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              <title><![CDATA[YP Letters: Austerity enforcers won’t listen to Yorkshire]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[From: Natalie Bennett, Sheffield Green Party.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:03:03 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Letters: Money must be found to repair piers]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-money-must-be-found-to-repair-piers-1-8644040</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[From: Colin Pyrah, Beckhole, Whitby.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:02:38 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Letters: Only Hamas and Abbas are to blame for suffering in Gaza]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-only-hamas-and-abbas-are-to-blame-for-suffering-in-gaza-1-8644038</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[From: John Collins, Leeds.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Columnists</category>
                                  <category>conflicts, war and peace</category>
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              <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:02:15 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Craig Such: Follow cycling’s example to make Yorkshire a tech industry powerhouse]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/craig-such-follow-cycling-s-example-to-make-yorkshire-a-tech-industry-powerhouse-1-8643974</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[THE tech industry is booming. The growth rate for digital jobs is more than double that of non-digital jobs, and in 2015, the turnover of the UK digital tech industry was estimated at &#163;170bn.]]></description>
              
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                                  <category>economy, business and finance</category>
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              <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:25:54 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Ross Murray: Rural MPs can make the case for the countryside]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/ross-murray-rural-mps-can-make-the-case-for-the-countryside-1-8643967</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Despite a degree in political science and a psephologist&#8217;s interest in elections, I did not see the general election result coming.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:15:18 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Bernard Ingham: Theresa May lagging behind Margaret Thatcher after first year in office]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/bernard-ingham-theresa-may-lagging-behind-margaret-thatcher-after-first-year-in-office-1-8643939</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[TOMORROW Theresa May will have been our Prime Minister for exactly one year. She was the longest-serving Home Secretary for 60 years and then had a record honeymoon in No 10 with a 23-point lead in the polls over Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at one stage.  ]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:00:29 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Comment: Prime Minister orders inquiry - Contaminated blood scandal]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-comment-prime-minister-orders-inquiry-contaminated-blood-scandal-1-8644048</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[There have been repeated calls over the years that have fallen on deaf ears but now the Government has confirmed there will be an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that claimed the lives of at least 2,400 people.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Columnists</category>
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              <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:30:46 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Letters: Brexit about democracy and independence, not economics]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-brexit-about-democracy-and-independence-not-economics-1-8641914</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[From: Thomas W Jefferson, Batty Lane, Howden, Goole.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:14:33 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Letters: Vanity of HS2 cannot be justified]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-vanity-of-hs2-cannot-be-justified-1-8641904</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[From: John Seymour, Church Fenton, Tadcaster.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:11:27 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Letters: Why it’s not so easy to donate to a good cause]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-why-it-s-not-so-easy-to-donate-to-a-good-cause-1-8641897</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[From: Fiona Lemmon, Clifton Byres, Clifton, Maltby, Rotherham.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:09:19 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Comment: Harness power of rural areas. Devolution matters to farming]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-comment-harness-power-of-rural-areas-devolution-matters-to-farming-1-8641920</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[THE Northern Powerhouse Minister did make one point abundantly clear during a fact-finding visit to Leeds &#8211; he is totally against a Yorkshire-wide devolution deal.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:17:30 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Andrew Vine: Cut foreign aid spending for sake of public sector]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/andrew-vine-cut-foreign-aid-spending-for-sake-of-public-sector-1-8641893</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[THERE could be no starker illustration of the burdens borne by our overworked, underpaid public sector than the despairing account of a teaching assistant I met last week.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:07:29 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Charles Mills: Great Yorkshire Show aims to fly flag for best of region’s farming]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/charles-mills-great-yorkshire-show-aims-to-fly-flag-for-best-of-region-s-farming-1-8641889</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[IT&#8217;S been a dream come true to head up the Great Yorkshire Show, an event close to my heart. Never did I realise when I was a young boy sat in the grandstand with my parents that I would be in the position I am now. ]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:05:44 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Neil McNicholas: Rare TV treat from Bard’s rural tour]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/neil-mcnicholas-rare-tv-treat-from-bard-s-rural-tour-1-8641882</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[LIKE many people, I like to relax at the end of the day by watching the television, but as I move ever-closer to my dotage I find I am increasingly unwilling to waste precious time watching the dross that so often masquerades as entertainment. ]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Columnists</category>
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              <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:02:48 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Mark Casci: Time to cast aside cynicism and embrace the Northern Powerhouse]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/mark-casci-time-to-cast-aside-cynicism-and-embrace-the-northern-powerhouse-1-8641877</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Since first being coined the phrase Northern Powerhouse has been the target for more than its fair share of brickbats.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:02:42 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Letters: More money is no answer to social woes]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-more-money-is-no-answer-to-social-woes-1-8639941</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[From: Gordon Lawrence, Sheffield.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:21:26 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Letters: Thankful to have been member of Churchill’s lost bulldog breed]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-thankful-to-have-been-member-of-churchill-s-lost-bulldog-breed-1-8639943</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[From: Mrs MW Whitaker, Harswell, East Yorkshire.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:23:41 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Letters: Great Yorkshire Show is vital educational event]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-great-yorkshire-show-is-vital-educational-event-1-8639917</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[From: Jane Fairburn, Rievaulx, Helmsley, York.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:19:15 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Comment: Time to act over blood scandal]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-comment-time-to-act-over-blood-scandal-1-8640800</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[diana jOHNSON, the Hull North MP, deserves great credit for championing victims of the contaminated blood scandal in the 1970s and 1980s that led to the deaths of around 2,400 people. Without her persistence, six opposition leaders would not be backing calls for a Hillsborough-style inquiry.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:24:10 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[YP Comment: May’s bid to save premiership]]></title>
              <link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-comment-may-s-bid-to-save-premiership-1-8640760</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[IT&#8217;S IRONIC that Theresa May is now calling for cross-party consensus on the great issues facing the country when she is the Prime Minister who risked all with an unnecessary General Election &#8211; and then spent six weeks rubbishing her opponents.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:18:43 +0100</pubDate>
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