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• SPEEDWAY LIVE: Swindon Robins v Coventry Bees - Swindon Advertiser

  26-05-2015 20:09 via swindonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  SPEEDWAY LIVE: Swindon Robins v Coventry Bees
  Swindon Advertiser
  Stay right here for all of the action as it happens and have your say on the Robins' fortunes both on and off the track in our comments box below - just remember to keep your thoughts clean! 7:09pm. Good evening from a glorious Abbey Stadium. Speedway ...
  CHEQUERED FLAG REPORT: Swindon Robins 47 Coventry Bees 43The Wiltshire Gazette and Heraldall 227 news articles »
  
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• People 'need voice' on council plan

  26-05-2015 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents "need a voice" on Coventry's plans to join a proposed West Midlands combined authority, says a woman who is petitioning the city council.
  
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• Man convicted of trying to join IS

  26-05-2015 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The jury goes out in the trial of a Coventry man accused of trying to join Islamic State in Syria.
  
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• Coventry UKIP leader Mark Taylor confirms switch to Conservatives - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 18:37 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry UKIP leader Mark Taylor confirms switch to Conservatives
  Coventry Telegraph
  Mark Taylor has joined the Tories from UKIP after a pre-election selection fiasco involving 'pop preacher' George Hargreaves. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Mark Taylor UKIP. The former leader of UKIP in Coventry has officially announced he has ...
  
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• Sir Henry Parkes celebrated by Coventry and Warwickshire 200 years after the ... - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 18:08 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Sir Henry Parkes celebrated by Coventry and Warwickshire 200 years after the ...
  Coventry Telegraph
  It was the year of Waterloo – 1815 – when Henry Parkes was born. Between his birth on May 27 and his baptism on July 5 at St Mary the Virgin Church in Stoneleigh , the great Battle of Waterloo had taken place, though how soon news of it reached the ...
  
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• 'Coventry is a ghost town!' and 13 other reactions as Caribbean Festival is ... - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 18:08 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  'Coventry is a ghost town!' and 13 other reactions as Caribbean Festival is ...
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry's summer calendar was dealt a blow today as the popular Coventry Caribbean Festival event was cancelled. The annual bash - which is staged in War Memorial Park and was due to take place just a week after the city's Godiva Festival in July ...and more »
  
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• Coventry City Council backs Telegraph business awards - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 17:32 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry City Council backs Telegraph business awards
  Coventry Telegraph
  The local authority is the latest organisation to offer its support to the prestigious annual accolades, which take place next month at the Ricoh Arena. Every year, the Coventry Telegraph honours the resilience and fortitude of companies which are ...
  
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• Sussex beat Warwickshire in thriller

  26-05-2015 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Jordan's unbeaten 56 helps Sussex to a dramatic one-wicket victory over Warwickshire in the County Championship.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover announces record profits of £2.6billion - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 16:38 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Jaguar Land Rover announces record profits of £2.6billion
  Coventry Telegraph
  Jaguar Land Rover has clocked up a record year in business - with colossal profits of more than £2.6billion. The Coventry-based car giant has revealed its full-year results which show the record pre-tax earnings are up £113million on the previous year.and more »
  
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• Coventry motorists travelled to the Sun and back SIX times last year - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 16:17 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry motorists travelled to the Sun and back SIX times last year
  Coventry Telegraph
  The Earth is about 93million miles from the Sun - meaning the mileage would be enough to make six journeys to our star and back. This total was up 4.7 per cent on the previous year. The city was among a wide range of places around the UK that saw ...
  
