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• Police force hires one black officer

  08-04-2015 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Midlands Police must "up its game" and employ more minorities after hiring just one black officer from its latest recruitment drive, the force commissioner says.
  
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• Coventry City agree financial settlement with former manager Steven Pressley - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 19:09
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  Coventry City agree financial settlement with former manager Steven Pressley
  Coventry Telegraph
  The Scot's lawyers had served the club with a statutory notice demanding payment within 21 days. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Joe Bailey. Former Sky Blues manager Steven Pressley. Coventry City have reached an agreement with former Sky Blues ...
  
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• Local runners in action at Coventry Easter event - Leamington Observer

  08-04-2015 18:50
  Leamington Observer
  Local runners in action at Coventry Easter event
  Leamington Observer
  THERE were plenty of local runners in action at the Massey Ferguson Easter 5 event which was staged at Coventry's Memorial Park on Sunday. This year's race was number one in the Warwickshire Road Race League and also doubled up as the first race in ...
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• Ralph makes Coventry City Ladies debut in Derby thumping - Coventry Observer

  08-04-2015 18:35
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  Ralph makes Coventry City Ladies debut in Derby thumping
  Coventry Observer
  Buy photos » Megan Ralph made her Coventry City Ladies debut during the 6-2 win over Derby County. (s). DEBUTANT Megan Ralph has spoken of her pride after making her debut for Coventry City Ladies during the 6-2 victory over Derby County Ladies in ...
  
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• Pedestrian struck by car dies

  08-04-2015 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pedestrian dies when he is hit by a car in Warwickshire.
  
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• Warwickshire woman launches Twitter search after pet cat goes missing - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 17:04
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  Warwickshire woman launches Twitter search after pet cat goes missing
  Coventry Telegraph
  Elizabeth Harvey set up the Twitter account "Where's my Annie?" (@WheresMyAnnie) after her Tortoishell cat Annie went missing. A woman is using the power of social media to try and track down her beloved cat. Elisabeth Harvey turned to Twitter ...
  
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• Motorcyclist injured in crash near Ricoh Arena - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 16:52
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  Motorcyclist injured in crash near Ricoh Arena
  Coventry Telegraph
  A motorcyclist has been injured in a collision with a car near the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The incident happened just after 3pm this afternoon in Phoenix Way. A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “A police officer was passing and radioed the ...
  Coventry council Ricoh deal questioned after Wasps reveal £22m debtCoventry Observerall 13 news articles »
  
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• Coventry actor Ian McIntosh in running for Olivier Award - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 16:28
  
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  Coventry actor Ian McIntosh in running for Olivier Award
  Coventry Telegraph
  A former Coventry student has been nominated for an Olivier Award - the highest honour in professional British theatre. Ian McIntosh, who is originally from Tile Hill, is currently playing the role of Barry Mann in the West End show Beautiful - the ...
  
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• Poysden signs one-year Bears deal

  08-04-2015 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire sign young leg spinner Josh Poysden to his first professional contract on a one-year deal for 2015.
  
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• Speedster Dom Lespierre signs new deal with Coventry RFC - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 15:59
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  Speedster Dom Lespierre signs new deal with Coventry RFC
  Coventry Telegraph
  Leading try scorer Dom Lespierre has put pen to paper and signed a new one-year contract to remain at Coventry next season. And the Guyanan international winger – currently recovering from his second broken jaw of the season – admits that it didn't ...
  
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• Ed Miliband silent on Geoffrey Robinson 'resignation' and 'racism' slurs - Coventry Observer

  08-04-2015 15:56
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  Ed Miliband silent on Geoffrey Robinson 'resignation' and 'racism' slurs
  Coventry Observer
  LABOUR leader Ed Miliband refused to say how much he knew about a failed plan for one of his key advisers at Westminster to be parachuted in to replace Geoffrey Robinson as Coventry North west MP. It came as he pledged in a speech at Warwick ...and more »
  
