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      <news:title><![CDATA[Scott Hallsworth’s Freak Scene closes as Joe’s Oriental Diner returns]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Friday five: the week’s top stories ]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Fallow and Roe trio acquire OXO Tower Restaurant]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The Field will be located on the former site of the Dew Drop Inn in Flax Bourton, just outside Bristol]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Animal welfare activists target Pret A Manger store launch]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Anima says the action is part of a £1m campaign to hold the sandwich giant to account over its chicken welfare commitments]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Latest Opening: Sǣl  ]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham signals further business rates relief for high street businesses]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Hayley Meredith previously ran Pasta Slut, an Anglo-Sicilian pop-up and supper club.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Zero-hours contract reforms could cost employers up to £2.9bn a year]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Uncorked: Spiros Athanasiou]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Spiros Athanasiou’s CV includes Hakkasan, Frog by Adam Handling and Juno Omakase]]></image:caption>
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