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		<title>The Talking Heads to close this weekend &#8211; &#8216;Save our Heads&#8217; campaign begun</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Popular Portswood pub and music venue The Talking Heads will possibly be calling last orders for the last time this Saturdays, potentially joining the growing list of Southampton pubs hitting the buffers in the recession. The Talking Heads has become one of Southampton&#8217;s premier music venues, hosting gigs, band nights and open mics most nights [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedolphinsblowhole.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5142124&amp;post=792&amp;subd=thedolphinsblowhole&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solent on strike: walk-out round-up and the government&#8217;s Autumn Statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of public sector workers went on strike yesterday in what Unions say was the biggest collective day of action since the Winter of Discontent or even the 1926 General Strike. Over 2&#8217;000 are reported to have marched on Southampton&#8217;s Guildhall with hundreds also rallying in rainy Newport, Portsmouth and Winchester as a predicted 15&#8217;000 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedolphinsblowhole.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5142124&amp;post=785&amp;subd=thedolphinsblowhole&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unions reject deal with Southampton Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Council Worker unions in Southampton have rejected the Council&#8217;s &#8216;final proposal&#8217; for pay and job cuts amongst its staff, with nearly 70% of members of the Unite and Unison unions voting against them. Out of 2400 members balloted between them, Unison rejected the proposals 389 to 340, whilst Unite rejected it 266 to 53.  62.5% [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedolphinsblowhole.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5142124&amp;post=780&amp;subd=thedolphinsblowhole&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two Southampton Students convicted over Fortnum &amp; Mason UK Uncut protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two students from Southampton have been convicted of aggravated trespass, on the basis that protesting might have intimidated staff despite being dubbed &#8216;sensible&#8217; by police at the seen, for their role in the Fortnum &#38; Mason UK Uncut protest during the March 26th Anti-cuts march . The two are of only ten protesters out of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedolphinsblowhole.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5142124&amp;post=774&amp;subd=thedolphinsblowhole&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Class Angst at the Nuffield: A Review of &#8216;Alchemy In The UK&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edward Learman reviews &#8216;Alchemy In The UK&#8217; written by Maggie Nevill which recently premiered at The Nuffield Theatre in Highfield, and talks unemployment, class and life after graduating from university A fortnight ago I was fortunate to attend the last showing of Maggie Nevill’s recent play Alchemy In The UK directed by Peter Sandford and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedolphinsblowhole.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5142124&amp;post=765&amp;subd=thedolphinsblowhole&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Southampton City Council planning wholesale privatisation of public services, local MP claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leaders of Southampton City Council are planning a &#8220;wholesale privatisation&#8221; of local services in order to become an infamous &#8216;Virtual Council&#8217;, which local MP Alan Whitehead claims will be &#8220;a disaster for Southampton&#8221;. The accusation comes following the publishing of the Council&#8217;s &#8220;Change Agenda&#8221; written by Council Leader Royston Smith and Chief Executive Alastair [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedolphinsblowhole.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5142124&amp;post=762&amp;subd=thedolphinsblowhole&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transition Southampton once again offering TREEmendous bargains in bid to build citywide virtual orchard</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southampton’s residents are once again being offered the chance to buy bargain price fruit trees to help create a city-wide ‘virtual orchard’. Last year 80 trees were distributed by TREEmendous Southampton during a community event at Ropewalk Community Garden, 20 of which were donated to local schools. The initiative is being run by volunteers from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedolphinsblowhole.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5142124&amp;post=757&amp;subd=thedolphinsblowhole&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Minister says there&#8217;s &#8220;no excuse&#8221; for cuts to social care like Southampton Council&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minister for Care Services has criticised local authorities such as Southampton for cutting social care using the excuse of central government cuts despite extra money has been made available for social care. In a statement from local MPs Alan Whitehead and John Denham Southampton City Council has been slammed for planning to cut almost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedolphinsblowhole.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5142124&amp;post=754&amp;subd=thedolphinsblowhole&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Southampton Unions mulling new pay deal whilst preparing for N30 pensions strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The members of the Southampton City Council Unite and Unison unions will tomorrow be meeting to discuss whether to accept or reject the latest pay deal between the Council and Union chiefs, which may see an end to months of industrial action across the City. Even if they do accept though there&#8217;s likely to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedolphinsblowhole.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5142124&amp;post=748&amp;subd=thedolphinsblowhole&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talks resume between Southampton Council and Unions (but they&#8217;re also gearing up for a face-off in court)</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[Southampton City Council Cutbacks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talks have once again resumed between Southampton City Council and the Unite and Unison unions over continuing strike action this Summer in an effort to finally resolve the dispute. The two sides haven&#8217;t met since early August as the row between them became ever more bitter amidst claims by both sides of obstructing their progress.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedolphinsblowhole.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5142124&amp;post=745&amp;subd=thedolphinsblowhole&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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