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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News</title><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/home.asp</link><description>Burton &amp; Staffordshire news &amp; local news headlines for Burton On Trent | Burton Daily Mail online | Burton Mail the local paper headlines online</description><language>en-gb</language><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:42:51 GMT</pubDate><copyright>Staffordshire Newspapers Limited 2007</copyright><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>CREMATORIUM SELL-OFF PLAN</title><description>TOWN Hall chiefs have admitted they are considering selling off Bretby Crematorium ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487107</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Street shotgun trial: accused man acquitted</title><description>A 23-YEAR-OLD man accused of having a sawnoff shotgun in a Burton street has been acquitted on the orders of the trial judge ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487108</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Village school has web worries</title><description>PUPILS at a South Derbyshire school are being &amp;#699;seriously disadvantaged &amp;#700; by slow internet speeds, their head teacher has claimed ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487135</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prime Minister: Hill Street centre is sort of healthcare people will want in the future</title><description>BETTER healthcare, schools and policing &#8211; those are the issues Gordon Brown hopes will encourage the people of Burton to help his party to a fourth term in office.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487114</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brown: I don&#8217;t blame you for asking about the election</title><description>GORDON Brown took time out to speak to the Mail at the end of his visit to Burton yesterday ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487134</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Change to free bus pass travel restrictions</title><description>ELDERLY and disabled people in Burton will not be able to use their free bus passes early in the morning from next month ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487063</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Couple told they would be &#8216;better off jobless&#8217;</title><description>A WINSHILL couple &amp;#699;struggling to put food on the table&amp;#700; claim they have been told by benefit chiefs they would be better off unemployed ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487109</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Memorial wall rededicated at Arboretum</title><description>A MONUMENT commemorating servicemen and women who died in the 2003-09 Iraq War has been rededicated at the National Memorial Arboretum ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487081</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shires are back in town</title><description>LEISURE chiefs developing Burton&amp;#700;s new National Brewing Centre have put the icing on the cake of their plans by welcoming two new Shire horses to the venue ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487068</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Knifepoint &#8216;bully&#8217; gets eight years</title><description>A &amp;#699;BULLY&amp;#700; who preyed on vulnerable adults in South Derbyshire and threatened them at knifepoint for cash has been jailed for eight years ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487067</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Full-time fire station for Swad</title><description>A FULL-TIME fire station looks set to be created in Swadlincote after plans were given the goahead by Derbyshire Fire Authority ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487083</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google eye goes live to a street near you . . .</title><description>THESE are just some of the pictures that can now be seen by millions of people across the world as Google Street View goes live ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487082</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dutch arrest &#8216;drugs baron&#8217;</title><description>A SUSPECTED drugs baron targeted in a worldwide police manhunt has been arrested in the Netherlands ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487078</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Forces are told to solve more crimes</title><description>POLICE in Derbyshire and Staffordshire do not solve enough crimes, the forces&amp;#700; watchdog has found ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487064</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Confiscation orders ensuring that crime doesn&#8217;t pay</title><description>STAFFORDSHIRE Police has smashed Home Office targets for asset recovery for the third year running ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487066</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fifty golden years together</title><description>A GOLDEN couple from Stapenhill are celebrating 50 happy years together with a family meal ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487079</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ABSOLUTELY FABIO-LOUS</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487006</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&#8216;Victim&#8217; seen hitting himself with a bottle</title><description>A TEENAGER from South Derbyshire who claimed to be the victim of a brutal town centre assault has been jailed &#8211; after CCTV evidence showed he inflicted his injuries on himself.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487010</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Loaded gun discovered in the street</title><description>A POLICE officer found a sawnoff shotgun abandoned in a quiet residential road in Burton, a court has heard.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487022</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smash victim to get £1m payout</title><description>A MAN who suffered brain damage in a horror smash near Burton which killed his drink-driving friend is in line for seven-figure damages at London&amp;#700;s High Court.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487008</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two arrested in trial probe</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487011</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tragic addict began using heroin at 10</title><description>POLICE are hoping the overdose death of a drug user who had been taking heroin since he was 10 will serve as a warning to others who may be taking illegal substances.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487007</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EMAS set to miss targets</title><description>EAST Midlands Ambulance Service is unlikely to hit national targets for response times, NHS bosses have revealed.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487021</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&#8216;Tomboy&#8217; Bet&#8217;s still having fun at the age of 100</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487024</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hilary fronts new business reality show</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487016</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Normal service is resumed at Toyota</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487015</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protecting the young from the extremists</title><description>A BLUEPRINT for giving young people a chance to influence change &#8212; which includes protecting them from violent extremism &#8212; has been approved by town hall chiefs.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=487012</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NOW THEY CAN REST IN PEACE</title><description>CAMPAIGNERS are claiming victory after church leaders scrapped controversial proposals to build on thousands of graves. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486762</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Robbers caught 20 minutes after raid</title><description>POLICE have arrested two men within 20 minutes of a robbery which left a Burton shopkeeper shaken but unhurt. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486763</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bridge too far for councillor</title><description>A BRIDGE described as &amp;#699;lethal&amp;#700; looks set to be repaired after several Burton residents complained to the council. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486764</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Farewell to rugby club stalwart Vic</title><description>HUNDREDS of mourners have gathered to pay an &amp;#699;affectionate farewell&amp;#700; to a Burton sporting legend. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486769</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When networking is far from social</title><description>THE TRAGIC case of teenager Ashleigh Hall has highlighted the dangers of using social networking sites. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486767</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Town&#8217;s regeneration project gets go-ahead</title><description>PLANS for pilot schemes designed to regenerate run-down housing in Burton have been approved by council chiefs. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486771</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&#8216;I saw man in street with a loaded shotgun&#8217;</title><description>A LOADED sawn-off shotgun was wielded during a midnight fracas in Burton, jurors have heard. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486772</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Medicine excess led to woman&#8217;s death</title><description>A MENTAL health patient who once tried to set fire to herself died because of complications with a medicine overdose, a coroner has ruled. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486774</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Maria&#8217;s grateful to her Secret admirer</title><description>A DISABLED charity fundraiser who has organised treats for hundreds of people has received £10,000 from a wealthy benefactor on Channel 4&amp;#700;s Secret Millionaire. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486777</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Walter and Mary&#8217;s 65 years of bliss</title><description>A COUPLE are today celebrating after 65 of years of wedded bliss. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486776</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Putting the bite on our dog owners . . .</title><description>GOVERNMENT ministers have sunk their teeth into the thorny issue of dangerous dogs by proposing that all owners should insure their pets against attacking someone. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486773</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TOWN IN £1M HOME BOOST</title><description>FIRST-TIME buyers and construction workers in Burton have received a massive boost after the Government announced plans to spend millions of pounds building new homes ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486596</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Village opting out of orders</title><description>DOG lovers from a village near Burton will be exempt from controversial new rules clamping down on &#8220;irresponsible&#8221; owners ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486597</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Home next door has no appeal for GPs</title><description>DOCTORS behind controversial plans to build a new surgery on playing fields have rejected the chance to buy a house next to their existing premises ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486610</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&#8216;Life will be empty without my Terry&#8217;</title><description>THE wife of a staunch Gresley FC fan who died during a match on Saturday has paid a glowing tribute to a &amp;#699;wonderful husband&amp;#700; ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486601</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Special constables&#8217; new deputy chief</title><description>A BURTON man has been named as the new deputy chief constable of Staffordshire Police&amp;#700;s Special Constabulary ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486600</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crown court D-day for assault pair</title><description>THE fate of two friends from Burton who took part in an &amp;#699;unprovoked and sustained &amp;#700; assault is to be decided at crown court ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486599</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Civil servants&#8217; strike goes into second day</title><description>STAFF from Burton&amp;#700;s Jobcentre and other Government offices continued their two-day strike today over cuts to redundancy packages ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486598</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bungee jump for boy with a rare disorder</title><description>DAREDEVIL drinkers at a Burton pub are to bungee jump to raise money for a six-year-old boy with a rare genetic disorder ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486581</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Evening fixture for firms eyeing FA deal</title><description>A SELF-EMPLOYED Burton roofer has passed the halfway line in his attempt to form a 500-firm consortium to bid for work involved in building the new national football centre ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486573</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police put finger back on the pulse</title><description>POLICE in Burton are set to identify suspects on the streets when mobile fingerprint scanners are launched nationwide in the summer ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486572</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>War games opposition is shot down in flames</title><description>SUPPORTERS of controversial proposals for a war games centre at a former military barracks site have been given a boost after planning officers recommended the plans for approval ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486571</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crooks&#8217; double hit on catering firm</title><description>A CATERING company near Swadlincote has been forced to move out of its premises after they were wrecked by two burglaries.