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		<title>Newspaper&#8217;s WI report hailed as best ever</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/newspapers-wi-report-hailed-as-best-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/newspapers-wi-report-hailed-as-best-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Devon Journal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A retired sea captain captured by Somali pirates five years ago got a surprise when he gave a talk to a local Womens&#8217; Institute about...]]></description>
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		<title>Rhapsodic headline from Ulster weekly</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/rhapsodic-headline-from-ulster-weekly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/rhapsodic-headline-from-ulster-weekly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ulster Gazette]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the headline writer from the Ulster Gazette a Queen fan, by any chance?]]></description>
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		<title>Funnies File: Winnie-the-Pooh &#8211; violent criminal?</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/winnie-the-pooh-violent-criminal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte Cross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loveable children’s characters have been implicated in criminal activity in a layout gaffe. In the Brampton Guardian, a Canadian paper, blow-up figures of Winnie-the-Pooh and the...]]></description>
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		<title>Is this the best headline of 2013 so far?</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/is-this-the-best-headline-of-2013-so-far/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/is-this-the-best-headline-of-2013-so-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romford Recorder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Romford Recorder raised a laugh with this headline about a funeral procession disrupted by a house fire earlier this month. Former local councillor Alby...]]></description>
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		<title>Funnies File: Could this be this year&#8217;s custard shortage story?</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/could-this-be-this-years-custard-shortage-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/could-this-be-this-years-custard-shortage-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Wales Evening Post]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An early contender for the &#8216;Whitstable custard shortage&#8217; award for non-story of the year has emerged in the shape of this strange tale from the...]]></description>
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		<title>Journalist hits headlines as football boss answers phone</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/news/journalist-hits-headlines-as-football-manager-answers-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/news/journalist-hits-headlines-as-football-manager-answers-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Lambourne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports journalism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comedy moment with reporter's wife takes place at press conference]]></description>
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		<title>A grossly inoffensive court report</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/a-grossly-inoffensive-court-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/funnies/a-grossly-inoffensive-court-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boston Standard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This short court report which appeared in the Boston Standard over the Christmas period made one HTFP reader chuckle. Like him, we&#8217;re scratching our heads...]]></description>
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		<title>Colourful mistake for local weekly</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/colourful-mistake-for-local-weekly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/colourful-mistake-for-local-weekly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte Cross</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holyhead and Anglesey Mail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never mind the blushing builder&#8230;we suspect there may have been some red faces on the subs desk over this typo from the Holyhead and Anglesey...]]></description>
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		<title>US newspaper warns of impending doom</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/us-newspaper-warns-of-impending-doom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/us-newspaper-warns-of-impending-doom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte Cross</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/?p=1637016</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A subbing glitch meant one regional US paper went to print bearing a harsh warning of impending doom. Clearly sent as a message to inform...]]></description>
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		<title>Steaming hot news from Bridlington</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/steaming-hot-news-from-bridlington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/steaming-hot-news-from-bridlington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridlington Free Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top of the Bills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;re a plain-speaking lot on the Bridlington Free Press. What more needs to be said?]]></description>
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		<title>Is this the longest headline ever?</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/is-this-the-longest-headline-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/is-this-the-longest-headline-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norwich Evening News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Sands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No less an expert than Peter Sands seems to think so, but you&#8217;ll have to go to the Norwich EveningNews24 website to see it in...]]></description>
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		<title>Open door policy</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/knocking-at-an-open-door/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/knocking-at-an-open-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/?p=1634390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve had the saucepan fire in which the damage was confined to the contents of the pan, but that seems like Pulitzer Prize-winning stuff besides...]]></description>
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		<title>Saucepan fire makes hot news</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/saucepan-fire-makes-hot-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/saucepan-fire-makes-hot-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sale and Altrincham Messenger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slow news week in the Manchester suburb of Timperley where the Sale and Altrincham Messenger reports on a culinary escapade gone wrong. The real killer...]]></description>
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		<title>Cabbage tale dug up in Hereford</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/cabbage-tale-dug-up-in-hereford/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/cabbage-tale-dug-up-in-hereford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HoldTheFrontPage</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hereford Times]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The silly season has officially ended, but clearly no one has told the Hereford Times. Its tale about a discarded cabbage sprouting a 12-inch stalk...]]></description>
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		<title>A concert to miss?</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/a-concert-to-miss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/a-concert-to-miss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liverpool Echo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers unaware that The Killers are an American rock band may have been somewhat confused by this front page juxtaposition from Tuesday&#8217;s Liverpool Echo.]]></description>
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		<title>Geere hails &#8216;nibtastic&#8217; weekly</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/geere-hails-nibtastic-weekly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/geere-hails-nibtastic-weekly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Geere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brentwood Gazette]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This nib from the Brentwood Gazette&#8217;s thisistotalessex.co.uk site may look like a classic end-of-silly-season story but according to editor-in-chief Alan Geere it&#8217;s already gone viral...]]></description>
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		<title>Regional journalism, Aussie-style</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/regional-journalism-aussie-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/regional-journalism-aussie-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re not sure any UK regional newspapers would use this headline from Australia&#8217;s Northern Territory News, still less the colourful comments from the gentleman involved,...]]></description>
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		<title>Spark of wisdom from Kent</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/spark-of-wisdom-from-kent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/spark-of-wisdom-from-kent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HoldTheFrontPage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kent Messenger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people knew about the dangers of mixing fire and petrol but this story on KentOnline, the website of the Kent Messenger, provides a timely reminder to...]]></description>
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		<title>Cat purr-fects Usain Bolt impression</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/cat-purr-fects-usain-bolt-impression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/cat-purr-fects-usain-bolt-impression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HTFP SuperAdmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Argus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a media funny in the classical sense of the term&#8230;but full marks to Brighton&#8217;s Argus for coming up with what one regional editor described...]]></description>
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		<title>Soap namecheck makes news in Rugby</title>
		<link>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/soap-namecheck-makes-news-in-rugby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/funnies/soap-namecheck-makes-news-in-rugby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Linford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rugby Advertiser]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay so the silly season is well and truly upon us and news is often hard to come by at this time of year&#8230;.but even...]]></description>
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