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		<title>£58.1 million for NHS Western Isles</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/58-1-million-for-nhs-western-isles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NHS Western Isles has received an above inflation budget pot of £58.1 million to fund services in the forthcoming year. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon announced the figure which is an...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles MP seeks RET extension</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/western-isles-mp-seeks-ret-extension/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;While the success of the project is being assessed&#8221; Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MP Angus MacNeil has written to both the Cabinet Seretary for Finance John Swinney MSP, and...]]></description>
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		<title>Crofting community mapping</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/crofting-community-mapping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Crofting Reform Bill&#8221; A £100,000 fund is to be set up to help Scotland&#8217;s crofters map out the boundaries of their land and secure ownership for future generations. Environment Minister...]]></description>
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		<title>Streamlining of plans for fish farm industry</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/streamlining-of-plans-for-fish-farm-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Make sure responses from public agencies&#8221; New proposals to streamline and improve efficiency of the planning process have been unveiled today in a bid to enhance Scotland&#8217;s £367 million aquaculture...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles Lib Dems targetting success</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/western-isles-lib-dems-targetting-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The second Party in Scotland&#8221; Returning from this weekends Scottish Liberal Democrat conference local Lib Dem PPC Jean Davis was upbeat about likely Party success at the upcoming election. We...]]></description>
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		<title>NHS IT services are failing patients</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/nhs-it-services-are-failing-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Safeguarding of patient privacy&#8221; The Scottish Government must take action now to improve NHS computing systems as patients are missing out on better care and treatment, warns a report from...]]></description>
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		<title>Fuel derogation for the Hebrides</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/fuel-derogation-for-the-hebrides-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Derogation for the islands&#8221; Commenting on local Labour and SNP politician’s recognition of the issues around fuel price increases local Liberal Democrat PPC Jean Davis said. ‘I am pleased to...]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Western Isles workers to be given time off to donate blood</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/call-for-western-isles-workers-to-be-given-time-off-to-donate-blood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;National Blood Transfusion Service&#8221; Businesses the Western Isles are being urged to give their employees time off work to donate blood, when the transfusion service visits Stornoway next week. Highlands and...]]></description>
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		<title>Severe blow for SNP&#8217;s minimum pricing plan</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/severe-blow-for-snps-minimum-pricing-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A decision by the European Court of Justice that minimum pricing for tobacco is illegal has confirmed fears that the SNP Government’s plans for minimum unit pricing for alcohol may...]]></description>
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		<title>Home insulation help for Scottish householders</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/home-insulation-help-for-scottish-householders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Householders were today urged to insulate their homes to save hundreds of pounds on heating bills and reduce Scotland&#8217;s impact on the environment. As part of the latest phase of...]]></description>
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		<title>MPs will push for fair fuel regulator</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Fuel up 11.46% since 2008&#8243; Latest figures from the AA revealing that drivers have endured recent petrol tax increases up to five times higher than in other European countries, show...]]></description>
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		<title>NHS waiting lists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We welcome this review of New Ways&#8221; Commenting on the Audit Scotland report Managing NHS waiting lists &#8211; A review of new arrangements published today, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: &#8220;We...]]></description>
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		<title>Gaelic learning week</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/gaelic-learning-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Easter  Stòras Uibhist are offering a unique opportunity to Gàidhlig learners to spend a ‘Learning Week’ in South Uist and its surrounding communities, enhancing and developing their use of...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles MP welcomes UKBA decision</title>
		<link>http://hebridestoday.com/2010/03/western-isles-mp-welcomes-ukba-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil has welcomed the announcement from the United Kingdom Border Agency that non EU fishermen will be allowed to work on fishing boats within Scottish waters...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles MSP welcomes backing for winter weather payments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Isles  MSP, Alasdair Allan, has today welcomed the backing of Scotland&#8217;s Housing Minister, Alex Neil, for the campaign to have winter weather payments calculated by taking wind chill into account....]]></description>
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		<title>Hebrides crofters encouraged to respond to Pack report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Isles  MSP, Alasdair Allan, has encouraged crofters in the islands to give their views on a review of support for agriculture in Scotland. Brian Pack has published an interim...]]></description>
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		<title>NHS Western Isles  see rise in anti-obesity drug</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant has highlighted the rising physical and financial costs of obesity across the region. The party’s Highlands and Islands health spokesperson has released Scottish...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Isles council&#8217;s proposal to take over Wee W premises</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hebrides Today has learned that Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s proposal is to take over the Wee W premises and lease them back to the current occupiers. Ongoing lease income would...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Isles Councillor and Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Westminster, Donald John MacSween has hit out at SNP members conduct during the Local Authority’s budget setting process. He declared: “Councillor...]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish could control Scottish fishing waters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spanish fishermen could end up in control of the North Sea under new rules being thrashed out in Brussels. This is the warning from Scots Euro MP Struan Stevenson ahead...]]></description>
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