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• Overnight closure on A46 bypass in Coventry - BBC News

  23-09-2015 19:03 via
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  Overnight closure on A46 bypass in Coventry
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  The road between the Stoneleigh and Stivichall junctions will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 06:00 to allow workers to remove the current narrow lane traffic management and to repaint the road markings. The narrow lanes were introduced as part ...
  

• WWII bomb: Car windscreens only casualties after army detonate huge explosive - Coventry Telegraph

  23-09-2015 17:54 via
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  WWII bomb: Car windscreens only casualties after army detonate huge explosive
  Coventry Telegraph
  The only damage caused when a one-tonne World War Two bomb was exploded in Cheylesmore was a couple of cracked windscreens. It could have been much worse, but for the work of the EOD Regiment - the army's specialist bomb disposal team - who ...
  Coventry 'WW2 bomb' detonated in controlled explosionBBC News
  Unexploded WWII Bomb Puts Freshers' Week At Coventry University On Hold
  

• Five things you may have missed in Coventry today: September 23, 2015 - Coventry Telegraph

  23-09-2015 17:46 via
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  Five things you may have missed in Coventry today: September 23, 2015
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  For two days, Coventry was thrilled by an unexploded World War Two bomb - but now it has been detonated safely. The device - weighing ONE TONNE - was dealt with safely last night, and Telegraph readers heard the Cheylesmore bomb as far away as ...and more »
  

• 'Millennium Clock artist has had her moment of fame' - Coventry Telegraph

  23-09-2015 17:44 via
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  'Millennium Clock artist has had her moment of fame'
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  I see that the Millennium Clock is likely to be reinstalled somewhere within the city centre. Personally I think the artist has had her moment of fame and now it is time for her to move on and take the time clock with her. I have found that artists ...
  

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• Coventry's Star Baker: Who has risen to the top this week? - Coventry Telegraph

  23-09-2015 17:29 via
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  Coventry's Star Baker: Who has risen to the top this week?
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  In honour of the return of The Great British Bake Off, we are gathering the most impressive cake creations in the area every week to search for the region's Star Baker! We received a HUGE amount of your show-stopper snaps and each week, we will reveal ...and more »
  

• Coventry Fun Run: Can I register on the day? When is the dealing for signing up? - Coventry Telegraph

  23-09-2015 17:25 via
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  Coventry Fun Run: Can I register on the day? When is the dealing for signing up?
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  The green space in Coventry city centre - which can be found just off Kenilworth Road and is popular with students during the summer months - will act as the backdrop for an event looking to raise more than £35,000 for charity. Local fundraising groups ...
  

• Alcoholic jailed for setting off DIY bomb near Christmas shoppers - Coventry Telegraph

  23-09-2015 16:28 via
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  Alcoholic jailed for setting off DIY bomb near Christmas shoppers
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  A man who set off an explosion on a busy Saturday morning after threatening to blow up Leamington police station has been given an extended prison sentence. A judge at Warwick Crown Court had heard that alcoholic Darrell Parker's list of previous ...and more »
  

• Morgan & Wood get central contracts

  23-09-2015 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire's Ian Bell and Worcestershire's Moeen Ali get central contracts, while Chris Woakes gets an incremental deal.
  
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• This is Coventry 1990s: YOUR memories of the decade in the city - Coventry Telegraph

  23-09-2015 14:02 via
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  This is Coventry 1990s: YOUR memories of the decade in the city
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  This is England '90 is keeping us all entertained every single Sunday night on Channel Four. It was a decade of baggy, Britpop and Tony Blair - and Coventry residents and Telegraph readers have loved reminiscing with us over the last week. We ran a ...
  

• In profile: Six former Sky Blues taking on Coventry City FC with Bury this weekend - Coventry Telegraph

  23-09-2015 13:19 via
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  In profile: Six former Sky Blues taking on Coventry City FC with Bury this weekend
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  We analyse the Bury side facing Tony Mowbray's men this weekend - with no fewer than half a dozen former Coventry players in their ranks... Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later.and more »
  

• Coventry police make arrest after Foleshill screwdriver attack on woman - Coventry Telegraph

  23-09-2015 11:32 via
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  Coventry police make arrest after Foleshill screwdriver attack on woman
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  Police investigating a screwdriver attack on a woman in Coventry have arrested a 27-year-old man. The 35-year-old woman was walking in Eld Road, Foleshill, when she was approached by a man brandishing a weapon earlier this year. After a short scuffle ...
  

• Coventry 'WW2 bomb' detonated in controlled explosion - BBC News

  23-09-2015 09:38 via
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  Coventry 'WW2 bomb' detonated in controlled explosion
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  A suspected World War Two bomb has been detonated in a controlled explosion more than 24 hours after it was first discovered on a building site. The device was found by construction workers in Paradise Street, Coventry, at 15:00 BST on Monday.
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