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• Tribute to crash death youth leader

  04-11-2015 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 21-year-old woman who died when her moped was in collision with a car in South Warwickshire was a "passionate and caring" youth leader, her family says in tribute.
  
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• Bridge reopens after tractor crash

  04-11-2015 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A medieval bridge in Warwickshire reopens five months after a tractor ploughed into it
  
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• Children's Christmas Sack Campaign - help spread festive cheer in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  04-11-2015 15:04 via
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  Children's Christmas Sack Campaign - help spread festive cheer in Coventry
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  Needy children in Coventry should not go without presents this festive season thanks to kindhearted mother. Sam Bodinnar is running the Children's Christmas Sack Campaign and has been promised more than 300 sacks full of goodies which she will ...
  

• Coventry City kids head to Walsall for FA Youth Cup first round tie - Coventry Telegraph

  04-11-2015 14:19 via
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  Coventry City kids head to Walsall for FA Youth Cup first round tie
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  Coventry City's Under-18s travel to Walsall in the first round of the FA Youth Cup tonight. Jason Farndon's fliers, who go into the game on the back of an impressive six-match unbeaten run – their latest result a 5-1 thumping of Birmingham City on ...
  

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• 'They do my head in!': Coventry residents react as beggar is jailed - Coventry Telegraph

  04-11-2015 14:05 via
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  'They do my head in!': Coventry residents react as beggar is jailed
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  Coventry residents have reacted after a man was jailed for persistent begging in the city. Jason Bradbury had been barred from sitting, crouching or lying on any public pavement or floor in Coventry. He admitted breaching the order 11 times between ...and more »
  

• 600 jobs plan at Coventry Airport moves a step closer - Coventry Telegraph

  04-11-2015 13:49 via
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  600 jobs plan at Coventry Airport moves a step closer
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  The property investment division of the Rigby Group, Ostrava Properties, has secured outline planning consent from Warwick District Council to transform former passenger facilities into a new manufacturing and distribution hub on 30 acres of land on ...
  

• Former Coventry teacher who 'put education at the centre of his life' dies ... - Coventry Telegraph

  04-11-2015 12:04 via
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  Former Coventry teacher who 'put education at the centre of his life' dies ...
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  A former Coventry teacher described as “a fantastic part of the community” has died at the age of 93. Charles Leslie Warner, who was known as Les or Leslie to most, taught in the city and continued to be a regular face at schools in Coundon even after ...
  

• Coventry Christmas Sleigh Collection aiming for best fundraising year yet this ... - Coventry Telegraph

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  Coventry Christmas Sleigh Collection aiming for best fundraising year yet this ...
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  A popular Christmas time staple is set to return to Coventry this December, with the city's Christmas Sleigh Collection aiming to raise its highest total for charity yet. The Rotary Club-organised sleigh enjoyed a 17-night tour of Coventry last year ...
  

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• Wasps' Gopperth given three-week ban

  04-11-2015 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wasps stand-off Jimmy Gopperth is given a three-week ban for his late hit on Leicester captain Mathew Tait.
  
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• Fan crashes into Ricoh Arena shipping container after Coventry City win - Coventry Telegraph

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  Fan crashes into Ricoh Arena shipping container after Coventry City win
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  A football fan had to be taken to hospital following Coventry City FC's win over Barnsley last night after he crashed into a shipping container at the Ricoh Arena. Emergency services were called to the stadium's car park after the Sky Blues' 4-3 League ...
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• Coventry City keeping tabs on Reading defender Jake Cooper - Coventry Telegraph

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  Coventry City keeping tabs on Reading defender Jake Cooper
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  Tony Mowbray has been checking out giant Reading centre-half Jake Cooper as he bids to reinforce Coventry City's injury-hit defence. The long term absence of Reda Johnson and Jordan Willis has effectively reduced the Sky Blues boss to a perm four from ...
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• Coventry candidates tasked with creating children's book on The Apprentice - Coventry Telegraph

  04-11-2015 11:15 via
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  Coventry candidates tasked with creating children's book on The Apprentice
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  Candidates are back on The Apprentice tonight, with a new task set by Lord Sugar as the competition to become his next business partner continues. This week, at the London Library in St James' Square, Lord Sugar sets the candidates a surprising task ...and more »
  

• National Sausage Week: 10 best butchers in Coventry and nearby - Coventry Telegraph

  04-11-2015 10:20 via
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  National Sausage Week: 10 best butchers in Coventry and nearby
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  Aubrey Allen, based in Leamington Spa, is in the running to be crowned 'Foodservice Sausage of the Year Champions 2014' after judges sampled more than 230 sausages and whittled them down to just fifteen finalists. This week marks National Sausage ...
  

• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Wet and windy turn after foggy start - Coventry Telegraph

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  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Wet and windy turn after foggy start
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  Visibility has been down to as little as 100m during the first couple of days of the week in Coventry and Warwickshire, and the poor weather is set to continue. Local weather experts at Bablake Weather Station suggest that we are about to see a wet and ...
  

• Cookies on the BBC website - BBC News

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  The BBC has updated its cookie policy. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. This includes cookies from third party social media websites if you visit a page which contains embedded content from social media.and more »
  

• Persistent Coventry beggar who broke begging ban jailed for 20 weeks - Coventry Telegraph

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  Persistent Coventry beggar who broke begging ban jailed for 20 weeks
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  Jason Bradbury, aged 40, whose address was given as Broomfield Road, Spon End, and Sanders Road, Longford, had been given a criminal behaviour order in October 2014 banning him from begging anywhere in the city for two years. It also banned him ...
  

• New Wasps RFC training centre in Coventry region likely to cost £7million - Coventry Telegraph

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  New Wasps RFC training centre in Coventry region likely to cost £7million
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  Wasps chief executive David Armstrong has revealed a planned new training centre for the club is likely to require a £7million investment. The Aviva Premiership club currently trains at its base in Twyford Avenue, Acton, West London. But after Wasps ...
  

• 'Inadequate' - elderly residents left unwashed for days at failing Coventry ... - Coventry Telegraph

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  'Inadequate' - elderly residents left unwashed for days at failing Coventry ...
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  An elderly resident at a troubled Coventry care home had to wait 16 days for a shower, a shock inspection found. Haven Nursing Home, in New Road, Ash Green, has now been branded 'inadequate' by health regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ...
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• When concrete buildings drive people mad

  04-11-2015 02:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Post-war architecture is loved and loathed in equal measure. Coventry Sport Centre is among the buildings that divide opinion the most.
  
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• Joe Cole nets stunning free-kick to score first Coventry City goal as they ... - Daily Mail

  04-11-2015 01:24 via
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  Joe Cole nets stunning free-kick to score first Coventry City goal as they ...
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  Joe Cole netted his first Coventry City goal on Tuesday after the midfielder struck a free-kick to help his side defeat Barnsley 4-3 in a League One clash at the Ricoh Arena. Cole is on an emergency loan at the West Midland club from Aston Villa until ...
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• Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp runs the rule over Coventry City's Ryan Kent - Coventry Telegraph

  04-11-2015 00:35 via
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  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp runs the rule over Coventry City's Ryan Kent
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  But they will be forced to revamp their team for Saturday's FA Cup tie against Northampton Town with Adam Armstrong and Ryan Kent, who supplied three of the goals at the Ricoh Arena, ruled out by their parent clubs. Kent, in fact, has returned to ...
  Klopp invites Ryan Kent back to Melwood following impressive Coventry City goalThis Is Anfield (blog)all 284 news articles »
  

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