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• Pedestrian dies after van accident

  28-01-2016 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pedestrian dies after being struck by a van in Coventry
  
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• Pedestrian dies after collision with van near Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 20:32 via
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  Pedestrian dies after collision with van near Coventry
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  The incident happened in Fillongley Road, Meriden, at 1.40pm on Thursday and saw two ambulances and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance called to the scene. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to ...and more »
  

• Alton Towers crash victim thanks Coventry company for ridding her of scars - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 19:22 via
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  Alton Towers crash victim thanks Coventry company for ridding her of scars
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  A woman who had her leg amputated following the Alton Tower rollercoaster crash has thanked a Coventry company for helping to fade the scars she was left with after the accident. Vicky Balch, 21, suffered horrific injuries to her legs following a ...
  

• Co-op drivers could take industrial action after Coventry staff transferred to Eddie Stobart - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 18:41 via
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  Co-op drivers could take industrial action after Coventry staff transferred to Eddie Stobart
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  More than 1,000 Co-op drivers across the country are to be consulted on industrial action after 50 drivers at its Coventry distribution centre were transferred to haulier Eddie Stobart. At a meeting yesterday Co-op bosses told the drivers based at the ...and more »
  

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• Co-op drivers could take industrial action after Coventry staff were transferred to Eddie Stobart - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 18:27 via
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  Co-op drivers could take industrial action after Coventry staff were transferred to Eddie Stobart
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  More than 1,000 Co-op drivers across the country are to be consulted on industrial action after 50 drivers at its Coventry distribution centre were transferred to haulier Eddie Stobart. At a meeting yesterday Co-op bosses told the drivers based at the ...and more »
  

• Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: January 28, 2016 - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 17:50 via
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  Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: January 28, 2016
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  A Coventry health watchdog has raised serious concerns in the wake of University Hospital's drastic measures to cope with a surge of patients. The hospital is urging people to avoid A&E and seek alternative care for conditions which were not life ...
  Coventry's University Hospital: Planned surgery and clinics cancelledBBC News
  University Hospital in Coventry issues urgent plea to pati
  

• Massey Ferguson sponsor category at Pride of Coventry and Warwickshire Awards - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 17:32 via
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  Massey Ferguson sponsor category at Pride of Coventry and Warwickshire Awards
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  Massey Ferguson is one of the world's most famous and respected names in farm machinery and has been part of Coventry and Warwickshire's commercial scene for 70 years. The company is a long-time supporter of the Pride of Coventry and Warwickshire ...
  

• Who are you? Introducing Northampton Saints - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 17:11 via
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  Who are you? Introducing Northampton Saints
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  James Downey, who plays against his former club tomorrow night, pictured tackling Wasps' scrum half Dan Robson who was then with Gloucester. Introducing Northampton. The Saints, as they have been known since they were founded as Northampton St.and more »
  

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• Hampson to replace injured Simpson

  28-01-2016 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wasps lose scrum-half Joe Simpson for 12 weeks with an ankle injury but sign Bristol's Craig Hampson on loan as cover.
  
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• Kamikaze Coventry £380k digital maps direct people to jump off 20ft bridge! - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 17:01 via
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  Kamikaze Coventry £380k digital maps direct people to jump off 20ft bridge!
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  Expensive digital maps recently installed in Coventry city centre are directing people to jump off a 20ft high bridge. The devices - dubbed wayfinding totems - were unveiled by Coventry City Council last month in a bid to help visitors find their way ...
  

• Coventry City digest: Stuart Pearce comes out of retirement to play for 'worst team' in UK - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 16:51 via
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  Coventry City digest: Stuart Pearce comes out of retirement to play for 'worst team' in UK
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  Former Coventry City defender Stuart Pearce has come out of retirement at the age of 53 to play for “the worst team in the UK” - and, no, it's not Aston Villa. Non league outfit Longford AFC, who are based in Gloucestershire, saw their entire first ...and more »
  

