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• VIDEO: German donor meets transplant girl

  05-10-2015 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A donor from Germany who was a perfect match for a girl whose life was saved by a bone marrow transplant has come to Warwickshire to meet her.
  
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• Witness relives Coventry bus crash - BBC News

  05-10-2015 19:03 via
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  Witness relives Coventry bus crash
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  Almas Fatima from Walsall was on a day trip to Coventry with her two daughters aged 12 and 14, when she saw the Coventry bus crash that claimed two lives, happen. She told me she just told her daughter "to run" as she saw the drama unfold. Hear her ...
  

• Yeovil Town v Coventry City: Everything to know ahead of Johnstone's Paint ... - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 18:04 via
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  Yeovil Town v Coventry City: Everything to know ahead of Johnstone's Paint ...
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  Coventry City begin their Johnstone's Paint Trophy campaign with an away trip to League Two side Yeovil Town on Tuesday night. The Sky Blues go into the game off the back of the impressive 3-0 victory over Shrewsbury but will be without three players ...
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• Tesco forced to recall 66000 packs of garlic bread worth £93000 - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 18:04 via
  Tesco forced to recall 66000 packs of garlic bread worth £93000
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  Thousands and thousands of pounds worth of garlic bread has been withdrawn from one of the region's leading supermarkets. Tesco - which has numerous stores across Coventry and Warwickshire - has recalled more than 66,000 packs of garlic bread ...and more »
  

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• Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: October 5, 2015 - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 18:04 via
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  Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: October 5, 2015
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  A double-decker bus ploughed into the side of Sainsbury's supermarket in Trinity Street on Saturday evening at around 6pm. The crash left two people dead, and today the victims were named as seven-year-old Rowan Fitzgerald and Dora Hancox. Rowan's ...and more »
  

• Delayed Coventry rail users to receive automatic refunds from Virgin Trains - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 16:58 via
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  Delayed Coventry rail users to receive automatic refunds from Virgin Trains
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  Coventry commuters hit by delays when using Virgin Trains are to receive automatic refunds under a new scheme - but there's a catch. The new system will automatically pay compensation to rail passengers hit by delays, but Coventry commuters and rail ...and more »
  

• Former Coventry City boss Steven Pressley to take charge of Scotland Under-17s - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 16:52 via
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  Former Coventry City boss Steven Pressley to take charge of Scotland Under-17s
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  Steven Pressley will take charge of Scotland Under-17s for their UEFA European qualifiers later this month. The 41-year-old, who was sacked as Sky Blues boss in February after 100 games in charge, will manage the young Scots for their upcoming games ...
  

• Coventry RFC intensity during Plymouth Albion win pleases boss Scott Morgan - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 16:27 via
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  Coventry RFC intensity during Plymouth Albion win pleases boss Scott Morgan
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  Head coach Scott Morgan expressed a mix of delight and relief as a late try from returning No.8 Jacques Le Roux saw Coventry return to winning ways with a 26-19 victory over Plymouth Albion at the Butts Park Arena. Le Roux, making his first appearance ...and more »
  

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• Eddi Reader announces November performance in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 16:21 via
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  Eddi Reader announces November performance in Coventry
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  Reader, who released a new five song EP Back The Dogs in November 2014, will perform at Warwick Arts Centre, at the University of Warwick, on Thursday, 5 November. Featuring four well chosen covers alongside Back The Dogs from her highly acclaimed ...
  

• CCTV: Police bid to trace cyclist in fraudulent bank card probe - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 15:16 via
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  CCTV: Police bid to trace cyclist in fraudulent bank card probe
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  Police have released CCTV footage as they investigate the fraudulent use of a bank card at a Coventry petrol station. The incident happened at the BP garage in Willenhall Lane, Binley, and officers wish to speak to the man in the CCTV as they continue ...
  

