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• Warks and Yorks play out tame draw

  29-04-2015 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire preserve their 12-month unbeaten run in the Championship after batting out for a draw against Warwickshire.
  
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• Bears and Tykes play out tame draw

  29-04-2015 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire preserve their 12-month unbeaten run in the Championship after batting out for a draw against Warwickshire.
  
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• Fit-again Coventry City striker Marcus Tudgay could be brought back into ... - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 19:37
  
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  Fit-again Coventry City striker Marcus Tudgay could be brought back into ...
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  Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray says he's thinking about bringing fit-again Marcus Tudgay back into the team for the crucial relegation game at Crawley Town. Experienced striker Tudgay was an unused sub in the home defeat to Crewe after returning ...
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• Highfield Road ten years on: 70 iconic images of Coventry City's old home - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 18:22
  
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  Highfield Road ten years on: 70 iconic images of Coventry City's old home
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  Tomorrow marks the tenth anniversary of Coventry City's last game at their 106-year home Highfield Road. To celebrate we've raided the archives to find some of the greatest pictures taken at the the famous old stadium. From Sky Blues heroes to general ...and more »
  
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• What are Coventry's favourite baby names? - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 17:55
  
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  What are Coventry's favourite baby names?
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  A new report has revealed that Amelia and Jack were the number one names given to babies born in Coventry in 2014. The list compiled by Bounty Parenting Club also shows that Olivia and Isla are among the names given to baby girls in Coventry that are ...and more »
  
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• Arrests after man suffers facial injury at Coventry home - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 17:55
  
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  Arrests after man suffers facial injury at Coventry home
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  A number of people were arrested at a home in Coventry after a man was taken to hospital with facial injuries. Police and ambulance crews were called to a property in Station Street West, Foleshill, at around 2pm this afternoon. A spokesman for West ...
  
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• Pet Idol 2015 - Fabulous photos of YOUR furry friends - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 17:22
  
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  Pet Idol 2015 - Fabulous photos of YOUR furry friends
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  We're fast approaching May, which means National Pet Month is coming to a close. We've had a blast looking through the photos of your purr-fect pals across Coventry and Warwickshire and we've put the best ones in our Pet Idol 2015 gallery! Launched 26 ...and more »
  
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• Duotone set to perform at The Tin in Coventry tomorrow night - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 16:57
  
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  Duotone set to perform at The Tin in Coventry tomorrow night
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  Barney Morse-Brown - known as Duotone - comes to The Tin at the Coal Vaults in Coventry tomorrow as part of his UK tour to promote his new album, Let's Get Low. Barney Morse-Brown is a cellist with multi-platinum artist Birdy and BBC Folk Award winners ...
  
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• Coventry City relegation battle: 'Reality of the precarious situation facing ... - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 16:57
  
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  Coventry City relegation battle: 'Reality of the precarious situation facing ...
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  In a week where my Sky Blue-supporting sanity has been sustained by the vicarious melancholic joy of seeing Callum Wilson fire his way to the Premier League, with the final game of the season approaching, the reality of our current situation is ...
  
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• Man accused of smashing wine bottle over shop assistant's head in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 15:43
  
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  Man accused of smashing wine bottle over shop assistant's head in Coventry
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  A Coventry man has appeared in court accused of smashing a bottle of wine over the head of a shop worker. Shane McGowan was charged with wounding with intent and theft and appeared before Coventry Magistrates Court this morning. The 29-year-old, ...
  
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• English-born monk missing in Nepal

  29-04-2015 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The father of an English-born Buddhist monk missing in Nepal hears his son may have been travelling away from the epicentre before the quake struck.
  
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• Coventry City paying the price for 'spectacular misjudgement' in letting Carl ... - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 14:42
  
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  Coventry City paying the price for 'spectacular misjudgement' in letting Carl ...
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  Carl Baker's latest player of the year gong is confirmation, if it was needed, that you can't keep a good man down. As far as Coventry City fans are concerned it's also, of course, substantiation that the decision to dispense with the midfielder's ...
  
