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• Sex offender jailed for abusing Warwickshire child three decades ago - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 19:12
  
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  Sex offender jailed for abusing Warwickshire child three decades ago
  Coventry Telegraph
  A PERVERT who sexually abused a child in Warwickshire 30 years ago has been jailed for eight years. Brian McIlwraith, aged 60, of Nuffield Close, Bicester, had denied 16 offences of indecent assault and a further offence of attempted buggery when he ...and more »
  
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• Stay of execution for Coventry council disabled jobs service - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 18:56
  
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  Stay of execution for Coventry council disabled jobs service
  Coventry Telegraph
  A jobs service which helps some of the most vulnerable people in Coventry appears to have had a stay of execution – at least until December. The Telegraph reported earlier this month how Coventry City Council was preparing to axe the funding of The ...
  
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• Coventry pupils get fired up for energy challenge - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 18:13
  
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  Coventry pupils get fired up for energy challenge
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  Year 9 pupils from Coundon Court School and Bishop Ullathorne School were visited by staff from energy company E.ON as part of the interactive Energy Experience education programme. A total of 120 pupils were encouraged to think like engineers and ...
  
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• VIDEO: Electric car appeal to rural firms

  20-04-2015 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rural businesses in Warwickshire are being encouraged to start using electric cars through a new government scheme.
  
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• Stinson Hunter: "I might have to stop stings" - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 17:13
  
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  Stinson Hunter: "I might have to stop stings"
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  Online crime fighter Stinson Hunter has said he may have to stop carrying out stings after police arrested a copycat suspected of blackmailing a suspected paedophile he had caught. The 25-year-old from Wigan was arrested on suspicion of assault and ...and more »
  
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• Coventry City: Tony Mowbray on how Sky Blues can challenge next season - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 16:56
  
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  Coventry City: Tony Mowbray on how Sky Blues can challenge next season
  Coventry Telegraph
  Tony Mowbray is still not taking League One survival for granted but he has outlined what Coventry City need to do if they hope to make an impact at the opposite end of the table next season. The Sky Blues claimed a priceless point in their battle ...
  Roussel touched on emotional return to Sky BluesCoventry Observerall 13 news articles »
  
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• BREAKING: Police ask for help finding missing Coventry man - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 16:37
  
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  BREAKING: Police ask for help finding missing Coventry man
  Coventry Telegraph
  Stuart Davis, aged 27, was last seen yesterday at about 8pm at his home address in Penrose Close, Canley. Coventry Police say they are “very concerned” about Mr Davis, who is said to be very vulnerable. Pc Alicia White said: “Stuart's family and ...
  Police concerns grow for missing Stuart DavisCoventry Observerall 2 news articles »
  
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• Coventry rugby club concerned over Wasps switching games to Saturdays - Coventry Observer

  20-04-2015 16:11
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  Coventry rugby club concerned over Wasps switching games to Saturdays
  Coventry Observer
  COVENTRY rugby club have accused Ricoh-based Wasps of reneging on commitments to prevent fixture clashes by planning to move some Premiership matches from Sundays to Saturdays. The city's 141-year-old rugby club say they were informed in a ...
  Coventry RFC chairman says they weren't consulted over Wasps playing ...Coventry Telegraphall 7 news articles »
  
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• Coventry City can compete with the best and four other things we learned in ... - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 14:41
  
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  Coventry City can compete with the best and four other things we learned in ...
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  Sky Bet League 1 - Bristol City vs Coventry City. Coventry City's Frank Nouble and Bristol City's Derrick Williams. 1 On a day when most outside observers would have designated this as a home banker, the Sky Blues went toe-to-toe with the Robins who ...
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  MATCH ANALYSIS: Bristol City 0 Coventry 0 - Job well done as City claim ...Bristol P
  
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• Radford drug dealer caught red handed by Coventry cops - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 14:38
  
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  Radford drug dealer caught red handed by Coventry cops
  Coventry Telegraph
  Police caught a Coventry man red-handed with £50,000 worth of drugs after a car was spotted racing away from his home. Officers went to Paul Hamilton's house in Beake Avenue, Radford, on November 12 last year after they became suspicious about what ...
  