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486570</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toyota drives down new car launch fears</title><description>TOYOTA bosses have eased workers&amp;#700; fears by pledging that the new hybrid car earmarked for production at their firm&amp;#700;s Burnaston plant will be launched as planned ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486569</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Retiring MPS to turn down final pay rises</title><description>THE outgoing MPs for Burton and South Derbyshire are to return their forthcoming pay rises to the Treasury, the Mail can reveal ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486568</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GRAVES FIGHT: FRESH HOPES</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486513</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crowd gathers to protest at surgery plans</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486517</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>£33,000 a year to go to ballet school</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486522</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hospital staff given their rewards</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486523</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>One hygiene star for dead mice takeaway</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486524</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Burton a boost for England, says Dowie</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486525</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Firefighter faces up to desert challenge</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486530</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sarah&#8217;s law spreads into Staffordshire</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486526</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police put finger back on the pulse</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486528</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangladesh visitors in South Derbyshire</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486527</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>We're coming to get you....</title><description>A STING operation targeting suspected criminals who have evaded the justice system has been staged in Burton. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486411</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Month of strikes pose a threat to public services</title><description>PUBLIC services in Burton look set to be disrupted for up to a month due to staff strike action. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486412</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>£300 kick in the butt for careless smoker</title><description>A SMOKER has been fined more than £300 for flicking a lit cigarette end from his car.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486413</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Campaign against doorstep conmen</title><description>ELDERLY people in Burton and South Derbyshire are being urged to keep their doors closed if they are not sure who is calling. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486414</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>94 per cent want mental health centre saved</title><description>NINETY-FOUR per cent of people are opposed to the closure of a Burton mental health unit, a survey of service users has revealed. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486415</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Margaret backs the bid</title><description>THE FORMER health chief who lent her name to a Burton mental health unit has told the Mail it would be a &#8216;sad loss&#8217; to the town if it ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486416</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New £2.5m school is officially opened</title><description>YOUNGSTERS, teachers and community leaders have celebrated the official opening of a new £2.5 million primary school in Burton. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486417</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Warning to pub giants</title><description>POLITICIANS have warned several of Britain&#8217;s biggest pub companies &#8212; including one based in Burton &#8212; about their &#8216;unbalanced and ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486418</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Church leaders fail to come to meeting</title><description>CHURCH leaders who are planning to build a new church hall, an access road and a car park over thousands of graves have snubbed a meeting ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486419</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pits stop was for the best &#8212; Currie</title><description>FORMER South Derbyshire MP Edwina Currie has marked the 25th anniversary of the end of the miners&#8217; strike with controversial comments ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486420</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sickening scenes at takeaway</title><description>THESE were the shocking scenes discovered inside a Burton takeaway condemned by a magistrate as a danger to public health ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486250</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Communities first, says the top cop</title><description>A MAJOR restructure of Staffordshire Police has been announced in the face of expected public spending cuts &#8211; but the force&amp;#700;s top cop has vowed to preserve frontline policing and ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486255</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&#8216;Execution&#8217; store shut by bosses for inquiry</title><description>A BURTON shop at the eye of a storm over shocking images showing the mock execution of a soldier closed yesterday while the sick stunt was investigated ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486257</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BNP man bids to clinch the S. Derbys seat</title><description>A BRITISH National Party candidate is to stand in the General Election in a bid to become South Derbyshire&amp;#700;s MP, the Mail can reveal ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486268</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>League boss full of praise for Brewers</title><description>THE National Football Centre has &amp;#699;great potential&amp;#700; to help the development of clubs like Burton Albion and their communities, according to the head of the Football League ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486262</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gang member admits killing father-of-three</title><description>A MEMBER of a notorious crime family has admitted killing a father in a horror road rage attack which also left a Burton College student fighting for his life ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486264</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tribute to wife who raised £50k for charity</title><description>THE husband of a charity fund-raiser who has lost an eight-year battle with cancer has paid his wife an emotional tribute ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486273</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Job application liar escapes jail</title><description>A BRANSTON man who failed to reveal he was serving a suspended sentence when he applied for a job was told he was lucky to stay out of prison ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486270</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pink spray drawing attention to dog poo</title><description>COUNCIL chiefs have highlighted Burton&amp;#700;s dog poo problem by marking the muck with water-soluble fluorescent pink spray ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486234</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Waste blow for council</title><description>EAST Staffordshire Borough Council has been ranked among the bottom 45 local authorities in a Government waste collection performance survey ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486231</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cabbies claim that fees hike is un-fare</title><description>TAXI firms could be driven to the wall if running costs keep rising, a cabbies&amp;#700; leader has claimed ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486291</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SICK STUNT</title><description>SHOCKING images of a mock execution ridiculing soldiers who have lost their lives in combat have been slammed by the parent of a fallen serviceman. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486102</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Teen&#8217;s sex text brag to ex&#8217;s dad</title><description>A BURTON teenager who sent text messages to his girlfriend&amp;#700;s parents threatening their grandchild and bragging about his sexual conquest of their daughter has escaped jail. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486103</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russell&#8217;s bid for FA centre work boosted</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486105</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shires return to brewing centre</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486108</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&#8216;Two-faced Tory&#8217; claims rejected</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486107</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New owner aiming to continue family ethos  </title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486109</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police fail to act on illegal parking &#8212; claim</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486111</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rock on! Town night spot&#8217;s jobs saved</title><description>ELEVEN jobs at a Burton nightclub have been saved despite its owners&amp;#700; parent company slipping into administration. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486114</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inn is finally out as developers get way</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486112</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man stole metal to fund Xmas shopping</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486116</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&#8216;Kidnap&#8217; teenager is jailed for burglary</title><description>A TROUBLED teenager who avoided a jail term for faking the kidnapping of her 16- year-old friend has now been imprisoned after admitting subsequent offences including burglary. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486115</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quarry campaigners demand a fairer deal</title><description>CAMPAIGNERS are pleading with their neighbours to sign a petition that could stop the &amp;#699;disastrous&amp;#700; 20-year extraction of millions of tonnes of sand and gravel near their homes.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=486117</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CALL TO CLOSE DANGER ALLEY</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485964</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birthday party for teen offender killed in crash</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485965</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Salmon avoids jail for theft of meat and beer</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485969</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Life-squeezing award for a doting husband</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485970</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Surgery protesters plan demonstration</title><description>CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans to build a surgery on village playing fields are to hold a demonstration.