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• PC charged over child indecency

  06-07-2015 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A West Midlands Police officer is charged charged with historical allegations of indecency with a child.
  
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• New combined authority confirms name

  06-07-2015 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The West Midlands Combined Authority is confirmed as the name for a new "super council" for the region.
  
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• Super Sidebottom tears through Bears

  06-07-2015 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ryan Sidebottom takes 6-34 for county champions Yorkshire as Warwickshire collapse to 69 all out at Edgbaston.
  
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• Sam Ricketts: Coventry City sign ex-Wolves captain - BBC Sport

  06-07-2015 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Sam Ricketts: Coventry City sign ex-Wolves captain
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  Coventry City have signed former Wolves skipper Sam Ricketts on a one-year contract following his release by their West Midlands rivals. The 33-year-old Wales international defender becomes Sky Blues boss Tony Mowbray's second summer signing.
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  Sam Ricketts to be a crucial member of Tony Mowbray's Coventry City squadThe Football League
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• Defender Ricketts signs for Coventry

  06-07-2015 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Coventry City sign former Wolves captain Sam Ricketts following his release by the Championship club.
  
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• Coventry City digest: Joe Murphy linked with Bradford City and Marcus Tudgay ... - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 17:31 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry City digest: Joe Murphy linked with Bradford City and Marcus Tudgay ...
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  The former City keeper is being linked with Bradford City with the Terriers handing a trial to former QPR stopper Brian Murphy as his potential replacement, reports the Huddersfield Examiner. Murphy, 33, spent three years at the Ricoh Arena before ...
  
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• Coventry police officer charged with five offences of indecency with a child - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 17:19 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry police officer charged with five offences of indecency with a child
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  A serving Coventry police officer has been charged with five offences of indecency with a child. PC Richard Chamberlain, aged 49, who is based at Coventry Police Station, has been bailed to appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court on August 4. He was ...
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• Date announced for this year's Coventry Fun Run - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 15:54 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Date announced for this year's Coventry Fun Run
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  Thousands of runners will now be putting their training in to overdrive after the date for this year's Coventry Fun Run was announced. The popular fun run will take place on Sunday, October 4, at the War Memorial Park and is once again being organised ...
  
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• New £10m Leamington care home will create up to 100 jobs - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 15:12 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  New £10m Leamington care home will create up to 100 jobs
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  A new luxury care home is set to be built in Leamington - creating up to 100 new jobs. Restful Homes Group has announced plans to build a 74-bedroom care home in Russell Street. The multi-million pound scheme will include a hair salon, mini cinema, ...and more »
  
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• Shotgun burglar deserved every day of nine-year prison sentence - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 14:38 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Shotgun burglar deserved every day of nine-year prison sentence
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  A burglar who stole five shotguns worth £20,000 from a house in Warwickshire deserves every day of his jail term, Appeal Court judges have ruled. Lee Dennis Forbes, 32, of no fixed abode, raided the property in Clifford Chambers, near Stratford, with ...
  
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• Coventry City FC owners back in court over Ricoh Arena this week - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 13:54 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry City FC owners back in court over Ricoh Arena this week
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  The long-running Ricoh Arena row is set to be revived this week as Coventry City FC owners Sisu head to the Court of Appeal. It will be the third attempt Sisu has made to gain permission to appeal a High Court judgment made in June last year about the ...
  
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• Women's Ashes 'biggest series ever'

  06-07-2015 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This summer's Ashes series is the biggest the women's game has ever seen, according to former England captain Clare Connor.
  
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• Ex-Coventry City captain Michael Doyle joins Portsmouth - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 13:18 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Ex-Coventry City captain Michael Doyle joins Portsmouth
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  League Two Portsmouth have signed former Coventry City midfielder Michael Doyle on a one-year deal. The 33-year-old Republic of Ireland international moves to Fratton Park after leaving Sheffield United following a four-year spell. The latest League ...and more »
  
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• Coventry Magistrates Court: Stealing police pedal bikes and assault among ... - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 13:04 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry Magistrates Court: Stealing police pedal bikes and assault among ...
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  Michael Addison, 19, of George Eliot Road, Foleshill, admitted stealing a pedal bike worth £370 belonging to West Midlands Police. He was conditionally discharged for six months and had to pay £10 compensation, £45 costs and a £180 criminal courts ...
  
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• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Summer's back on hold - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 12:52 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Summer's back on hold
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  It may have taken its time getting here, but having enjoyed 13 consecutive 'warm days' in our region up to Sunday, with temperatures over 20C by day, we can finally celebrate the arrival of summer, even if it didn't qualify as an official heatwave ...
  
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• Coventry Godiva Festival 2015 attracts record-breaking crowd of 141000 - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 12:51 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry Godiva Festival 2015 attracts record-breaking crowd of 141000
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  More than 141,000 people visited Coventry's Godiva Festival over the course of the weekend, council organisers have confirmed. Organisers described the free music festival as the best yet, with record-breaking crowds enjoying the music and plenty of ...
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• Did Michelangelo make these statues?

  06-07-2015 12:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of Warwick analyse a pair of bronze statues, possibly made by Michelangelo.
  
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• National Kissing Day: The most iconic kisses on screen and off - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 12:15 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  National Kissing Day: The most iconic kisses on screen and off
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  The day of the year for all things smoochy is here again, and to celebrate we've rounded up some of the most memorable lip-locking moments from over the years. From the iconic big screen kisses of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic, ...and more »
  
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• Joe Simpson: Wasps RFC targeting top-four spot - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 11:21 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Joe Simpson: Wasps RFC targeting top-four spot
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  Wasps finished sixth in the final reckoning last term – seven points behind fourth-placed Saracens – while also reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup before losing to eventual winners Toulon. With a relatively young squad, they look primed ...
  
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• Niels-Kristian Iversen secures fourth Grand Prix win of his career - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 11:14 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Niels-Kristian Iversen secures fourth Grand Prix win of his career
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  Niels-Kristian Iversen secured the fourth Grand Prix win of his career with victory in Saturday's Millennium Stadium showpiece in Cardiff. The King's Lynn captain did it the hard way and had in fact only won one of his six races before the final, but ...and more »
  
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• Birmingham, Black Country, Solihull and Coventry launch official plans for new ... - Birmingham Mail

  06-07-2015 07:38 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Birmingham, Black Country, Solihull and Coventry launch official plans for new ...
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  Welcome to the West Midlands. From top left, clockwise: Coventry Cathedral, Birmingham's Bull Ring, Solihull Manor House, the Black Country flag. Plans for a new West Midlands super-council serving four million people are finally launched today after ...
  West Midlands 'super-council' plans officially launched in Coventry todayCoventry Telegraph
  Grand plan for West Midla
  
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• Route revealed for new Coventry Festival of Motoring city-wide run - Coventry Telegraph

  06-07-2015 06:45 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Route revealed for new Coventry Festival of Motoring city-wide run
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  L-R: Derek Hodges (Made in Coventry Motoring Association), John Nollett (Board Member, Coventry Chamber), Phill Walters (Made in Coventry Motoring Association). The new-look Coventry Festival of Motoring will see hundreds of cars take part in a tour ...
  
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