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		<title>Lou&#8217;s Women on babes, ducks and chicks</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/lous-women/2012/02/11/lous-women-on-babes-ducks-and-chicks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/lous-women/2012/02/11/lous-women-on-babes-ducks-and-chicks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lou's Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brewood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kidderminster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kinver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stourbridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[willenhall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the old days it would have been “madam” – but now it’s more likely to be “babe (or round these parts ‘bab’)”, “love”, “duck” or “chick/chuck”, writes Louise Jew.]]></description>
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		<title>Has Mick found the route to salvation?</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2012/02/10/has-mick-found-the-route-to-salvation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2012/02/10/has-mick-found-the-route-to-salvation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wolverhampton Wanderers FC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wolves Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sir Alex Ferguson, the greatest British football manager of this or perhaps any other generation, has one major attribute which elevates him above the crowd, writes Wolves blogger Tim Spiers.]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Net has the advantage in the &#8216;Undies world&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/2012/02/10/why-the-net-has-the-advantage-in-the-undies-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/2012/02/10/why-the-net-has-the-advantage-in-the-undies-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shopping blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With Valentine’s Day approaching, a million men will go shopping this weekend intent on buying some sexy lingerie and hosiery for their partners . . . and will instead return with uninspiring flowers and chocolates after falling at the last hurdle, the lingerie shop.  And ladies, it won’t be for the reasons you think, writes fashion and shopping blogger Emma Iannarilli.]]></description>
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		<title>Time for fans to take a reality check</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2012/02/10/time-for-fans-to-take-a-reality-check/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2012/02/10/time-for-fans-to-take-a-reality-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aston Villa FC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Villa Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When is criticism going to far?  Aston Villa blogger Matthew Turvey asks if there needs to be some restraint in a period where the club have a lot of bad feeling surging around the fan-base.]]></description>
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		<title>Never a dull week as a Baggie</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2012/02/10/never-a-dull-week-as-a-baggie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2012/02/10/never-a-dull-week-as-a-baggie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albion Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bromwich Albion FC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Roy Hodgson for England, the small matter of a local derby, and the self-billed sack race between Mick McCarthy and Roy Hodgson, its never dull being a Baggie is it? writes West Brom blogger Jarrod Hill.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>70</slash:comments>
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		<title>Best of Peter Rhodes – February 10</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/peter-rhodes/2012/02/10/best-of-peter-rhodes-%e2%80%93-february-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/peter-rhodes/2012/02/10/best-of-peter-rhodes-%e2%80%93-february-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peter Rhodes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express &amp; Star.]]></description>
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		<title>Lou’s Women ask if Scotland is brave enough to go it alone</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/02/09/lou%e2%80%99s-women-ask-if-scotland-is-brave-enough-to-go-it-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/02/09/lou%e2%80%99s-women-ask-if-scotland-is-brave-enough-to-go-it-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lou's Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 1968 Welsh extremists blew up a major water pipeline serving the West Midlands at Hagley, near Stourbridge, in their fight for independence.]]></description>
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		<title>A place for supporters on the Saddlers board?</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/walsall-fc/2012/02/09/a-place-for-supporters-on-the-saddlers-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/walsall-fc/2012/02/09/a-place-for-supporters-on-the-saddlers-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Saddlers Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walsall FC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the uncertain futures of Portsmouth, Darlington and Kettering very much in the spotlight at the moment, it’s only natural that the running and ownership of football clubs should come under scrutiny once more, writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.]]></description>
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		<title>A year of change at Albion</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/albion-blog/2012/02/08/a-year-of-change-at-albion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/albion-blog/2012/02/08/a-year-of-change-at-albion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albion Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bromwich Albion FC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend's Black Country derby marks twelve months in charge for our head coach Roy Hodgson, but where has the last year taken us? writes West Brom blogger Jarrod Hill.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>157</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t forget to plan your pension</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/2012/02/03/dont-forget-to-plan-your-pension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/2012/02/03/dont-forget-to-plan-your-pension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walsall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Financial blogger Ed Hill, who writes about tax and financial issues for Expressandstar.com, says it is never too early to plan for your pension.]]></description>