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• Jury out in Foleshill terror suspect trial - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 15:41 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Jury out in Foleshill terror suspect trial
  Coventry Telegraph
  The jury has retired in the trial of a young Muslim from Coventry who is accused of trying to join Islamic State in Syria to fulfil his ambition of becoming a martyr. Zakariya Ashiq, aged 20, left the UK on November 6 last year on a bus from Victoria ...
  Coventry man guilty of preparing for terrorist actsITV Newsall 7 news articles »
  
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• Brentford release former Coventry City loan striker Nick Proschwitz - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 15:33 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Brentford release former Coventry City loan striker Nick Proschwitz
  Coventry Telegraph
  Former Coventry City loan striker Nick Proschwitz will be a free agent this summer after Brentford announced his contract won't be renewed. The 28-year-old joined the Sky Blues in February in between managers and he made nine appearances for the side, ...and more »
  
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• 'Thank you Jess for your inspirational story and your courage' - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 15:24 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  'Thank you Jess for your inspirational story and your courage'
  Coventry Telegraph
  I wish to comment on the story about Jess Kitchener and her medical bag (Telegraph, May 25). Jess has shown great courage by openly discussing and displaying the results of her operation for ulcerative colitis. I suffered the very same in 1985 when I ...
  
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• Coventry's £14.9million Friargate bridge deck and public boulevard will be ... - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 15:11 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry's £14.9million Friargate bridge deck and public boulevard will be ...
  Coventry Telegraph
  The new multi-million pound bridge deck on Coventry Ring Road will be officially unveiled to the world on Thursday. Work on the new layout at Junction 6 has been taking place for the past 15 months and signals the first major milestone in the huge ...
  Rob Austin joins Coventry Ring Road demo event with BTCC Audiautosport.comall 2 news articles »
  
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• Review: Coventry band The Primitives are rock solid in Leamington - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 14:39 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Review: Coventry band The Primitives are rock solid in Leamington
  Coventry Telegraph
  The Primitives gig in the marvellous Zephyr Lounge in Leamington, had something of a 'treat' feeling to it. We expected to see a great band, but actually ending up seeing two great bands. The support band was Leamington outfit Satsangi. I like bands ...and more »
  
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• Former Coventry City captain Sammy Clingan released by Kilmarnock - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 13:52 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Former Coventry City captain Sammy Clingan released by Kilmarnock
  Coventry Telegraph
  The Northern Ireland international left the Sky Blues in May 2012 after he turned down the offer of a new contract, understood to be worth £8,000 a week, and signed a short-term deal with Doncaster. The 31-year-old moved to Kilmarnock from Doncaster in ...and more »
  
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• Coventry Bees 57 King's Lynn 33: Bees see off Stars to stretch their lead at ... - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 13:44 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry Bees 57 King's Lynn 33: Bees see off Stars to stretch their lead at ...
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  Coventry extended their lead at the top of the Elite League back to eight points with a convincing display against weakened King's Lynn at Brandon last night. There were strong displays right through the card from the Buildbase Bees, for whom Danny ...
  Depleted King's Lynn Stars lose at CoventryLynn Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• Calling all board game lovers! Monopoly Championships head to Coventry next ... - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 13:44 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Calling all board game lovers! Monopoly Championships head to Coventry next ...
  Coventry Telegraph
  Monopoly bus, fitted with ten tables, which heads to Coventry on June 6 for the regional heats. Coventry and Warwickshire Monopoly enthusiasts have a special chance to qualify for a UK final in the nation's favourite property-based board game. Whether ...
  
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• Transport museum jobs under threat

  26-05-2015 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All staff at Coventry Transport Museum are offered voluntary redundancy as part of £100,000 savings.
  
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• Coventry's Caribbean Festival cancelled due to spiralling costs - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 13:23 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry's Caribbean Festival cancelled due to spiralling costs
  Coventry Telegraph
  The annual Coventry Caribbean Festival has been cancelled this year because of the spiralling costs of staging it at the War Memorial Park. Organisers of the festival announced the cancellation of the event on their Facebook page earlier this month ...
  
