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		<title>Lucky James reunited with his best friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 09:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pensioner left heartbroken when his dog went missing has been reunited with his pet.]]></description>
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		<title>Lisa&#8217;s L of a wait to drive solo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen years after her first driving test,  Lisa Stanton is out on the road on her own for the first time today.]]></description>
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		<title>Surfing binmen video sparks probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Binmen in the Black Country have been filmed "surfing" from the back of a lorry, sparring while on duty and hitting a dead rat.]]></description>
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		<title>Store&#8217;s new wine labels am bostin</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2009/10/28/stores-new-wine-labels-am-bostin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A convenience chain is trialling wine labels written in Black Country dialect so shoppers are not intimidated by the usual flowery language.]]></description>
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		<title>Washing machine thief spun odd yarn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[His own solicitor said that he would never win a certificate for being the brain of Britain but a Black Country thief  got himself in a spin when he stole his sister's £400 washing machine and sold it for £150.]]></description>
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		<title>It’s an ‘L’ of a trial for test drivers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 10:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a HGV test in South Staffordshire is proving one ‘L’ of an inconvenience for learner drivers.]]></description>
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		<title>Boom! Boom! It’s a brush with Basil</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[grand theatre]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Television superstar Basil Brush is in the Midlands next week with his High Skool Mania show. He talks to MARK ANDREWS about the pressing news stories of the day.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the jailhouse rock for rabbit</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2009/04/23/its-the-jailhouse-rock-for-rabbit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Birch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rarely has a prisoner received such royal treatment by the normally no-nonsense boys in blue.]]></description>
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		<title>Mario stages biggest stunt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A notorious mystery artist who has been leaving beer mats adorned with the image of singer Mario Lanza has pulled one of his biggest ever stunts in Wolverhampton.]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery of dead pythons in trees</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/12/06/mystery-of-dead-pythons-in-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/12/06/mystery-of-dead-pythons-in-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two dead 6ft-long pythons have been discovered hanging from trees in a Staffordshire country park.]]></description>
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		<title>Ferret&#8217;s playtime squeeze</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/11/22/ferrets-playtime-squeeze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An albino ferret was cut out of a drainpipe by firefighters in Bloxwich today.]]></description>
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		<title>Vulture preys on woman’s home</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/10/08/vulture-preys-on-womans-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are more at home feeding on carcasses in the middle of the desert – so a Black Country woman was more than a little surprised to see a giant vulture perched on top of a neighbour’s house.]]></description>
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		<title>Will the real Partridge please stand up?</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/10/04/will-the-real-partridge-please-stand-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/10/04/will-the-real-partridge-please-stand-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fighting fires in the West Midlands is probably one of the least likely places people would expect to find Alan Partridge.]]></description>
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		<title>4p or not 4p – that&#8217;s the deal for Mark</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noel Edmonds dubbed it “one of the biggest heartbreak games of all time”.]]></description>
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		<title>Animal collector fined for crocodile in bedroom</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/08/27/animal-collector-fined-for-crocodile-in-bedroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Black Country reptile enthusiast landed himself a £100 fine after "rescuing" a crocodile from a pet shop and giving it a home in his Wolverhampton bedroom.]]></description>
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		<title>Jenny, Colin and the wings of love</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/08/22/jenny-colin-%e2%80%93-and-the-wings-of-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barn owls and a Harris hawk were among the more unusual guests at the wedding of the boss of a bird of prey centre near Stafford.]]></description>
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		<title>Father has brush with bus madness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Midland man was prevented from boarding a bus – because he had a tin of paint with him.]]></description>
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		<title>Builder hits gold with design</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/08/20/builder-hits-gold-with-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olympics-mad builder Chris Bradley was quick off the blocks when he was asked to come up with an unusual design for a customer’s driveway.]]></description>
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		<title>Man fined for smoking in his own van</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/07/25/man-fined-for-smoking-in-his-own-van/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A painter and decorator was left fuming after being slapped with a £30 fine for smoking behind the wheel of his van because it was his place of work.]]></description>
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		<title>Blunder puts city bottom of care table</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/07/23/blunder-puts-city-bottom-of-care-table/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wolverhampton is today ranked last in a national survey of mental health care because somebody pushed the wrong button on a computer 11 months ago.]]></description>
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