changes are appalling</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/10/letter-meals-service-changes-are-appalling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/10/letter-meals-service-changes-are-appalling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[meals on wheels]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=86908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: As a Meals on Wheels helper of many years, I was appalled at some of the suggested changes to this service in the Shropshire Star recently.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Why is meals service facing cuts?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/10/letter-why-is-meals-service-facing-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/10/letter-why-is-meals-service-facing-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[meals on wheels]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=86909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: If one is to believe the press reports on the Meals on Wheels provision, the outcome is far from clear.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Fire service and budget cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/09/letter-fire-service-and-budget-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/09/letter-fire-service-and-budget-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shropshire fire and rescue service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=86850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: Oh dear how is Shropshire fire service going to manage with the proposed budget cuts?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Does MP support rail competition?</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/09/letter-does-mp-support-rail-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/09/letter-does-mp-support-rail-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[letters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daniel kawczynski mp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrexham and shropshire]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=86851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: Re a quote from our MP on April 10, 2009 in response to a Virgin Trains proposal for routes to London from Shrewsbury, being shelved. Daniel Kawczynski, MP for Shrewsbury, said it was “very important” WSMR was supported, but he believed in “open competition”.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Use shops or lose them</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/08/letter-use-shops-or-lose-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/08/letter-use-shops-or-lose-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[wem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=86786</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: In response to comments about the lack of suitable shops in Wem I would say: “Sorry, we cannot put the clocks back!”]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Letter: Stop telling children what to eat</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/04/letter-stop-telling-children-what-to-eat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/04/letter-stop-telling-children-what-to-eat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[church stretton]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=86543</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Letter: The student-organised boycott of school meals at Church Stretton School shows how unhappy children are with government dictating what they should eat.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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