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		<title>West Sands one of 49 bathing waters in Scotland to breach sewage limits this summer</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/09/west-sands-one-of-49-bathing-waters-in-scotland-to-breach-sewage-limits-this-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bathing water]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In spite of having a 3* Excellent rating from Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) faecal contamination on 24 August at the West Sands in St Andrews was more than 20 times the safety limit. On that particular day, sea water off the beach contained more than 10,000 viable E.Coli gut bacteria per 100ml. According to Sepa, the “principal &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/09/west-sands-one-of-49-bathing-waters-in-scotland-to-breach-sewage-limits-this-summer/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "West Sands one of 49 bathing waters in Scotland to breach sewage limits this summer"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Councillors throw out St Andrews &#8220;carbuncle&#8221; housing development</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Brian Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Jane Ann Liston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Miklinski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flooding]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A modern housing development consisting of three and four-storey houses overlooking the Old Course has been rejected by the NE Fife Area Committee in spite of Fife Council officials’ recommendation that the application be approved. Councillors claimed that the development would be totally out of keeping with the surrounding traditional buildings The application provoked a &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/10/councillors-throw-out-st-andrews-carbuncle-housing-development/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Councillors throw out St Andrews &#8220;carbuncle&#8221; housing development"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Looks inviting, but how clean are our coastal waters?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Sands St Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sea bathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sea pollution]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We often assume that sea bathing is a healthy pastime. What&#8217;s not to like about a bracing dip in the North Sea on a fine summers day? Even out of season, hardy souls are occasionally seen braving the freezing waters in St Andrews East Sands and students see it as a rite of passage to &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/06/looks-inviting-but-how-clean-are-our-coastal-waters/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Looks inviting, but how clean are our coastal waters?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Climate change: Scottish Government policies</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/02/climate-change-scottish-government-policies/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Part 1 of a 2 part series by Professor Michael Collins INTRODUCTION  United Nations Annual Climate Change Conferences Later this year Glasgow will be hosting the next United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). For the last 20 years the UN has convened an annual climate change conference to consider ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/02/climate-change-scottish-government-policies/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Climate change: Scottish Government policies"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>University&#8217;s £70m plans for Albany Park rejected</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/08/universitys-70m-plans-for-albany-park-rejected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council planners have formally refused planning permission for the project which includes 17 student residence blocks (see artist&#8217;s impression), associated landscaping, 107 car parking spaces and other works, including clearance of the existing buildings on site, were tabled, along with plans for a new student facilities building. The proposal would provide 754 student beds, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/08/universitys-70m-plans-for-albany-park-rejected/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "University&#8217;s £70m plans for Albany Park rejected"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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