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      <news:title><![CDATA[Liam Nichols opens debut solo restaurant The Northwic in Norwich]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Small wonders: the rise of the micro restaurant]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Elizabeth Haigh’s Mei Mei Goods to launch three-month restaurant residency at John Lewis Oxford Street ]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor John Healey is expected to announce an above-inflation increase to the National Living Wage in Wednesday’s Budget]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Alley Cats Pizza chooses Battersea for fifth site]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Mike Bartley opens Jörd in Bishop Auckland]]></news:title>
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