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• Coventry kidnap gang who cut off man's finger jailed - BBC News

  26-01-2015 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Coventry kidnap gang who cut off man's finger jailed
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  West Midlands Police said the man, from Coventry, was abducted in Milverton Road, Woodend, in September and taken to a lock-up garage. He was left in a van, bound and gagged without food or water, and beaten with a metal bar. The gang demanded a ...
  
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• Gang who cut off man's finger jailed

  26-01-2015 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A kidnap gang who cut off a man's finger to get a £20,000 ransom are jailed.
  
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• Young Bablake School rugby player scores 19 tries in one game - an incredible ... - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 19:32 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Young Bablake School rugby player scores 19 tries in one game - an incredible ...
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  In an exciting game of end-to-end rugby, Bablake School's U12 D-Team drew against Stratford's King Edward VI School. The Coventry school's only undefeated team this season racked up a massive 21 tries – with 19 of them being scored by Josh Dobson, ...
  
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• Johnson pleased with new Bears role

  26-01-2015 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Warwickshire wicketkeeper Richard Johnson is "pleased" to be back at Edgbaston in his new coaching role.
  
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• Kidnappers who chopped off Coventry kidnap victim's finger sentenced to life - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 19:03 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Kidnappers who chopped off Coventry kidnap victim's finger sentenced to life
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  Five members of a ruthless gang who cut off a kidnap victim's finger to back up a ransom demand to his family have been handed life sentences. And five other members of the gang who held their Coventry victim captive for 32 hours without food or water ...
  Kidnap gang jailed for almost TWO HUNDRED years after cutting off victim's fingerBirmingham Mail
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• Flashback: When Coventry City defeated Manchester City 3-1 at Maine Road in ... - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 18:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Flashback: When Coventry City defeated Manchester City 3-1 at Maine Road in ...
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  After watching Manchester City crash out of the FA Cup to Middlesbrough at the weekend, we raided the archives to find pictures and video from a fourth-round tie in 1982 involving the Citizens and the Sky Blues. Coventry were given little chance ...
  
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• Coventry City U21 0 Birmingham City U21 1: Sky Blues slump to double derby ... - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 17:52 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry City U21 0 Birmingham City U21 1: Sky Blues slump to double derby ...
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  Coventry fielded a reasonably strong side but chances were few and far between, Shaun Miller going closest for Darren Murray's outfit early in the first half. Coventry City: Burge; Whitmore, Lawton, Harries, Haynes; Thomas, Barton; Stevenson (82 mins, ...
  
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• Vandals destroy hundreds of pounds of children's sports equipment in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 17:44 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Vandals destroy hundreds of pounds of children's sports equipment in Coventry
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  Vandals broke into a container and smashed up hundreds of pounds worth of children's sports equipment at a Coventry park. The shipping container next to Barras Heath games area in Mercer Avenue, Stoke Heath, was targeted over the weekend.
  
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• Hope turns to despair for tainted blood victims - Coventry Observer

  26-01-2015 17:18 via coventryobserver.co.uk
  Hope turns to despair for tainted blood victims
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  OPTIMISM turned to despair and more frustration for a Coventry HIV sufferer and fellow victims of the NHS tainted blood scandal as another report and MPs' debate left them without long-awaited full compensation. Allesley man Joseph Peatty said any ...
  
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• City Schools football round-up: Boys suffer Coventry defeat - Nottingham Post

  26-01-2015 16:59 via nottinghampost.com
  City Schools football round-up: Boys suffer Coventry defeat
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  Their wasteful play in front of goal was highlighted by Coventry going ahead with two fortunate goals, the first from an excellent cross which bounced off a Coventry player into the net and the second from another cross which floated high towards the ...
  
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• Jacques Le Roux delighted to be back in the swing of things for Coventry RFC - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 16:01 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Jacques Le Roux delighted to be back in the swing of things for Coventry RFC
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  Crowd-favourite Jacques Le Roux is eager to make up for lost time after putting in a full 80-minute shift on his return for Coventry in Saturday's home win over Cinderford. “It was an amazing feeling to be back on the pitch,” said the Portugal ...
  
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• CCTV: Robbers grab gold chain from Subway worker during Foleshill raid - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 16:01 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  CCTV: Robbers grab gold chain from Subway worker during Foleshill raid
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  Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to after robbers grabbed a gold chain from around the neck of a member of staff at a sandwich shop in Coventry. Officers were called to the Subway branch in Lockhurst Lane, Foleshill, ...
  
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• Coventry University student celebrates a year of volunteering - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 13:57 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry University student celebrates a year of volunteering
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  Writing a dissertation hasn't stopped a Coventry University student from achieving a year of volunteering. Tilly Robertson-Wright, who is in the final year of her Fine-Arts degree, joined local mental health charity Arty-Folks after attending a talk by ...
  
