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		<title>Energy Doctor visits Dartford to help residents reduce heating and electricity bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saving energy in the home is becoming an increasingly important issue for householders.
Dartford Borough Council is working closely with Creative Environmental Networks to offer a range of services and discounted options to help and assist residents to lower their energy and heating bills.
A free &#8216;Energy Doctor&#8217; visit at your home offering independent advice on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Access your vote to the General Election</title>
		<link>http://www.dartford.gov.uk/news/index.php/2010/02/19/access-your-vote-to-the-general-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you would like to vote by post at the General Election or you require help to place your vote, you should contact our Electoral Services team now  &#8211; that&#8217;s the message to residents from Dartford Borough Council.

Once a General Election is called, there will only be a very short period of time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dartford man fined for the sound of music</title>
		<link>http://www.dartford.gov.uk/news/index.php/2010/02/16/dartford-man-fined-for-the-sound-of-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Crime and safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dartford Borough Council&#8217;s Environmental Protection team successfully brought a prosecution at Dartford Magistrates Court on the 12th February 2010, when Mr. James Dean Caird pleaded guilty to five counts of breaching a noise Abatement Notice. This action was taken following several complaints from neighbours about excessive noise over a period of weeks. The Council gathered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Only Rock &#8216;N Roll &#8211; Dartford Borough Council wins NLPG award</title>
		<link>http://www.dartford.gov.uk/news/index.php/2010/02/09/its-only-rock-n-roll-dartford-borough-council-wins-nlpg-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Projects]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Category: Most Interesting Anecdote or Street Name
The address of a property, including the street name often says much about the local area. In Britain, with its rich history, street names can go back many hundreds of years and some are linked to amazing stories, characters or events. Today the task of street naming and numbering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council sees red!</title>
		<link>http://www.dartford.gov.uk/news/index.php/2010/02/08/council-sees-red/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks new shop fronts and bright red shutters appeared at two properties; 123 and 125 Milton Road, Swanscombe. Planning permission for the shop fronts and shutters had not been sought from the owner of the premises to Dartford Borough Council. Several residents living nearby complained to the Council and as a result, Planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Reg Stapley Community Safety Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.dartford.gov.uk/news/index.php/2010/02/02/the-reg-stapley-community-safety-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 saw 18 nominations from the Dartford community for the Reg Stapley Community Safety Awards. The Mayor of Dartford, Cllr. Jennifer Rickwood presented the awards at a ceremony held at the Council&#8217;s Civic Centre on Thursday 28th January 2010 and attended by friends and families of the nominees.
 
Nominations included community wardens and ordinary members of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dartford awarded community cash back funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Community project in Dartford has been given &#163;40,000 of funding as part of a scheme that puts money confiscated from criminals to good use.
The funding has been made available through the Government&#8217;s Community Cashback initiative which uses money taken from the proceeds of crime to fund grassroots neighbourhood projects that make a real difference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Down by the Riverside: Dartford Creek Improvements to Go Ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Work to clean up and revitalize a run down section of Dartford Creek, North of Victoria Road in Dartford, Kent, is to go ahead later this month with the appointment of contractors Raymond Brown Construction Ltd. The Creek project is part of a wider initiative led by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dartford Council launches its Get Active campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.dartford.gov.uk/news/index.php/2010/01/22/dartford-council-launches-its-get-active-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Leisure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dartford Borough Council in partnership with NHS West Kent is aiming to improve the health and wellbeing of the people living and working in the borough by tackling the health inequalities that exist.
Being physically active is widely acknowledged as a major benefit to your health and wellbeing and this month sees the launch of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dartford Councillors Sleep Rough to Help Homeless Young People in Thames Gateway</title>
		<link>http://www.dartford.gov.uk/news/index.php/2010/01/13/dartford-councillors-sleep-rough-to-help-homeless-young-people-in-thames-gateway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YMCA Thames Gateway have launched a campaign aimed at getting people thinking about the issues facing young homeless people in the UK.
Staff of YMCA Thames Gateway will be joined, amongst others, by their CEO Denise Hatton, Leader of Dartford Council Jeremy Kite and Deputy Leader Anthony Martin to spend the night sleeping rough whilst raising [...]]]></description>
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