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• Coventry City: "I just wish this miserable campaign would end" - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 15:42
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  Coventry City: "I just wish this miserable campaign would end"
  Coventry Telegraph
  With a handful of games to go and not knowing if we'll be playing our football next season in League One or League Two, I just wish this campaign would end. I'm not enjoying it at all and finding the motivation to go to watch us play is getting harder ...
  Adam Barton: Sky Blues good enough to beat the dropCoventry Observerall 22 news articles »
  
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• Sky Blue Thinking: Fan power can see Coventry City over the line - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 15:13
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  Sky Blue Thinking: Fan power can see Coventry City over the line
  Coventry Telegraph
  In normal circumstances – whatever they might be in the weird world of Coventry City these days – six points from two highly winnable home games should be something close to a formality. Indeed, make that nine out of three if you tag on Crewe who ...
  Coventry City fans call for unity amid Sky Blue TrustCoventry Observerall 2 news articles »
  
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• Man killed when hit by car while out jogging in Bulkington - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 14:30
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  Man killed when hit by car while out jogging in Bulkington
  Coventry Telegraph
  A 39-year-old man, believed to have been out jogging, has been killed in a collision with a car. The tragedy happened just before 10pm last night (Tuesday) in Coventry Road, Bulkington when the victim, who lived locally, was hit by a blue BMW saloon.and more »
  
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• Coventry City: 1987 goalscorer Gary Mabbutt reveals he almost lost leg due to ... - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 14:00
  
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  Coventry City: 1987 goalscorer Gary Mabbutt reveals he almost lost leg due to ...
  Coventry Telegraph
  A man who has gone in Coventry City folklore, Gary Mabbutt has revealed that he needed a five-hour operation to save his left leg in 2013 after he suffered complications due to diabetes. The former Tottenham Hotspur defender scored the winner at ...and more »
  
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• Aldi's sales overtake Waitrose

  08-04-2015 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire-based grocery chain Aldi is now the UK's sixth-largest grocer, a survey finds, overtaking upmarket chain Waitrose.
  
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• Stinson Hunter to launch series of online documentaries - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 13:45
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Stinson Hunter to launch series of online documentaries
  Coventry Telegraph
  Online crime fighter Stinson Hunter plans to follow up his award-winning documentary with a series of short films. The Paedophile Hunter Diaries - a behind the scenes look at Hunter's activities, methods and motivations - will be launched on May 2. It ...and more »
  
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• English cricket 'lost touch' in 2014

  08-04-2015 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire's Kiwi spinner Jeetan Patel is voted one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year.
  
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• 50 new jobs created by building supplies firm in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 13:03
  Coventry Telegraph
  50 new jobs created by building supplies firm in Coventry
  Coventry Telegraph
  More than 50 jobs are being created in Coventry as a building supplies firm opens a base in the city. Selco Builders Warehouse is preparing to open in Austin Drive, Courthouse Green this summer. The new branch will officially open in July but the ...and more »
  
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• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Thursday likely to be warmest day of the ... - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 12:05
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Thursday likely to be warmest day of the ...
  Coventry Telegraph
  After a few fine, warm days, it is no surprise to find that temperatures are 1.4°C above normal in Coventry and Warwickshire after the first week of April, with rainfall and sunshine totals very close to average for this period. Let's not get carried ...
  
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• Coventry's teenage pregnancy crisis: Girls urged to consider contraceptive ... - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 11:56
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry's teenage pregnancy crisis: Girls urged to consider contraceptive ...
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry City Council health bosses are to focus on long-acting and reversible methods of contraception as part of a drive to get the teenage pregnancy rate down. Long acting reversible methods of contraception include contraceptive implants, which ...
  
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• First glimpses of facelift for Coventry's Old Grammar School - Coventry Telegraph

  08-04-2015 06:45
  Coventry Telegraph
  First glimpses of facelift for Coventry's Old Grammar School
  Coventry Telegraph
  The wraps have been taken off one of Coventry's most treasured old buildings as a £1.5million restoration project moves forward. The Old Grammar School is being refurbished inside and out and had been hidden behind scaffolding and mesh. But that has ...
  
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