<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Shropshire StarBlogs &#187; Shropshire Star</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com</link>
	<description>Shropshire News - Midlands News - Breaking News UK</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:40:10 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Leader: Council prayer slot now being threatened</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/10/leader-council-prayer-slot-now-being-threatened/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/10/leader-council-prayer-slot-now-being-threatened/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wellington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=228504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The march of militant secularism took another great stride in Britain today, aided and abetted by the High Court which has ruled that a Devon town council acted unlawfully by allowing prayers to be said before meetings.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/10/leader-council-prayer-slot-now-being-threatened/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Farming Talk: Dairy Event has been through so many changes</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/shropshire-business/2012/02/10/farming-talk-dairy-event-has-been-through-so-many-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/shropshire-business/2012/02/10/farming-talk-dairy-event-has-been-through-so-many-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dairy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=228190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even after my very best attempts at persuasion, the taxi driver who dropped me at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham towards the end of last year remained totally unconvinced that nearly 200 dairy animals, including milking cows, could be found within those exhibition halls.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/shropshire-business/2012/02/10/farming-talk-dairy-event-has-been-through-so-many-changes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leader: Vigilance is needed on crime figures</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/09/leader-vigilance-is-needed-on-crime-figures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/09/leader-vigilance-is-needed-on-crime-figures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west mercia police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=228067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Statistics tell us that violent crime has fallen by four per cent in Shropshire over the past year.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/09/leader-vigilance-is-needed-on-crime-figures/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hospital stays bring reality check for bucket list Ben</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/2012/02/09/hospital-stays-brings-reality-check-for-bucket-list-ben/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/2012/02/09/hospital-stays-brings-reality-check-for-bucket-list-ben/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ben's Bucket List]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[royal shrewsbury hospital]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=227733</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello Shropshire. Greetings once again from the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital where I continue to receive treatment for pneumonia writes Ben Hughes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/2012/02/09/hospital-stays-brings-reality-check-for-bucket-list-ben/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Farming Talk: Insurance risk in keeping a place empty</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/09/farming-talk-insurance-risk-in-keeping-a-place-empty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/09/farming-talk-insurance-risk-in-keeping-a-place-empty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=227719</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the current economic climate there has been a rise of commercial premises on rural estates being left vacant for considerable periods of time, so having the correct insurance policy in place to cover every eventuality is all the more important.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/09/farming-talk-insurance-risk-in-keeping-a-place-empty/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leader: Attitudes to our elderly must change</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/08/leader-attitudes-to-our-elderly-must-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/08/leader-attitudes-to-our-elderly-must-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=227750</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a report by a committee of MPs, funding pressures are leading to a reduction in the quality of life for the elderly, and the system of care is fragmented and not, to use the modern parlance, joined up.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/08/leader-attitudes-to-our-elderly-must-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Almost impossible to get a fair deal on insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/08/almost-impossible-to-get-a-fair-deal-on-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/08/almost-impossible-to-get-a-fair-deal-on-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emma Suddaby]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=227462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve got a good one for you this week – insurance. It’s one word guaranteed to make even the most honest and morally upright among us quake in our sensible, flat-heeled shoes writes Emma Suddaby.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/08/almost-impossible-to-get-a-fair-deal-on-insurance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Farming Talk: Shake-up of system is to be welcomed</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/08/farming-talk-shake-up-of-system-is-to-be-welcomed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/08/farming-talk-shake-up-of-system-is-to-be-welcomed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=227436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Love thy neighbourhood? The planning system has been much in the news recently as the coalition’s proposed reforms begin to take shape.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/08/farming-talk-shake-up-of-system-is-to-be-welcomed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Farming Talk: Food shortage vision mustn’t become reality</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/2012/02/07/farming-talk-food-shortage-vision-mustn%e2%80%99t-become-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/2012/02/07/farming-talk-food-shortage-vision-mustn%e2%80%99t-become-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=227222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When in the last 50 years did we, as a nation, consider that food was not readily available? Probably never.  When in the next 20 years are we likely to consider the potential that a full stomach will not be the norm?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/2012/02/07/farming-talk-food-shortage-vision-mustn%e2%80%99t-become-reality/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leader: Sixty glorious years of much-loved Queen</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/06/leader-sixty-glorious-years-of-much-loved-queen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/06/leader-sixty-glorious-years-of-much-loved-queen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=227147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[She came to the throne unexpectedly as a young woman, at a time of rationing and when Britain was still recovering from the ravages of war.