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		<title>Staffordshire University Acacdemy plans are set to go before planning committee.</title>
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		<title>Call to young Staffordshire people to sign up to a summer of a lifetime.</title>
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		<title>Exciting plans to regenerate Stafford get green light.</title>
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		<title>Police appeal for help in hunt to reunite a sentimenal antique gift stolen from a Shenstone house with its owner.</title>
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		<title>Small firms to get free advice on accessing essential funding in Staffordshire</title>
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		<title>Latest phase in &#163;6.5 leisure centre makeover opens in Cannock</title>
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		<title>Damh the Bard to perform in Tamworth</title>
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		<title>Schoolchildren to learn about archictecture in Stafford</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>STAFFORD&#8217;S Shire Hall Gallery is helping children to learn about architecture with bridge building and design challenges during this month and in March.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Organisers of a remembrance event in Cannock appealing for help</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>ORGANISERS of a 2012 remembrance event in Cannock are appealing for more organisations to get involved.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Main road through Penkridge is to get &#163;750k upgrade</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A MAIN road running through the picturesque village of Penkridge is set to benefit from a major upgrade.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>New caring Staffordshire service looks for new recruits</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A NEW service helping people live independently after illness or injury is moving to fill its vacancies to ensure enough staff are in place for its April launch.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Monthly community surgeries to be held in Fazeley</title>
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		<title>Wednesbury agricultural apprentice wins an award</title>
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		<title>Staffordshire&apos;s top social care chief is to go back to the floor</title>
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		<title>New dates for Penkridge&apos;s fine food and craft market.</title>
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		<title>Staffordshire&apos;s new Lord Lieutenant is revealed.</title>
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		<title>Staffordshire Fire and Rescue to freeze council tax for a second year running.</title>
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		<title>Artists in Burntwood urged to get on your marks.</title>
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		<title>Gang of up to four men are hunted by police after Cannock burglary.</title>
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		<title>Woman suffers heart attack in a Lichfield gym.</title>
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