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      <title>Post- Election meeting agrees Council leadership and key positions</title>
      <description>East Dunbartonshire Council will be run by a three-party coalition, following its first statutory meeting last night.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Council gathers local views on future of economy</title>
      <description>East Dunbartonshire Council has been gathering the views of its partners, local businesses and elected members on the future of the area in a bid to help shape its new economic development strategy.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Do you fancy having a Big Jubilee Lunch?</title>
      <description>There's still time if you'd like to organise an outdoor event to mark the Jubilee.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>On your bikes, get set, go!</title>
      <description>East Dunbartonshire Council, East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust and Maximise Sport are calling for keen cyclists to get on their bikes and take part in the Robert Millar Sportive event which takes place on Sunday, 27 May.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lenzie resident pleads guilty to benefit fraud</title>
      <description>Baljinder Singh Atwal, aged 52, of Maple Drive, Lenzie appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 8 May, 2012 facing charges relating to fraudulently obtaining benefits from both the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and East Dunbartonshire Council.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Council gets to work on repairing rural roads</title>
      <description>Drivers on rural roads will notice fewer potholes thanks to new repair treatment.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>East Dunbartonshire Election Results</title>
      <description>Results of Council Elections held on 3 May 2012.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Chief Executive sets the record straight</title>
      <description>East Dunbartonshire Council’s Chief Executive has responded to claims printed in the local press about plans for the new William Patrick Library and Community Hub in Kirkintilloch.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Council discovers £1million in fraud</title>
      <description>East Dunbartonshire Council’s benefit fraud team has detected an unprecedented level of fraud with more than £1 million being established in the last financial year.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Food festival brings Celtic FC chef to Lennoxtown Primary School</title>
      <description>Children from Lennoxtown Primary School will find out more about the links between nutrition and sport when top chef Morag Gordon from Celtic FC visits their school today (Thursday 26 April).</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Council highlights dangers of liquitabs for children</title>
      <description>East Dunbartonshire Council is supporting a child safety message circulated by RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) about the dangers of poisoning from liquitabs.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Good Egg Guide to help parents of new drivers</title>
      <description>Parents of new drivers can rest a bit easier thanks to the launch of the new ‘Good Egg Guide for Parents of New Drivers’, which East Dunbartonshire Council is supporting and distributing.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A helping hand at the polling place</title>
      <description>It's Council election day and the Council is preparing to make voting as simple and straightforward as possible for everyone.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kirkintilloch resident convicted for benefit fraud</title>
      <description>Brian Redmond, aged 47, of Ellisland, Kirkintilloch pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 18 April 2012, after admitting to fraudulently obtaining almost £36,000 in benefits. Redmond was imprisoned for eight months.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Don't let the focus be on you</title>
      <description>Environmental wardens and police officers in East Dunbartonshire can now focus in on crime and anti-social behaviour as they patrol the area with body worn cameras.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>An evening with Jackie Kay MBE at Broomhill Library</title>
      <description>Bishopbriggs' award winning poet and novelist Jackie Kay MBE is appearing at Bishopbriggs Library.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Malawian Fair Trade Rice Producers visit Bearsden</title>
      <description>Bearsden set to welcome Malawian Fair Trade Kilombero Rice producers as they celebrate product's success.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Residents encouraged to get snapping</title>
      <description>Residents across East Dunbartonshire are being invited to get snapping and enter a photography competition organised by the East Dunbartonshire Equality Engagement Group.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Scottish Education Awards Finalists in East Dunbartonshire</title>
      <description>An inspirational probationary teacher from Kirkintilloch and Craighead Primary School in Milton of Campsie has beaten off stiff competition from across Scotland to be selected as a finalist at the Scottish Education Awards 2012.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Leisuredrome facility closures in lead up to Council elections</title>
      <description>The Leisuredrome in Bishopbriggs is being used for the election count on Friday 4th May. Find out when it will be closed.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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