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            <title>Your chance to shape the new archive standard</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The online platform that brings together stakeholders from across the UK to debate and create the new Archives Accreditation standard is now&nbsp;live. Find out what everyone is talking about and <a href="http://www.dialogue-app.com/archivesaccreditation" target="_blank" title="External website - link opens in a new window">contribute your views and expertise</a>&nbsp;in our new platform.&nbsp; ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:02:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Disruption to online services on 7 February</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ You may experience interruptions to our online services on the morning of Tuesday 7 February. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:02:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>More records featured in 'Bomber Boys'</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The documentary 'Bomber Boys' was shown on BBC1 last night, exploring the rarely-told story of the men who fought and died in the skies above occupied Europe as part of Bomber Command. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:02:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Our records in 'Bullets, Boots and Bandages'</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Last night BBC4 aired episode one of 'Bullets, Boots and Bandages'. This is a new historical series looking at how soldiers were fed, clothed and looked after in order to fight in the required battles. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:02:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Latest Archive Sector Update now available</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The winter issue of Archive Sector Update is now available online: ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Our records in 'The Crusades'</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Last night BBC2 aired episode two of 'The Crusades'. This is a three part series looking at the medieval conflicts from the first crusade and the following period. This second episode featured scenes from within The National Archives. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Archives accreditation webinar - get involved</title>
            <link>http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/668.htm?news=rss</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ The archive sector is inviting archives and their users to help develop a UK <a href="/information-management/our-services/archives-accreditation-scheme.htm">Archives Accreditation Scheme</a>, which will encourage and recognise excellence and development by certifying the achievement of best practice. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>The Nearne family in the archives</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The National Archives has published a newly-released Special Operations Executive file on Francis Nearne online (Catalogue reference <a href="/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8766191">HS 9/1089/3</a>) ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Legislation.gov.uk wins Public Sector Digital Award</title>
            <link>http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/664.htm?news=rss</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ <a href="test"></a>The National Archives has won a prestigious UK Public Sector Digital Award for <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/" target="_blank" title="External website - link opens in a new window">legislation.gov.uk</a>. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:01:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Launch of Discovery, our new online catalogue</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Our new online catalogue, <a href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/">Discovery</a>, will be launched at the end of this month. <a href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/">Discovery</a> will make it easier to search and use our collection for everyone, from first-time users to experienced researchers.  ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:01:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Microfilms available to successful applicants</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Due to the increasing number of record series we are digitising, we no longer require many of the microfilms in our reading rooms. We are therefore offering the surplus&nbsp;microfilms, free of charge, via a lottery system. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:01:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>William Wallace letter to be exhibited in Scotland</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The National Archives has agreed to loan a 700 year old letter concerning William Wallace to the National Records of Scotland. It will go on display at a free exhibition in the Main Hall of the Scottish Parliament from 10 to 31 August.  ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:01:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>BT Archives to be digitised</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The National Archives, in partnership with Coventry University and BT Plc, has been <a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/digitisation/content2011_2013/newconnections.aspx" target="_blank" title="External website - link opens in a new window">awarded a grant</a> to digitise BT's physical archive, making almost half a million photographs, documents and correspondence preserved by BT over 165 years available online as part of the New Connections project. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:01:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Closure of Your Archives</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Our records wiki, <a href="http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Home_page" target="_blank" title="External website - link opens in a new window">Your Archives</a>, will be closing this year, as we prepare for the full launch of <a href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/">Discovery</a>, our new online catalogue. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:01:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Remaining 1911 census information now available online</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The 'infirmities' column from the 1911 census has been made available online for the first time at <a href="http://www.1911census.co.uk/default.aspx" target="_blank" title="External website - link opens in a new window">1911census.co.uk</a> and <a href="http://www.findmypast.co.uk/home.jsp" target="_blank" title="External website - link opens in a new window">findmypast.co.uk</a>. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:01:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Bookshop January sale now on</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ It's <a href="/BOOKSHOP/category.aspx?c=40">sale time</a> at The National Archives' bookshop, with huge discounts available on a wide range of history and genealogy titles.  ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
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