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• Striker Henderson joins Coventry

  05-02-2016 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  League One side Coventry City sign experienced striker Darius Henderson on a contract until the end of the season.
  
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• Police appeal for help to find missing Walsgrave teenager - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 20:17 via
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  Police appeal for help to find missing Walsgrave teenager
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  Coventry Police have appealed for help to find a teenager who has been missing from his Walsgrave home since Saturday January 30. Jace Ascroft, aged 14, was last seen leaving his home in Langbay Court around 9.30pm. A police spokesman said: “He ...
  

• All the biggest stories from across the city after a busy week in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 17:43 via
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  All the biggest stories from across the city after a busy week in Coventry
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  Another week has passed in Coventry and Warwickshire, with workers from around the city and the surrounding region getting ready to enjoy their weekends. The next two days will offer solace from work or school for many, and it also acts as a chance to ...
  

• Teenager re-bailed over Coventry taxi crash which killed mum-of-two - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 17:24 via
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  Teenager re-bailed over Coventry taxi crash which killed mum-of-two
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  A teenager arrested in connection with a fatal crash in Coventry has been re-bailed by police. Anna Downey died after the taxi she was travelling in collided with another car at the junction of Abbey Road and London Road, in Coventry, just after ...
  

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• Seized: £2m drugs factory in disused indoor market is Coventry's biggest ever cannabis haul - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 17:24 via
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  Seized: £2m drugs factory in disused indoor market is Coventry's biggest ever cannabis haul
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  Picture of Coventry's biggest cannabis factory found inside an indoor market in Riley Square, Bell Green, Coventry. Police have seized over £2million worth of cannabis plants after finding the city's biggest drugs factory in a former indoor market. The ...and more »
  

• Oktoberfest announces return to Coventry for August 2016 - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 17:20 via
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  Oktoberfest announces return to Coventry for August 2016
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  After a successful event last August, Coventry Oktoberfest is making a great comeback with an even better event this year. Promising improvements in organisation, the celebration will once again be held at Broadgate over the August Bank Holiday weekend.and more »
  

• Cheers! Oktoberfest is coming back to Coventry this summer - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 17:20 via
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  Cheers! Oktoberfest is coming back to Coventry this summer
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  After a successful event last August, Coventry Oktoberfest is making a great comeback with an even better event this year. Promising improvements in organisation, the celebration will once again be held at Broadgate over the August Bank Holiday weekend.and more »
  

• Coventry City digest: Welcome Darius Henderson and happy birthday John Aloisi - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 17:09 via
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  Coventry City digest: Welcome Darius Henderson and happy birthday John Aloisi
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  In fact, Coventry City FC have moved to beef up their attack options by completing the signing of Darius Henderson until the end of the season. A former Nottingham Forest, Millwall and Watford striker, it is hoped that Henderson can act as a battering ...
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• Wyken Medical Centre in Coventry rated 'inadequate' again - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 16:46 via
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  Wyken Medical Centre in Coventry rated 'inadequate' again
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  A troubled Coventry GP practice previously put in special measures has been rated 'inadequate' by health watchdogs. Wyken Medical Centre was already due to close at the end of March because its only doctor is retiring. But the Brixham Drive practice ...and more »
  

• 'Chuggers are like vultures' Coventry has say on whether charity workers should be banned - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 16:40 via
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  'Chuggers are like vultures' Coventry has say on whether charity workers should be banned
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  Coventry shoppers and residents have responded after we asked: should "chuggers" be banned in Coventry? Known as "chuggers" colloquially, the term refers to the charity workers seen in bright T-shirts and jackets, armed with clipboards, who try to ...
  

• Missing Rugby woman found safe and well in village near Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 16:38 via
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  Missing Rugby woman found safe and well in village near Coventry
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  A missing woman has been found safe in Coventry following a large social media campaign. Dawn Stretton, 39, from Rugby, went missing on Tuesday, February 2. A call to police at 8.45am today from a member of the public who had spotted the woman ...
  

• PC sacked for thefts while off sick

  05-02-2016 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A police officer who stole groceries and a bathroom cabinet is sacked by her force for gross misconduct.
  
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• Pancake Day: Where to get pancakes in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 16:29 via
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  Pancake Day: Where to get pancakes in Coventry
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  We don't know about you, but Pancake Day really creped up on us this year. OK, OK, that was a terrible pun. But Shrove Tuesday can be flipping hard work, you know? If you aren't steady with your hands, or simply too unorganised to get in the ...and more »
  

• New One Stop store to open in Coventry with family fun day launch - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 16:17 via
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  New One Stop store to open in Coventry with family fun day launch
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  A new convenience store for the Coventry community will open next week, before a special weekend launch. The newly built store on the parade on Alderminster Road will bring One Stop value, range and service to Coventry shoppers. Previously teading as ...
  

• Football fans sentenced after trouble at Coventry City match on Boxing Day - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 15:47 via
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  Football fans sentenced after trouble at Coventry City match on Boxing Day
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  Two men have been sentenced for their part in trouble which marred a Coventry City match. The pair were arrested outside the Ricoh Arena shortly after the Sky Blues' League One game against Port Vale on Boxing Day. Dean Harris and Aston ...
  

