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• Local TV licences not yet advertised

  18-06-2015 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A licence to run a local TV channel in Warwickshire will not be advertised until at least next year.
  
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• Wasps' European pool a 'humdinger'

  18-06-2015 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wasps' European Champions Cup pool with Toulon, Leinster and Bath is a "humdinger", says chief executive Nick Eastwood.
  
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• Smash! Virtual Coventry roundabout is accident blackspot - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 18:48 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Smash! Virtual Coventry roundabout is accident blackspot
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  Not very, if Coventry City Council's video simulation of how the new roundabout will work is to be believed. Moments after the Telegraph posted the 21-minute video online, readers got in touch to point out that the simulation included several crashes.and more »
  
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• Godiva Festival 2015: How to get there - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 17:04 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Godiva Festival 2015: How to get there
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  The line-up, headlined by Fun Lovin' Criminals, Embrace and Liverpudlian indie-rock trio The Wombats, is edging ever closer. Naturally, it's high time you started planning your venture to Coventry's War Memorial Park, which will welcome families ...and more »
  
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• Backbeat: Three Minute Heroes stars to launch debut EP at Coventry gig - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 16:21 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Backbeat: Three Minute Heroes stars to launch debut EP at Coventry gig
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  Anyone who was canny enough to catch the Three Minute Heroes play at The Belgrade last year, will remember the great acting, top dancing and probably most of all, the great musicianship by the cast on the stage. Wish I had a penny every time I heard ...
  
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• Coventry Magistrates Court: Man jailed for stealing meat worth £46 from One ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 16:03 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry Magistrates Court: Man jailed for stealing meat worth £46 from One ...
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  Alex Burbury, 22, of Birmingham Road, Ansley, admitted driving while disqualified, driving with no MOT or insurance and possessing the class B drug cannabis. He was banned from driving for six months, received a 12-month community order with 120 hours' ...
  
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• Coventry and Warwickshire Sports Awards celebrate sporting stars of today and ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 15:39 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry and Warwickshire Sports Awards celebrate sporting stars of today and ...
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  Today marks the launch of the second annual Coventry and Warwickshire Sports Awards, which look to recognise and reward the contribution made in the last year by sports clubs, individuals and volunteers in Coventry and across Warwickshire.and more »
  
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• Birmingham Brummies 52 Coventry Storm 40: Storm draw blank for first time - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 15:08 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Birmingham Brummies 52 Coventry Storm 40: Storm draw blank for first time
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  Coventry Storm lost their record of taking at least a point from each away match this season as they went down by 12 points at Birmingham. The City Gearboxes Storm had no answer to the home side's top three riders as Adam Ellis, Tom Perry and Zach ...
  Birmingham Brummies 52 Coventry 40: Brilliant Brum whip up storm to go top of ...Birmingham Mailall 2 news articles &raqu
  
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• Coventry RFC make double swoop to reach ten signings for summer - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 14:56 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry RFC make double swoop to reach ten signings for summer
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  Former Nottingham winger Ran Hough and Moseley back row Joe Carpenter have been unveiled as Coventry's ninth and tenth summer signings. Hough, 24, graduated to Nottingham Academy from Mansfield and Hartpury College, and made 51 ...
  
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• Coventry's City of Culture bid is 'too good an opportunity to miss' - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 14:41 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry's City of Culture bid is 'too good an opportunity to miss'
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  David Burbidge, chairman of the Belgrade Theatre, with Pauline Black, whose band The Selecter released their new album Subculture on June 15. Coventry's potential bid to become a UK City of Culture would be 'whole-heartedly' supported by local ...
  
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• Final member of Coventry drugs gang jailed for eight years - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 14:37 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Final member of Coventry drugs gang jailed for eight years
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  The final member of an international drugs gang nailed following a long Warwickshire Police investigation has been jailed for eight years. This week at Birmingham Crown Court Les Card, aged 61, was finally sentenced for illegally importing class A and ...
  
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• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Bright and dry with sunny spells - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 13:58 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Bright and dry with sunny spells
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  The warmth and humidity of Wednesday has eased away southwards overnight, with the cloud and last evening's rain well clear of our region by dawn today. As the cloud breaks up, it will be bright and dry; prolonged sunny spells will develop through the ...
  
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• Look: Coventry and Warwickshire's biggest lottery winners through the years - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 13:52 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Look: Coventry and Warwickshire's biggest lottery winners through the years
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  New changes to the National Lottery mean that you are more likely to win a million, but LESS likely to land a jackpot. A 2013 poll found that Coventry and Warwickshire is officially one of the UK's luckiest places to live.and more »
  
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• A45 - Broad Lane Junction simulation

  18-06-2015 12:32 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Fraud squad launch criminal investigation into former Coventry City winger ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 11:59 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Fraud squad launch criminal investigation into former Coventry City winger ...
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  Scotland Yard has opened a fraud investigation in to the activities of former Coventry City player Michael McIndoe. The 35-year-old has spectacularly fallen from grace from the life of luxury as a professional footballer to having been declared ...
  
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• Aga in talks about US takeover

  18-06-2015 11:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire cast-iron cooker maker Aga Rangemaster has confirmed it is in talks about a possible takeover by a US kitchen equipment firm.
  
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• Proposed layout of the new junction at Broad Lane and the A45 in Coventry

  18-06-2015 11:20 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Coventry City fixtures 2015/16: Sky Blues trip to Peterborough United moved to ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 11:16 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry City fixtures 2015/16: Sky Blues trip to Peterborough United moved to ...
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  Less than 24 hours after Coventry City's League One fixtures were announced, the club have confirmed the first change in their schedule. The Sky Blues trip to Peterborough United will now be played on Good Friday, March 25 with kick-off at 3pm. The ...
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• Ten things you couldn't do in Coventry ten years ago - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 11:12 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Ten things you couldn't do in Coventry ten years ago
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  Tony Blair was Prime Minister and the leader of the Labour Party, millions of us were enjoying reading the newly-released Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and David Beckham was England captain with Sven Goran-Eriksson in charge. Fast forward ...
  
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• Pictures: 'Undead' arrive in Coventry as filming for Zombie movie continues - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 10:59 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Pictures: 'Undead' arrive in Coventry as filming for Zombie movie continues
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  The Zombie apocalypse came to Coventry last night when the cast and crew of new film Immune continued filming in the city. The undead could be spotted in Silver Street and just round the corner at the Ego Arts Venue shooting a key scene in the film ...
  
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• Coventry City fixtures 2015/16 - The key month that may define Sky Blues' season - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 07:48 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry City fixtures 2015/16 - The key month that may define Sky Blues' season
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  While it's fair to say the first last months of the season provide key runs in the fixture calendar for any club, March is, perhaps, the one that can make or break a season. A good start is always welcome, getting a team into a winning habit that can ...and more »
  
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• Nearly 19000 summons issued in Coventry last year for unpaid council tax and ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 06:47 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Nearly 19000 summons issued in Coventry last year for unpaid council tax and ...
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  Thousands of people in Coventry were summonsed to court last year for not paying council tax or business rates. A total of 18,900 summonses were issued in the 2014/15 financial year, with the biggest culprits facing time behind bars, suspended ...
  
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• Jobs joy as Swedish firms opens new base in Warwickshire - Coventry Telegraph

  18-06-2015 06:47 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Jobs joy as Swedish firms opens new base in Warwickshire
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  Nick Evans (ehB Commercial), Torsten Sundin (managing director of Semcon Product Information UK Ltd), Paul Shanley (CWC Group), Joakim Zetterlund (vice president of Semcon Product Information), Andrew Wall (Wareing & Co). A Swedish technology ...
  
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