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		<title>Traders’ joy on road plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans to completely close a busy road for two years while major roadworks take place have been scrapped after a campaign by businesses and residents.]]></description>
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		<title>AWM to axe 121 projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regional development agency Advantage West Midlands has taken the axe to more than 120 projects as part of a multi-million pound cost-saving exercise.]]></description>
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		<title>Workers and animals escape searing heat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not easy keeping cool at work when it is as hot in the Black Country as Ibiza or Rome.]]></description>
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		<title>Closure plan for road gets scrapped</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans to completely close a Black Country main road for two years while major roadworks take place have been scrapped following a campaign by businesses and residents.]]></description>
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		<title>Three cheers as the Cliff triplets hit 60</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s three cheers for the Cliff triplets from the Black Country who are back in the spotlight to celebrate their 60th birthday this month.]]></description>
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		<title>Allan on beat back to birth of heavy metal</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/03/allan-on-beat-back-to-birth-of-heavy-metal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Allan Atkins’s passion for music didn’t start in a pub or club, but a tin shed in West Bromwich.]]></description>
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		<title>Smooth Radio Tammy&#8217;s entertainment guide</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/03/smooth-radio-tammys-entertainment-guide-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Smooth Radio afternoon DJ Tammy Gooding gives you her guide to the best of the week’s entertainment across the region.]]></description>
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		<title>Cast rock stage for killer stage</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/03/cast-rock-stage-for-killer-stage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We Will Rock You
Birmingham Hippodrome.]]></description>
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		<title>Proms 2009 - Picture Gallery 23</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/03/proms-2009-picture-gallery-23/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another selection of pictures, sent in by readers, showing youngsters from the Black Country and Staffordshire enjoting their school proms.]]></description>
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		<title>Baffled passengers criticise station</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/02/baffled-passengers-criticise-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Baffled passengers today hit out at the confusing design of Halesowen’s new bus station claiming it has caused people to miss their bus.]]></description>
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		<title>Staff beaming at new Wimbledon roof</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/02/staff-beaming-at-new-wimbledon-roof/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/02/staff-beaming-at-new-wimbledon-roof/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While the nation has been gripped by the tennis on Wimbledon’s Centre Court, a team of Black Country engineers have had their eyes a little higher – they have been watching the performance of the court’s new sliding roof.]]></description>
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		<title>Snapshot of health troubles revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/02/snapshot-of-health-troubles-revealed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/02/snapshot-of-health-troubles-revealed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A snapshot of health problems in the West Midlands today reveals that heart disease and smoking-related illnesses are higher than the national average.]]></description>
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		<title>Our Nicky goes Morris dancing</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/02/our-nicky-goes-morris-dancing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Morris dancing is set to become a regular scene at pubs across the Black Country and Staffordshire.]]></description>
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		<title>Fun in the sun at Teddy Bear&#8217;s picnic</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/02/fun-in-the-sun-at-teddy-bears-picnic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/02/fun-in-the-sun-at-teddy-bears-picnic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you went down to the Dudley Castle and Zoo, you'd get a big surprise - as 3,000 children and their parents enjoyed a Teddy Bear's picnic.]]></description>
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		<title>Proms 2009 - Picture Gallery 22</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/02/proms-2009-picture-gallery-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another selection of pictures, sent in by readers, showing youngsters from across the region enjoying their school prom nights.]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs axe at brick factory</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/01/jobs-axe-at-brick-factory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/01/jobs-axe-at-brick-factory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Seventeen workers face losing their jobs at a Black Country brick factory because of falling demand. Ibstock Brick is to consult its 48 employees over redundancies.]]></description>
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		<title>New bus station to lead the way</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/01/new-bus-station-to-lead-the-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/01/new-bus-station-to-lead-the-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An ailing bus station is to be turned into a pioneering £6.4million transport hub aimed at providing “world-class” facilities for passengers in the Black Country.]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing escape after crash</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/01/amazing-escape-after-crash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A driver and a resident had an amazing escape today when a car hit a telegraph pole and lamp post before crashing through a wall into a garden in the Black Country.]]></description>
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		<title>Pupils step back to celebrate milestone</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/01/pupils-step-back-to-celebrate-milestone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pupils and staff at one of the Black Country’s oldest schools have taken a step into the past to look back over 170 years of history.]]></description>
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		<title>Proms 2009 - Picture Gallery 21</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/01/proms-2009-picture-gallery-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another selection of pictures, sent in by readers, showing guys and girls from across the Black Country and Staffordshire enjoying their prom nights.]]></description>
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