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485972</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jealous rage ended with three in court</title><description>A BURTON woman was burgled by a homeless man who walked into her flat days after her jealous boyfriend battered down her front door in a drunken rage, a court has heard.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485975</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Disabled OAP: new ramp&#8217;s set me free</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485976</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>£2k bikes stolen from home</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485978</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Residents celebrate winning holey war</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485979</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Concern voiced at report on cocaine</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485980</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Raiders grab 12 shotguns</title><description>POLICE are appealing for information after a dozen shotguns worth £15,000 were snatched during a burglary.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485982</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Council tax increase lowest for two years</title><description>SOUTH Derbyshire&amp;#700;s Tory council chiefs have increased Council Tax by the lowest rate for two years &#8212; prompting their Labour opponents to urge people to consider the consequences.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485983</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prison is praised for major improvements</title><description>PRISON watchdogs have given a private jail near Burton one of its best annual inspection reports in years.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485984</link><pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MURDER VICTIM LUKE&#8217;S LEGACY</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485853</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Talk is not so cheap for young offenders</title><description>UNRULY youths are being given speech therapy in a bid to cut crime rates.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485856</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Council jobs under threat of Govt cuts</title><description>THOUSANDS of council jobs could be under threat in the next three to five years as cash-strapped authorities brace themselves for Government funding cuts.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485858</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swans killed in pet dog&#8217;s savage attack</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485861</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man&#8217;s court protest over rates summons</title><description>AN BUSINESSMAN has told a court &amp;#699;his life has been ruined&amp;#700; after being summonsed over unpaid business rates.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485859</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chaos in court as police close cells</title><description>BURTON Magistrates&amp;#700; Court has been thrown into &amp;#699;chaos&amp;#700; after officials at the town&amp;#700;s neighbouring police station failed to inform solicitors that they were closing their cells for refurbishment.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485864</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Family values hit by church hall proposal</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485863</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Landlady assaulted by drunken reveller</title><description>A REVELLER assaulted the landlady of a Burton pub during a &amp;#699;drunken outburst &amp;#700;, a court has heard.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485869</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A busy schedule for marathon mum</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485868</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Evicted travellers leave trail of filth</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485870</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rugby club mourns &#8216;a legend in his lifetime&#8217;</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485872</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CCTV photo clues to garden mystery</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485871</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>STAB VICTIM, 19, FIGHTS FOR LIFE</title><description>A TEENAGER was left fighting for his life after he was knifed twice during an attack in Burton.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485677</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top chef leaves a bad taste in mouth for Zara</title><description>AN AWARD winning chef has spoken of her &amp;#699;disappointing&amp;#700; day with a Michelin-starred celebrity cook. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485663</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Task force to tackle infant mortality rate</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485662</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Marmite XO hits store shelves</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485661</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rail services on track for huge overhaul</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485660</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Time has come to improve clock island </title><description>A COMMUNITY leader has welcomed a cash injection worth thousands of pounds to improve one of South Derbyshire's busiest road junctions. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485659</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mischief-maker at large, claims Tory councillor</title><description>A SOUTH Derbyshire councillor has accused fellow residents of 'mischiefmaking' after notes were sent out urging people to oppose plans to build 150 homes in their village.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485675</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Garden centre pots top trophy</title><description>A POPULAR garden centre has landed a top honour for its exceptional standards of customer care. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485658</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cancer care with a smile</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485657</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hilton hosts green roadshow</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485751</link><pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rotary march </title><description>MEMBERS of Burton Rotary braved the cold weather to raise money for local causes with their annual sandwich board march. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485676</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lucky escape from blaze</title><description>A WOMAN has been rescued from a smoke filled house after a fire broke out early on Saturday. (Feb 27)
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485647</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TV HUNT FOR DRUGS BARON</title><description>POLICE have launched a worldwide hunt for a suspected drugs baron wanted in connection with the discovery of a haul of illegal ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485608</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jail for lover who tried to kill mum of six</title><description>A JILTED lover who subjected a mother-of-six to a sickening attack at her South Derbyshire home has been jailed for attempted murder. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485609</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eviction order No.4 for business park gipsies</title><description>GIPSIES accused of blighting Burton businesses by setting up an illegal camp have been served with an eviction notice &#8211; for the fourth time ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485611</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Year&#8217;s Eve text led to partner attack</title><description>A 40-YEAR-OLD man has admitted punching his partner in the face and stomach before threatening to smash the windows of her ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485610</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police upbeat after small rise in budget</title><description>DERBYSHIRE Police is to receive a &amp;#699;modest&amp;#700; rise in its budget for the coming financial year.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485613</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>House prices drop is &#8216;just a blip&#8217; &#8212; agents</title><description>FIGURES showing a fall in house prices for the first time in 10 months may be a &#8216;blip&#8217;, according to a Burton estate agent. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485614</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Farewell to wily old Fox</title><description>TRIBUTES have been paid to a former council leader who is standing down from politics after 15 years in the corridors of power at ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485617</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hospital hit by new bug</title><description>HEALTH chiefs have been forced to impose strict visiting restrictions after a fresh outbreak of a diarrhoea and vomiting virus at Burton&amp;#700;s Queen&amp;#700;s Hospital ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485474</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cross border dental switch</title><description>MORE than 100 dental patients have crossed the Derbyshire border to join a Burton surgery after learning that their Swadlincote practice is to close ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485475</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two are accused of drug trafficking</title><description>TWO South Derbyshire men have been charged with drugs offences as part of a crackdown on the trafficking illegal substances across the Welsh border ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485477</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Graves protest campaigners update progress</title><description>PROTESTORS have called a meeting to discuss their progress in the fight against church leaders&amp;#700; plans to build on thousands of graves ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485478</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man sent 28 obscene videos to random number</title><description>A BURTON man sent nearly 30 obscene video messages from his girlfriend &amp;#700;s mobile to a random phone number in a single day, a court has heard ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485479</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Millionaire is a hit for charity</title><description>A DISABLED charity chief whose group helps people with life-threatening illnesses has been featured on a hit television programme receiving a vital donation from a wealthy benefactor ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485480</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toyota now looks to wind power</title><description>PLANS to use wind power to provide electricity for Toyota&amp;#700;s Burnaston plant have taken a major step forward ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485481</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pub set to make way for flats and houses</title><description>A SOUTH Derbyshire pub is set to be closed permanently to make way for flats and houses ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485483</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tories given a hounding over fouling</title><description>EMPLOYING an &amp;#699;army of enforcement officers&amp;#700; to tackle the problem of dog fouling would cost taxpayers &amp;#699;millions,&amp;#700; a leading councillor has said ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485484</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Road closures to aid facelift</title><description>STREETS in Swadlincote town centre are to be transformed into a temporary traffic-free zone while work is completed on the next phase of a £1 million refurbishment plan ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485485</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Teen pregnancy rate battle will continue</title><description>HEALTH chiefs say they remain determined to cut teenage pregnancy rates in Derbyshire &#8212; despite new figures showing they have fallen to their lowest level for nine years ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485486</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi admits two charges of assault</title><description>AN immigrant living in Stapenhill assaulted his girlfriend before slapping her friend across the face in a town centre car park, a court has heard ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485487</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Invasion of the river-choking weed</title><description>A WEED invasion along a stretch of the River Trent in Burton is threatening to choke off the activities of two leisure clubs ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485488</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FIRMS IN A FLAP OVER GIPSY CAMP</title><description>COUNCIL bosses face a courtroom showdown with gipsy families tomorrow over an illegal camp blighting businesses in Burton. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485263</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trees scheme to brighten up town</title><description>GATEWAYS into Swadlincote are being spruced up with a major tree-planting and landscaping scheme.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485264</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police in hunt for trickster &#8216;doctor&#8217;</title><description>POLICE were today hunting a trickster who posed as a doctor to dupe his way into a South Derbyshire home. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485266</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sleep-out in South Derbyshire</title><description>THE chairman of South Derbyshire District Council is urging people to join him in becoming homeless for a night to help others. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485265</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Albion happier over Notts cash</title><description>BURTON Albion chairman Ben Robinson says he is &amp;#699;encouraged&amp;#700; the club will get back the cash owed to it by Notts County after the crisis-hit ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485275</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M1 lorry crash leads to chaos on the A38</title><description>ARTERIAL roads serving the heart of Burton were clogged with traffic following a lorry crash on the M1. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485276</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Community projects cash is cut in half</title><description>THE MONEY councillors can spend on community projects in Burton is to be cut in half after they continually failed to spend the cash. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485277</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gold rush to see Real Deal star</title><description>SCORES of people welcomed television antiques expert David Dickinson to Burton to open a business. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485278</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Challenging for FA centre spoils</title><description>A BURTON businessman is hoping to grab a share of the spoils offered to those invited to help build St George&amp;#700;s Park, Burton&amp;#700;s national football ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485279</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Good &#8211; and bad &#8211; news on water bills</title><description>WATER bills are to go up &#8211; and down &#8211; for thousands of homeowners in Burton and South Derbyshire, depending on which area you ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485280</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Village plea on troublemakers</title><description>POLICE are facing demands to stamp out anti-social behaviour in a South Derbyshire village following a spate of incidents. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485281</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thieves grab pet charity collections</title><description>THIEVES have stolen sacks of donations intended for a Burton charity which helps sick and injured pets. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485282</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shopping centre&#8217;s 40th birthday appeal</title><description>SHOPPERS who witnessed the opening of Burton&amp;#700;s Coopers Square shopping centre are being sought to help celebrate its 40th birthday. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485284</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Electric car sparks council into action</title><description>HIGHWAYS bosses in South Derbyshire are set to be the first in the UK to cut costs and carbon emissions by using a ground-breaking electric ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485291</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gun tragedy at Navy base</title><description>A BURTON and District Sunday Football League player has been found shot dead at a Royal Navy base in Scotland ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485075</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TRAFFIC CHAOS HITS A38</title><description>A RUSH hour M1 accident has brought delays to a dual carriageway near Burton.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485150</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moorlands mission for Burton soldiers</title><description>VOLUNTEER soldiers from Burton have been sharpening their combat skills during a training weekend in the hills of the Staffordshire Moorlands.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485068</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Public won't hear council rows</title><description>COUNCILLORS have voted not to allow recordings of their proceedings to be heard by the public after a fractious four-hour meeting branded &amp;#699;a shambles&amp;#700; by one of its own members ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485063</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Youth was punched, bitten and bottled</title><description>A TEENAGER who punched another youth before biting his face and hitting him over the head with a bottle has narrowly avoided a jail sentence ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485066</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Burton snooker club could close</title><description>CUE-wielders in Burton could be left snookered as a town centre club contemplates closing its doors ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485073</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Memorial walk to honour MP Taylor</title><description>A WALK is being organised in memory of the late North West Leicestershire MP David Taylor in the grounds of the stately home where he suffered a fatal heart attack ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485072</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Switched-on' Lilian dies, aged 103</title><description>A 103-year-old South Derbyshire care home resident, described as being &amp;#699;full of the joys of spring&amp;#700;, has died ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485071</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Retirement home plan closer</title><description>PLANS to demolish an empty Swadlincote supermarket to make way for a new retirement home complex have been recommended for approval ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485069</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Profits blast for power giants</title><description>POWER giants are making &amp;#699;outrageous&amp;#700; profits from Britain&amp;#700;s big freeze while the elderly are forced to wear extra clothes and heat only one room of their homes ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485067</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Govt sex education ideas slammed</title><description>A FORMER head teacher has slammed Government plans to make sex and relationship education compulsory for children as young as seven ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485065</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Liberty to launch own charity awards</title><description>THE PARENTS of a three-year-old former cancer sufferer are launching their own charity and awards ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485064</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ALLEY ATTACK: MAN ARRESTED</title><description>POLICE have arrested a man in connection with a sickening attack on a woman in Burton which shocked millions of television viewers. ...
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484924</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fears of GP practice cuts allayed</title><description>HEALTH chiefs have moved to calm fears that budgets could be slashed as part of a review into doctors&amp;#700; surgery funding in Burton ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484899</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police probe link between two school arson attacks</title><description>POLICE are investigating two fires sparked by arsonists in the same Burton neighbourhood within half an hour of each other. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484926</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheers! Flood area given a beer booster</title><description>A BREWERY in Cumbria forced to close after being the victim of devastating floods has reopened after being helped to continue producing ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484927</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-pub worker could face jail</title><description>A FORMER Burton pub worker could be facing a jail term after admitting harassing his ex-girlfriend by posting rude messages to her parents address ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484900</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Health chiefs ease dental patients&#8217; fears</title><description>HEALTH bosses have moved to ease patients&amp;#700; fears that their treatment will stop when a dental service closes to the public at the end ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484929</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police take 231 firearms off streets</title><description>HUNDREDS of firearms were taken off Burton&amp;#700;s streets last year, the Mail can reveal ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484887</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water giants&#8217; advice to trickster victims</title><description>TWO water supply giants are urging people to give the cold shoulder to conmen claiming to be &amp;#699;from the water board&amp;#700;. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484931</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Restaurant bar plan will boost economy</title><description>THE OPENING of a late night bar and restaurant in Burton High Street signals the &amp;#699;green shoots of recovery&amp;#700; for the town&amp;#700;s economy, a publican and politician claims ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484901</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Winter Olympics bonanza for centre</title><description>A SURGE of ski and snowboard fanatics have descended on a South Derbyshire sports complex as Winter Olympics fever sweeps the region ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484902</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Traveller site goes to appeal</title><description>AN APPEAL has been lodged over controversial plans to build a gipsy camp site near a South Derbyshire village ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484891</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Big kick-off gets closer</title><description>FOOTBALL chiefs will submit a planning application for Burton &amp;#700;s new national football centre within days &#8212; bringing the ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484759</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cab driver was menaced with meat cleaver</title><description>A BURTON taxi driver was threatened with a meat cleaver after being lured to the home of a disgruntled customer, a court heard. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484761</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Muslims parade for birthday of prophet</title><description>UP TO 1,000 Muslims gathered in Burton to celebrate the Prophet Mohammed&#8217;s birthday.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484772</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Leave loved ones to rest in peace</title><description>THESE photographs show the faces of lost loved ones whose graves could be covered in asphalt to prepare the ground for a new church hall, car park and access road.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484774</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Parking firm &#8216;ignored&#8217; me</title><description>A SWADLINCOTE businesswoman says she feels &amp;#699;ignored&amp;#700; by a parking management company which has mistakenly fined her brother instead of herself for an alleged offence.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484776</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dentist leaves 15,000 down in the mouth</title><description>THOUSANDS of dental patients have been left in the lurch after the Mail revealed their surgery is to close in March. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484779</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zara hopes it will be all White on the night</title><description>AN AWARD-WINNING apprentice chef from a Burton restaurant has been chosen to attend a masterclass with a Michelin-starred ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484780</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fears for future of town police station</title><description>MORE staff are set to be moved from Burton Police Station, prompting fears that large areas of office space there could be left empty ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484781</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Johnson hails police work in Burton area</title><description>POLICE have had &amp;#699;a big impact on antisocial behaviour&amp;#700; in Burton and South Derbyshire because they are now spending far more time on ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484783</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>County leader sees the modern way</title><description>THE LEADER of Derbyshire County Council has visited Swadlincote to view the extensive work being undertaken to modernise the town. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484777</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>They're scum of the earth</title><description>POLICE say conmen preying on some of Burton and South Derbyshire &amp;#700;s most vulnerable people are &amp;#699;the scum of the earth&amp;#700;. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484662</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tears of joy for robbed OAP couple</title><description>A PENSIONER has shed tears of joy after a Mail reader gave her £700 to replace money stolen by conmen.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484663</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toyota staff sent on vehicle recall mission</title><description>WORKERS from Toyota&amp;#700;s Burnaston plant have been mobilised to help carry out the troubled company&amp;#700;s car recall programme. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484669</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Get rid of this eyesore NOW</title><description>PEOPLE in Burton want the Bargates &amp;#699;eyesore&amp;#700; demolished as soon as possible, according to a community chief who represents the site. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484672</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police jobs threat just not a fair cop</title><description>A UNION boss who represents police officers and staff in Burton says he fears for their future.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484670</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Only a week&#8217;s grit left, say road chiefs</title><description>HIGHWAYS chiefs responsible for Burton&amp;#700;s roads say they have only seven days&amp;#700; grit left.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484666</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Elderly &#8216;scared&#8217; by &#8216;death tax&#8217;reports</title><description>A PENSIONERS&amp;#700; rights champion says reports the Government may introduce a £20,000 compulsory &amp;#699;death tax&amp;#700; have left the elderly &amp;#699;worried ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484673</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eight months for forged visa gym employee</title><description>AN IMMIGRANT who used a forged visa to get work at a Burton health club has been jailed for eight months. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484667</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flashing lights in the sky were not aliens</title><description>MYSTERIOUS blue flashes in the sky were sparked when a tree branch knocked out power to hundreds of homes in Stapenhill and South Derbyshire, the Mail can reveal.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484668</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Airlifted after A50 crash</title><description>A WOMAN driver has been airlifted to hospital after her car flipped onto its side on a dual carriageway near Burton. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484671</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tesco still holds the key</title><description>A SUPERMARKET giant still holds the key to the development of a Burton &amp;#699;eyesore&amp;#700; &#8211; despite a public consultation to decide the site&amp;#700;s ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484468</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-teacher on sex charges</title><description>A FORMER head teacher from Burton has appeared in court charged with sexually abusing pupils during the 1970s and 80s and the possession of indecent images.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484471</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Appeals for &#8216;mixed bag&#8217; at Bargates</title><description>PEOPLE in Burton would like to see a mixed bag of features incorporated into any development of the town&amp;#700;s dilapidated Bargates site, it has ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484469</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Block your alleyways to keep thieves out</title><description>POLICE are urging Burton householders to beef up security by sealing off shared passageways to rear gardens. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484472</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toyota&#8217;s production halted for extra week</title><description>PRODUCTION at Toyota&amp;#700;s Burnaston plant is to be halted for an extra week and a voluntary redundancy scheme introduced for its workers. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484473</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Waterstone&#8217;s has book thrown at them again</title><description>WATERSTONE&amp;#700;S Burton warehouse has had the book thrown at its hiring and firing policy for the second time in a week. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484474</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Final bell for fight legend Tom Bodell</title><description>TRIBUTES have been paid to a South Derbyshire boxing hero who has died aged 97.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484478</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OAP suffocated after falling out of her bed</title><description>A PENSIONER who suffocated after falling out of bed at her South Derbyshire home died accidentally, a coroner has ruled.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484480</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Albion&#8217;s cash is still tied up in Notts . . .</title><description>FEARS are growing for the future of a football club which still owes Burton Albion £14,000 in unpaid ticket sales. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484483</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Teenager avoids jail for attack</title><description>A TEENAGER who rammed a motorbike helmet in a Burton schoolboy&amp;#700;s face has narrowly escaped a prison sentence. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484490</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Plea to delay tax on empty buildings</title><description>GOVERNMENT plans to introduce a tax on small businesses&amp;#700; empty buildings should be delayed for at least five years to give the &amp;#699;fragile&amp;#700; ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484492</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amie&#8217;s walk to thank life-savers</title><description>A 10-YEAR-OLD has challenged herself to walk three miles to raise money for medical staff who helped save her grandfather&amp;#700;s life. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484500</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pensioner faces fight over parking penalty</title><description>A PENSIONER who overstayed in a Burton car park by 20 minutes has slammed a private parking firm for slapping him with a £40 fine. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484501</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Town ban for ASBO boy, 13</title><description>A TEENAGE yob who terrorised Swadlincote with his antisocial behaviour has been banned from entering the town centre ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484309</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toyota: We're not closing Burnaston</title><description>BELEAGUERED giant Toyota has marked another turbulent day by moving to deny it is planning to close its factory near Burton ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484313</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Councillors to freeze their allowances</title><description>STAFFORDSHIRE county councillors have agreed to freeze their allowances for a second year running in a bid to &amp;#699;set an example&amp;#700; to other authorities ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484318</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A sting in the tale for teen joyriders</title><description>FOUR teenagers have been arrested after Burton police deployed a stinger device to bring a suspected two-hour joyride to a shuddering halt ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484333</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paul to pound streets in war against killer</title><description>A DEVOTED son is going all out to raise money for charity after years of seeing his father suffer from severe heart problems ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484331</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Liberty to help front a national campaign</title><description>A THREE-YEAR-OLD who has beaten an inoperable brain tumour is to front a national cancer awareness campaign ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484344</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hospital fearing financial pressure</title><description>BURTON'S Queen&amp;#700;s Hospital &amp;#699;may face challenges &amp;#700; as public spending is squeezed to pay off the nation&amp;#700;s massive debt, its chief executive has warned ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484356</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sacking: Firm breaks silence</title><description>A BURTON logistics firm has broken its silence about a man it sacked for passing wind after a Mail story about the affair made a big bang in the international ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484358</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tories are blasted over power failure</title><description>THE Tory politician who led the campaign against plans for a gas-fired power station in Burton has described the decision to shelve the scheme as &amp;#699;a victory for people power&amp;#700; ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484373</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Underage drinkers 'copy their parents'</title><description>THE Burton Addiction Centre has launched a new project dedicated to giving schoolchildren an early warning about the dangers of alcohol ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484371</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Maria's voyage of discovery</title><description>NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Maria Hudson, of Tutbury Road, Burton, has just returned home after spending 10 weeks volunteering in South Africa as part of a Government youth scheme, Platform2 ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484376</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Villagers' post box petition</title><description>HUNDREDS of villagers have signed a petition demanding that the Royal Mail returns their post box ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484378</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Design firm rocks on with super spa</title><description>A BURTON interior design company has completed its first multi-million pound contract ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484384</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sam's the new UK Youth MP</title><description>A BUDDING young politician from Burton says he is &amp;#699;over the moon&amp;#700; after winning the support of his peers to be elected to the UK Youth Parliament ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484382</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Raffle to help the Haiti children</title><description>A MAJOR fund-raising raffle is taking place to raise money for the children of Haiti, which has been struck by a devastating earthquake that claimed more than 200,000 lives ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484328</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RAID TERROR FOR OAP PAIR</title><description>AN ELDERLY couple say they are &amp;#699;scared to death&amp;#700; and frightened to stay in their own home after fraudsters tricked their way in and conned them out of hundreds of pounds.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484118</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Power station plan runs out of gas . . .</title><description>CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a huge gas-fired power station in Burton look dead in the water today after the company behind the scheme ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484121</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indecent assault suspect hunted</title><description>POLICE have released this CCTV image of a man they are hunting in connection with an indecent assault on a woman in Burton town centre. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484122</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Virus forces Queen&#8217;s to halt admissions</title><description>ADMISSIONS to a ward at Burton&amp;#700;s Queen&amp;#700;s Hospital were halted after the outbreak of a vomiting virus, the Mail can reveal. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484124</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>No panic as centre&#8217;s dental surgery shuts</title><description>HUNDREDS of dental patients are being forced to move practice after the closure of a South Derbyshire surgery. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484155</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>£5k rotting cannabis pair avoid prison </title><description>TWO Burton men have escaped a jail sentence despite being caught in possession of more than £5,000 of rotting cannabis. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484119</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fracas lands man with boozer ban</title><description>A LANDSCAPE gardener has been barred from a Burton boozer after being involved in a fracas.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484125</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Village potholes are 'death trap'</title><description>A POTHOLE-riddled road described as a &amp;#699;death trap in the making&amp;#700; must be repaired urgently, parish councillors say ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484078</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rollercoaster life for soldier's mum</title><description>CLARE Marshall-Threse, the mother of a soldier serving in Afghanistan, describes her life as like being on a rollercoaster ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484077</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Street dancers drop in to help school</title><description>A SOUTH Derbyshire primary school has joined a recycling campaign and spent a fun day with street dancers. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484120</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pan-tastic fun as teams flip for glory</title><description>BUSINESSES from Burton have been flipping out in a bid to win the town&#8217;s annual pancake race ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484073</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Motorist gets &#8216;illegal&#8217; ticket</title><description>TOWN Hall officials have been left with red faces after handing a driver an &#8216;illegal&#8217; parking ticket.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484148</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Housing firm is a top employer</title><description>A BURTON housing association has been hailed as &amp;#699;first class&amp;#700; for being one of the region&amp;#700;s best employers ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484071</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chemist patients told: 'don't panic'</title><description>CHEMISTS in Burton and South Derbyshire have urged patients not to panic over reports suggesting vital drugs could be in short supply ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=484069</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Our Tenerife holiday hell</title><description>TWO holidaymakers who suffered &amp;#699;severe&amp;#700; gastric illness while staying at a hotel in Spain are considering taking legal action against their travel agent ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483932</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dog owners - 'pick up or pay up'</title><description>&amp;#699;IRRESPONSIBLE&amp;#700; dog walkers could be left with their tails between their legs when new regulations come into force in April ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483933</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Welcome for alcohol health warnings</title><description>A GOVERNMENT threat to force the drinks industry to put health warnings on all alcohol has been welcomed by a Burton alcohol treatment centre and the town&amp;#700;s biggest brewer ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483936</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unicycle ride for charity - that's magic</title><description>A BURTON magician is to embark on a 60-mile sponsored unicycle ride in a bid to raise £10,000 for charity ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483935</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>South Derbyshire has weighty issue</title><description>PEOPLE in South Derbyshire are among the most obese in the UK &#8212; a weighty problem costing health chiefs millions ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483938</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BNP U-turn fails to pacify critics</title><description>BNP members have welcomed the party&amp;#700;s decision to accept non-white members and claim it already has support among Asian voters &#8212; despite advocating the closure of all mosques in Britain ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483939</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tories' 'sabotage' claims refuted</title><description>LABOUR councillors have denied trying to &amp;#699;sabotage&amp;#700; two flagship developments in Swadlincote in a row over a deal which could see a sixfigure sum paid to a Conservative Party donor ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483942</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New price war at the pumps?</title><description>A PETROL price war could break out on forecourts in Burton and South Derbyshire following a supermarket giant&amp;#700;s decision to cut rates ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483941</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New mobile phone warning to drivers</title><description>POLICE and firefighters have renewed their call to drivers not to use mobile phones at the wheel after new figures showed a sharp increase in the number of offenders ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483940</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shane wants teens to stop violence</title><description>A BURTON film director has tapped his talent in a bid to help the Government slash the rate of domestic violence among teenagers ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483937</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Drunken mum's landlady attack</title><description>A MOTHER of one has been barred from a town centre pub for a year by magistrates after assaulting the landlady and breaking a window ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483934</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CARE HOME HIT BY VIRUS</title><description>VISITORS have been banned from a South Derbyshire care home after a third of its residents fell victim to a &amp;#699;nasty&amp;#700; sickness and diarrhoea virus ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483744</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hope for family after Iraq murder arrests</title><description>THE father of a South Derbyshire soldier killed in Iraq says the arrests of suspects implicated in his son&amp;#700;s murder may bring &amp;#699;closure&amp;#700; to his family ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483748</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jail debate over gay porn stash seizure</title><description>A CONVICT has accused bosses of a private prison near Burton of &amp;#699;discrimination &amp;#700;and of breaching his human rights &#8212; for confiscating his collection of gay porn magazines ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483756</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Threats to kill new partner charge denied</title><description>A BURTON man has denied breaching a restraining order by following his exwife in his car, brandishing an offensive weapon and threatening to kill her new partner ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483752</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Care complex to get £8.5m replacement</title><description>AN aged Burton care complex is to be  razed to the ground to make way for an £8.5 million replacement ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483747</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brasserie wins guide accolade</title><description>A BURTON restaurant has scooped a place in a national gourmet guide ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483751</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Plans drawn up for village hall revamp</title><description>THESE pictures show how Hilton&amp;#700;s new village hall will look if the designs are approved by planning chiefs ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483754</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Miracle' girl Liberty is now a media star</title><description>A THREE-YEAR-OLD youngster who beat an inoperable brain tumour has become a media star ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483755</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Barriers to prevent travellers' return</title><description>BARRIERS are to be erected to stop travellers accessing a village park which they are claimed to have &amp;#699;trampled all over&amp;#700; in September ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483757</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JUNKIE JAILED FOR PC ATTACK</title><description>A HEROIN addict who drove into a police officer in his getaway car has been jailed for 18 months.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483598</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russell Aston murder: Eight arrested</title><description>EIGHT men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a South Derbyshire soldier in Iraq.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483600</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&#8216;Pothole tour&#8217; pays dividends</title><description>HIGHWAYS bosses have pledged to fix a key Burton road which is &#8216;disintegrating&#8217; partly because of a battering from Britain&#8217;s Arctic blast. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483565</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yours for £2.5m &#8211; a home fit for a king</title><description>A STATELY home near Burton is up for sale for the third time in six years &#8211; and could be yours for a cool £2.5 million. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483599</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Store reopens after its £250k facelift</title><description>A SUPERMARKET in Burton has staged a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate a £250,000 refurbishment.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483601</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Serial car thief gets chance to beat drugs</title><description>A SERIAL car thief has been spared jail after a judge gave him a chance to beat his drug addiction.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483569</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Petition over tax for footy changing rooms</title><description>COMMUNITY chiefs have been handed a 300-signature petition opposing the decision to hike their element of Council Tax to pay for football ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483566</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Villagers&#8217; warning on badger baiters</title><description>BADGER baiters are hunting and killing their prey in a South Derbyshire village, parish chiefs have revealed. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483568</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fireman set to feel the heat for charity</title><description>A FIREFIGHTER from Burton is to trek through the Sahara desert to raise cash for injured colleagues and their families. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483570</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Love is in the air</title><description>WITH only 24 hours to go before the most romantic day of the year, florists, restaurateurs and supermarkets say the St Valentine&amp;#700;s Day rush ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483571</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Molly&#8217;s sausage picture skins the opposition</title><description>AN ARTISTIC schoolgirl has been rewarded for her creative talents in a national colouring competition. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483567</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baby died in mum's arms</title><description>A MOTHER who woke up with her eight-week-old child dead in her arms is warning other parents not to sleep with their babies. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483405</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stapenhill Sinatra is left singing the blues</title><description>A FRANK Sinatra impersonator has told of his &amp;#699;bitter disappointment&amp;#700; after being rejected by the Britain&amp;#700;s Got Talent panel.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483437</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vacant shops report flawed </title><description>BURTON&amp;#700;S town centre manager has slammed a report showing the town has the fifth highest number of vacant shops in the West Midlands. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483409</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Worker's gone with the wind</title><description>AN AGENCY worker claims he has been sacked from his job for breaking wind.