• Newcastle United boss says Coventry City is the best place for Adam Armstrong - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 14:04 via
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  Newcastle United boss says Coventry City is the best place for Adam Armstrong
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  Tony Mowbray has been given assurances from Newcastle United that it remains in Adam Armstrong's interests to stay and learn his trade with Coventry City. The Sky Blues boss revealed that he's had a chat with Magpies' manager Steve McClaren who ...
  Coventry boss tips loan star Adam Armstrong for the topThe FA
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• Coventry deadly bus crash at Sainsbury's: Driver 'devastated to the core' - Telegraph.co.uk

  05-10-2015 13:52 via
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  Coventry deadly bus crash at Sainsbury's: Driver 'devastated to the core'
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  The elderly driver of a bus which killed a seven-year-old boy and a pensioner as it smashed into a supermarket has been described by family as "devastated to the core". Relatives of 77-year-old Kailash Chander released a statement expressing their ...
  Coventry fatal bus crash driver, 77, 'is devastated'BBC News
  Police name Coventry bus crash victims and say families are devastatedBirmingham
  

• Longford man to run five half marathons in five weeks - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 13:32 via
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  Longford man to run five half marathons in five weeks
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  After running the Silverstone half marathon back in 2011, and Coventry half marathon in 2013, Mudassar Azam (right) has now given himself an even bigger challenge in aid of Kashmir Orphans Relief Trust. The KORT project aims to build a large complex to ...
  

• Wasps squeezed out by Northampton Saints in final warm-up fixture - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 13:19 via
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  Wasps squeezed out by Northampton Saints in final warm-up fixture
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  Wasps ended their pre-season programme with a last gasp defeat in a highly competitive encounter against neighbours Northampton Saints. Just as in the friendly against Samoa, they lost to a last-minute try, after coming from behind to take the lead ...and more »
  

• Coventry mother with Selective Eating Disorder lived on egg and chips for 30 YEARS - Daily Mail

  05-10-2015 13:06 via
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  Coventry mother with Selective Eating Disorder lived on egg and chips for 30 YEARS
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  A woman who has only been able to eat egg and chips since she was six years old has finally been able to branch out after getting hypnotherapy. Katey Loughran, 37, from Coventry in the West Midlands, even tucked into her staple meal on her wedding day ...and more »
  

• Coventry's Tesco supermarkets to stop selling Carlsberg - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 11:40 via
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  Coventry's Tesco supermarkets to stop selling Carlsberg
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  Despite the lager claiming to be "probably the best" in the world, the brewer is now the latest victim of the Tesco cull of big brands. The supermarket giant - which has an outlet at the Ricoh Arena Retail Park, as well as others in Warwickshire - will ...and more »
  

• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Heavy and thundery showers - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 10:20 via
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  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Heavy and thundery showers
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  The dry spell which has been hanging over in Coventry and Warwickshire since late-September has well and truly come to an end. Heavy rain and showers are expected at times over the next few days across the city and surrounding region, with high ...
  

• Nicola Payne: Pair accused of killing missing Coventry mum set to go on trial ... - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 06:48 via
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  Nicola Payne: Pair accused of killing missing Coventry mum set to go on trial ...
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  Nigel Barwell, aged 51, and Thomas O'Reilly, aged 50, are both accused of killing the 18-year-old between December 13-16, 1991. Both men deny the charge. A jury is set to be sworn in at Birmingham Crown Court today with the trial expected to take ...and more »
  

• 80000 new homes plan for Coventry and Warwickshire in doubt as Nuneaton ... - Coventry Telegraph

  05-10-2015 06:45 via
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  80000 new homes plan for Coventry and Warwickshire in doubt as Nuneaton ...
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  Nuneaton's Labour leader, Coun Dennis Harvey, told neighbouring councils during a Coventry and Warwickshire Joint Committee for Economic Growth (CWJCEG) meeting that he could not sign off plans to build up to 14,000 new homes in the area without ...
  

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