<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">  <channel>    <title>Lancashire Evening Post James Reader</title>    <link>https://www.lep.co.uk/author/james-reader/rss</link>    <description>Visit now for the latest news direct from Lancashire Evening Post James Reader and updated throughout the day</description>    <language>en-gb</language>    <copyright>Copyright 2026, Iconic Media Group Ltd</copyright>    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 22:45:33 GMT</pubDate>    <dc:date>2026-11-06T22:45:33Z</dc:date>    <dc:language>en-gb</dc:language>    <dc:rights>Iconic Media Group Ltd or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2026</dc:rights>    <atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.lep.co.uk/author/james-reader/rss" type="application/rss+xml" />    <link rel="hub" href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" />        <item>          <title><![CDATA[New Preston hearing clinic offers outdoor hearing aid trials]]></title>          <link>https://www.lep.co.uk/health/new-preston-hearing-clinic-lets-patients-test-aids-outdoors-9335542</link>          <description><![CDATA[<p>A Preston audiologist is launching The Hearing Grove, offering patients the chance to try hearing aids outdoors in the gardens of historic Winckley Square.</p>]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:02:16 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9335542</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.lep.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2026/11/06/15/11/WLEP-the-hearing-grove-2-NW.jpeg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;trim=19%2C0%2C20%2C0" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Michelle Adamson</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Audiologist Zunaid Patel carries out a hearing test at The Hearing Grove, his new independent hearing clinic in Winckley Square, Preston -  (Michelle Adamson)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Reader]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T16:02:16+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Murder most foul and the killers who shocked Lancashire]]></title>          <link>https://www.lep.co.uk/retro/lancashire-linked-to-britains-most-shocking-murder-cases-9332869</link>          <description><![CDATA[<p>From serial killers and Victorian poisoners to gruesome murders that shocked the nation, these chilling archive photographs reveal the faces behind some of Lancashire's most infamous crimes – and the extraordinary local connections of killers who made headlines around the world</p>]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 05:30:48 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9332869</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.lep.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2026/11/05/14/21/13227907-library.jpeg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Contributed</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[A chilling forensic image of Isabella Kerr, the common-law wife of Lancaster doctor Buck Ruxton, who murdered and dismembered her in 1935. Investigators superimposed photographs of her face and skull to establish her identity, pioneering a technique that helped convict her husband in the notorious Jigsaw Murders case -  (Contributed)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Reader]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T05:30:48+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Retro]]></category>        </item>  </channel></rss>