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		<title>Brighton home owner ordered to repair conservation area property</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank le Duc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The owner of a terraced house in a Brighton conservation area has been ordered to carry out repairs and improvements.</p>
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		<title>Developer wants to plant 400 student flats on Brighton&#8217;s old fruit and veg market</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank le Duc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The old fruit and veg market in Circus Street is to be turned into a new library for Brighton University and up to 400 student flats.</p>
<p>Cathedral, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Owner ordered to repair neglected Brighton building</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank le Duc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The owner of a neglected building in the heart of Brighton has been ordered to carry out repairs.</p>
<p>Sergios Papadopoulos has been told to improve the condition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior Brighton police officer takes up town hall post</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank le Duc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Football fans are used to the idea of players on loan. Brighton and Hove Albion signed Steve Harper on loan from Newcastle in the autumn and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brighton and Hove&#8217;s postal voters asked for their signature</title>
		<link>http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2012/01/31/brighton-and-hoves-postal-voters-asked-for-their-signature/12604</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank le Duc</dc:creator>
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		<title>Brighton and Hove councillors asked to help trans community</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank le Duc</dc:creator>
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<p>Councillor Phelim Mac Cafferty said that the murder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hove councillor moved to tears over patient’s treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2012/01/30/hove-councillor-moved-to-tears-over-patient%e2%80%99s-treatment/12548</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank le Duc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Proposed changes to mental health services in Brighton and Hove prompted an outburst from a former carer who now sits as a councillor.</p>
<p>Dawn Barnett said that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brighton hospital&#8217;s £420m rebuilding plan approved</title>
		<link>http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2012/01/27/brighton-hospitals-420m-rebuilding-plan-approved/12514</link>
		<comments>http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2012/01/27/brighton-hospitals-420m-rebuilding-plan-approved/12514#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank le Duc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A ten-year £420 million rebuilding of Brighton&#8217;s main hospital has been given planning permission.</p>
<p>Three new buildings will replace all those now on the southern half &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ward councillors back Brighton hospital scheme but set out concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2012/01/26/ward-councillors-back-brighton-hospital-scheme-but-set-out-concerns/12506</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank le Duc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Two Brighton councillors have raised residents’ concerns about plans to modernise the Royal Sussex County Hospital.</p>
<p>Craig Turton and Warren Morgan, both East Brighton Labour councillors, support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brighton hospital plan is &#8216;once in a lifetime&#8217; opportunity</title>
		<link>http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2012/01/26/brighton-hospital-plan-is-once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity/12492</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank le Duc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Some opportunities come along once in a lifetime. One of those opportunities is coming along tomorrow (Friday).</p>
<p>Twelve councillors will decide whether to approve a £420 million plan [...]]]></description>
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