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		<title>Even Septic Peg could see that one coming</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2012/02/03/even-septic-peg-could-see-that-one-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2012/02/03/even-septic-peg-could-see-that-one-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wolves Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of this blog can attest that my forecasts and predictions for all things Wolves are generally pretty lousy, writes Wolves blogger Tim Spiers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why &#8216;Essex&#8217; and &#8216;Chelsea&#8217; means good news for retail</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/2012/02/03/why-essex-and-chelsea-means-good-news-for-retail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/2012/02/03/why-essex-and-chelsea-means-good-news-for-retail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shopping blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the news stories that caught my fashion eye last week was that the sale of white stiletto heels had seen a dramatic rise in recent months, writes our fashion and shopping blogger Emma Iannarilli.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons for Villa fans to be cheerful</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2012/02/03/reasons-for-villa-fans-to-be-cheerful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2012/02/03/reasons-for-villa-fans-to-be-cheerful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aston Villa FC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Villa Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So it is so long Habib, but what does it mean for Aston Villa?  Aston Villa blogger Matthew Turvey asks if Beye’s exit may well mean Villa being able to finally break out the chequebook.]]></description>
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		<title>West Brom&#8217;s happy reunion</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2012/02/03/west-broms-happy-reunion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2012/02/03/west-broms-happy-reunion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albion Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bromwich Albion FC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was a tale of friends reunited on Wednesday night as both Martin Jol and Roy Hodgson reacquainted themselves with their old clubs, writes West Brom blogger Jarrod Hill.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>97</slash:comments>
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		<title>Best of Peter Rhodes – February 3</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/peter-rhodes/2012/02/03/best-of-peter-rhodes-%e2%80%93-february-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/peter-rhodes/2012/02/03/best-of-peter-rhodes-%e2%80%93-february-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peter Rhodes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express &amp; Star.]]></description>
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		<title>Walsall FC blog: Accounts and accountability</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/walsall-fc/2012/02/02/accounts-and-accountability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/walsall-fc/2012/02/02/accounts-and-accountability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Saddlers Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walsall FC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The football club’s AGM takes place next Monday at 9 a.m. The annual report and accounts for 2010/11 came out last month. They threw up a few interesting statistics, here are some numbers that stood out: writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lou&#8217;s Women give resolutions updates</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/lous-women/2012/02/01/lous-women-give-resolutions-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/lous-women/2012/02/01/lous-women-give-resolutions-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lou's Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[halesowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[willenhall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To anyone who might have spied me smoking a cigarette since New Year and thought “aha, we’ve caught her out”- I really am giving up, writes Louise Jew.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>West Brom&#8217;s transfers reviewed</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2012/02/01/west-broms-transfers-reviewed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2012/02/01/west-broms-transfers-reviewed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albion Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bromwich Albion FC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Keith Andrews? Although I had heard that we were awaiting an answer from another Premier League club regarding a midfielder I would never in a million years guessed it was Keith Andrews, writes West Brom blogger Jarrod Hill.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>71</slash:comments>
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		<title>What the French really think about the Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/peter-rhodes/2012/02/01/what-the-french-really-think-about-the-olympics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/peter-rhodes/2012/02/01/what-the-french-really-think-about-the-olympics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peter Rhodes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“They  won't say it, but many French are gutted to have lost the bid," reports a  Brit living in France who emails the BBC on alleged Gallic envy of the London Olympics.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>West Brom&#8217;s Hawthorns hoodoo?</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2012/01/31/west-broms-hawthorns-hoodoo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2012/01/31/west-broms-hawthorns-hoodoo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albion Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bromwich Albion FC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think my nephew Noah best summed up Saturday's disappointing loss against Norwich when he said “I watched that game a couple of weeks ago”, writes West Brom blogger Jarrod Hill.]]></description>
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