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• Council approves £15m service cuts

  24-02-2015 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Councillors in Coventry approve controversial plans to make £15m of cutbacks.
  
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• Tributes to flat stabbing victim

  24-02-2015 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Relatives of a man found stabbed at a flat in Coventry is described as a "hard-working, loving family man" by his family.
  
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• Premier Inn killer took his own life

  24-02-2015 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who murdered his girlfriend at a hotel in Bedfordshire and was later found dead on a railway line in Warwickshire took his own life, a coroner rules.
  
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• The Proclaimers announce Coventry show at Warwick Arts Centre - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 15:07 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  The Proclaimers announce Coventry show at Warwick Arts Centre
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  As part of their 2015 Autumn Tour, legendary Scottish two-piece The Proclaimers have announced a concert at Warwick Arts Centre on 21 October. Strikingly individual, twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid have over the years enjoyed huge successes across ...
  
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• Coventry's landmark city centre Co-op store put up for sale - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 15:06 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry's landmark city centre Co-op store put up for sale
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  The landmark Co-op store in Coventry city centre has been put up for sale. The department store in Corporation Street, which has served generations of city shoppers for over half a century, has been put on the market this week. It has been reported in ...
  
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• BREAKING: Coventry man who absconded from prison back in custody - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 15:06 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  BREAKING: Coventry man who absconded from prison back in custody
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  David Stephen Walker, 28 from Coventry, is wanted by police after absconding from Sudbury prison in Derbyshire on Saturday February 14. A Coventry man who absconded from an open prison is back in custody. Police launched a manhunt after David ...
  
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• Coventry City: Pressley exit made me question myself - Waggott - BBC News

  24-02-2015 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Coventry City: Pressley exit made me question myself - Waggott
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  Coventry City chief executive Steve Waggott says everyone at the club must question themselves in the wake of manager Steven Pressley's sacking - and that he even considered his own future. Pressley, 41, was dismissed after two years in charge of the ...
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  Coventry sack Steven Pressley after 100th game as manage
  
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• Tagicakibau signs new Wasps contract

  24-02-2015 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wasps' Samoan international winger Sailosi Tagicakibau signs a new contract with the Premiership club.
  
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• Turtle dumped outside Showcase Cinema in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 14:22 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Turtle dumped outside Showcase Cinema in Coventry
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  This yellow-bellied slider turtle was found outside Showcase Cinema in Coventry on the morning of Tuesday February 24. A turtle was found wandering around the car park of a cinema in Coventry this morning. The reptile was spotted by a member of staff ...
  
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• 'Staff must share blame at Coventry'

  24-02-2015 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Coventry CEO Steve Waggott says everyone at the club must question themselves after manager Steven Pressley's sacking.
  
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• Time to get mortal! Geordie Shore's Gary Beadle to appear at Coventry ... - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 14:04 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Time to get mortal! Geordie Shore's Gary Beadle to appear at Coventry ...
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  Gary Beadle, from reality TV show Geordie Shore, will be at Carters Sports and Bar Grill at the Skydome in Coventry, on Friday February 27. A star of reality series Geordie Shore is heading to a Coventry nightclub this weekend to teach the city natives ...
  
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• Coventry Bees looking for another rider after move for Lewis Bridger collapses - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 13:49 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry Bees looking for another rider after move for Lewis Bridger collapses
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  Coventry's move to sign Lewis Bridger has dramatically collapsed – and they are now in the market for another rider. The Buildbase Bees had agreed terms with Bridger to replace the injured Cameron Woodward and their full Elite League team declaration ...
  British feel for Coventry Bees after Lewis Bridger signingLeamington Observer
  
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• Punters backing former Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray as next Coventry ... - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 13:03 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Punters backing former Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray as next Coventry ...
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  The former Middlesbrough boss was initially down at 20/1 but is now at the heading of the betting at 2/1 after an overnight surge. Mowbray has been out of work since leaving Boro in October 2013 after three years at the Riverside Stadium. He left after ...
  Tony Mowbray new bookies' favourite to become Coventry City managerGazette Live
  
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• Man arrested after 'racist' attack on mum's new home in Willenhall - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 12:59 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Man arrested after 'racist' attack on mum's new home in Willenhall
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  Sammie Sunter went to her new Whitefriars property in Mary Slessor Street, Willenhall, Coventry to find her front door had been daubed with racist graffiti and faeces. Pictured with her sons Harvey Anderson, 2, and Oscar Rock, 5. Police have arrested a ...
  
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• Best of the 1990s comes to Coventry's Albany Theatre - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 12:47 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Best of the 1990s comes to Coventry's Albany Theatre
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  Coventry and Warwickshire is invited to celebrate the best of the 1990s next month, as The Albany Theatre presents the ultimate 90s show: Bring It All Back. An all-new, exciting professional theatre production, the show is touring theatres throughout ...
  
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• Revealed: Polled Coventry City fans spilt on whether the club were right to ... - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 12:18 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Revealed: Polled Coventry City fans spilt on whether the club were right to ...
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  Coventry City fans are still coming to terms with the fact that their club are looking for a new manager after the departure of Steven Pressley yesterday. The Scot had been in charge of exactly 100 games when the club called time on his reign. A 2-2 ...
  
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• 'Full' landfill closes after 50 years

  24-02-2015 11:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A landfill site used to bury waste from Birmingham is closing after 50 years, because it is full.
  
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• Former Coventry City skipper Carl Baker could be rested for Ricoh Arena return ... - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 10:47 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Former Coventry City skipper Carl Baker could be rested for Ricoh Arena return ...
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  Milton Keynes Dons boss Karl Robinson says he is considering resting former Sky Blues favourite Carl Baker for their match at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday. The 32-year-old left Coventry in August after being frozen out of the first-team by former ...
  CARL BAKER: Former Coventry City captain may be rested for Ricoh return this ...MK News
  
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• Timing of Coventry roadworks defended by government's transport boss - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 06:43 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Timing of Coventry roadworks defended by government's transport boss
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  Major roadwork projects in and around Coventry should not have been staggered according to the man in charge of the country's transport network. Patrick McLoughlin, the Tory secretary of state of transport, talked up the value of improvements to the ...
  
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• Burglar-turned-decorator stole watch as temptation was 'too much' - Coventry Telegraph

  24-02-2015 06:43 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Burglar-turned-decorator stole watch as temptation was 'too much'
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  After coming out of prison, 'three strikes' burglar Jamie O'Beirne got himself a legitimate job with a Coventry decorating firm. But the temptation of being left alone in someone's home got the better of him – and he ended up stealing the owner's Rolex ...
  
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• Some Coventry libraries 'not fit for purpose', councillor claims - Coventry Observer

  24-02-2015 01:16 via coventryobserver.co.uk
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  Some Coventry libraries 'not fit for purpose', councillor claims
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  Education cabinet member David Kershaw made the claim as he spoke about Coventry City Council's proposals for closures among the city's 17 libraries. Leader councillors have said remodelling services under a 'City Centre First' policy could leave ...
  
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• 'Save the Coventry elephant' campaign underway - Coventry Observer

  24-02-2015 01:16 via coventryobserver.co.uk
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  'Save the Coventry elephant' campaign underway
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  The endangered species in question is the iconic elephant-shaped structure which forms part of Coventry Sports Centre. For decades, it has been a well-known landmark in the city which has the Elephant and Castle as its emblem. It is visible from the ...
  
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