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• Coventry City striking target Dominic Samuel signs new deal with Reading FC - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 19:15 via
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  Coventry City striking target Dominic Samuel signs new deal with Reading FC
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  Coventry City striking target Dominic Samuel has signed a new contract with Reading, keeping him with the Championship club until 2018. The 21-year-old enjoyed an impressive spell on loan with the Sky Blues last season, scoring six times in 13 ...and more »
  

• Teething problems with new barriers at Coventry Train Station gives passengers ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 18:52 via
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  Teething problems with new barriers at Coventry Train Station gives passengers ...
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  The railway station is managed by Virgin Trains and is the second of nine of its sites to have automatic ticket gates installed. But a company spokesman insisted the gates are easy to use and similar to others that can be seen around the UK rail network.
  

• Muddy memories of Coventry City's abandoned game against Shrimpers and the ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 18:15 via
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  Muddy memories of Coventry City's abandoned game against Shrimpers and the ...
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  A couple of weeks ago I wrote about City's inability to beat Southend United at home. You have to go back to the early 1960s to find the last time City beat the Shrimpers in a league game, although the teams have only met on a few occasions in the ...
  

• Nostalgia: Coventry swimming pools we have loved and lost - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 18:14 via
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  Nostalgia: Coventry swimming pools we have loved and lost
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  If proposals to close Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre in Fairfax Street materialise the 50-metre pool, learner pool and splash pool will join a list of the city's lost swimming pools. Here are some of the others... do you remember them? Former ...and more »
  

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• Coventry City digest: The cutest Sky Blues video ever and YOU select Liverpool ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 17:50 via
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  Coventry City digest: The cutest Sky Blues video ever and YOU select Liverpool ...
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  There was much love on the interweb for Reda Johnson's video of Sky Blues fans serenading the defender on the train back from Scunthorpe last weekend. However Rob Jones has taken it to new levels after getting young Sky Blues fans Amy and Summer, ...
  

• Coventry staff get their heads into the game for sponsored walk - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 17:37 via
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  Coventry staff get their heads into the game for sponsored walk
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  Staff from Coventry Building Society's head office raised a stack of cash from the world's most popular money-making board game – with a Monopoly Walk through the streets of London. It was all for a good cause, though, as their efforts raised a ...and more »
  

• EIGHT-car pile-up at Broad Lane junction with A45 in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 16:55 via
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  EIGHT-car pile-up at Broad Lane junction with A45 in Coventry
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  Ambulance, police and fire crews have been called to Broad Lane in Coventry after an eight-car pile-up before the junction with the A45. The emergency services were still on site half-an-hour after the crash was reported outside the Wing Wah restaurant ...and more »
  

• Coventry Fun Run: How to get there by train - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 16:46 via
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  Coventry Fun Run: How to get there by train
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  Coventry Fun Run will take place next month, for the first time in two years. Organisers are expecting hundreds of fitness fanatics to descend upon the city centre green space, which can be found just off Warwick Road, on October 4. The day-long event ...and more »
  

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• Coventry Sky Ride: Can I hire a bike? - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 16:01 via
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  Coventry Sky Ride: Can I hire a bike?
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  On Sunday, 27 September, the city centre will play host to thousands of cyclists as they saunter past some of Coventry's iconic landmarks as part of a 5.5km route. It is thought that thousands will attend the event, but you don't have to be a cycling ...
  

• Top honours for Coventry's two universities in prestigious new guide - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 14:28 via
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  Top honours for Coventry's two universities in prestigious new guide
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  The University of Warwick is the top university in the West Midlands, according to The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016. And Coventry University has been named the modern university of the year nationally for the third time in a row.and more »
  

• Coventry Sky Ride: Where does the route go? - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 14:28 via
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  Coventry Sky Ride: Where does the route go?
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  Thousands will descend upon the city centre next weekend, with cyclists welcome, alongside riders on tricycles and tandems. People of all ages are expected, and the budding cyclists will engage in a scenic and atmospheric ride around Coventry as a result.and more »
  