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• Coventry Bees boss targets away progress at Kings Lynn - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 14:12
  
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  Coventry Bees boss targets away progress at Kings Lynn
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  Coventry Bees have another chance to enhance their Elite League position with two more away matches in the next three days. After going down 42-48 but taking a league point from a blockbuster of an encounter at Wolverhampton on Monday, the Buildbase ...
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• Whitley Academy hosts visit by French pupils - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 13:51
  
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  Whitley Academy hosts visit by French pupils
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  Pupils at Whitley Academy were recently paid a visit from students at a school in France. The visit was the second from the Jean Mermoz School, based in Faches-Thumesnil, just outside Lille in the north of France. The exchanges between the two schools ...
  
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• Coventry Magistrates Court: Stealing meat from Morrisons and assault by ... - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 13:19
  
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  Coventry Magistrates Court: Stealing meat from Morrisons and assault by ...
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  Lloyd Clare, 31, of Bell Green Road, Bell Green, admitted stealing three Gillette Fusion razor blades worth £36 from Morrisons, and breaching a restraining order by attending an address in Rollason Road. He was jailed for 12 weeks and must pay an £80 ...
  
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• Grangehurst Primary School pupils recreate 2-Tone at Coventry Music Museum - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 13:10
  
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  Grangehurst Primary School pupils recreate 2-Tone at Coventry Music Museum
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  Children got to play the sci-fi sounding theremin and made some music of their own with guitars, maracas and the drum kit. They were then split into three teams and while one team was making music, another was dressing up in shades and pork pie hats ...
  
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• Man robbed in his Coventry home by two prostitutes was subjected to terrifying ... - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 12:04
  
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  Man robbed in his Coventry home by two prostitutes was subjected to terrifying ...
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  Two sex workers robbed a man in his own home after one of them struck him to the face with a pair of scissors when he refused to give them money for drugs. Both women had denied the robbery, but as they were about to stand trial Sarah Valance changed ...
  
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• Luke Henney: Two fund-raisers in memory of tragic Nuneaton footballer - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 12:04
  
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  Luke Henney: Two fund-raisers in memory of tragic Nuneaton footballer
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  Friends and former team-mates of tragic Nuneaton footballer Luke Henney are taking part in two fund-raising events in his memory. They will be running the Bosworth Half Marathon on May 10 and then playing in a specially-organised soccer match a ...and more »
  
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• Teenage killer who beat Coventry holidaymaker Rikki Judkins to death tries to ... - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 11:56
  
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  Teenage killer who beat Coventry holidaymaker Rikki Judkins to death tries to ...
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  Rikki Judkins, 50, was punched and kicked and left for dead in a subway in 2006. His killers boasted about the attack afterwards. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Coventry man Rikki Judkins, who was killed on holiday in Lancaster. A teenage killer ...and more »
  
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• Former Coventry City captain Carl Baker 'speechless' after being named MK ... - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 11:47
  
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  Former Coventry City captain Carl Baker 'speechless' after being named MK ...
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  Former Coventry City favourite Carl Baker has been named MK Dons' Player of the Year for 2014/15. The 32-year-old, who was discarded by the Sky Blues last summer, was snapped up by Karl Robinson as a free agent back in September and quickly ...and more »
  
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• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Sunshine and showers, but cool and breezy - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 11:44
  
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  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Sunshine and showers, but cool and breezy
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  This morning's early rain should be clearing soon after breakfast, with sunny spells developing into mid morning, even prolonged perhaps at times. Cloud will be bubbling up, however, to threaten an odd shower this afternoon and evening, though most ...
  
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• Family of tragic Coventry holiday death mum have raised £10000 in her name - Coventry Telegraph

  29-04-2015 06:46
  
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  Family of tragic Coventry holiday death mum have raised £10000 in her name
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  Tara Hollins and partner Dean Cooper. Tara, from Coventry, died last year while on a family holiday in Egypt. Family and friends of a Coventry mum who died suddenly on a family holiday have raised more than £10,000 in her memory. Tara Hollins fell ill ...
  
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• Dead dog's girlfriend collects award

  29-04-2015 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A police dog who sniffed out firearms, cash and drugs worth some £5m is awarded a posthumous PDSA Order of Merit - with the honour being "collected" by his girlfriend.
  
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• 'Troubled' families money not spent

  29-04-2015 00:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About a quarter of a fund available to turn around so-called troubled families still has not been spent by councils in the West Midlands region, the BBC learns.
  
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