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• Get the barbecue out! June heatwave predicted to hit the UK - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 13:18 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Get the barbecue out! June heatwave predicted to hit the UK
  Coventry Telegraph
  Sun-starved Brits should get ready for sizzling conditions next month thanks to a heatwave making its way over from Spain. Weather experts predict Britain will be basking in "barbecue heatwave" conditions come June. Thermometers will rocket to the 28C ...and more »
  
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• When are Football League fixtures for 2015/16 season announced? - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 12:49 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  When are Football League fixtures for 2015/16 season announced?
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry City fans will be able to find out the fixtures for the 2015/16 League One season on June 17. With the 2014/15 campaign quickly forgotten about, City fans are hoping for a better season with experienced manager Tony Mowbray signing a two-year ...and more »
  
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• Rob Austin joins Coventry Ring Road demo event with BTCC Audi - autosport.com

  26-05-2015 12:40 via autosport.com
  
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  Rob Austin joins Coventry Ring Road demo event with BTCC Audi
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  British Touring Car Championship race winner Rob Austin will demonstrate his Audi A4 on the Coventry Ring Road this weekend as part of a fledgling motorsport festival. The organisers of Coventry MotoFest have worked with the British Automobile Racing ...
  Coventry's £14.9million Friargate bridge deck and public boulevard will be ...Coventry Telegraphall 2 news articles »
  
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• When is the next Bank Holiday in 2015? - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 12:22 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  When is the next Bank Holiday in 2015?
  Coventry Telegraph
  It was extremely enjoyable while it lasted, with the fifth month of the calendar year offering us two extra-long weekends in the space of a few weeks as thousands across Coventry and Warwickshire stayed in bed deep into the late hours of the morning ...and more »
  
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• Coventry University achieves top spot in prestigious university league table - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 12:22 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry University achieves top spot in prestigious university league table
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry University has received its highest ever ranking in the Guardian league table of universities – outshining many of its Russell Group competitors. The former polytechnic has risen 12 places since last year, now placing in the top 20 universities.
  University tables: Coventry slips past Russell Group peers to enter top 20The Guardian
  Coventry University ranked in UK's t
  
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• Coventry Motofest organisers lose £50k after pulling plug on city centre concerts - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 12:15 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry Motofest organisers lose £50k after pulling plug on city centre concerts
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry Motofest organisers have been forced to cancel three of the weekend's main music concerts after poor ticket sales. The scheduled performances of the opera Carmen at Coventry Cathedral and the headlining concert in Broadgate featuring Reef and ...and more »
  
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• TOWIE hunk to appear at Coventry nightclub next month - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 10:51 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  TOWIE hunk to appear at Coventry nightclub next month
  Coventry Telegraph
  Former The Only Was Is Essex cast member Dan Osborne will appear at JJ's nightclub, situated at the Sky Dome, for a personal meet-and-greet with Coventry revellers next month. The night serves as your chance to get up close and personal with the Essex ...
  
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• Coventry Motofest cancels The Stranglers and Reef gigs - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 09:19 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry Motofest cancels The Stranglers and Reef gigs
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry Motofest organisers have cancelled this weekend's The Stranglers and Reef gigs following reports of poor ticket sales. The ticketed performances, which previously appeared on the event's webpage and Ticketmaster, were due to take place on ...and more »
  
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• Charter Primary School marks massive Ofsted turnaround - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 06:47 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Charter Primary School marks massive Ofsted turnaround
  Coventry Telegraph
  Better teaching and a firm line on behaviour has helped Charter Primary School in Coventry go from being ranked 'inadequate' to 'good' in three years. Ofsted inspectors have just published a report full of glowing praise for the primary school in ...and more »
  
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• All Coventry Transport Museum and Herbert Art Gallery staff offered voluntary ... - Coventry Telegraph

  26-05-2015 06:47 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  All Coventry Transport Museum and Herbert Art Gallery staff offered voluntary ...
  Coventry Telegraph
  Every member of staff at four of Coventry's most popular visitor attractions has been offered terms for voluntary redundancy. Culture Coventry, the charitable trust which runs Coventry Transport Museum, Herbert Art Gallery, Lunt Roman Fort and Priory ...
  Coventry Transport Museum jobs under threatBBC Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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