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• Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: January 13, 2016 - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 21:20 via
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  Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: January 13, 2016
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  1. One in fifty council staff made redundant were re-employed after taxpayer-funded pay offs. Coventry council has paid out £21million in redundancy payments in less than six years - and there's more to come. Figures obtained by the Telegraph via a ...
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• Beaumont in new-look England squad

  13-01-2016 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wasps centre Elliot Daly is one of seven uncapped players in new coach Eddie Jones' first England Six Nations squad.
  
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• Uncapped Daly joins Haskell, Mullan and Launchbury in England squad - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 19:28 via
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  Uncapped Daly joins Haskell, Mullan and Launchbury in England squad
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  Eddie Jones has named four Wasps in his first England squad, but has no space for Joe Simpson. Shares; Comments. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later. Wasps' Elliot Daly seen ...and more »
  

• Toulon owner ramps up Tension ahead of Wasps' clash - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 19:07 via
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  Toulon owner ramps up Tension ahead of Wasps' clash
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  Toulon's high-profile and outspoken owner Mourad Boudjellal has further ramped up the tension ahead of this weekend's crucial European Cup clash with Wasps. The comic-book millionaire recently positioned his affluent club as the most unlikely of ...
  

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• Coventry City digest: Tottenham Hotspur chief scout spotted at the Ricoh Arena ... - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 18:55 via
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  Coventry City digest: Tottenham Hotspur chief scout spotted at the Ricoh Arena ...
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  More than 15,000 packed into the Ricoh Arena last night to watch Chris Stokes score his first goal of the campaign as Joe Cole inspired City to a half-time advantage. Sadly they couldn't hold onto the three points with Saddlers hit-man Tom Bradshaw ...
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• Police dog catches Coventry burglary suspect after 90 minute search - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 18:14 via
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  Police dog catches Coventry burglary suspect after 90 minute search
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  A police dog helped apprehend a burglary suspect after an officer was attacked with a crowbar in Coventry. Police were called to Yeomanry Walk, Stoke, at 6.30pm on Tuesday after neighbours said they had seen two men breaking into a property.
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• Policeman accused of assaulting child

  13-01-2016 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A West Midlands Police officer appears before magistrates accused of assaulting a child.
  
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• Residents told to stay indoors after manhole bursts into flames in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 17:16 via
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  Residents told to stay indoors after manhole bursts into flames in Coventry
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  A road was closed and people told to stay indoors after flames burst through a manhole in Coventry . The dramatic incident unfolded in Wainbody Avenue South, Green Lane , at about 12.55pm today. A 100-metre exclusion zone was set up as firefighters and ...
  

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• Injured Chris Stokes desperate to maintain ever-present Coventry City run in ... - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 16:57 via
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  Injured Chris Stokes desperate to maintain ever-present Coventry City run in ...
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  Chris Stokes will be gutted if he is forced to sit out his first league game since joining Coventry City last February. The 24-year-old defender faces an anxious few days as he waits to see if his ankle injury settles down sufficiently to face table ...
  

• MTV Crashes heads to Coventry - Music Week

  13-01-2016 15:43 via
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  MTV will stage its first MTV Crashes live music event of the year at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on May 27-28. The event, which will be broadcast across MTV's flagship UK music TV channels, is part of a three-year agreement between MTV UK and the Ricoh ...
  

• Scales of Justice: Stealing a bike from Coventry railway station among cases heard - Coventry Telegraph

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  Scales of Justice: Stealing a bike from Coventry railway station among cases heard
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  Neil Ashley, 34, of Chingford Road, Longford, admitted failing to provide a drink-drive breath-test, and failing to answer bail. He was banned from driving for 12 months and had to pay a £120 fine, a £20 victim surcharge and £60 costs. Stephen Close ...
  

• Con artists target elderly in Coventry with fake cash prize - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 14:59 via
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  Con artists target elderly in Coventry with fake cash prize
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  A scam letter trying to trick elderly people out of their hard-earned money has been sent to a sheltered housing complex in Coventry. The bogus letter from Global Direct Marketing was posted to residents living at William Batchelor House, in Leicester ...
  

• Wasps trio sign new contracts

  13-01-2016 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rob Miller, Josh Bassett and Brendan Macken sign new contracts with Premiership club Wasps.
  
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• Hen charity hoping to break record with 500000th adoption at Coventry re ... - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 14:14 via
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  Hen charity hoping to break record with 500000th adoption at Coventry re ...
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  A national hen welfare charity will be breaking records, not eggs, after rehoming half a million hens. The British Hen Welfare Trust, set up by Jane Howard in 2005, is hoping to save hundreds of ex-commercial egg-laying hens from the slaughter at a pop ...
  

• Coventry's first Cereal Café to open this weekend - Coventry Telegraph

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  Coventry's first Cereal Café to open this weekend
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  Building on the success of a growing phenomenon, Coventry will be receiving its first cereal café this weekend. Spangles, which already boasts a Warwickshire sweet shop at the Royal Priors Shopping Centre, in Leamington Spa, will be swinging open its ...
  

• Saracens to sign Lozowski and Rawaca

  13-01-2016 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saracens agree to sign Wasps fly-half Alex Lozowski and Fiji Sevens player Savenaca Rawaca on "multi-year" contracts.
  
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• Recap: Trial of five accused of Daniel Kirkwood murder begins - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 13:03 via
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  Recap: Trial of five accused of Daniel Kirkwood murder begins
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  Join us again tomorrow once the case opens - and be sure to check back later, when a full recap of today's events will be on the Telegraph website. 11:53. Hearing has now finished. The hearing has now finished for the day. Ali and Khan have been ...and more »
  

• Child killer convicted when police found receipt from Coventry service station ... - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 12:49 via
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  Child killer convicted when police found receipt from Coventry service station ...
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  A serial child killer who was convicted of his first murder when police discovered a receipt from a Coventry service station has died in prison. Robert Black, aged 68, died in non-suspicious circumstances in Maghaberry high security jail in Northern ...and more »
  

• Live: Rush-hour updates from Coventry and Warwickshire - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 09:31 via
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  Live: Rush-hour updates from Coventry and Warwickshire
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  Keep up to date with all the latest traffic news from the Coventry and Warwickshire area with our daily rush-hour live blog. We are with you in the morning and the late afternoon with the latest traffic and travel information, weather warnings, general ...and more »
  

• MTV Crashes Coventry: How to get tickets and when do they go on sale? - Coventry Telegraph

  13-01-2016 07:09 via
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  MTV Crashes Coventry: How to get tickets and when do they go on sale?
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  Pop stars and artists to perform in the past have included chart-toppers Olly Murs, Alicia Keys, Kaiser Chiefs, Tinie Tempah, Little Mix and Example. So, while there are no details of confirmed acts available yet, one thing is certain: it will be an ...
  

• MTV Crashes Coventry festival to be held at Ricoh Arena - Birmingham Mail

  13-01-2016 07:00 via
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  MTV Crashes Coventry festival to be held at Ricoh Arena
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  Some of the biggest names in pop will be performing at a major open-air music festival at Coventry's Ricoh Arena, it has been announced today (Wednesday, January 13). Tens of thousands of fans are expected to pack into the stadium during the late May ...
  Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: January 13, 2016Coventry Telegraph
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