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	<title>Councillor Brian Thomson &#8211; St Andrews QV</title>
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		<title>South St and Kilrymont close for the last time</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/06/south-st-and-kilrymont-close-for-the-last-time/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[138 years after Madras College, founded by the Rev Andrew Bell, opened in South St, and just 54 years after the opening of the Kilrymont campus, both closed for the last time on Thursday (24th June). When pupils return to school in August, it will be to the new building at Langlands, close to the &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/06/south-st-and-kilrymont-close-for-the-last-time/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "South St and Kilrymont close for the last time"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Madras: Council pressed to reconsider hockey provision</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/12/new-madras-council-pressed-to-reconsider-hockey-provision/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2019 19:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following last month&#8217;s intervention by St Andrews Councillor, Brian Thomson, urging Fife Council to reconsider its plans for hockey at the new Madras College, further concerns about hockey provision in the town have been expressed. Scottish Hockey, the governing body for the sport, and local politicians, MSP Willie Rennie and Councillor Tim Brett, have voiced &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/12/new-madras-council-pressed-to-reconsider-hockey-provision/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "New Madras: Council pressed to reconsider hockey provision"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Councillor calls for higher standard of hockey pitch for Madras College</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/11/councillor-calls-for-higher-standard-of-hockey-pitch-for-madras-college/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 17:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[St Andrews councillor, Brian Thomson, has suggested that the potential for providing a 2G synthetic sand-dressed pitch at Station Park should be looked at, as a means of addressing the shortfall in provision for hockey in North East Fife. The suggestion has been made following Fife Council’s confirmation that the new Madras College will have &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/11/councillor-calls-for-higher-standard-of-hockey-pitch-for-madras-college/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Councillor calls for higher standard of hockey pitch for Madras College"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Councillor calls for Kilrymont Rd site to be used for affordable housing</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/09/councillor-calls-for-kilrymont-rd-site-to-be-used-for-affordable-housing/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demolition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kilrymont Road site]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[St Andrews Councillor Brian Thomson has called for Madras College&#8217;s Kilrymont Rd building to be demolished to make way for affordable housing when pupils move to the new building currently under construction at Langlands. Speaking at a meeting of the Community Council earlier this month he said: &#8220;I&#8217;ve stated on a number of occasions that &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/09/councillor-calls-for-kilrymont-rd-site-to-be-used-for-affordable-housing/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Councillor calls for Kilrymont Rd site to be used for affordable housing"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lade Braes £300K upgrade welcomed</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/09/lade-braes-300k-upgrade/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 16:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core path]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lade Braes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council’s Community &#38; Housing Services Committee has approved a £100,000 allocation towards a £300,000 upgrade of the Lade Braes shared use path in St Andrews. External funding had already been secured, with a contribution of £150,000 from Sustrans Places for Everyone Programme, and £50,000 from St Andrews Common Good Fund.  A public consultation exercise &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/09/lade-braes-300k-upgrade/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Lade Braes £300K upgrade welcomed"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fierce backlash against plans to reduce East Sands Leisure Centre opening hours</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/09/fierce-backlash-against-plans-to-reduce-east-sands-leisure-centre-opening-hours/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east sands leisure centre]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Gethins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Sports and Leisure Trust has announced reduced opening times by nine hours at the East Sands Leisure Centre in St Andrews and 12 hours across the week at Cupar Leisure Centre. St Andrews councillor Brian Thomson questioned the need for the changes. He said: “The benefit of sport is widely recognised, particularly in terms &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/09/fierce-backlash-against-plans-to-reduce-east-sands-leisure-centre-opening-hours/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Fierce backlash against plans to reduce East Sands Leisure Centre opening hours"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Work begins on the new Madras site</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/07/work-begins-on-the-new-madras-site/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 18:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Ann Verner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[councillor bill connor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[councillor craig walker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, Fife councillors finally agreed to purchase a site for the long-awaited new new Madras College to begin construction. The site at Langlands will be bought from the University of St Andrews. In turn, the University will take the South Street campus which will be leased back for a nominal rent of £1 until &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/07/work-begins-on-the-new-madras-site/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Work begins on the new Madras site"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Proposal to dispose of day care centre causes alarm</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/06/proposal-to-dispose-of-day-care-centre-causes-alarm/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Jane Ann Liston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Day care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dementia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency savings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integration Joint Board for Health & Social Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NE Fife Area Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Davids Resource Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victory Memorial Hall]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Relatives and carers of elderly people attending the St David&#8217;s Resource Centre in St Andrews have reacted with concern after being notified that the Centre is the subject of an Asset Transfer Request from a community group providing a cafe and social activities. The Centre available for this kind of application since Fife&#8217;s Integration Joint &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/06/proposal-to-dispose-of-day-care-centre-causes-alarm/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Proposal to dispose of day care centre causes alarm"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Planning Committee rejects plans for Abbey Park</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/planning-committee-rejects-plans-for-abbey-park/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 11:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abbey Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Miklinski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robertson Property]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plans for a new budget hotel and student accommodation (picture) in an upmarket estate built over the last few years on the former St Leonards field and the site of the old St Andrews Memorial Hospital in St Andrews, were rejected by the North East Fife Planning Committee at its meeting on Wednesday (19th). The &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/planning-committee-rejects-plans-for-abbey-park/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Planning Committee rejects plans for Abbey Park"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>St Andrews West expansion given outline planning consent</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/st-andrews-west-expansion-given-outline-planning-consent/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 21:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[madras college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[north east fife planning committee]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[By a margin of 9:3, Fife Council’s North East Panning Committee voted to grant outline approval for the western extension to the town, despite hearing concerns from objectors, including the St Andrews Community Council, about the impact on the road network, views towards the historic skyline and on wildlife in the North Haugh. Approximately 1,500 &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/st-andrews-west-expansion-given-outline-planning-consent/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "St Andrews West expansion given outline planning consent"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Station Park&#8217;s rusty rugby posts to be replaced at last</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/station-parks-rusty-rugby-posts-to-be-replaced-at-last/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 13:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Brian Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madras Community Use]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The council’s North East Fife Area Committee, meeting on Monday, approved an application by Madras Community Use and awarded a £14,000 grant from the town’s Common Good Fund to replace the posts &#8211; despite opposition from St Andrews Community Council, which had objected to the use of the common good fund to bail out Fife &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/station-parks-rusty-rugby-posts-to-be-replaced-at-last/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Station Park&#8217;s rusty rugby posts to be replaced at last"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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