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/06/leader-sixty-glorious-years-of-much-loved-queen/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Bringing out the platform shoes for return of the Buttermarket</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/06/bringing-out-the-platform-shoes-for-return-of-the-buttermarket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/06/bringing-out-the-platform-shoes-for-return-of-the-buttermarket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burrows About Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abbey foregate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buttermarket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shrewsbury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=226206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm not as young as I used to be. My clubbing days are behind me. (If I'm perfectly honest, they were never really in front or beside me).]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/06/bringing-out-the-platform-shoes-for-return-of-the-buttermarket/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leader: Shropshire stands firm over bin collections</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/03/leader-shropshire-stands-firm-over-bin-collections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/03/leader-shropshire-stands-firm-over-bin-collections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=226561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ask the man or woman in the street what the council does that is really important to them and they will probably ponder a short while before saying: “The bins.”]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/03/leader-shropshire-stands-firm-over-bin-collections/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Farming Talk: Tenant farmers facing big rise in rent demand</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/03/farming-talk-tenant-farmers-facing-big-rise-in-rent-demand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/03/farming-talk-tenant-farmers-facing-big-rise-in-rent-demand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=226222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the price of grain hitting the roof last year and beef and sheep prices buoyed by high exports, many tenant farmers in the region are facing demands for an increase in their rents this year.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/03/farming-talk-tenant-farmers-facing-big-rise-in-rent-demand/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leader: BBC has no idea of public service needs</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/02/leader-bbc-has-no-idea-of-public-service-needs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/02/leader-bbc-has-no-idea-of-public-service-needs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=226246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Away from the world of banking, there is a pay scandal which may have escaped your notice.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/02/02/leader-bbc-has-no-idea-of-public-service-needs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Farming Talk: Calves facing their toughest  fight to survive</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/02/farming-talk-calves-facing-their-toughest-fight-to-survive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/02/farming-talk-calves-facing-their-toughest-fight-to-survive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=226200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to experience the peaks and troughs of life? Take up calf rearing! February generally represents a trough, with many calves dying during the colder months. The reasons are fourfold.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/2012/02/02/farming-talk-calves-facing-their-toughest-fight-to-survive/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>There’s much to learn from so-called developing countries</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/emma-suddaby/2012/02/01/there%e2%80%99s-much-to-learn-from-so-called-developing-countries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/emma-suddaby/2012/02/01/there%e2%80%99s-much-to-learn-from-so-called-developing-countries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emma Suddaby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shropshire]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=225878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I love about going on holiday, and the reason I always  try to visit somewhere new if possible, is getting the chance to see  how other people live, writes Shropshire Star blogger Emma Suddaby.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/emma-suddaby/2012/02/01/there%e2%80%99s-much-to-learn-from-so-called-developing-countries/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leader &#8211; Politicians are cause of problem</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/daily-blog/2012/02/01/leader-politicians-are-cause-of-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/daily-blog/2012/02/01/leader-politicians-are-cause-of-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=225876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2004 Fred Goodwin was a hero of the banking industry, a star of the  financial world, and someone the politicians of the Labour government  were keen to cosy up to, to demonstrate their credentials as the friends  of British business. Arise, Sir Fred.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/daily-blog/2012/02/01/leader-politicians-are-cause-of-problem/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Farming Talk: I’m living proof that screening is a good idea</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-blogs/2012/02/01/farming-talk-i%e2%80%99m-living-proof-that-screening-is-a-good-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-blogs/2012/02/01/farming-talk-i%e2%80%99m-living-proof-that-screening-is-a-good-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogs from The Farmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=225493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was pleased to see that on December 1 Her Majesty’s Government came up trumps and our Single Payment was credited to my bank account along with the upland hill farming organic allowance.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-blogs/2012/02/01/farming-talk-i%e2%80%99m-living-proof-that-screening-is-a-good-idea/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leader: Being right does not earn friends for Britain</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/01/31/leader-being-right-does-not-earn-friends-for-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/01/31/leader-being-right-does-not-earn-friends-for-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david cameron]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=225549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Cameron has not achieved everything the eurosceptics in his party wanted amid the desperate salvage operation in the wake of the euro debacle, but at least he has taken a stand on behalf of Britain.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/01/31/leader-being-right-does-not-earn-friends-for-britain/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Discovering the joys of quilting in Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/beckys-blog/2012/01/31/discovering-the-joys-of-quilting-in-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/beckys-blog/2012/01/31/discovering-the-joys-of-quilting-in-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Becky's blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shropshirestar.com/?p=225383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quilting is a very popular pastime in Canada. Many girls learn the skill in childhood and carry on the traditions they have learnt for the rest of their lives writes Shropshire expat Becky Lawrence.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.shropshirestar.com/blogs/beckys-blog/2012/01/31/discovering-the-joys-of-quilting-in-canada/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

