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• Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: March 18, 2016 - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 19:59 via
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  Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: March 18, 2016
  Coventry Telegraph
  Three men have been jailed for a crowbar raid at a Coventry store that left a brave staff member with a fractured skull after he ran to protect a female colleague. Jamie Phelan, Kieran Prentice and Jack Lindon charged into B&M Bargains, in Ansty Road, ...and more »
  

• Unsafe mattresses being sold door-to-door in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 19:31 via
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  Unsafe mattresses being sold door-to-door in Coventry
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  Coventry residents are being warned about a dodgy dealer who is selling cheap and unsafe mattresses door-to-door. Coventry Trading Standards issued the warning after a man in a van branded Dreamers tried peddling mattresses in Styvechale and ...
  

• Jess Glynne in Coventry: Thousands of extra tickets go on sale - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 19:09 via
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  Jess Glynne in Coventry: Thousands of extra tickets go on sale
  Coventry Telegraph
  Thousands of extra tickets are going on sale for Jess Glynne's concert at the Ricoh Arena after the gig sold out. The singer behind chart hits such as Rather Be, Not Letting Go and My Love only made 3,500 tickets available but they sold out quickly so ...
  

• Group of travellers move onto Foleshill business park - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 18:52 via
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  Group of travellers move onto Foleshill business park
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  Around 30 caravans were spotted moving into Gallagher Business Park earlier today with caravans parking on both sides of Silverstone Drive, off the A444 near the M6. The Telegraph was contacted by a concerned worker at the business park who said ...
  

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• Minis accelerate into action for Air Ambulance service - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 18:23 via
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  Minis accelerate into action for Air Ambulance service
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  Representatives from a Coventry -based club have presented the Air Ambulance service with a cheque generated by their dedicated fundraising efforts. The Central Minis Owners Club collected a total of £611.37 for the charity during their visits to a ...
  

• Key things to know from across the city during a busy week of news - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 17:51 via
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  Key things to know from across the city during a busy week of news
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  Another week has passed by, and while we are closer to the Easter holidays, there has been no let up in goings-on across the city. Whether you're interested in hard news, sport, arts and culture, travel and traffic, or maybe something light-hearted to ...
  

• Passers-by tried to help pedestrian who died in Coventry road accident - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 16:58 via
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  Passers-by tried to help pedestrian who died in Coventry road accident
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  Passers-by gave first aid to a man fatally injured in a collision with a car on Thursday evening. The man was believed to have been crossing the road close to the junction of Heath Crescent and the A444 Phoenix Way in Stoke Heath, Coventry at around 9pm.and more »
  

• Theresa May hits out at Budget cleavage coverage - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 16:30 via
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  Theresa May hits out at Budget cleavage coverage
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  Theresa May has hit out at coverage of George Osborne's Budget which focused on the contents of her dress rather than what was in the chancellor's briefcase, during a visit to Warwickshire. Newspapers and social media went into meltdown at the sight of ...
  

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• Coventry RFC boosted by the return of Matt Jones for crunch game - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 15:11 via
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  Coventry RFC boosted by the return of Matt Jones for crunch game
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  Coventry welcome back fly-half Matt Jones from injury for Saturday's crunch game against National League One strugglers Cinderford at the Butts Park Arena. The Wales international has been out for three months after damaging knee ligaments in the game ...
  

• Coventry Bees out to quash Pirates unbeaten talk right away - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 15:11 via
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  Coventry Bees out to quash Pirates unbeaten talk right away
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  Coventry promoter Mick Horton says Coventry can make an early statement of intent for 2016 – with a home win over Poole in tonight's Brandon curtain-raiser (7.30pm). The Pirates lead the Elite Shield contest by 22 points after the Buildbase Bees raced ...
  