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483423</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Driver injured in crash with a police car</title><description>A MOTORIST was taken to hospital following a crash involving an unmarked police car at a busy Burton junction. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483428</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Minister on rape charges</title><description>A FORMER Muslim minister at a prison near Burton, who collected an award at Buckingham Palace for his work, has appeared in court accused ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483432</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your voice crucial on centre&#8217;s future</title><description>A CHARITY trustee left &amp;#699;seething&amp;#700; by plans which could see a Burton mental health unit close is urging people to have their say at a public ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483434</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unlucky break for bungling raid gang</title><description>THREE bungling copper thieves have avoided prison sentences following a failed raid on a Burton church hall. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483439</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tory donor may land £100k from council</title><description>A POLITICAL row has erupted over a deal which could see a Conservative Party donor paid a six-figure sum from the public purse by a ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483441</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hairdresser to cut a dash in marathon</title><description>THE OWNER of a Burton business will be pulling on his running shoes to raise cash for a children&amp;#700;s ward. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483443</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Burton courts ASBOs on a go-slow</title><description>POLICE secured only THREE antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) in the Burton area last year, a freedom of information request has revealed. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483444</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry&#8217;s dream is closer</title><description>AN ORPHANAGE founded by a Burton woman for children in a remote part of Africa is now tantalisingly close to opening. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483445</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chocs away for new sweet shop in town</title><description>A MOTHER of two has brought a fastexpanding chain of old-fashioned sweet shops to Burton.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483446</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Teenager caught on camera hiding knife</title><description>A TEENAGER with an &amp;#699;atrocious&amp;#700; criminal record has been spared a custodial sentence after admitting carrying a knife in Burton town centre. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483447</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scalded to death in bath</title><description>A WOMAN was scalded to death in the bath after a drinking a near-fatal quantity of vodka, an inquest has heard.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483157</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Partial victory' over fire station</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483159</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crossing to remain open</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483160</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obscene texter could be facing jail</title><description>A YOUTH who sent text messages to his girlfriend&amp;#700;s parents threatening their grandchild and bragging about his sexual conquest of their daughter could face a custodial sentence.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483162</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jobless tenants get new skills boosters</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483163</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>From Afghanistan with love</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483164</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dad Ian channels his energy to aid pupils</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483165</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Passers-by fought to save OAP's life</title><description>A GRIEVING husband has thanked two passers-by who tried in vain to save his wife&amp;#700;s life after she collapsed in a car park.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483166</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gipsy site bid knocked back</title><description>A LARGE family of travelling gipsies has been refused permission to develop two pitches in a South Derbyshire village.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483167</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Royal Mail sorry over new post box delay</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483171</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ZERO TOLERANCE FOR BUS THUGS</title><description>THUGS who target bus drivers with violence or verbal abuse are to get a one-way ticket to court, Burton&amp;#700;s biggest public transport firm has warned ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482846</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dining 'Oscars' are a tasty treat</title><description>THE inaugural Eat Out awards reached its climax on Monday night with a gala awards dinner at Burton Albion&amp;#700;s Pirelli Stadium ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482844</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Granny in Great Wall charity trek</title><description>A GRANDMOTHER of two is preparing to push her body to the limit by walking along the Great Wall of China for charity ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482849</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Another body blow for Toyota</title><description>EMBATTLED motor giant Toyota has been forced to issue another vehicle recall amid fears of a brake problem with one of its cars ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482825</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Miners get £25m in compensation deal</title><description>A COMPENSATION scheme which has seen more than £25 million paid to former South Derbyshire miners suffering from industrial illness has been hailed by the area&amp;#700;s MP ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482828</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bill: Govt pay-outs are a boon</title><description>BILL Dunn spent all his working life in the coal industry and bears the scars to this day ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482829</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Neighbourhoods of unemployment</title><description>UNEMPLOYMENT has hit four Burton neighbourhoods harder than anywhere else in the town during the worst recession in decades ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482820</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Candidates all oppose mining scheme</title><description>PROTESTORS fighting plans for a coal mine in the North West Leicestershire countryside have been boosted after all the area&amp;#700;s prospective parliamentary candidates vowed to oppose the scheme ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482850</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Industrious school does the business</title><description>A BURTON school granted specialist business and enterprise college status has been praised by education watchdogs ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482843</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Parking row store takes Mail off shelves</title><description>SUPERMARKET chiefs temporarily withdrew copies of the Mail containing comments urging customers to ignore fines issued for violating their parking policy, it has been revealed ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482842</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Driver: parking ticket 'not fair'</title><description>A MOTORIST has accused a council of &#8216;acting unfairly&#8217; after it fined her for leaving her car in a street she has parked in without punishment for two years ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482840</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man arrested after four-car smash</title><description>A MAN has been arrested and bailed after a four-car smash in Burton which saw two people taken to hospital ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482837</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Council tenants facing rent rise</title><description>TENANTS in South Derbyshire are facing £75 rent hikes after housing bosses set their budget for the next financial year ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482832</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-soldier failed to declare balance</title><description>A FORMER soldier who &amp;#699;fought for this country&amp;#700; has admitted conning thousands of pounds from the public purse by failing to tell benefits bosses about his large savings account balance ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482830</link><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JAIL FOR STARVED DOG MAN</title><description>A BURTON man has been jailed for starving his dog to the brink of death because he &amp;#699;couldn&amp;#700;t be bothered&amp;#700; to care for it ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482598</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Detective denies theft from PC partner</title><description>A BURTON detective has denied stealing nearly £10,000 from her police constable partner ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482600</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sven will Albion get the money?</title><description>BURTON Albion Football Club are owed £14,000 in unpaid gate receipts by crisis club Notts County, the Mail can reveal ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482587</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Albion fan arrested over mascot attack</title><description>A BURTON Albion fan has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his own club&amp;#700;s mascot ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482601</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Closure of level crossing delayed</title><description>A CONTROVERSIAL move to close a pedestrian level crossing has been delayed for two weeks ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482591</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Footy fans sign graves petition</title><description>PROTESTORS who have drawn up a petition opposing plans to build on thousands of graves have gathered hundreds of signatures from Burton Albion fans ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482599</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Patients raise £50k for scanner appeal</title><description>CANCER patients treated at Burton &amp;#700;s Queen&amp;#700;s Hospital have raised a tenth of the cash needed to buy the centre a &amp;#699;vital&amp;#700; piece of medical equipment ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482593</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Irene says goodnight the way she wanted</title><description>A GREAT-great-grandmother who planned and paid for her funeral more than a year before her death has been given a fond farewell by four generations of her family ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482589</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Marathon holds no fear for Matthew</title><description>A LEUKAEMIA survivor who has undergone two heart operations and battled back from pneumonia is to run the London Marathon ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482588</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paint stripper scare in parking row</title><description>A STUDENT claims she is &amp;#699;scared&amp;#700; after having paint stripper thrown over her car in a street at the centre of an increasingly bitter parking dispute ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482594</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ASBO MAN TO FACE JUDGE</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482380</link><pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rush hour crash on A38</title><description>A RUSH hour accident has brought delays to a dual carriageway near Burton.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482603</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>More chaos on the way for roads into town</title><description>ROADS bosses have appealed for patience amid fears roadworks on two major commuter routes into Burton could bring traffic chaos.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482374</link><pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Highlighting plight of young people </title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482447</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mum facilities not the breast</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482375</link><pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supermum Lois in six-day Sahara race</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482381</link><pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Safer pint glasses 'a smashing idea'</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482376</link><pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Defendant wanted jail rather than unpaid work </title><description>A 21-YEAR-OLD Burton man has been spared jail for breaching a community order &#8212; despite telling probation officers he would rather go to prison than do more unpaid work.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482379</link><pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New group aims to secure venue</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482378</link><pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>East is best for pupils </title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482468</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fed-up customers to call in extra help</title><description>BUSINESS leaders are to be asked to intervene on behalf of customers of a Swadlincote supermarket who have been slapped with 'unfair' parking fines.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482377</link><pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blues brothers blast into Burton</title><description>
