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		<title>Council approves modern lamposts for The Scores</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/council-approves-modern-lamposts-for-the-scores/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 14:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews Conservation Area]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=3882</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Sir, I have recently been advised by Fife Council that they have approved the replacement of the lampposts in the central section of The Scores with shiny aluminium poles with flat modern tops (just right for seagulls to sit on?) in an important part of the town&#8217;s conservation area. In spite of the example of &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/council-approves-modern-lamposts-for-the-scores/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council approves modern lamposts for The Scores"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council undertakes consultation on South St layout</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/01/3782/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[South Street]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Click here to go to the consultation]]></description>
		
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		<title>Return South Street to its pre-Covid state</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/return-south-st-to-its-pre-covid-state/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 20:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=3739</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Sir, I write in support of recent correspondents who have urged Fife Council to return the pavements of South Street to their pre-Covid state, in other words, to discontinue the use of tables, chairs and in some cases large tent-like structures which encumber considerable stretches of the pavements. During Covid, these were seen as an &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/return-south-st-to-its-pre-covid-state/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Return South Street to its pre-Covid state"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>St Andrews West &#8211; overprovision of car parking?</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/02/st-andrews-west-overprovision-of-car-parking/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews Space for Cycling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=3466</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[To the Editor In December you provided valuable coverage of the new housing development in St Andrews West which showed that the developer is well aware of the environmental and climate implications of new housing and were taking these into account. They point out in their transport assessment that a high priority is given in &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/02/st-andrews-west-overprovision-of-car-parking/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "St Andrews West &#8211; overprovision of car parking?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pavements are for pedestrians!</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/12/pavements-are-for-pedestrians/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 11:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[cyclists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-scooters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pavements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pedestrians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=3398</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[See below definitions. So who are responsible for enforcing this clearly explained standard by way of the increasing allowance of wheeled vehicles such as e-scooters and bicycles  to be annexing pavements to the disadvantage and danger of the pedestrians these pavements are clearly there for the use of and not for  those travelling on wheels; &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/12/pavements-are-for-pedestrians/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Pavements are for pedestrians!"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Confusing advice!</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/07/confusing-advice/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2021 20:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week’s Citizen had an interesting article about when to access A &#38; E  “Those with life-threatening conditions including suspected heart attacks or strokes, severe breathing difficulties, severe bleeding or severe injury should continue to go straight to A &#38; E”. It then continues “If you are required to attend A &#38; E patients are &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/07/confusing-advice/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Confusing advice!"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Disgusted by the state of the streets&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/06/disgusted-by-the-state-of-the-streets/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 18:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters to Editor]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=3181</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Having just walked around St Andrews I am disgusted by the state of the streets.  Market Street is particularly dirty.  Outside Sainsbury the pavement is filthy; outside Cromars Chip Shop the pavement has a layer of grease; outside Dominoes Pizza the drain is blocked and there is stagnant water in the gutter….thank goodness for a &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/06/disgusted-by-the-state-of-the-streets/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "&#8220;Disgusted by the state of the streets&#8221;"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Time for Fife Pension Fund to go green?</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/05/time-for-fife-pension-fund-to-go-green/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 20:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=3151</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Dear Editor, In 2019 Fife Council made a declaration of a Climate Emergency thereby acknowledging that carbon emissions must be reduced to net zero.  However the council’s pension fund remains partly invested in the fossil fuel industry and thus in greenhouse gas emitting activities. Mark Carney, former Bank of England governor, has warned that many fossil fuel &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/05/time-for-fife-pension-fund-to-go-green/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Time for Fife Pension Fund to go green?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Time for landlords to pay their fair share!</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/02/time-for-landlords-to-pay-their-fair-share/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Council Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=3049</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Note from the Editor: this letter from the General Secretary Chester Community Voice will resonate with many in St Andrews. Sir, Despite repeated requests from many town and gown groups, local authorities and university community groups over many years, the UK Government has persistently refused to legislate to make owners of Student Houses in Multiple &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/02/time-for-landlords-to-pay-their-fair-share/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Time for landlords to pay their fair share!"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The threat of unregulated movement of students at Christmas</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/12/the-threat-of-unregulated-movement-of-students-at-christmas/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university students]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=2951</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This covid-19  year, before leaving for a Christmas at home students have been no more than encouraged to have two tests three days apart but don’t have to have taken a test as a result of lax Government Guidance and University management. The so called &#8220;travel window&#8221;, in which students are expected to move out of university &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/12/the-threat-of-unregulated-movement-of-students-at-christmas/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The threat of unregulated movement of students at Christmas"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Town and Gown communities failed by party politics</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/10/town-and-gown-communities-failed-by-party-politics/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 20:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[returning students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universities]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=2881</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Dear Editor The UK government and its backers have steam-rollered through the return of students to university with the dire consequence of adding to the current covid19 infection surge, albeit also caused by the over relaxation of control of the community in general, as we are now witnessing in so many Town and Gown places. &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/10/town-and-gown-communities-failed-by-party-politics/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Town and Gown communities failed by party politics"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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