• Coventry's Tom Wood wants England to recreate the spirit of London 2012 in ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 13:44 via
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  Coventry's Tom Wood wants England to recreate the spirit of London 2012 in ...
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  Coventry-born Tom Wood insists England must inspire the type of patriotic pride that swept the nation during London 2012 to fuel their quest for World Cup glory. The eighth instalment of the global showpiece begins when Fiji visit Twickenham tonight ...and more »
  

• 10 popular myths and legends from around Coventry and Warwickshire - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 12:48 via
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  10 popular myths and legends from around Coventry and Warwickshire
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  The Rugby World Cup kicked off tonight - and fans of the egg-shaped sport can thank Rugby School in Warwickshire for its popularity. Indeed, it has been argued for over a century that schoolboy William Webb Ellis invented the sport. While there seems ...and more »
  

• Coventry RFC hit by early-season injury crisis ahead of Hartpury College clash - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 12:23 via
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  Coventry RFC hit by early-season injury crisis ahead of Hartpury College clash
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  Sam Baker makes his Coventry debut in tomorrow's home game against Hartpury College with the club's injury list now stretching into double figures. The former Cinderford winger, who ironically suffered a serious injury in Cinderford's game at the Butts ...
  

• Coventry Bees inspirational skipper Chris Harris to ride through pain barrier ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 12:08 via
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  Coventry Bees inspirational skipper Chris Harris to ride through pain barrier ...
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  Coventry skipper Chris Harris will ride through the pain barrier in tonight's crunch play-off clash with Poole. Harris has been having treatment all week following a heavy crash in Poland last weekend which left him with elbow, wrist and ankle injuries.
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• Coventry City v Chesterfield: Everything to know ahead of Sky Bet League One clash - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 12:01 via
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  Coventry City v Chesterfield: Everything to know ahead of Sky Bet League One clash
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  Coventry City return to the Ricoh Arena on Saturday for their only home game in the month as they take on Chesterfield. The Sky Blues are looking to bounce back for their 1-0 defeat to Scunthorpe while the Spireites come into the game off the back of a ...
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• Iconic punk band The Members announce Coventry gig - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 10:46 via
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  Iconic punk band The Members announce Coventry gig
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  The sound of the suburbs is coming to Coventry next month, as punk legends The Members roll up to perform in the city. A pioneering punk group, consisting of Nicky Tesco (vocals), Jean-Marie Caroll (guitar), Nigel Bennett (guitar), Adrian Lillywhite ...
  

• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Bright and dry weekend ahead - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 10:17 via
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  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Bright and dry weekend ahead
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  Autumn has well and truly arrived in Coventry and the surrounding region, with yesterday seeing a seasonal uplift in the weather after a treacherous few days previously. Thankfully, Friday continues the good pattern, with the final day of the working ...and more »
  

• Petition launched to oust Coventry headteacher after parents charged £6.50 if ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 06:47 via
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  Petition launched to oust Coventry headteacher after parents charged £6.50 if ...
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  The parent-led attack on Henley Green Primary School's Joanne Murphy comes after the school introduced fines for parents who are late to collect children. Parent Maureen Robertson began the petition on Wednesday and 157 people had signed it by ...and more »
  

• Man who recruited Callum Wilson and Daniel Sturridge to Coventry City back to ... - Coventry Telegraph

  18-09-2015 06:45 via
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  Man who recruited Callum Wilson and Daniel Sturridge to Coventry City back to ...
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  Ray Gooding, who helped recruit hundreds of local lads to City's youth system over a 20-year period, has been drafted back in by Tony Mowbray to be City's senior scout for the Midlands as well as helping spot local youngsters for the club's prolific ...
  

• The Blitzed City relives night 16k Nazi bombs turned Coventry into 'city of ... - Daily Mail

  18-09-2015 05:57 via
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  The Blitzed City relives night 16k Nazi bombs turned Coventry into 'city of ...
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  On Armistice Day in 1940, British interrogators made a chilling discovery. As the Blitz raged over London, a captured German pilot was overheard revealing to his room-mate that a colossal air raid, perhaps the biggest yet, had been planned to coincide ...
  

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