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              <title><![CDATA[Hertfordshire councillor asks: “Should smokers, drinkers and the obese be charged for NHS treatment?”]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/health/hertfordshire-councillor-asks-should-smokers-drinkers-and-the-obese-be-charged-for-nhs-treatment-1-9095933</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Should patients who smoke, are obese, or drink too much have the same entitlement to NHS treatment?]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 4 Oct 2019 16:56:36 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[West Herts Hospitals to offer new fourth option for overhaul of services]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/politics/west-herts-hospitals-to-offer-new-fourth-option-for-overhaul-of-services-1-9093223</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Health bosses are to offer a fourth option on the future for hospital services in West Herts, following discussions with national NHS leaders.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
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              <pubDate>Wed, 2 Oct 2019 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Women paid more than men are at Hertfordshire County Council]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/politics/women-paid-more-than-men-are-at-hertfordshire-county-council-1-9091097</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Women are still paid more than men are at Herts County Council.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 1 Oct 2019 11:40:51 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Lib Dems select candidate for South West Hertfordshire]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/politics/lib-dems-select-candidate-for-south-west-hertfordshire-1-9091007</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Sally Symington has been selected as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for the South West Herts at the next general election.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
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                                  <category>Brexit</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 1 Oct 2019 10:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[West Herts Hospitals cash: What we do know, and what we don’t]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/health/west-herts-hospitals-cash-what-we-do-know-and-what-we-don-t-1-9090581</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Health bosses received a major boost over the weekend when the government announced it was to benefit from a &#163;2.7billion investment into six NHS trusts.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Health</category>
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              <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:28:20 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[West Herts Hospitals cash: Campaigners give guarded welcome]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/health/west-herts-hospitals-cash-campaigners-give-guarded-welcome-1-9090579</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[West Herts Hospitals Trust is expected to receive a &#163;400million cash boost - but the news received a mixed response this week.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Health</category>
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              <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:28:15 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[West Herts Hospitals to benefit from major cash boost]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/health/west-herts-hospitals-to-benefit-from-major-cash-boost-1-9089897</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Hospital chief say they are &#8220;delighted&#8221; after being named as one of six trusts to benefit from a &#163;2.7billion investment that was announced on Saturday.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Health</category>
                                  <category>Human Interest</category>
                                  <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:02:41 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Developers increase number of new homes in Kings Langley scheme by more than a fifth]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/politics/developers-increase-number-of-new-homes-in-kings-langley-scheme-by-more-than-a-fifth-1-9089691</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our worst fears for Kings Langley&#8217;s green belt have been confirmed.&#8221;]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                                  <category>Human Interest</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:10:14 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Nearly 560 cyber-attacks on Herts County council every day]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/politics/nearly-560-cyber-attacks-on-herts-county-council-every-day-1-9085996</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Hertfordshire County Council was the target of more than 50,000 cyber attacks were made on the county council between April and June - but all were successfully repelled.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Council</category>
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              <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Hertfordshire County Council already heading for a £6.8million overspend]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/politics/hertfordshire-county-council-already-heading-for-a-6-8million-overspend-1-9086001</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Herts County Council look set to overspend by &#163;6.8million in 2019/20, based on the first three months of the financial year.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Council</category>
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              <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:18:45 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[£1.5million to be cut from scheme to encourage recycling in Hertfordshire]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/1-5million-to-be-cut-from-scheme-to-encourage-recycling-in-hertfordshire-1-9084683</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Environment bosses are cutting &#163;1.5million from the amount spent to encourage recycling.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Environment</category>
                                  <category>Human Interest</category>
                                  <category>Council</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:02:50 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Snow joke - Hertfordshire gritters will not be sent out until it is even colder this winter]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/politics/snow-joke-hertfordshire-gritters-will-not-be-sent-out-until-it-is-even-colder-this-winter-1-9083256</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Gritters will not be sent out onto Hertfordshire&#8217;s road until it gets colder this year - despite the move only offering &#8220;minimal&#8221; savings.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Council</category>
                                  <category>Human Interest</category>
                                  <category>Weather</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:28:13 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Rail firms offer to step in and help Thomas Cook victims]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/traffic-and-travel/rail-firms-offer-to-step-in-and-help-thomas-cook-victims-1-9082200</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Holidaymakers who have been affected by the collapse of Thomas Cook are being offered assistance by West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Traffic and Travel</category>
                                  <category>Business</category>
                                  <category>Travel</category>
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              <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:36:05 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[You can now recycle empty crisp packets in Dacorum]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/you-can-now-recycle-empty-crisp-packets-in-dacorum-1-9081476</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new flavour of crisps in Hemel Hempstead - and it tastes of... environmental-friendliness?!]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Environment</category>
                                  <category>Human Interest</category>
                                  <category>Council</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:11:08 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Hertfordshire Police numbers are above 2,000 for the first time in eight years]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/crime/hertfordshire-police-numbers-are-above-2-000-for-the-first-time-in-eight-years-1-9079002</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The number of police officers in Hertfordshire has exceeded 2,000 for the first time since 2011.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Police</category>
                                  <category>Human Interest</category>
                                  <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:35:22 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Fury over Herts council decision to sell-off £470,000 art collection]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/people/fury-over-herts-council-decision-to-sell-off-470-000-art-collection-1-9076077</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Council bosses' decision to sell-off 450 of its artworks has been slammed by a group of MPs as a "major cultural loss".]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Human Interest</category>
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              <pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:44:38 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Dacorum food bank “needs urgent support of council”]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/politics/dacorum-food-bank-needs-urgent-support-of-council-1-9074759</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Council bosses must do more to support a food bank which supplies vital provisions to hundreds of local residents every week.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 14:45:31 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Major bus boost planned for Hertfordshire]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/traffic-and-travel/major-bus-boost-planned-for-hertfordshire-1-9073534</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Transport bosses are working on a countywide scheme to get bus companies and local authorities to work together and improve services throughout Hertfordshire.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:23:23 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Recent planning applications in Dacorum]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/politics/recent-planning-applications-in-dacorum-1-9070945</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s cplanning applications from the Hemel Hempstead Gazette]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:58:53 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Hertfordshire councillor did not breach code of conduct with phrase in meeting]]></title>
              <link>https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/politics/hertfordshire-councillor-did-not-breach-code-of-conduct-with-phrase-in-meeting-1-9064695</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[An investigation has found that county councillor Morris Bright did not breach the council&#8217;s code of conduct when he used the phrase, &#8220;bent over and took it&#8221;.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 9 Sep 2019 15:09:56 +0100</pubDate>
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