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		<title>Jane Norman and the disappearing high street names</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/2011/06/30/jane-norman-and-the-disappearing-high-street-names/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/2011/06/30/jane-norman-and-the-disappearing-high-street-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fashion and shopping blogger Emma Iannarilli blogs on the sad demise of Jane Norman and the other well-known brands that are disappearing from our high streets.]]></description>
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		<title>Time to take the plunge on a cheap property?</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/property/2010/11/22/time-to-take-the-plunge-on-a-cheap-property/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/property/2010/11/22/time-to-take-the-plunge-on-a-cheap-property/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birmingham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of people are spending hundreds of pounds a week renting their homes, when it would be cheaper to buy instead.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s goodbye to Daihatsu, but daft names remain</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/motors/2010/11/10/its-goodbye-to-daihatsu-but-daft-names-remain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/motors/2010/11/10/its-goodbye-to-daihatsu-but-daft-names-remain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Carroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter carroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Daihatsu's decision to pull out the UK is bad news for fans of cars with silly names, but new Great Wall cars such as the Wingle ensure that their legacy will live on says Peter Carroll.]]></description>
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		<title>Midlands hauliers in fuel prices warning</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/10/28/midlands-hauliers-in-fuel-prices-warning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/10/28/midlands-hauliers-in-fuel-prices-warning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Midlands Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brierley hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dudley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[willenhall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Haulage companies across the West Midlands today warned that they could be  forced out of business by rising fuel prices as they try to fight back  from the recession.]]></description>
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		<title>Car buyers reluctant to haggle</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/motors/2010/10/15/car-buyers-reluctant-to-haggle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/motors/2010/10/15/car-buyers-reluctant-to-haggle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[British car buyers are collectively losing millions of pounds due to their reluctance to haggle, a report claimed.]]></description>
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		<title>80,000 jobs to go over next five years</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/careers/2010/10/13/80000-jobs-to-go-over-next-five-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/careers/2010/10/13/80000-jobs-to-go-over-next-five-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around 80,000 jobs in the West Midlands will go in both the public and private sectors over the next five years, according to a new report.]]></description>
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		<title>Caravan holidays are van-tastic says Alison</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/motors/2010/10/12/caravan-holidays-are-van-tastic-says-alison/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/motors/2010/10/12/caravan-holidays-are-van-tastic-says-alison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter carroll]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caravans are back. Peter Carroll talks to a family about their passion for life on the road.]]></description>
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		<title>New Homes Month campaign to help builders</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/property/2010/10/01/new-homes-month-campaign-to-help-builders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/property/2010/10/01/new-homes-month-campaign-to-help-builders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New Homes Month campaign, running until October 3, stresses the key advantages of buying brand new: lower energy bills, less hassle in the absence of a chain of buyers, lower maintenance costs, and the chance to stamp your personality on a home where no one has lived before.]]></description>
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		<title>Media negativity makes job-seeking seem bleak</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/careers/2010/09/14/media-negativity-makes-job-seeking-seem-bleak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/careers/2010/09/14/media-negativity-makes-job-seeking-seem-bleak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Careers Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Careers blogger Ioana Lazarov has read that it will take 14 years for the job market to recover this week and is wondering how long she'll have to wait for her own chance.]]></description>
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		<title>Are 2010 graduates struggling to find a job?</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/careers/2010/09/08/are-2010-graduates-struggling-to-find-a-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/careers/2010/09/08/are-2010-graduates-struggling-to-find-a-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Careers Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In her careers blog this week, Ioana Lazarov wonders how her fellow graduates are getting on with their search for paid employment.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>You don&#8217;t need a degree to be successful</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/careers/2010/08/24/you-dont-need-a-degree-to-be-successful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/careers/2010/08/24/you-dont-need-a-degree-to-be-successful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a year of record breaking A-Level results and hordes of smiling faces, not everybody will have received the news that they were hoping for.]]></description>
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		<title>Poundland profits soar by 80 per cent</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/08/18/poundland-profits-soar-by-80-per-cent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/08/18/poundland-profits-soar-by-80-per-cent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Birch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Midlands Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wolverhampton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Poundland has announced its profits have soared by more than 80 per cent as it enjoys a boom through the recession.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Big sales fightback launched by stores</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/midlands-business/2010/08/05/big-sales-fightback-launched-by-stores/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/midlands-business/2010/08/05/big-sales-fightback-launched-by-stores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Midlands Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staffordshire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[symphony hall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A retail fightback against the trading recession will kick off this  weekend, spearheaded by former Lord Mayor of Birmingham Sir Bernard  Zissman.]]></description>
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		<title>When will someone take a chance on me?</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/careers/2010/08/02/when-will-someone-take-a-chance-on-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/money/careers/2010/08/02/when-will-someone-take-a-chance-on-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Careers Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Job-seeking blogger James Alexander is fed up of being told to 'just get a job' and just wants to be given a chance to shine.]]></description>
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		<title>Sandwell Council&#8217;s benefits bill is more than £100m</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/06/04/sandwell-councils-benefits-bill-is-more-than-100m/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/06/04/sandwell-councils-benefits-bill-is-more-than-100m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than £100 million has been paid out in council tax and housing benefits to residents in one Black Country borough in the last year, it has emerged.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rangers confident of attracting stars</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/05/26/rangers-confident-of-attracting-stars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/05/26/rangers-confident-of-attracting-stars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 06:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Birch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stafford Rangers FC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hednesford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marston]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stafford Rangers believe they are in the driving seat to attract good players to Marston Road this summer in the wake of the economic climate.]]></description>
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		<title>Sutton&#8217;s warning on O&#8217;Keefe release</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/05/19/suttons-warning-on-okeefe-release/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/05/19/suttons-warning-on-okeefe-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Birch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Walsall FC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[albion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris hutchings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lincoln manager Chris Sutton reckons Walsall could have dropped a clanger in cutting Josh O'Keefe from their squad this summer.]]></description>
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		<title>Hutchings targets some rich pickings</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/05/17/hutchings-targets-some-rich-pickings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/05/17/hutchings-targets-some-rich-pickings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 10:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Birch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Walsall FC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris hutchings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walsall manager Chris Hutchings has targeted some “rich pickings” this summer in setting about reshaping his Saddlers squad.]]></description>
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		<title>The missing thousands at Walsall</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/05/12/the-missing-thousands-at-walsall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/05/12/the-missing-thousands-at-walsall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 08:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Birch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Walsall FC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[albion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brighton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blink and you’ll miss them but it’s not a magic trick – Walsall’s disappearing thousands are real.]]></description>
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		<title>Cameron&#8217;s approach takes new turn</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/04/21/camerons-approach-takes-new-turn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/04/21/camerons-approach-takes-new-turn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Birch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Cameron now seems to have turned his get-up-close approach to animal - or at least bird - welfare, writes John Hipwood.]]></description>
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