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      <title>Douglas Academy nets Junior Saltire Award</title>
      <description>Pupils from Douglas Academy in Milngavie are on the crest of a wave after winning Scotland’s Junior Saltire Prize for their wave powered generator.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>West High Street Pedestrian Link Improvements</title>
      <description>The pedestrian access from New Lairdsland Road to West High Street is to be improved as part of the Kirkintilloch Town Centre masterplan.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>East Dunbartonshire Fair Trade Nurseries model gets national approval</title>
      <description>Children from East Dunbartonshire’s nurseries came together earlier this month to celebrate the end of the first year of Scotland’s first ever Fair Trade Nurseries Programme.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kirkintilloch gets £500,000 towpath boost</title>
      <description>Kirkintiloch’s reputation as a haven for walkers has taken another massive step forward with the completion of a £576,000 project to upgrade the towpaths of the Forth and Clyde Canal.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pupils win Yellow Jersey before the Tour de France</title>
      <description>With the Tour de France less than a month away one school has already won their first yellow jersey.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ED’s Cycle Fair 2013: ED's Cycle Festival Live Band line-up announced</title>
      <description>ED's Cycle Co-op and Melrose Music have teamed up to provide a range of live music for ED's Cycle Fair on Sunday 16th June from 11am to 5pm.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>East Dunbartonshire's model Primary School design</title>
      <description>This design, approved for the new Lairdsland Primary School in Kirkintilloch, will be the starting point for the design of all new local Primary Schools.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>East Dunbartonshire short-listed for Scottish Government Planning Award</title>
      <description>East Dunbartonshire Council has been short-listed by the Scottish Government in its annual, prestigious Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New scheme reveals hygiene standards</title>
      <description>A new service which will allow consumers to check the food hygiene standards of places to eat out and buy food in Bearsden was launched today, Monday 10 June 2013, at Bearsden Burgh Hall.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Interim Hubs in Bearsden and Bishopbriggs extend Customer Services to local areas</title>
      <description>The Policy and Resources Committee last night (Thursday 6 June) heard of progress in Customer Service delivery through two new interim Community Hubs, which were opened in February of this year.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ceartas hold special De Café coffee afternoons</title>
      <description>Ceartas held special De Café coffee afternoons on behalf of the East Dunbartonshire Dementia Network in support of Dementia Awareness Week.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Council responds to Scottish Road Works Consultation</title>
      <description>The Council has welcomed the first major consultation on Scottish Roads for a decade.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Latest round of Grants awarded to Community and Voluntary sector</title>
      <description>The Council has approved the latest round of grants to the Community and Voluntary sector, totalling over £40,000.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kirkintilloch Town Hall to receive Historic Scotland building repair grant</title>
      <description>The Historic Building Repair Grant for Kirkintilloch Town Hall, along with nine other projects across Scotland was announced.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Enjoy the view from Whitefield Pond’s carved log seats</title>
      <description>Lennoxtown's Whitefield Pond boasts stunning views of the Campsies and now visitors can enjoy the scenery from the comfort of two beautifully carved log seats.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Innovative pilot scheme to help improve people’s mental health to be extended</title>
      <description>A new way of working to help improve people’s health and wellbeing looks set to be adopted by other social work services following positive feedback from local people, practitioners and independent consultants.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>East Dunbartonshire's model Primary School design</title>
      <description>This design, approved for the new Lairdsland Primary School in Kirkintilloch, will be the starting point for the design of all new local Primary Schools.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bill to improve care for ageing population</title>
      <description>A new Bill announced by Health Secretary Alex Neil last week, which will ensure health and social care systems work together effectively to improve the provision of care in our communities could benefit elderly people in East Dunbartonshire.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dementia Awareness Week 3-9 June</title>
      <description>It’s Dementia Awareness Week from 3–9 June 2013 and East Dunbartonshire Dementia Network has arranged a whole host of events for the week to raise awareness.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bookbug’s Big Adventure visits Canniesburn Care Home</title>
      <description>No matter what age you are everyone loves a good story and to celebrate National Bookbug week, children from Canniesburn Nursery visited Canniesburn Care Home for an afternoon of stories, rhymes and songs.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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