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		<title>And so the new journey begins</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was my final day at BAE Systems and so I had all the fun things like the leaving speech, exit interview and after work drinks.  I thought I might start getting cold feet about my new venture, but there was nothing like that, it was all really good.  Now its a day off to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gloucester in Crisis, What if&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday I took part in an Exercise at Gloucester North Warehouse which had been organised by Gloucester Safer Communities and was themed around what would happen if a far right organisation applied to have a protest march and rally in Gloucester.  Just how would the communities work together and with the police and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gloucester Carnival &#8211; Lets get stuck in!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I moan a lot, but one of the things that has disappointed me in the past couple of years has been the Gloucester Carnival.  This could have been because I have had a fair bit of experience of being involved with Silloth Carnival when I was younger or just the fact that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gloucester growth &#8211; What business do we want and how do we get them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the news of Asda coming into Kingsway, it prompted an article in the Citizen, and a reader contributed a comment that new places like this is further starving the City Centre and will be detrimental to the future of Gloucester.  I thought that was a really interesting comment, and got me thinking about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kirby is not the council (warning &#8211; these are Barry&#8217;s views &#8211; no one else&#8217;s)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got home late last night and picked up the day&#8217;s copy of the Citizen, and had a catchup of what is going on in our fair city.  It&#8217;s fair to say I was rather bemused to read the following on the letters page: &#160; I had written a whole post as a &#8216;reply&#8217; to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Business need found within Gloucester</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having spent the past month setting up my new business I have been very pleasantly surprised just how much of what I needed has been found within Gloucester. It has really helped that I have been able to draw upon my experiences of getting so heavily involved with the community activities that I have got to know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Devolution of Scotland &#8211; where is the benefit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On many issues I have an opinion.  I like to hear the arguments and make up my mind as I&#8217;m sure everyone does.  But I have to admit on listening to the various arguments for and against the devolution of Scotland I really am left with the &#8220;so what?&#8221; attitude.  Not because I dislike Scotland, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University applications down by 23,000 &#8211; Is this a bad thing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the latest figures, University Applications are down 23,000  on the same time last year.  On the one hand, this could be a damning indictment on the Governments hike in tuition fees, but on the other, could this actually be what is required to realign the education system to serve the needs of the jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oi Fattie &#8211; Check the drafts&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not normally one to point out simple mistakes, but when I was catching up on the news this morning, I was rather taken aback when looking at the news listings on This Is Gloucestershire this morning. The story is that Gloucester is now the proud owner of a state of the art Morgue, and they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daniels Brook Devastation &#8211; Sledgehammer cracking a nut!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the border between Kingsway and Tuffley is Daniels Brook.  In 2007 this flooded (as did much of Gloucester) and flooded a lot of the gardens of the houses in Bodium Avenue.  The Environment Agency has been working on the Brook to ensure it is more able to cope with the water run off and [...]]]></description>
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