• Former Coventry City defender Stuart Pearce comes out of retirement to sign for 'worst team' in country - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 16:50 via
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  Former Coventry City defender Stuart Pearce comes out of retirement to sign for 'worst team' in country
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  Former Coventry City defender Stuart Pearce has come out of retirement at the age of 53 to play for “the worst team in the UK” - and, no, it's not Aston Villa. Non league outfit Longford AFC, who are based in Gloucestershire, saw their entire first ...and more »
  

• Tony Mowbray considering Coventry City moves for Premier League and Championship targets today - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 16:44 via
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  Tony Mowbray considering Coventry City moves for Premier League and Championship targets today
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  Coventry City boss Tony Mowbray is mulling over a couple of loan signings this afternoon with a view to drafting them in ahead of the weekend's match against Scunthorpe United. The Sky Blues manager is understood to be considering boosting his side ...
  Liverpool players on the radar for Coventry City boss Tony Mowbray ahead of clash with Scunthorpe UnitedScuntho
  

• Rowland Winter to leave Cambridge Rugby Club for Coventry at end of the season - Cambridge News

  28-01-2016 16:16 via
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  Rowland Winter to leave Cambridge Rugby Club for Coventry at end of the season
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  Cambridge Rugby Club director of rugby Rowland Winter is to leave for Coventry at the end of the season. Rowland Winter to leave Cambridge Rugby Club for Coventry at end of the season. X. Share Tweet Share Pin It Email. Copy link to paste in your ...
  'Passion for Coventry RFC will never waiver' but Scott Morgan unhappy with bungled appointment of new director of ...Coventry Tele
  

• Coventry chronicler Les Ryan has died, aged 98 - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 16:16 via
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  Coventry chronicler Les Ryan has died, aged 98
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  A keen writer who created snapshots of life in Coventry from the 1920s onwards has died. Les Ryan, who was 98, worked in the car industry but in his spare time he loved to write. He penned articles for the Coventry Telegraph on everything from life ...
  

• No charges for man who set up Coventry bus crash fundraiser website - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 16:08 via
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  No charges for man who set up Coventry bus crash fundraiser website
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  No further action will be taken by police over an accusation that a fundraising website set up after the fatal bus crash in Coventry city centre was a scam. Mechanic Ian Brownsword was spoken to by officers after he set up a Go Fund Me page following ...
  

• Coventry RFC appoint former Northampton Saints coach as new director of rugby for next season - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 15:08 via
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  Coventry RFC appoint former Northampton Saints coach as new director of rugby for next season
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  Coventry RFC have appointed Rowland Winter as their new director of rugby for next season. The 30-year-old is currently director of rugby at National League Two South promotion-contenders Cambridge, where he has spent three years masterminding their ...and more »
  

• British Gas providing FREE boilers to Coventry residents - all you need to know - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 15:08 via
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  British Gas providing FREE boilers to Coventry residents - all you need to know
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  Most Coventry residents are currently unaware of an energy efficiency scheme which provides free gas boilers to low income households, according to new research revealed today. The scheme - which is being delivered by British Gas - will provide free or ...
  

• Burglary arrest rate 'one in seven'

  28-01-2016 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police forces in England make 14 arrests for every 100 burglaries, with West Midlands Police having the lowest ratio of arrests to burglaries.
  
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• University Hospital Coventry crisis caused by 'perfect storm' says MP - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 14:15 via
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  University Hospital Coventry crisis caused by 'perfect storm' says MP
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  Problems which led to University Hospital Coventry asking patients to stay away were the result of a “perfect storm” according to a Coventry MP. Colleen Fletcher, Labour MP for Coventry North East, said she believed Conservative government cuts had ...
  Coventry's University Hospital: Planned surgery and clinics cancelledBBC News
  University Hospital in Coventry issues urgent pl
  

• Liverpool legend comes to Coventry for club anniversary - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 13:41 via
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  Liverpool legend comes to Coventry for club anniversary
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  Football legend Robbie Fowler will be coming to Coventry to help a city football team celebrate their 70th Anniversary. The former Liverpool player will appear at Christ the King Football Club in Coundon on Saturday March 5 as part of the team's 70th ...
  