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482466</link><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WAR MEMORIAL: TWO ARRESTED</title><description>POLICE have arrested and questioned two Burton men on suspicion of vandalising the town&amp;#700;s war memorial and borough council building. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482304</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chip pan ban call after fire </title><description>A WOMAN was given oxygen after a chip pan blaze at her Burton home.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482305</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coors&#8217; prices &#8216;going up to help the pubs&#8217;</title><description>HUGE hikes in beer prices will help struggling licensees attract more punters, according to Burton &amp;#700;s biggest brewery. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482307</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Plan shows real impact on graves</title><description>THESE pictures show for the first time the dramatic potential impact of church leaders&amp;#700; plans to build on thousands of Burton graves. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482306</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dad jailed for threats to kill his girlfriend</title><description>A FATHER-OF-ONE from Burton has been jailed for threatening to kill the mother of his child.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482308</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Andrew is the man of a thousand faces</title><description>A PHOTOGRAPHER from Burton is aiming to raise money for cancer research by creating &amp;#699;the world&amp;#700;s biggest group portrait&amp;#700;. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482209</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toyota: Drivers may have to wait months</title><description>TOYOTA drivers in Burton and South Derbyshire may have to wait months for vital repairs to their faulty cars. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482210</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Legal warning over footpath gritting</title><description>A COMMUNITY leader who gritted a treacherous village footpath during Britain&amp;#700;s Arctic blast has been warned that if he does it again ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482211</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Natural burial site plans are backed</title><description>COMMUNITY leaders have backed plans for a natural burial site in their village.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482212</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beer price hike threatens pubs</title><description>PUBLICANS are fearing for their futures after Burton&amp;#700;s biggest brewer announced huge hikes in beer prices. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481983</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Slashed gas prices are real winter warmer</title><description>A CHAMPION of the elderly says they &amp;#699;will be over the moon&amp;#700; with an energy giant&amp;#700;s decision to slash gas prices. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481991</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Planners&#8217; boost for eBay Scout hut</title><description>A NEW Scout hut which was bought for just £26 on auction website eBay could be built on South Derbyshire land. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481993</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five hour crackdown on law-breakers</title><description>POLICE have issued a shocking number of fines to lawbreaking motorists under a zero tolerance safety blitz in Burton. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481995</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&#8216;Get a piece of the 2012 action&#8217;</title><description>AN OLYMPIAN famed for setting a 5,000-metres world record has visited Burton to champion London 2012 opportunities. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482003</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mystery guests&#8217; warm welcome</title><description>BURTON has a &amp;#699;welcoming feel&amp;#700; and a &amp;#699;good sense of place&amp;#700;, according to a report by mystery shoppers.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482008</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Special? Some people really are ...</title><description>TO MARK National Specials Weekend, the Mail spoke to one special constable about his police duties and his 'day job' as a mechanic ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482053</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Marmite-maker's 25 years as a cop</title><description>BEING a police officer is no easy job, still less when you&amp;#700;re not being paid for it ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482060</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toyota drivers head to the main dealers</title><description>WORRIED motorists are descending on Burton&amp;#700;s Toyota dealership after the firm announced it was recalling thousands of cars due to ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482010</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Takeaway eyes pizza late action</title><description>A TAKEAWAY pizza business in Burton is seeking permission to stay open until 5am every day of the week ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482044</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Store a double winner in magazine awards</title><description>A BURTON Army surplus store has been voted &amp;#699;best bushcraft retailer&amp;#700; in a survival skills magazine.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482012</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Driver was three times legal limit</title><description>A MOTORIST has been banned from the roads after being caught behind the wheel while almost three times over the drink-drive limit. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482023</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Postman rubbishes crossing claims</title><description>A PEDESTRIAN level crossing doomed to close amid claims it has not been established as a public right of way is an official Royal Mail route used by a postman, ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482066</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chairman Pat&#8217;s new role</title><description>A NEW chairman has been appointed to a community transport role.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482026</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Traveller sites in the spotlight</title><description>THE fate of two traveller sites in South Derbyshire is due to be decided by councillors next week.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482027</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Angry villagers blast speed bump &#8216;hazards&#8217;</title><description>COMMUNITY leaders are calling for a village&amp;#700;s &amp;#699;dangerous &amp;#700; speed bumps to be ripped out or replaced. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482032</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A fine mess at supermarket</title><description>A SHOPPER fined for overstaying her welcome in a supermarket car park claims scores of motorists are paying penalties which are not enforceable.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481600</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>School boy suffers broken leg </title><description>A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has been airlifted to hospital after suffering a broken leg.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481671</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are you tough enough to tackle TH13TEEN?</title><description>CELEBRITY Big Brother winner and cage fighter Alex Reid has challenged adrenaline junkies to prove they are tough enough to be among the first to ride Alton Towers&#8217; newest rollercoaster.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481302</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Farmers give backing to safety moves</title><description>FARMERS in the Burton area have backed a campaign to keep them safe at work following the release of figures showing they suffer a shocking ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481602</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New 999 base opened</title><description>THE OPENING of a £2 million ambulance base represents &amp;#699;an important step forward&amp;#700; for Burton patients, says a Government health chief.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481287</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Death crash victim had been drinking</title><description>A YOUTH worker who died after crashing on his way to work had been drinking before getting behind the wheel, an inquest has heard.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481604</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pollution halts homes project</title><description>DANGEROUS levels of river pollution have blocked plans by community chiefs to build almost 1,500 affordable homes. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481607</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hassan is hungry for success</title><description>BURTON&#8217;S European kickboxing champion has been nominated to become a satellite television channel&#8217;s young sports personality ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481613</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toyota recall for 181,000 vehicles</title><description>TOYOTA has recalled almost 181,000 vehicles in the UK following an accelerator fault.
</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481638</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blueprint for future of tourism revealed</title><description>COMMUNITY leaders have unveiled plans to boost Burton&amp;#700;s tourism profile and attract thousands more visitors. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481644</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alert over bogus benefits worker</title><description>BURTON and South Derbyshire residents are being warned to be on their guard against a thief who cons her way into victims&amp;#700; homes by posing ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481647</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asda flasher avoids prison</title><description>A FLASHER who exposed himself to shoppers in a Burton town centre supermarket has escaped a jail sentence. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481659</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New life for an old building</title><description>A BUILDING which has been vacant for years is set for a new lease of life offering services to help people get back into work, thanks to Burton ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481652</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood brother Patrick's a 79-pinter</title><description>A PENSIONER has been congratulated by health chiefs and the Government for donating his 75th pint of blood. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481661</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top cop backs jail sentence</title><description>A DETECTIVE has welcomed the nine-year jail sentence given to a man for his part in a violent attack on a South Derbyshire pensioner. ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481663</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tough guys raise £3,000 for Heroes</title><description>A TOUGH guy and his friends have walked through fire, swum through ice and suffered electric shocks to raise more than £3,000 for ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481664</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hired guns not exactly quick on the draw...</title><description>POLICE have rejected claims by a Burton councillor that his ward has been &amp;#699;queuejumped &amp;#700; in its bid for radar guns to tackle ...</description><link>http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=481665</link><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