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• Warwickshire Cubs and Scouts turn out for St George's Day parade - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 14:11
  
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  Warwickshire Cubs and Scouts turn out for St George's Day parade
  Coventry Telegraph
  Cubs, Beavers and Scouts proudly marched through the streets for an annual St George's Day parade at the weekend. The annual event, which involves packs from all over the Bedworth, Bulkington and Nuneaton area, is organised by a different scout group ...and more »
  
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• Disappointing Hemel Stags are mauled by the Coventry Bears - Hemel Gazette

  20-04-2015 13:36
  
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  Disappointing Hemel Stags are mauled by the Coventry Bears
  Hemel Gazette
  Hemel Stags were left to lick their wounds after suffering a thumping 52-16 defeat to Coventry Bears in Sunday's Championship 1 clash. The Bears are new boys to professional rugby league, but it was not evident as they taught the Stags a lesson by ...
  
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• Gossip: Coventry City loan star Grant Ward is in demand - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 13:10
  
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  Gossip: Coventry City loan star Grant Ward is in demand
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry City's chances of getting on-loan midfielder Grant Ward back in the side next season are under threat with foreign clubs leading the chase to sign Tottenham's highly-rated youngster. Italian club Udinese and Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna ...and more »
  
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• Coventry's University Hospital road improvements on track - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 13:02
  
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  Coventry's University Hospital road improvements on track
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  Drivers and pedestrians using the roads around the University Hospital site are starting to see the first sights of the changes designed to improve congestion in the Walsgrave area. They include altering the layout of the roundabout for Clifford Bridge ...
  
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• Rankin still has England ambitions

  20-04-2015 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire pace bowler Boyd Rankin still has England ambitions after taking a career-best 6-75 against Hampshire.
  
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• General Election 2015: Conservatives' Parvez Akhtar questioned - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 12:39
  
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  General Election 2015: Conservatives' Parvez Akhtar questioned
  Coventry Telegraph
  The General Election is fast approaching, but just how much do you know about the people competing for your votes? Here the Telegraph aims to help you understand the people behind the parties and the policies in Coventry. We asked all 18 of the city's ...
  
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• Family fun at Coventry museums this Easter - Coventry Observer

  20-04-2015 12:11
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  Family fun at Coventry museums this Easter
  Coventry Observer
  Buy photos » Families are being encouraged to take part in Coventry museums' series of Easter-themed workshops. s. THIS WEEK marks the last chance for children to get stuck into 'egg-cellent' Easter themed events at Coventry museums. From solving ...
  
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• Coventry council axing job support for disabled will 'hit vulnerable' - Coventry Observer

  20-04-2015 12:11
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  Coventry council axing job support for disabled will 'hit vulnerable'
  Coventry Observer
  SEVERELY disabled and mentally ill people face being "thrown on the scrapheap" with the council axe of a successful scheme helping them find work, unions say. Coventry Unison says it places in doubt Coventry City Council Labour leaders' pledge to ...
  
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• Planet Ice at the SkyDome celebrates its 15th birthday this week - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 10:11
  
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  Planet Ice at the SkyDome celebrates its 15th birthday this week
  Coventry Telegraph
  Planet Ice based at the city centre Skydome Arena are celebrating their 15th Birthday this week on the anniversary of their opening back in April 2000. From 20 April until 26 April, venue will be offering online family of four tickets for just £15 to ...
  
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• Coventry Beer Festival hits Butts Park next weekend - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 09:56
  
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  Coventry Beer Festival hits Butts Park next weekend
  Coventry Telegraph
  On Friday 24 and Saturday 25, April, Coventry residents are invited to enjoy the city's finest alcohol extravaganza from 12 noon until 4pm, and 6pm until 11pm each day. Admission costs vary according to the time of day you attend, and whether or not ...and more »
  
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• Coventry rapist who targeted two women in separate attacks jailed for nine years - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2015 06:48
  
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  Coventry rapist who targeted two women in separate attacks jailed for nine years
  Coventry Telegraph
  A Coventry man who raped two women while working away from the city has been jailed for nine years. Kelvin Wilson, aged 22, attacked one woman in his hotel room after meeting her on a night out in Hartlepool in December 2013. Four months earlier the ...and more »
  
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