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		<title>Leader: A welcome return home for the Olympic Torch</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/25/leader-a-welcome-return-home-for-the-olympic-torch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/25/leader-a-welcome-return-home-for-the-olympic-torch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[clee hill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It could have been an anti climax. It could have been a mobile apathy zone. It could have rained.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader: Crimewave goes up with the mercury</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/24/leader-crimewave-goes-up-with-the-mercury/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/24/leader-crimewave-goes-up-with-the-mercury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sun is out, and the crooks are smiling, as once again it gives them a unique opportunity to pay an uninvited visit to your home through that open window or the door left ajar, before walking off with some loot and leaving behind a legacy of misery.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader: Hospital parking suggestion simply nonsense</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/23/leader-hospital-parking-suggestion-simply-nonsense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/23/leader-hospital-parking-suggestion-simply-nonsense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[royal shrewsbury hospital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day another council planner telling us how to live our lives . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Leader: Hit litter louts with fines and education</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/22/leader-hit-litter-louts-with-fines-and-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/22/leader-hit-litter-louts-with-fines-and-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is to the shame of Britain that foreign cities and landscapes are pristine and litter-free, while over here they are a litter-strewn disgrace.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader &#8211; We are proud to be your local</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/21/leader-we-are-proud-to-be-your-local/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/21/leader-we-are-proud-to-be-your-local/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Newspaper Week]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With this week being Local Newspaper Week you would expect us to blow  our own trumpet, but it is pleasing for all those who have the  interests of local newspapers and the communities that they serve at  heart that the Queen has shown herself to be a champion of local  journalism.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader &#8211; It’s not only society that needs fixing</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/daily-blog/2012/05/18/leader-it%e2%80%99s-not-only-society-that-needs-fixing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/daily-blog/2012/05/18/leader-it%e2%80%99s-not-only-society-that-needs-fixing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt David Cameron will see the £3.7 billion owed by absent parents  in child maintenance as evidence of a broken society, but it is also  evidence of a broken bureaucracy.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader: Switching street lights off is a good idea</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/17/leader-switching-street-lights-off-is-a-good-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/17/leader-switching-street-lights-off-is-a-good-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the middle of the night, when virtually everybody is tucked up asleep, Shropshire’s street lights stay on, burning up energy and burning up money uselessly.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader: Massaging jobless figures to suit political end</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/16/leader-massaging-jobless-figures-to-suit-political-end/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/16/leader-massaging-jobless-figures-to-suit-political-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As today’s jobless figures are analysed and pored over for every last trend and twitch of the economy, human stories raise the question of how much faith we should put in the official figures.]]></description>
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		<title>It’s time to reclaim our public parks</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/daily-blog/2012/05/15/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-reclaim-our-public-parks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/daily-blog/2012/05/15/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-reclaim-our-public-parks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shropshire’s parks should be places of fun and relaxation for families  and children, not places where boozed-fuelled yobbery rules and drunks  claim permanent ownership of the park benches.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leader: Time to end the British rip-off culture</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/14/leader-time-to-end-the-british-rip-off-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/14/leader-time-to-end-the-british-rip-off-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We should be doing everything in our power to help cash-strapped families during this time of recession. So it is depressing to see that Rip-off Britain is still very much alive and kicking.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leader: Latest chapter in Shrewsbury flax mill tale</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/11/leader-latest-chapter-in-shrewsbury-flax-mill-tale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/11/leader-latest-chapter-in-shrewsbury-flax-mill-tale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ditherington Flax Mill should be a jewel in the crown for Shrewsbury. Instead it has become a millstone around the town’s neck.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leader &#8211; The council gravy train at full steam</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/10/leader-the-council-gravy-train-at-full-steam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/10/leader-the-council-gravy-train-at-full-steam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are having no luck in winning the lottery, there is a lucrative alternative – land yourself a top job on a council.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leader: David Cameron must show mettle and deliver</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/09/leader-david-cameron-must-show-mettle-and-deliver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/09/leader-david-cameron-must-show-mettle-and-deliver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They were like starry-eyed lovers, with the world at their feet. Now the Cameron-Clegg union is very much a marriage under strain with a growing band of doubters.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader: Painting a picture of war horrors</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/08/leader-painting-a-picture-of-war-horrors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/08/leader-painting-a-picture-of-war-horrors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They fought nearly 100 years ago in the war to end all wars. But an amazing discovery has vividly brought the poignant words and experiences of those World War One soldiers back to life.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader: Prison spell holds no fear for the cons</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/04/leader-prison-spell-holds-no-fear-for-the-cons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/04/leader-prison-spell-holds-no-fear-for-the-cons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many employers would be more than willing to heed Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s call to give jobs and training to ex-cons who have been rehabilitated properly, just want to go straight, and have a fear of returning to prison which gives them plenty of motivation to make a fresh start.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leader: Thin blue line about to get even thinner</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/03/leader-thin-blue-line-about-to-get-even-thinner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/03/leader-thin-blue-line-about-to-get-even-thinner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With its back against the wall already, West Mercia Police says it is conjuring up a further £11 million in savings, which comes hard on the heels of a budget cut of almost £10 million in the past year.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leader: Crimewatch in search for clues over raids</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/02/leader-crimewatch-in-search-for-clues-over-raids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/02/leader-crimewatch-in-search-for-clues-over-raids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is nearly a month since masked men armed with a machete and baseball bat burst into two homes near Market Drayton and put their occupants through an unimaginable ordeal.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader: Time to give Shrewsbury Town heroes day in sun</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/01/leader-time-to-give-shrewsbury-town-heroes-day-in-sun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/05/01/leader-time-to-give-shrewsbury-town-heroes-day-in-sun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Magnificent achievements are deserving of something special.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader: Shropshire runaway statistics don’t paint true picture</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/04/30/leader-shropshire-runaway-statistics-don%e2%80%99t-paint-true-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/04/30/leader-shropshire-runaway-statistics-don%e2%80%99t-paint-true-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Official statistics which maintain that there are no children going missing from Shropshire’s care homes are both unbelievable and fly in the face of common sense.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader: Shropshire unit does its bit for heroes</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/04/27/leader-shropshire-unit-does-its-bit-for-heroes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/04/27/leader-shropshire-unit-does-its-bit-for-heroes/#comments</comments>
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