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• Wasps sign All Blacks winger Halai

  26-01-2015 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Champions Cup quarter-finalists Wasps sign New Zealand winger Frank Halai from Auckland Blues for next season.
  
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• Watch: Shock CCTV footage of wheelchair user released after shoplifting spree - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 13:44 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Watch: Shock CCTV footage of wheelchair user released after shoplifting spree
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  Around £60 of food was taken. Police say they want to speak to the two people caught on camera in connection with the theft. If you know who they are call Pc Stuart Watson and Pc Michael Harkin from Coventry Police's CCTV team on 101 ext 7934 6464.
  
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• Madine keen on Coventry stay - SkySports

  26-01-2015 13:13 via www1.skysports.com
  
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  Madine keen on Coventry stay
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  "Yes, I'm really enjoying my football and the gaffer has expressed how much he wants to keep me," he told the Coventry Telegraph. "The men upstairs, Steve Waggott and Tim Fisher, have said they want me to stay. "I'd like to be higher up the league so I ...
  Look: Just the facts - an in-depth analysis of Coventry City's season so farCoventry Telegraph
  Madine - I want to stay with the Sky BluesCoventry Observer
  
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• Coventry City FC chairman rules out three potential new stadium sites - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 12:55 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry City FC chairman rules out three potential new stadium sites
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  In the minutes, shared by the group over the weekend, he said the club had investigated the possibility of building a stadium at the site now occupied by Prologis Park, in Ryton, as well as another site at Ansty Park and the existing home of Coventry ...
  'No site in Coventry for Sky Blues stadium' claims councillorCoventry Observer
  
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• Missing boy, 14, is found safe

  26-01-2015 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Coventry man becomes the second person to be arrested on suspicion of child abduction as a missing teenager is found.
  
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• Look: Coventry shopping centre could be sold to developers - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 11:29 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Look: Coventry shopping centre could be sold to developers
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  A well known Coventry shopping centre could be sold off to developers as Coventry City Council reviews its assets ahead of huge budget cuts. Riley Square, in Bell Green, is being looked at by council officers as the authority considers which of its ...
  
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• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Cold front from the Arctic heading our way - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 11:02 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Cold front from the Arctic heading our way
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  It does become more unstable however, so may threaten wintry showers, though as we know, Coventry and Warwickshire is well sheltered from showers coming in from the west to north west, so don't get too excited by the prospect of snow just yet! Not only ...
  
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• Five things to do in Coventry and Warwickshire this Monday night - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 10:47 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Five things to do in Coventry and Warwickshire this Monday night
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  Christopher Luscombe directs one acting company in both Love's Labour's Lost and Love's Labour's Won (usually known as Much Ado About Nothing) this Autumn after a career which has seen him direct The Comedy of Errors and The Merry Wives of ...
  
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• Coventry pair accused of harming baby boy - BBC News

  26-01-2015 10:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Coventry pair accused of harming baby boy
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  Coventry pair accused of harming baby boy. A man and a woman have been charged with causing harm and unnecessary suffering to a baby. The charges are in connection with alleged injuries to a six-month-old boy who was admitted to hospital on 17 May.
  Pair to face court after six month old baby boy taken to hospitalCoventry Telegraph
  
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• Pair accused of harming baby boy

  26-01-2015 10:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man and a woman are charged with causing harm and unnecessary suffering to a baby.
  
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• Coventry Comhaltas raise money for Myton Hospice in memory of club stalwart - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 08:02 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry Comhaltas raise money for Myton Hospice in memory of club stalwart
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  The event was held in memory of club stalwart Frank (Alfonso) Malone, who was a founder member of Coventry Irish Society alongside his brother Pat and former Coventry Lord Mayor David Cairns. During his final weeks, Myton Hospice provided a lot of ...
  
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• City waitress running Coventry Half Marathon to tackle poverty in Ghana - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 08:02 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  City waitress running Coventry Half Marathon to tackle poverty in Ghana
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  A Coventry woman is running the Coventry Half Marathon to help tackle poverty in Ghana. Farrell Hackett, 22, will travel to Ghana next month to work on the development programme for 12 weeks. She will team up with Ghanaian volunteers to tackle some of ...
  
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• Coventry's crime hotspots revealed: City's Asda, Primark and hospital make top ... - Coventry Telegraph

  26-01-2015 06:46 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry's crime hotspots revealed: City's Asda, Primark and hospital make top ...
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  Unsurprisingly two of Coventry's most popular nightspots are included in the list, with police being called out to the Skydome 142 times and the Kasbah 124 times for a variety of reasons including a handful of crimes. Police stations were listed as the ...
  
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