• Tony Mowbray admits Coventry City might be forced to get another loan player - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 15:39 via
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  Tony Mowbray admits Coventry City might be forced to get another loan player
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  Although the Sky Blues manager would prefer to take out-of-contract players, as he has done with new centre-forward Darius Henderson, to avoid increasing his loan allocation above six, he revealed he may be forced to get a seventh. “It's not that I don ...and more »
  

• Valentine's Day: Most romantic views in Coventry and Warwickshire - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 15:16 via
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  Valentine's Day: Most romantic views in Coventry and Warwickshire
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  With Valentine's Day fast approaching, it's probably time to start thinking about what you and your significant other are going to do to celebrate. Taking place on Sunday, February 14, the day promises to have scores of Coventry lovers treating their ...and more »
  

• Coventry City beef up attack with battering ram centre-forward Darius Henderson - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 14:26 via
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  Coventry City beef up attack with battering ram centre-forward Darius Henderson
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  Coventry City boss Tony Mowbray has beefed up his attack by signing Darius Henderson to 'bulldoze and smash' the ball into the back of the net. The 34-year-old centre-forward reported to Ryton this morning where he signed a deal until the end of the ...
  Port Vale: Coventry hope new signing Darius Henderson will 'bulldoze' Valiants' defenceStoke Sentinel
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• Wasps v Newcastle (Sat)

  05-02-2016 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Goode makes his first Newcastle start at the Ricoh Arena against his old club Wasps (14:00 GMT).
  
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• Second murder arrest after woman found

  05-02-2016 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Detectives have made a second arrest in connection with the death of a 20-year-old woman found with neck injuries at a property in Stratford-upon-Avon.
  
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• Take a look at Coventry's most expensive houses - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 13:33 via
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  Take a look at Coventry's most expensive houses
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  The most expensive house sold in Coventry last year had a price tag of £1.2million. Prices listed by the Land Registry have revealed the highest priced homes sold in the city. Topping the list was a stunning detached property set in extensive ...
  

• WMG to scan Coventry's roads for driverless pod trial - The Engineer

  05-02-2016 13:29 via
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  WMG to scan Coventry's roads for driverless pod trial
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  Driverless pods are to be put through their paces on a simulated version of Coventry, as part of efforts to introduce autonomous vehicles to the UK. Lutz_Pathfinder. Researchers at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at Warwick University will use a ...
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• Coventry heart specialist Dr Raj Mattu says he was victim of "vicious campaign" by the NHS - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 12:53 via
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  Coventry heart specialist Dr Raj Mattu says he was victim of "vicious campaign" by the NHS
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  A Coventry heart specialist awarded more than £1million after he was unfairly dismissed by the NHS has said he was the victim of a “vicious campaign”. In 2001 Dr Raj Mattu exposed the cases of two patients who he said had died in crowded bays at ...and more »
  

• Darius Henderson signs and four other things we learned from Coventry City press conference - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 11:53 via
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  Darius Henderson signs and four other things we learned from Coventry City press conference
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  Coventry City FC face Port Vale in Sky Bet League One this weekend, with manager Tony Mowbray and club captain Sam Ricketts chatting to us ahead of the trip. Vale Park is the destination for the Sky Blues on Sunday, with the duo taking the hot seat at ...
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• Review: 'Amazing' Traum, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 11:21 via
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  Review: 'Amazing' Traum, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry
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  A merger of amazing choreography and poignancy is on offer at the experimental Shop Front Theatre in the city centre. Break dancers Dimitar Goranov and Marius Mates have collaborated with writer and director Chris O'Connell on Traum, a story about the ...
  

• Lloyds to shut 29 branches - but fate of Coventry banks unknown - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 10:11 via
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  Lloyds to shut 29 branches - but fate of Coventry banks unknown
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  Lloyds Banking Group has announced plans to axe THOUSANDS of jobs under new proposals to cut costs. The biggest retail banking group in the UK, Lloyds boasts numerous branches in Coventry and Warwickshire, though it remains to be seen whether ...and more »
  

• Arsonists torch 30 old domestic appliances in Coventry service yard - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 09:38 via
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  Arsonists torch 30 old domestic appliances in Coventry service yard
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  Firefighters were called to a service yard at the back of Currys, on the Alvis Retail Park, in Holyhead Road, Coundon, at about 12.30am. Simon Winnett, watch commander at Radford Road fire station, said about 30 old appliances were involved. Crews were ...
  

• News, sport, travel and weather updates from Coventry and Warwickshire on Friday 5 February 2016. - BBC News

  05-02-2016 09:02 via
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  News, sport, travel and weather updates from Coventry and Warwickshire on Friday 5 February 2016.
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  Police say they've seized a large number of cannabis plants from an address in the Bell Green area of Coventry. twitter: https://twitter.com/Longford_Police/status/695392394028580864. Share. Share this post on. Twitter; Facebook; Read more about these ...
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• MTV Crashes Coventry 'exciting artists' to be revealed 'in next few weeks' - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 07:34 via
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  MTV Crashes Coventry 'exciting artists' to be revealed 'in next few weeks'
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  Excitement is building for MTV Crashes first ever arena event at Ricoh Arena in the late Bank Holiday as the music channel reveals it is due to make 'exciting artist announcements in the next few weeks'. Thousands of tickets have been snapped up since ...and more »
  

• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Rain before Saturday washout - Coventry Telegraph

  05-02-2016 07:01 via
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  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Rain before Saturday washout
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  Coventry and Warwickshire enjoyed a couple of drier and brighter days through the midweek period, though admittedly cooler. Now, we are back into a milder and more cloudy airflow - which should last through the weekend - as we reach the second week of ...
  

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