• Coventry students impress in fancy dress at The Empire - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 13:06 via
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  Coventry students impress in fancy dress at The Empire
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  The Empire music venue in Coventry was taken over by Coventry students last Wednesday January 20 for a Coventry University Student Union (CUSU) sport social special. The Empire holds one official CUSU sport social night on Wednesdays (Strike Back) ...
  

• Ten amazing events in Coventry you MUST attend this summer - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 12:08 via
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  Ten amazing events in Coventry you MUST attend this summer
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  Crowds gathered for the second day, of the Coventry Godiva Festival, at the Coventry Memorial Park. Coventry residents and revellers are already counting down the days until summer after the announcement that Godiva Festival will return. The annual ...and more »
  

• Drink driver jailed for killing three

  28-01-2016 11:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An uninsured drink-driver who killed three passengers by crashing his unroadworthy car is jailed for nine years.
  
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• Lord of the Flies comes to Coventry after critically acclaimed London run - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 11:43 via
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  Lord of the Flies comes to Coventry after critically acclaimed London run
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  An explosive plane crash is heading for the stage of the Butterworth Hall at Warwick Arts Centre. Following sell-out performances in London, Regent's Park Theatre's critically-acclaimed production of William Golding's Lord of the Flies flies into the ...
  

• Backbeat: Journey of 1970s Coventry band Museum - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 11:17 via
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  Backbeat: Journey of 1970s Coventry band Museum
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  Museum were a four-piece band that came out of the area in the early 1970s. Tom Long had been a member of Rugby chart act Pinkerton's Colours. I asked Tom to tell me how the band came about. It's interesting that like many bands, it began with the ...
  

• Three Day Nanny wants Coventry families to take part in new series - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 11:05 via
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  Three Day Nanny wants Coventry families to take part in new series
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  Channel 4's The Three Day Nanny is returning to our screens and the programme makers are currently looking for families in Coventry to take part. Nanny Kathryn Mewes has over twenty years' experience working with children and is the author of the ...and more »
  

• Review: Matthew E White, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 11:05 via
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  Review: Matthew E White, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
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  It was somewhat disconcerting to see contemporary soul star Matthew E White saunter on stage with only a three-piece band for company given his trademark Americana-meets-R&B sound relies so heavily on strings, horns, keyboards and gospel singers.
  

• Let the Right One In vampire horror set for Coventry Criterion Theatre - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 10:41 via
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  Let the Right One In vampire horror set for Coventry Criterion Theatre
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  The Criterion Theatre in Coventry is starting the New Year in style with one of the first amateur productions of the play Let the Right One In. This is a dark and enchanting, brutal vampire myth and coming of age love story, based on the acclaimed ...
  

• East 17 announce Coventry show - and nineties kids are delighted - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 10:29 via
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  East 17 announce Coventry show - and nineties kids are delighted
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  One of the defining sounds of the 1990s is heading to Coventry, it has been announced. East 17 - the popular band who boast 12 top ten UK singles, and a jaw-dropping 18 million album sales worldwide - defined an era with their brand of pop, and are set ...
  

• Rumour mill: Tottenham Hotspur want James Maddison as 'next Dele Alli' - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 10:08 via
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  Rumour mill: Tottenham Hotspur want James Maddison as 'next Dele Alli'
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  Reports in the Times today suggest Tottenham Hotspur are stepping up their interest in the talented Sky Blues youngster, who has also been linked with Spurs' North London rivals Arsenal and fellow Premier League club Liverpool in the past. The report ...and more »
  

• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Best day of the week - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 09:47 via
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  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Best day of the week
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  Coventry and Warwickshire will experience a frosty start to Thursday, as the fourth day of the working week presents traffic hazards for commuters with an icy start. Residents of the city and the surrounding region will have to get their scrapers out ...
  

• Video: Holocaust survivor tells Coventry to stand up against racism and discrimination - Coventry Telegraph

  28-01-2016 06:46 via
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  Video: Holocaust survivor tells Coventry to stand up against racism and discrimination
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  A holocaust survivor whose life was saved when he was sent to Coventry has told the city's residents to stand up against racism and discrimination. Dr Martin Kapel spoke out about the importance of honouring Holocaust Memorial Day at a speech in ...
  

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