• Coventry City digest: Sky Blues Academy status under threat and YOUR starting XI against Swindon Town - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 13:59 via
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  Coventry City digest: Sky Blues Academy status under threat and YOUR starting XI against Swindon Town
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  Ownership has been transferred from the Alan Higgs Centre Trust to the Coventry and Warwickshire Award Trust and now a 50-metre pool could be constructed at the centre. This has thrown into doubt the Sky Blues Category Two Academy status as the pool ...
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• Coventry residents urged to support anti-child sexual exploitation campaign - Coventry Observer

  18-03-2016 13:12 via
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  Coventry residents urged to support anti-child sexual exploitation campaign
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  COVENTRY residents are being urged to make a personal pledge to help tackle child sexual exploitation. The call comes from Coventry Council and other local authorities in the region which have been driving the CSE awareness day campaign. The event ...and more »
  

• Exclusive sneak peak inside Coventry University's new Science and Health Building - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 12:59 via
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  Exclusive sneak peak inside Coventry University's new Science and Health Building
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  Ever wondered what is going on behind the scenes at one of the biggest building projects taking place in Coventry at the moment? BAM Construction is the firm behind Coventry University's £45million Science and Health Building in Much Park Street and it ...and more »
  

• Hucclecote Ladies claim impressive away win at Coventry Welsh - Gloucester Citizen

  18-03-2016 12:14 via
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  Hucclecote Ladies claim impressive away win at Coventry Welsh
  Gloucester Citizen
  Hucclecote Ladies made the trip to Coventry Welsh knowing it was going to be a tough game due to a number of players unavailable and several having to play out of position. With this in mind, Hucclecote started slow and Coventry Welsh scored a good try ...
  

• Coventry youngsters rock the stage in school production - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 11:55 via
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  Coventry youngsters rock the stage in school production
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  For three nights in March, parents, pupils and teachers turned out in force to watch Woodlands Academy and Tile Hill Wood school students perform popular musical We Will Rock You. Youngsters of all ages were among the talented actors, singers, ...
  

• MIPIM: 'How our cultural and heritage assets can bring in investment' - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 10:48 via
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  MIPIM: 'How our cultural and heritage assets can bring in investment'
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  In the fourth of our blogs from the MIPIM international property event in France, which is being attended by a joint Coventry and Warwickshire delegation, Ian Harrabin, of Complex Development Projects, speaks about the region's cultural and heritage ...
  

• Road remains closed after firearms incident sees two injured - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 10:19 via
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  Road remains closed after firearms incident sees two injured
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  A Rugby street remains cordoned off by police this morning after a firearms incident last night. Officers were called to reports of two people being injured at a house in Oxford Street at 8.55pm. The road was closed off by police and remains shut this ...and more »
  

• Coventry 50m pool plan: Alan Higgs Sports Centre deal struck - BBC News

  18-03-2016 09:29 via
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  Coventry 50m pool plan: Alan Higgs Sports Centre deal struck
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  A £14m Olympic-sized swimming pool could be built in Coventry after a deal was struck to take over a sports centre. The charity that owns the Alan Higgs Centre will transfer the building to Coventry and Warwickshire Award Trust. An eight-lane, 50m pool ...
  On This Day: Old photos of Coventry and Warwickshire on March 18Coventry Telegraph
  Could Coventry get a new 50 metre swimming pool at the Alan Higgs Cen
  

• Funeral of popular Coventry cricket coach to take place today - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 09:07 via
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  Funeral of popular Coventry cricket coach to take place today
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  The funeral of a popular Coventry cricket coach killed in a tragic car crash is set to take place today. Balmer Bains, from Longford, died after his Mercedes Vito van collided with a lorry on the A5 between Weedon and Kilsby in the early hours of ...
  

• Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Weekend forecast - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 07:02 via
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  Coventry and Warwickshire weather: Weekend forecast
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  Changes in temperature in spring are slow, according to local weather experts, with Coventry and Warwickshire expected to experience the first real hint of warm weather post-Spring Exuinox. March has been colder than any of the three recent winter ...
  

• Ricoh Arena to be official sponsor of Coventry's City of Culture 2021 bid - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 06:46 via
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  Ricoh Arena to be official sponsor of Coventry's City of Culture 2021 bid
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  Wasps and the Ricoh Arena have agreed a significant financial investment to back the bid through until the end of 2017 when the successful host city will be announced. If the city is to be successful in winning the bid, it could bring an economic ...
  

• Islam conference in Coventry will debate thorny issues such as Donald Trump's anti Muslim rants - Coventry Telegraph

  18-03-2016 06:46 via
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  Islam conference in Coventry will debate thorny issues such as Donald Trump's anti Muslim rants
  Coventry Telegraph
  A conference on Islam in Coventry will debate thorny issues such as Donald Trump's anti Islamic rants, how to explain the September 11 attacks to children and fasting on long summer days. Charity New Horizons in British Islam is holding a British Islam ...
  

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